Mohan Jagtiani was born in Hyderabad, India. He lived in Bombay, India and moved to the United States in 1969. Mohan lived in New York from 1969 to 2003. He moved to Florida in 2003. He was best described as kind, humble, generous, sympathetic, understanding, and always considering others first, best described by the scripture (Do not only look to your own interests, but also to the interests of the others (Phillipians 2).