He was born in London, England on 14 October 1978. His father was a diplomat who worked for the Ministry of External Affairs. As a result of his father’s foreign trips Vineet grew up in six different countries and was exposed to a multitude of cultures.
He grew up in England, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Russia and the United States of America.
He was educated at Delhi Public School R K Puram in New Delhi and at University of California, San Francisco in California, United States of America. Malhotra has an Master of Business Administration from Bradford University.
His first work in front of a camera was as a model and event host. He progressed to be an anchor at Zee Sports in 2005, despite having little exposure to cricket. He began by presenting cricket shows with the likes of Kapil Development, Pataudi, Navjot Singh Sidhu, and Ricky Ponting.
He later moved to Ten Sports and then to Neo Cricket.
lieutenant was at the latter that he devised a program, Baat & Bowl, which is an interactive show that delves into the lives of cricket stars in India. Subsequently he hosted the 16th Asian Games for the same channel.
Malhotra now works as a freelance sports anchor and has appeared on the Indian news channel Times Now.
His reputation as a specialist sports anchor caused him to be invited by national television channel Doordarshan to host the biggest sports event in the history India, the 19th Commonwealth Games. They were nominated in 12 categories and became the first ever band from India to win an award at the Asian Pacific Voice Independent Awards (AVIMA), where they were placed third in the electro/dance category.
