Celina Jaitley was born in Kabul,Afghanistan to a Punjabi Hindu Army Colonel V.K. Jaitley and Meeta, an Afghan Hindu, who was a nurse in the Indian Army.Celina has a brother who is also in the Indian Army
She wanted to grow up and join the army just like her dad, either as a pilot or a doctor.
Most of her early days was spent in different location due to her dad being transfer in cities and towns all over India - as a result she ended up studying in over a dozen different schools. While her relations was in Lucknow, she attended City Monetessori School, Station Road, Lucknow. She also studied in Berhampur,
Orissa. She has spent a major piece of her time in Kolkata,West Bengal where father was posted during her college days.
