• Having completed Ph. D. in 1987, from the Department of Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi , I served as the Research Associate in the Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Allahabad.
• Acted as an Associate at the IIAS, Shimla during 2003-2007 & 2012-2019 and presented a number of research papers..
• Taught in BHU for 30 years, and during this period was awarded a project from the Indian Council of Historical Research, New Delhi.
• Have got two books published and dozens of research papers in reputed journals.
• Participated in International Conferences and presented papers there at

 Mauritius and South Africa (2002),
Shanghai (2005),
Kualalampur (2007),
Bankok ( 2011),
Athens (2016),
ChiangMai (2017)