[3][4][5] He began his career as a graphic designer for an advertising firm, and accidentally veered into modelling while on the job.

[6][7] Karan has been a chosen model for some of the advertising campaigns in India for brands like Reebok, Royal Enfield and Isuzu[8][9] and has walked for bigwigs in the fashion industry such as Rohit Bal, Shantanu & Nikhil and Rajesh Pratap Singh.

His mother, Jasvinder Oberoi, is an associate professor of Hindi literature in one of the colleges in Delhi University and his father, G.S.

[11] He earned his bachelor's degree in Commerce and a post graduate diploma in Mass Media from Delhi University.

At the Global Leadership Awards held in April 2018, he won the 'Youth Icon Model of the Year'.