 Gagandeep Kang grew up moving around north and east India, changing schools 10 times.She practiced science frequently at home during her childhood, building a lab with her father at home when she was 12 and experimenting by cutting up leaves then observing them through a microscope.Gagandeep Kang completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1987 and her Doctor of Medicine (MD) in Microbiology in 1991 from Christian Medical College, Vellore and obtained her PhD in 1998.