 Born on 10 April 1908 at Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, Wahi did his schooling at the local schools and secured his graduate degree in medicine from King George Medical College in 1932.His advanced studies in pathology was at Sarojini Naidu Medical College where he started his career as a member of faculty in 1935 and rose to position of the professor and the head of the department of pathology in 1941.In 1960, he became the principal of the college and worked there till his superannuation in 1968, to be appointed as the vice chancellor of Agra University.