He is Gold-medalist in all his post-graduate qualifications. He has spent 12 years as Field Sales Manager in a group of Fertiliser companies, 31/2 years as Head of Training of Marketing Division of a large Steel corporation and 11/2 years as Incharge of Corporate Training and Development activities of a large Synthetic company. He has been engaged for 15 years, in between these careers, in academic work in Post-graduate College Education, Senior Faculty in a premiere Training Institute and Professor in a leading Management School. He had been Chairman, Marketing Area, Chairman, Course Curriculum Quality and is currently Chairman, MDPs and industry linkages. He has also worked as Director and Dean of a Business school. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Kellog School of Management, North Western University. During the course of his academic career, he has extended consultancy, training and development and education services to various firms/industries in India and abroad and has published articles and papers in the areas of Marketing and General Management.