Devdip Ganguli grew up at the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education at Pondicherry (India). After completing his studies in 2004, he joined Sri Aurobindo Ashram as a full-time resident. Since then he has been offering courses on the history, art, and culture of India, as well as on the social and political thought of Sri Aurobindo at the undergraduate level in the Ashram School.