He studied
electrical engineering at the Banaras Hindu University, now
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi, and graduated in 1957. He was initiated into Radhasoami faith on 13 February 1958. In 1960 he accepted a scholarship at
Michigan State University, where he received his M.S. in electrical engineering in 1961. In the initial years, he taught
basic network theory (analysis and synthesis), control theory and electric traction courses. He served as assistant professor for 8 years, associate professor in 1972 and professor of electrical engineering in 1973. He was selected for a Canadian Commonwealth Research Fellowship award. He secured admission as a doctoral candidate at the
University of Waterloo with research supervisor Jack B. Ellis in the research field of
socio-economic systems. In the summer of 1970, he went to the University of Waterloo as a post doctoral fellow for three months for joint research assignment with the Department of Systems design engineering and Man-environment studies. During the period, he completed his PhD dissertation in the form of relevant papers. He also attended a short summer course at
MIT on
transport systems. ==Dayalbagh (1993–2002)==