[1] Harshavardhan Neotia was born and brought up in Kolkata in a Marwari family.
[2] He attended La Martiniere Calcutta for Boys and graduated in Commerce from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata.
[3] He has completed HBS's Executive Education Programme - Owner President Management Program (OPM) from Harvard Business School.
[5] The idea behind this joint sector venture was to promote social housing development in urban India.
[3] He was conferred the Padma Shri in the year 1999 for his initiative in the field of social housing.