Background
Seth was born on 27 April 1949. Seth"s father, Bhojraj Seth, was a mathematician and the first professor at the IIT Kharagpur, established in 1951, while his mother Bhagawathi Seth was a housewife.
Seth was born on 27 April 1949. Seth"s father, Bhojraj Seth, was a mathematician and the first professor at the IIT Kharagpur, established in 1951, while his mother Bhagawathi Seth was a housewife.
Seth was one of the toppers of Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor of Technology) from IIT Kharagpur in the year 1970, after which he did his Mississippi in 1971 and Doctor of Philosophy in 1974 from Columbia University in New New York
In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India for his contribution to the Arts. After completion of schooling from Modern School in Delhi, Seth secured Associated Independent Recording (All India Rank) 28 in the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination (IITJEE). lieutenant was at IIT Delhi that he founded in 1977.
He has also served as Vice Chairman of the Governing Council of the Film and Television Institute in Pune, 2012 -14.
Seth is credited with setting up the Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music, Art and Culture amongst Youth () in 1977, a society that has done phenomenal amount of work in the area of promoting classical music and culture amongst school and colleges in India and more recently in different parts of the world. This is the biggest, non profit, voluntary, cultural, youth movement in independent India.
Its contribution to Indian classical music & dance is unparalleled. Generations of Indians are today aware of Indian classical music and in a position to appreciate it, thanks to the efforts of Seth.
He started his career working as a Member of the Technical Staff (Message Telecommunications Service) at Bell Laboratories, New Jersey in 1974, a job he gave up to return to India in 1976 as an Assistant Professor to teach at IIT Delhi, where he has been working ever since. He has been member of several committees and boards, including, Central Advisory Board of Education, General Council of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), Executive Board of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and Advisory Board (Education) of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan.