Early Life
Arun Shourie was born in Jalandar, India. He was the first child of father Hari Dev Shourie and mother Dayawanti Devasher. He considers himself being born into a close-knit punjabi family as one good accident that define his style and direction. He studied at Modern School, Barakhamba and St. Stephen's in Delhi. He obtained his doctorate in Economics from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University in the United States.
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