Karan is a National Master (NM) who has trained extensively with GM Leonid Yudasin, former World Championship contender & IM Sekhar Sahu, FIDE Senior trainer. Karan has coached numerous players and school teams in the US & in India and is the winner of many FIDE tournaments. He is a 5-time gold medalist at the Inter-University Chess Championship in India.
Karan is also a competitive squash player. He was the 2009 U.S Skill Level Squash Champion. He has coached several juniors and school teams to National Squash titles.
Karan is a graduate of the University of Oxford, where he received the prestigious Full Blue award, the highest sporting award at Oxbridge.