Kiran graduated in Computer Science from the University of Houston in 1983 and has an MBA the from University of Michigan in 1985. He has been associated with the sugar industry in India for the last 39 years. He has been a sugarcane farmer, sugar miller, sugar trader and sugar futures trader. He is now consulting with the international sugar trade and large Indian sugar mills. He has been on the Executive Committee of ISMA and on the Board of Indian Sugar Exim. Corp. He is a Senior Advisor to the International Sugar Organisation and is the Chairman of Bonsucro.