Vishal Batra is the identical twin of late Captain Vikram Batra, PVC, younger to him by just by 14 minutes. The twins studied at DAV Public School and Kendriya Vidyalaya, Palampur. Later, Vishal Batra completed his Masters in Financial Control from the Institute of Management Studies, H P University at Shimla. After a few years with TATA Finance Limited (Asset Financing Division) and IDBI Bank (Retail Banking Division), he joined ICICI Bank. He is presently working as National Business Head – Defence Ecosystem with ICICI Bank Limited and has been with the bank since 2001.