An engineer by education, he left his first job in 1989, and apprenticed with photographers, Hardev Singh, Prabuddha Dasgupta and Atul Kasbekar, before starting out on his own in 1995.
Tarun Khiwal was born in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh,[1] and grew up in Lucknow, where his father was an Indian Railways officer.
[1][3] After completing his education, Tarun started his career in early 1989, designing press and die casting tools at West India Power Equipments Pvt.
However, finding him unable to apply himself well at work, even eight months after joining, the technical director of the company, gave him the book,The Magic of Thinking Big to read.
A few months later, he gained apprenticeship with renowned architectural and interior photographer, Hardev Singh.