[3] Sat Pal Khattar was born on 22 November 1942, in a middle class Punjabi family at Bhera, in the present day Pakistan,[4] then the British India.
[5] Sat Pal Khattar's schooling was at the Raffles Institution, Bras Basah Road, and, as a private candidate, completed A-Level Examinations.
[1][5] The eldest, Shareen, is a businessperson, the elder son, Navin a practicing lawyer in UK and the youngest, Arvind, assists his father in business at Khattar Holdings.
[1][3][4][5][6][13] He served as the co-chairman of the Singapore India Partnership Foundation[4][13][16] and is reported to have participated in the deliberations that led towards the free trade agreement signed between the two countries in 2003.
[1] He was also the director of Singapore Labour Foundation,[5] the president of the Hindu Advisory Board[5] and has served as a member of the Public Service Commission and the Securities Industry Council.
[6] He is also involved with the International Management Action Award (IMAA) Council as its chairman[1] and the Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in the role of an advisor.