Prior to IDinsight, Aasim worked as a Program Coordinator at Canopy Nepal. He worked in the initial implementation of their flagship English Improvement Classes (EIC) project, which spanned across 4 different public schools at the time. Aasim holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research (DipASR) degree from Ashoka University, where he completed an advanced major in Economics and a minor in Political Science.