when a national scholarship conducted by the Ministry of Human Resources Development took him to Daly College as a Government Scholar.
He was selected for the National Defence Academy (88th course, 5th rank in UPSC[clarification needed] topper's list for Air Force).
He completed his graduation in arts from the BVK Degree College in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, in History, Economic and Political Sciences.
He has contributed to the Comment is Free section of The Guardian and currently writes for the India Ink blogs at The New York Times.
As a full-time journalist, he wrote on Information Technology, Software, Web, IT Education and on other subjects including civic matters, public interest, social trends, political analysis, city life, education and careers, satire, and reviewed books and movies.