	He did his post-graduate studies in Journalism from Makhanlal Chaturvedi Rashtriya Patrakarita Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and did LLB(Hons.) from Lucknow University. He was the state joint secretary of Akhil Bahrtiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) in 2005.