He holds the position of Assistant Professor (Stage II) at Department of Economics. He has obtained his Ph.D from School of Economics, University of Hyderabad. He has received Two Gold Medals during his M.A. level for securing highest mark in economics and consistent performance academically. He also received one gold medal for producing outstanding research output during M.Phil. level. He has qualified UGC JRF twice consecutively in 2008 and 2009. So far, he has published three books and Twenty-Three research papers in both national and international journals. He has published research papers ranked in ABDC, Web of Science and SCOPUS indexed journals of international repute such as IJDRR (Elsevier), Climate and Development (Taylor & Francis, Routledge), Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley), Spatial Information Research (Springer), Heliyon (Elsevier), Global Business Review (SAGE), IJRM (SAGE), ARTHANITI (SAGE), Energy, Environment and Globalization (Springer), Mineral Economics (Springer),  IJAE, AERR, Asian Economic Review, Productivity, and also published five chapters in edited books of International publishing houses such as Springer and Macmillan, U.K. He is a reviewer of so many prestigious journals such as European Journal of Development Research (Springer), World Development Perspectives (Elsevier), Environmental Quality Management (Wiley), Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences (Emerald Insight), Journal of Public Affairs (Wiley), Environmental Science and Pollution Research (Springer) and so on. He is now currently handling research projects sponsored by Government of Odisha. He has also received best research paper award in a national seminar conducted by Council of Social Action. He has presented his research papers in conferences held at DSE, IEG, IIT Kharagpur, MSE, University of Hyderabad, NISER, and also selected in international conferences in University of Cape Town for presentation. His current area of research includes Applied Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Industrial Economics, Risk management and Agriculture, and Development Economics.  He has acted as resource person in several workshops training program for faculties and research scholars organized by The Indian Econometric Society (TIES), Central University of Punjab, Assam Don Bosco University and other state universities. He has received best record of research paper publication during 2018-19 from Ravenshaw University. He is currently teaching Elementary Econometrics, Basic Econometrics, Advanced Econometrics (I & II), Applied Econometrics and Economics of Growth to the U.G., P.G., and Research scholars of the Ravenshaw University.