Tanuja Singh Parmar is an Indian civil engineer who works as an educator at Unacademy.

Wiki/Biography

Tanuja Singh Parmar was born on Saturday, 18 August 2001 (age 23 years; as of 2023) in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India. After completing her civil engineering, she cleared the GATE examination two times, and her second AIR was 832.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 5″

Weight (approx.): 55 kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Not much is known about her family.

A picture of Tanuja Singh Parmar’s parents

Husband

Tanuja Singh Parmar is unmarried.

Career

Tanuja Singh started working as a full-time state level Assistant Engineer (AE) and Junior Engineer (JE) educator at Unacademy, an online educational platform, in December 2022. She runs an educational institution named High-Q in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh.

Tanuja Singh Parmar while teaching at her institute

Facts/Trivia

• Tanuja Singh Parmar follows a non-vegetarian diet. ^[1]Tanuja Singh Parmar’s Instagram Story

• She likes travelling to distant places and reading books in her free time.
  

  Tanuja Singh Parmar while enjoying a trip to Goa

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Nitin Vijay is an Indian physics lecturer, motivational speaker, and entrepreneur.

Wiki/Biography

Nitin Vijay was born on Monday, 2 January 1984 (age 40 years; as of 2024) in Kota, Rajasthan. His zodiac sign is Capricorn. He did his schooling at Modi Public School in Kota, Rajasthan. From 2003 to 2007, he pursued a B.Tech. in Ceramic engineering at IIT, Banaras Hindu University. ^[1]Nitin Vijay’s LinkedIn Account

A young Nitin Vijay

Nitin Vijay once shared in an online conversation that his father enrolled him for an IIT JEE coaching class after he finished high school. Even though they did not have much money, his dad borrowed some to pay for the coaching.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 10″

Weight (approx.): 75 kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

His father’s name is Surendra Vijay.

Nitin Vijay with his family

Wife & Children

On 29 November 2008, Nitin Vijay got married to Swati Vijay, a speech pathologist and lecturer. The couple has a son named Agam Vijay, and a daughter named Pakhi Vijay.

Career

After finishing his IIT at Banaras Hindu University, Nitin Vijay started teaching physics at Kota Point, a private educational institution in Varanasi in March 2005. He worked there until March 2007. From May 2007 to October 2007, Nitin Vijay taught physics at Bansal Classes Private Limited in Kota, Rajasthan.

Entrepreneur

Nitin Vijay established his coaching institute called ‘Motion Education Private Limited’ in December 2007 in Kota and became its CEO.

Nitin Vijay while teaching at his institute

He then founded MyBizKid, an online MBA coaching for young kids in Kota, Rajasthan, in January 2021.

Logo of MyBizKid

Other

In 2020, Nitin Vijay became the vice president of the Coaching Federation of India. He was also selected as a member of the Kota Carnival 2020 Decision-Making Committee. Thereafter, he was appointed as a vice president at Byjus’ JEE/NEET division in the same year.

Awards

• 2019: The Young Achiever Award by IIT BHU

• 2021: Disrupt 40 Under 40 Award by Business World
  

  Nitin Vijay while receiving the Disrupt 40 Under 40 Award

Bike Collection

Nitin Vijay owns a Royal Enfiled.

Nitin Vijay with his Royal Enfield and wife

Car Collection

Nitin Vijay owns a Mercedes.

Nitin Vijay with his Mercedes

Salary

Nitin Vijay earns over Rs. 1 crore annually. ^[2]The Economic Times

Facts/Trivia

• He also goes by the name Montu ^[3]Nitin Vijay’s Instagram Post and NV Sir ^[4]The Economic Times.

• Many famous educational institutions in India frequently invite him as a guest speaker.
  

  Nitin Vijay while speaking at IIT Bombay

• A web series titled ‘Kota Factory,’ which showcased his teaching methods premiered on Netflix in 2019. Actor Jitendra Kumar played his role in the series.
  

  Jitendra Kumar teaching students in reel life (in a still from the television series Kota Factory); Nitin Vijay teaching students in real life

• Nitin Vijay is a famous motivational speaker. He frequently gives motivational speeches at different public speaking events like TEDx and Josh Talks. He talked about the ‘Power of Learning’ at TEDxRTU in 2019.
  

  Nitin Vijay while speaking at TEDxRTU

• A biopic web series called ‘Khatta Meetha’, which portrayed his teaching abilities, was launched on YouTube in 2021.
  

  Nitin Vijay on the poster of the series “Khatta Meetha”

• In 2023, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Nitin Vijay and praised him for his contribution to providing quality education.
  

  Nitin Vijay while meeting Narendra Modi

• He enjoys travelling to distant places, rafting, playing cricket, and reading books in his leisure time.
  

  Nitin Vijay while playing cricket

• Nitin Vijay is an avid dog lover. He has a pet dog and frequently uploads pictures of his pet on various social media platforms.
  

