[5] Singh is from Jalandhar and his family belongs to Ambala Jattan, Hoshiarpur district, Punjab.

His uncle, Colonel Manmohan Singh (retd), adopted him when he was three years old.

[6][7] He is an alumnus of St. Joseph’s Convent School, Lajpat Nagar; Sainik School, Kapurthala; National Defence Academy, Pune and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun.

His commands include the 181 Mountain Brigade, 33 Armoured division and I Corps (Mathura).

He has also served in UN Peacekeeping Missions to Rwanda and as a Chief Operations Officer at Sudan.