He has undergone training at prestigious institutions both in India (IIMs etc.) and abroad (ENA; Paris, France; Canada; etc.). Narayana Swamy al holds a diploma in cyber law (from Government Law College, Mumbai) as well as a PG in cyber law, a PG diploma in environmental law and two PG diplomas each from the National Law University, Delhi and the National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has also published more than 150 research papers in national and international journals of repute in areas as diverse as e-governance to intellectual property rights and is a recognized PhD guide of many universities.