Harsha Prerna was born on 30th July 1991 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India, to parents, Sh. Nirmal Kumar Ambastha and Smt. Ragini Ambastha. She spent her life in Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, where her father, who is an Assistant Professor of Economics, was posted. She has spent first eighteen years of formative part of her life there and completed her schooling up to 12th Standard, in Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro Steel City. At the age of 5, she started lea rning music, mainly light music, from her first Guru – her father. She gave her first stage performance at her school’s function. At the age of 7, she started getting formal training in Hindustani Classical Music. She learnt Classical Hindustani Music from Sh.Krishna Kumar Mishra Ji for 9 years. After her guru moved to Bangalore, she started learning in Sangeet Academy where she got vigorous classical training from gurus like Pt. Pashupati Nath Mishra Ji(Banaras Gharana) and Late Pt. Shyam Das Mishra Ji(Thumri Gayak of Barhia Gharana).