Born in 1960, finished GD Art in Painting with First Class from Sir J.J.School of Art, Mumbai. Has won several awards 1985 Usha Deshmukh Gold Medal from Sir J.J.School of Art Mumbai; 1989 invited to the Artist Camp organised by the Bombay Art Society & to the International Exhibition of Kala-Kumbh organised by Panchamrit in collaboration with Indo-Soviet Nikolai Roerich Art Club, New Delhi. elected as Hon Secretary of the Bombay Art Society, Mumbai. Has held several one man shows 1988,90,93,95 at Jehangir Art Gallery Mumbai, 1989 Taj Art Gallery, Mumbai; 1992 Designscape Art Gallery, Mumbai; 1995, 1996 Y.B.Chavan Art Gallery; 1995 Dhoomimalm Art Centre, New Delhi. He has been invited to several charities in India and paintings are in collections in India and abroad. He lives and works in Mumbai.