His grandfather was a teacher at the Zila Parishad school at Koli, a village in Hadgaon taluka.

During his illustrious career spanning over four decades, he has held various staff and instructional appointments and served in a wide spectrum of terrain.

28 Squadron IAF at Jamnagar and the forward base in Awantipora in Jammu and Kashmir.

He also served as the chief operations officer of the Srinagar Air Force Station.

He has also served as an instructor at DSSC Wellington as well as Defence Services Command and Staff College at Lusaka, Zambia.

[7] He subsequently was appointed the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Personnel Officers).

[14] He retired on 30 September 2024 after four decades of service and was succeeded by Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh.