Vishal was born on 18 November,[1][2] 1984[3] in Bhawarna, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, India[4][5] in a Punjabi family.[6] His father owns a store that deals with jewelry and precious stones,[7] and earlier used to be a chairman of a school.[8] His mother initially worked as a school teacher.[8] He was raised in a joint family in Bhawarna, and also in Jalandhar, Punjab. When he was 10 years old, he was admitted to a boarding school, Dalhousie Public School, in Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh.[7][9] Later, he moved to Chandigarh to pursue higher studies.[5] He studied the Bachelor in Engineering degree course to become a computer science engineer.[10] He is also a trained commercial pilot, having completed a pilot training course from Texas, USA in October 2008