Vasant's undergraduate studies were in anthropology and his graduate work was in photography. He taught photography and art in the United States and has exhibited his work internationally.

Since coming to the U.S. as a young man, each trip home has been a mission to make pictures, collect objects, and be imprinted by India deeply enough to sustain his soul and his art making until his next sojourn. Vasant says, although his body resides in the United States, his soul dwells in India, and his mind traverses between the two.