  Nitin Vijay with his pet dog

• After the alleged inflation of marks awarded to students in the NEET-UG exam conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA), he filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Supreme Court, requesting the court to re-conduct the NEET exam or remove the grace marks. The testing agency allegedly awarded grace marks to 1,500 candidates, resulting in 67 candidates securing the top rank (720 marks), including six from the same exam centre in Haryana.

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Ramachandra Guha is a noted Indian historian and intellectual. Guha’s research work covers the Indian history of environment, modern India, forestry, cricket, economics, society, politics, anthropology, and contemporary events. A recipient of the Padma Bhushan (2009) and Sahitya Akademi Award (2011), Ramachandra Guha was rated as one of the Top 100 intellectuals in the world by a Foreign Policy magazine in 2008 and one of the most powerful Indians in 2022 by The Indian Express.

Wiki/Biography

Ramachandra Guha was born on Tuesday, 29 April 1958 (age 66 years; as of 2024) in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. His zodiac sign is Taurus. He grew up in Dehradun, Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand), India, where a Tamil Brahmin family raised him. He did his primary education at Cambrian Hall and The Doon School, Dehradun.

The Doon School, Dehradun, where Ramachandra Guha completed his schooling

In 1977, he graduated with a degree in economics from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, and pursued a master’s degree in the same subject at the Delhi School of Economics (located at the North Campus of Delhi University).

St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, where Ramachandra Guha studied

He pursued a PhD in sociology at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta in which he researched the social history of Uttarakhand’s forestry with special emphasis on the Chipko Movement, and he published his first paper, The Unquiet Woods. He then started teaching as a visiting professor to many universities and engaged himself as a researcher at Wissenschaftskollegzu, Berlin, Germany for the year 1994-95.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 10”

Weight (approx.): 70 kg

Hair Colour: Salt & Pepper

Eye Colour: Black

Family & Caste

Ramachandra Guha comes from a well-educated Hindu Tamil Brahmin family.

Parents & Siblings

Ramachandra Guha’s father, Subramaniam Ramdas Guha, was a research professional and director at the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, and the family lived within the campus premises of the institute.

Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. Its campus was home to Ramachandra Guha during his school days

Guha’s mother was a high school teacher.

Wife & Children

Ramachandra Guha married Sujata Keshavan, an Indian graphic designer, entrepreneur and co-founder of Ray+Keshavan designing firm, and Varana, an artisanal luxury fashion brand. She has designed Infosys’s logo and designed and branded big firms like Reliance, Wipro, McKinsey, Dr Reddy’s, Dabur, Max Group, TVS, etc.

Ramachandra Guha with his wife, Sujata Keshavan

Ramachandra Guha and his wife, Sujata Keshavan, in their younger days

The couple has a son, Keshava Guha, and a daughter, Ira Guha. Keshava is a writer and published his first fiction novel, ‘Accidental Magic,’ in 2019.

Keshava Guha, son of Ramachandra Guha

Ira is an entrepreneur who founded ‘Asan,’ a menstrual cup company with a vision to eradicate period poverty in India by providing cost-effective menstrual cups.

Ramachandra Guha’s daughter, Ira Guha

Other Relatives

His grandfather, S. Ramaswamy Iyer, was the first Advocate-General of Mysore.

Religion/Religious Views

Although he believes in a few doctrines of Hinduism, he calls himself an agnostic rather than an atheist. ^[1]The Telegraph

I do not know really whether there is a God or not. And I do know individuals whose faith encourages them to be selfless rather than selfish, to put the interests of their family or community above their own. In the past and in the present, the most generous philanthropists and the most heroic social workers have often been motivated by religious belief.”

Signature/Autograph

Signature of Ramchandra Guha

Career

Professor

From 1985 to 2000, Ramachandra Guha worked as a professor at various foreign universities including the University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, Stanford University, and the University of Oslo.

Ramachandra Guha (Front: standing in the centre) pictured with students at Yale University

Guha joined as a visiting professor at the Indian Institute of Science(IISc), Bengaluru in 2019.

Indian Institute of Science, Bangaluru, where Ramachandra Guha joined as a Professor in 2019

Guha held the Philippe Roman Chair of International Affairs and History at the London School of Economics for the 2011-12 tenure, where four formal lectures were delivered by the recipient of this position. All four lectures went viral among the scholars, sparking debates around the globe. His first lecture on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was controversial, and in the second, he defended Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru from the defeat of India by China in 1962. In his third talk, he talked about ten reasons why India will not and should not become a superpower.

Ramachandra Guha held the Philippe Roman Chair in 2011-2012

Environmentalist

Ramachandra Guha’s first historical research was in the field of environment. Some of his popular books on the environment are:

• The Unquiet Woods: Ecological Change and Peasant Resistance in the Himalaya (1989) – This book gives a peep into the history of the Chipko Movement.

