He completed his Inter in DAV Junior College in Koraput, and graduated in 2008 from Berhampur University, Jeypore, with a Bachelor of Commerce for which he studied in Vikram Dev Autonomous College, a famous college in Jeypore.
The newly formed Odisha consisted of six districts namely Cutack, Puri, Baleswar, Sambalpur, Koraput and Ganjam having its capital at Cuttack.