Anuj graduated from TIS in 2009 after spending fourteen years in the school (Nursery to XII). He completed his B.Tech in Information Technology in the year 2013 from Rajasthan Technical University. Thereafter he decided to pursue his passion to become a military aviator and started preparing for the CDS Exam. He cleared his SSB in the very first attempt in Oct 2013 and began training at the Air Force Academy in Jan 2014. After undergoing eighteen months of rigorous training including physical toughening, ground training and flying, he got commissioned as a Flying Officer He was also adjudged  ‘The Most Promising Officer’ at the course valedictory function at the prestigious Helicopter Training School (HTS). He has close to four hundred hours of flying experience on both fixed and rotary wing aircraft including flying at high altitudes in the Leh and Srinagar sectors.