[2] Kushwaha was born on 28 August 1963 in Bhimsen, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

[3] His father, Surendra Singh Kushwaha, was Professor in the Physics department of Banaras Hindu University[3] and also served as VC of Ranchi University, Jharkhand[4] and Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Uttar Pradesh.

[5] and his sister Nirmala S Maurya is a first women Vice Chancellor of Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh who served the office from August 2020 till August 2023.Saket Kushwaha has B.Sc in Agriculture (1983) and an M.Sc.

[6] Kushwaha has served as the dean of the School of Management at Federal University of Technology Bauchi, Nigeria from 1993 to 2006.

[9] From 2017 to 2018 he served as Professor-in-charge for Rajiv Gandhi South Campus Banaras Hindu University.