Ankur's paternal grandfather grew up in an Orphanage in Lahore. He was a poet and Vikal was his pen name. He did not believe in religion, but worshiped nature, and taught him yoga and meditation since a very young age.
Ankur's maternal grandmother is from a royal family in Jammu and Kashmir.
Ankur studied Architecture before being chosen as a national scholar to pursue his post graduation in Acting from the National School of Drama in New Delhi, India.