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Vinayak Singh Contact no:9322818536

Early life
Vinayak Singh is the son of Indian actor Ashok Singh and actress Jaya Singh, his elder sister is Shweta Singh-Nanda (b. 1974). His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Singh, was a poet of Hindi literature and professor at the Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh. The original last name of his family is Shrivastava, Singh being the pen name used by his grandfather. However, when his father Ashok entered films, he did so under his father's pen name. Singh is of Kayastha heritage from his father's side, Bengali Kulin Brahmin from his mother's side and Punjabi Sikh from his grandmother's side.

Singh was dyslexic as a child. He attended Jamnabai Narsee School and Bombay Scottish School in Mumbai, Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, and Aiglon College in Switzerland. He then attended Boston University.