He received his twelfth-grade Higher Secondary School Certificate from Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College in 1987.
He later attended Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University at Kanpur and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree.
[4] After tutoring for few more years he applied for the position of contractor with the Central Public Works Department and acquired considerable success in this profession.
He embarked on a career in politics after becoming a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his time in the Madan Mohan Malviya Inter College as a twelfth-grade student in 1987.
[7] Gupta's association with the movement led to his arrest by police in 1991 and his incarceration at a temporary prison at Kanpur for a year.
[2] Gupta joined the Bharatiya Yuva Morcha and became its national office secretary in 1994 under the leadership of president Dharmendra Pradhan.
The campaign included all the members of parliament from Delhi and other senior leaders of the party, and involved the distribution of decoction packets, sanitizer bottles, and face masks in different areas of the city.
Gupta gave a presentation during the meeting and briefed the others about the different social works carried out by the party in Delhi under the 'Sewa Hi Sanathan' Campaign.