• This Fissured Land: An Ecological History of India (1992) – This book is a collaboration book of Ramachandra Guha with Madhav Gadgil which traces the changing ecological patterns in India from early humans to modern humans.

• Ecology and Equity (1995) – This book highlights the use and abuse of nature in contemporary India. It talks about how the crisis in India is rooted in the exploitativeness of the ecology.

Historian

Ramachandra Guha is known for his books on the history of modern India. He is the third Indian historian (after Romila Thapar and Jadunath Sarkar) to be honoured by The American Historian Association (AHA) with the Honorary Foreign Member prize. Out of many, his famous history books are:

• India after Gandhi: The History of World’s Largest Democracy (2007) – This book was selected as the book of the year by the Economist, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal, and as a book of the decade by the Times of London and The Hindu. In 2007, Ramachandra Guha’s book, India After Gandhi was selected as book of the year by the Economist.
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• Makers of Modern India (2010)

• Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India’s Freedom (2022) – chronicles the story of 7 foreigners, who worked for India’s freedom struggle- four Brits, two Americans, and one Irish. This book crowned Guha with the Elizabeth Longford Prize in 2023

Cricket Analyst

As a writer of cricket, the analytical writings of Ramachandra Guha got him the U.K. Cricket Society’s Literary Award. Guha is a big cricket fan and his books on cricket have got him an international reputation as a cricket journalist. In his fourth lecture during his tenure as the Philippe Roman Chair of International Affairs, he spoke about cricket as an expression of colonial and post-colonial India. His three famous books on cricket are:

• Spin And Other Turns: Indian Cricket’s Coming of Age (2000) – Ramachandra Guha wrote this book at the time of the demolition of the Babri Masjid. He wrote this book in a week. The underlying theme shows how cricket during those days was taken as religion and the players as Gods.

• A Corner of a Foreign Field (2002) – In this book, Ramachandra Guha covers cricket history with an undertone of biographies of important cricket players both Indian and British who played for British India. This book won the Daily Telegraph Cricket Society Book of the Year prize in 2002.

• The Commonwealth of Cricket (2020) – This book is written in the tone of a memoir and charts the life and history of Indian cricket.

• The Picador Book of Cricket (2001) – This book is an anthology of the finest cricket writings by popular cricket writers. Ramachandra Guha has edited this book.

Biographer

He is known for his historical accounts of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, which sparked the worldwide debate on Gandhi. His notable biographies are:

• Savaging The Civilized: Verrier Elvin, His Tribals, and India (1999)

• Gandhi Before India (2013)

• Gandhi: The Years That Changed The World (2018)

Critic and Columnist

Ramachandra Guha is an avid commentator and columnist on contemporary issues. As a columnist, he contributes to many prestigious newspapers and magazines. He writes for newspapers like The Hindu, The Telegraph, The Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Hindi Daily, and Amar Ujala. He has also been a columnist for the Outlook and The Caravan magazines. His famous books as a critic include Patriots and Partisans (2012) and Democrats and Dissenters (2016).

These works made him a prominent public intellectual figure.

Awards, Honours, Achievements

• Padma Bhushan (2009)

• Leopold-Hidy Prize (2001)

• Sahitya Academy (2011)

• Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize (2015)

• Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography (2023)

• R. K. Narayan Prize at the Chennai Book Fair (2003)

• Ramnath Goenka Prize (2007-08)

• Malcolm Adideshiah Award

• Daily Telegraph/Cricket Society Prize

• The New York Times has described Guha as ‘the best among Indian non-fiction writers.’

• The Time Magazine has marked Guha’s achievement as Indian Democracy’s Pre-eminent Chronicler.’

• Got listed as 44th among one of the top 100 public intellectuals in the world by the Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines (2008)

Favourites

• Leader: Mahatama Gandhi and Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

• Sport: Cricket

Facts/Trivia

• Ramachandra Guha was influenced by Marxism theory and was a Leftist during his school times.

• Guha considers food scientist K. T. Achaya, popular as ‘Thammu,’ as his Godfather.

• In his book ‘The Cooking of Books – A Literary Memoir,’ which was published in January 2024, Guha talks about his close friendship with his editor Rukun Advani.

An advance copy of THE COOKING OF BOOKS just arrived. An account of my friendship with the brilliant and reclusive editor Rukun Advani, it is the most personal book I have written as well as the shortest. I trust readers will be grateful to the latter if not the former.
The book… pic.twitter.com/t768klZf3e

— Ramachandra Guha (@Ram_Guha) January 18, 2024

Ramachandra Guha (left) with Rukun Advani (right)

• Ramachandra Guha was interested in writing since childhood, and he would contribute to his weekly school magazine ‘The Doon School Weekly.’

