Harshavardhan Neotia was born and brought up in
Kolkata in a Marwari family. He attended
La Martiniere Calcutta for Boys and graduated in Commerce from
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. He has completed HBS's Executive Education Programme - Owner President Management Program (OPM) from
Harvard Business School. He is the founder of one of the first joint sector companies in India, Bengal Ambuja Housing Development Limited, in partnership with the
Government of West Bengal. The idea behind this joint sector venture was to promote social housing development in urban India. Neotia's maiden project, Udayan was declared a "Model Housing Project" by the union government. He is a member of the board of governors' of
IIM Calcutta. ==Awards==