Mr. Malhotra graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, with B. Tech. (Hons.) in Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering and received the Dr. B.C. Roy Gold Medal. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. He established the Prof. G.S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications at IIT Kharagpur through a personal endowment. He is also on the governing board of many institutes such as Myra School of Business and Entercoms and on the advisory board of organizations such as Ybrant Digital and NextGen eSolutions Private Limited.