His work has been recognized with several prestigious awards, including the INFORMS RMP Section's Jeff McGill Student Paper and Data Driven Research Awards, INFORMS Service Science and Social Media Analytics Section's Student Paper Awards, POMS Applied Research Challenge, and the INFORMS TIMES Doctoral Dissertation Award.
He completed his PhD in Operations Management from IESE Business School (Barcelona), following an MS in Industrial Engineering from Penn State and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Pune. Before academia, he worked as a Supply Chain Engineer in Mumbai's manufacturing sector.