ingh was born into a Sikh family in Kolkata. He spent his childhood in the small town of Burla in Odisha.[11] He completed his schooling from Guru Nanak Public School, Sambalpur, Odisha. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in civil engineering from Guru Nanak Dev Engineering College in Karnataka.[5] Then he moved to bhubaneshwar to work at Infosys Technologies for five years. He did his MBA from Indian School of Business in Hyderabad. He was working as a Sr. Program Manager at Microsoft when he decided to become a full time author.[12]
He met his girlfriend on a matrimonial website and she died in 2007 before they could become formally engaged.[2][6] He adapted his own story into a novel.[4][5] The book I Too Had a Love Story was reviewed by N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Technologies, who called it "Simple, honest and touching".[13]
Literary career
