After completing the postgraduate program in marketing management from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode Arun Balachandran started his career as an entrepreneur and was very much focused on the publishing space. He joined UST Global as a software engineer in 2006 and in 2009 created India's first private "pre-incubation facility" Innovation Lab Business Incubator. He founded Kerala's only premium luxury lifestyle magazine, FWD in 2011. He is currently serving as Chief Minister's Fellow(IT), Government of Kerala.