Dr. Tripathi did his MBBS from University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS, Delhi) and MD (Psychiatry) from the prestigious Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS, Delhi). He also underwent training at the world-renowned Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, USA and Kansas University Medical Centre, Kansas, USA. He is one amongst the few Indian doctors who have cleared the prestigious United States Clinical Skill examination that evaluates a doctor's clinical competency.Dr. Tripathi underwent training in the use of transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy from Harvard Medical Centre, which is the topmost medical college in the USA. He is a consultant psychiatrist, sexual disorders and de-addiction specialist. His areas of interest are adult psychiatry, child psychiatry, and sexual disorders. He is the author of "Review of Psychiatry", the best selling psychiatry book in India. Apart from clinical practice, he regularly trains young doctors across the country and is also the publisher of many research articles in both international and national journals.