[3] After schooling at local institutions, he graduated (BA) from the University of Mumbai and studied philosophy, politics and economics at Brasenose College, Oxford.

[4][8] He continued his studies in London and passed Barrister at Law from Lincoln's Inn and returned to India in 1937 when the Indian freedom movement was gathering pace.

[3] Pant married Nalini Devi,[9] a medical doctor and a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1942 and the couple had three children, Aditi, Aniket and Avalokita.

He also worked as the Officer in Charge of the missions of Tibet and Bhutan and Sikkim,[10] and as Ambassador to Indonesia (1961–64), Norway (1964–66), Egypt (1966–69),[11] United Kingdom (1969–72) and Italy (1972–75).

[3][6] Apasaheb Pant was a former judge for the Templeton Prize,[12] an international recognition honouring the entrepreneurship of spirit,[13] He published[4] eight books towards the latter part of his life.