 This helped Ajit acquire a keen taste in Indian classical music.After his schooling and junior college education in Hubli, he moved to Mumbai to finish his BSc and MSc in Physics from the Ruia college, affiliated to Bombay University.Later, he joined the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) for his PhD in Physics with the renowned Indian astrophysicist and cosmologist Jayant Narlikar as his thesis supervisor.