Lokesh graduated in M.A. in Public Policy in the year 2019 . After graduation, he worked as a research assistant in a Department of Science and Technology funded project titled ” Population vulnerabilities, household’s barriers to access health services, health system response, resource tracking and resource gap analysis for vector-borne diseases in urban areas (PARTHIV)” under Dr Indranil Mukhopadhyay and Dr Pradeep Guin of Jindal School of Government and Public Policy.