Amandeep Sandhu was born in Rourkela. He has lived in Orissa, Uttrakhand, Punjab, Chattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka. He earned a Masters in English Literature from the University of Hyderabad.
Amandeep Sandhu is currently settled near Bangalore in a now small but once very famous town called Kolar. He has worked as a farm-hand, woolen-garment seller, shop assistant, tuition master, teacher, journalist with The Economic Times, technical writer with Novell Inc, Oracle Corporation, Cadence Design Systems and have now stepped out in the social work sector.