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Nishant, hailing from Bharatpur, Rajasthan, is making headlines due to his transition from engineering to acting following the release of the film ‘Fighter.’ Nishant played the role of a pilot named ‘Manoj Bhardwaj,’ also known as ‘Birdy.’

Manohar Parrikar, an alumnus of IIT Bombay, was an engineering graduate. He served as the Chief Minister of Goa until his passing on 17 March 2019. Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the Aam Aadmi Party and the current CM of Delhi, studied mechanical engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He pursued civil services and became an IAS officer in 1993.

IAS Vishakha Yadav was born in Delhi. She holds an Engineering degree from Delhi Technological University. In the year 2019, Vishaka appeared for the UPSC exams for the third time and successfully secured an impressive 6^th rank.

The ‘Atal Setu,’ the country’s longest bridge, known as the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link, has been completed. It spans over 22 kilometres.

Shatabdi Sahu holds an engineering degree, and despite receiving job offers from various corporate companies, she chose the path of a plumber trainer. She is the only female plumbing trainer in Odisha. Being one of the firsts, she is being honoured for her unique role.

Ravi Kapoor’s success story is not a typical one where the main character immediately realizes their dreams and work for it. He was average in his studies, pursued engineering on his parents’ insistence, and left them midway to become a bodybuilder. However, things changed drastically after an incident where he made the most important decision of his life.

Bhavish Aggarwal is the owner of Ola company. Bhavish graduated with Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Mumbai. After graduation, Bhavish Aggarwal worked at Microsoft with a good package. An incident in 2010 prompted him to launch his own company of cab services. Today, the valuation of Ola is around $4.8 billion dollars.  

Rakesh Makhija, a successful businessman, has held various significant positions in top global companies. In the year 2019, he assumed the role of part-time non-executive chairman of Axis Bank. He has also worked for Tata Honeywell, SKF Group, Technip, and various other companies.

Karnataka’s Nandini KR studied civil engineering for her higher education and then went on to pursue UPSC exams to become an IAS officer. She faced multiple setbacks in her first few attempts, but she persevered and emerged victorious in her fourth attempt at UPSC 2016 by becoming an All-India topper.

The journey that led to Glosense began with Mr. Sagar Gaikwad, a former engineer turned government employee, whose life took a transformative turn during the pandemic.

Sandeep Engineer is the owner of the company Astral Pipes. He had no background in business and failed in the implementation of his first two business ideas. Today, according to Forbes, he is counted among top 100 richest people from India. His company has a value of Rs 27,893 crore.

Jharkhand’s Kamdev Pan received his education from local villages and colleges. His fascination with science and technology inspired him to launch his own brand of e-bikes. He manufactures e-bikes and sells them all over the country. Currently, he is working on his dream project of building a drone car.

Agra’s Mrinal Agrawal has a background in mechanical engineering. Despite receiving job offers from abroad, he decided to support local farmers through various programmes. So far, he has provided employment to many villagers through his business of selling milk products and vegetables.

While doing his engineering, Ajmer’s Shobhit Soni came up with the idea of building a company for making kulhad glasses. He has around 42 plants all over the country and earns in lakhs.