Paliwal is associated with the international crowdsourcing organization Wikistrat as an Honorary Senior Analyst in the area of energy.

[7][6] Born in Udaipur, Paliwal holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from Rajasthan Vidyapeeth and is an MBA followed by a PhD in Management from Mohanlal Sukhadia University.

[9] Paliwal is a professor at the School of Management, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar-Gujarat, India.

[10] In profession since 1991, his earlier associations have been with ACC Limited (now, a subsidiary of the Adani Group; formerly Holcim Group[11]), Pacific Institute of Management, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, India, and the India Offshore Campus of Oxford Brookes University, U.K.[7] He sits on the Academic Advisory Board of CHARGE Energy Branding Conference, Iceland.

Paliwal contributed to "International Gas Union 2009–2012 Triennium Work Report: Building Strategic Human Capital"[12] authored by Ieda Gomes,[13] United Kingdom.