hiː wʌzðə pɹˈɛzɪdənt ʌvðə sˈɛntɚ fɔːɹ pˈɑːlɪsi ɹᵻsˈɜːtʃ, ɐ nˈuː dˈɛlibˈeɪst θˈɪŋk tˈæŋk ænd wʌzðə vˈaɪstʃˈænsɛlɚɹ ʌv ɐʃˈoʊkə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi fɹʌm dʒuːlˈaɪ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd sˈɛvəntˌiːn tə dʒuːlˈaɪ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd nˈaɪntiːn.
He was the president of the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi-based think tank and was the Vice-Chancellor of Ashoka University from July 2017 to July 2019.