@SrivatsaMS
First start your initial AEM publish instance and let it extract and check the logs when it is fully ready.
stop the server and again check the logs. it should properly stopped.
start the server again and check the logs. once server is ready then upload your package and install the package. give some time to activate all the bundles.
you can check "/system/console" and logs. if all bundles are active then only start working on it.