Born in from Bombay (now Mumbai), India, I lived among a family of eight:  two parents, three brothers, two sisters. No cats, no dogs. (Although I did try to adopt a dog when I was young but my mother did not agree with the idea.)

Armed with a degree in Chemistry(!!) from the University of Bombay and a post-graduate diploma in Communications from the Xavier Institute of Communications, I worked in the advertising industry for several years before starting graduate school and earning a Master's degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Here, I had an opportunity to work at a local TV station in Production. After adopting a penchant for hot Cajun food and Zydeco music, I moved north to Chicago where I freelanced and then moved up farther north to more cold and snow at Syracuse where I earned my Ph.D. from the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. This is also where I met my wife and fell madly in love.  

Years later, I moved again, this time back to the mid-west, teaching at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.  After years of corn-fed happiness and couple of baby Hoosiers along the way, I moved back to New York, teaching at the State University of New York,  New Paltz. While here, I also got an opportunity to spend some time in Japan on a AAC&U research grant. Rip van Winkle and the mountains kept me company and then the beaches of the Eastern Shore of Maryland began their beckoning. 

Currently I am teaching media at Salisbury University. Here, I had a chance to revisit the country in which I grew up: Twice, as a Fulbright Senior Scholar, I spent time in India, teaching media at universities. This experience led me to develop a study abroad program Bollywood and Beyond in India in the winter semesters.