Dr Stephen Antony basically come from an agricultural family, was brought up in an agricultural environment and did his elementary at St. Antony’s school at Yelthagiri in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu and did higher education at Don Bosco at Pannur near Chennai. He got medical seat at J.S.S. Medical college @ Mysore and completed MBBS even in the medical college he was well known as an athlete and participated in all the events related to the sports and won medals.