samarth did his schooling at the bishop cotton boys' school and b'com at sbm jain college which comes under the umbrella of jain university, bangalore. while studying at bishop cottons, he trained at the karnataka institute of cricket. he also led his school cricket team at the u-14 and u-16 levels, often opening both batting and bowling. he ended leading multiple winning inter-school cricket teams in india. while at school, he was renowned for intensity on the field and his clam demeanor off it. his father ravikumar works as a clerk in state bank of india. he has an elder sister mowna who works at yahoo!.