 His father, Prem Nath Seth, was an executive of Bata Shoes and his mother, Leila Seth, a barrister by training, became the first female judge of the Delhi High Court and first woman to become Chief Justice of a state High Court in India.He received his primary education at St. Xavier's High School and St. Michael's High School in Patna.He then went to The Doon School in Dehradun, where he edited "The Doon School Weekly".