He began professional photography in 1980 after graduating from the History department of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University.
He was involved in the establishment of India Photo Archive Foundation and the Neel Dongre Awards and Grants for Excellence in Photography.
He was also the Director at the Academy for Photographic Excellence (APEX) and a Guest Fellow and Curator at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla.
[3] His work documenting the Buddhist art in the 900-year-old monastery in Alchi, Ladakh, and the Himalayas, was covered by the Smithsonian Magazine.
[5] His work also includes landscapes in Ladakh and the Jal Mahal in Jaipur, the Khampti tribe in Arunachal Pradesh, and images of rural India.