Ashwajit was born in New Delhi to Beeba and Kawaljit Singh. His father has been a senior official in the Indian Revenue Service and maternal grandfather Kunwar Mohinder Singh Bedi Sahar was in the Indian Administrative Service also, a well-known Urdu poet. Ashwajit is married to Tanya Singh, a Chartered Accountant. They have two children Eshaan and Piya both educated at University of Warwick.
