He later worked in DDB Mudra in strategic account management with clients such as Procter & Gamble and Godrej Group.

In 2000, the Government of India's NFDC produced his first feature film, Chalo America, about three Indian college boys obsessed with the American dream, and how they concoct various schemes to find a way to the US.

[11] Sikandar was selected in the international film festivals in Dubai, IFFLA in LA, Edmonton in Canada, MIACC in New York, and Stuttgart in Germany, among others.

[14][15] His debut novel, Mumbaistan, is a collection of three crime fiction thriller novellas which explore the underbelly of Mumbai.

[19][20] Jha's fifth book, Girls of Mumbaistan comprise 3 hi-octane thriller novellas featuring female and transgender protagonists and their adventures in Mumbai.

[21][22][23] Apart from crime fiction, Jha has also written a satirical e-novellas on the Juggernaut Books digital app, called The Great Indian Bowel Movement and The Urinationalist.