Bikesh was born and brought up in India. He completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering (University of Allahabad, India) and M.Tech in Nanotechnology (National Institute of Technology Karnataka, India). He worked as R&D assistant for two years at the Centre of Nano and Soft matter sciences (CeNS) in India where he was mainly involved in fabricating opto-electronic devices based on solution processed two-dimensional materials.

He began his PhD journey at Research school of Physics in December 2019. Currently, his research is focused on developing cost-effective solar energy conversion devices based on III-V semiconductors.