• The famous Indian writer, Amitav Ghosh was a schoolmate of Ramachandra Guha, and they edited a publication called ‘History Times’ together.

• On 4 December 2019, Ramachandra Guha was detained for protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2019.

• The American Society for Environmental History awarded Ramachandra Guha with the Leopold-Hidy Prize for the essay “Prehistory of Community Forestry in India.” ^[2]India Weekly

• Guha refused to take the professorship at the Gujarat University as a sign of his opposition to the construction of the Statue of Unity in Gujarat.

• The hobbies of Ramachandra Guha are travelling, reading, and writing.

Shifona

Arjun Mohan is an accomplished Indian educator and author who has worked as the CEO of Byju’s.

Wiki/Biography

Arjun Mohan was born in Kannur, Kerala. He attended Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Tripunithura for school education from 1990 to 2002. He then studied Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the National Institute of Technology in Calicut from 2002 to 2006. He earned his MBA from 2010 to 2012 at the Indian Institute of Management in Kozhikode. In 2022, Arjun Mohan completed the Advanced Program in Management (AMP) at INSEAD. ^[1]Arjun Mohan’s LinkedIn Account

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 6′ 1″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Not much is known about his parents.

Wife & Children

His wife, Surbhi Bhatia, is the CEO and founder of The Mom Store, a mother and baby products brand based in Bengaluru.

Arjun Mohan with his wife, Surbhi Bhatia

The couple has a daughter named Meher.

A picture of Arjun Mohan’s daughter, Meher

Career

Arjun Mohan started his career in July 2006 as a technical staff member with Rambus, an American technology firm in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and worked there until December 2009. From December 2008 to January 2016, Arjun Mohan worked as a part-time consultant at Byju’s India in Bangalore. In December 2009, he joined Mentor Graphics as a field application engineer and served there until June 2010. Arjun Mohan then interned at HSBC Bank in Mumbai from April 2011 to May 2011. In June 2010, he became a student editor of the IIMK newsletter at the Indian Institute of Management in Kozhikode and served as a member of the corporate relations and placements committee at IIM (Kozhikode) from September 2010 to March 2012. Arjun Mohan then became a TAS manager at Tata Services in Mumbai in June 2012.

Arjun Mohan (last row; third from right) while working at Tata Services

Arjun Mohan then served as the national sales and operations manager at Titan Company Limited in Bangalore from June 2013 to January 2016. From there, he moved on to Byju’s as the vice president of marketing in February 2016 and later, became the chief business officer in April 2019, where he worked until March 2020. In March 2020, Arjun Mohan became the CEO of upGrad until February 2023. He also served as a part-time board member for Talentedge in Gurugram from April 2022 to March 2023. Additionally, he was appointed as a part-time member of the board of advisors for the Electrical Engineering department at the National Institute of Technology, Calicut in April 2022 and as a part-time board member for The Mom Store, a mother and baby products brand, in Bengaluru.

Arjun Mohan while teaching soft skills at IIM, Kozhikode

Arjun Mohan was then appointed as a member of the board of directors at Sharekhan, an Indian retail brokerage full-service brokerage firm, in Mumbai in March 2023. Arjun Mohan has certifications in Consumer Behavior, Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management, Mergers, Acquisitions, Corporate Restructuring, Product, Policy and Brand Management, and Strategic Marketing from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. In September 2023, he returned to Byju’s and was appointed as its CEO. In April 2024, he announced his resignation as the CEO of Byju’s.

Arjun Mohan while serving at Byju’s

Literary Work

Arjun Mohan released his debut book ‘Educating A Billion’ in 2023.

The cover of the book ‘Educating a Billion’ by Arjun Mohan

Awards and Achievements

• In August 2022, Arjun Mohan was honoured with the Business World Education 40 under 40 award for his contribution to education and upskilling by Business World.

• In March 2012, he was felicitated with a gold medal for the Best Outgoing Student by the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.
  

  Arjun Mohan while receiving a gold medal

Bike Collection

Arjun Mohan owns a Royal Enfield.

Arjun Mohan with his Royal Enfield

Facts/Trivia

• He follows a non-vegetarian diet. ^[2]Live Mint

• Arjun Mohan likes travelling to distant places, ice skating, rafting, trekking, and reading books in his free time.
  

  Arjun Mohan while enjoying rafting with his friends

• Besides being fluent in Hindi and English, Arjun Mohan is also a proficient Malayali speaker.

• Arjun Mohan frequently appears on television to present awards from Byju’s India to Indian cricketers after matches.
  

  Arjun Mohan while presenting a monetary award to Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma

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Madhu Kishwar is an Indian academic, author and commentator. She is the co-founder and editor of Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society.

Wiki/Biography

Madhu Purnima Kishwar was born on Friday, 6 April 1951 (age 72 years; as of 2023) in Delhi. Her zodiac sign is Aries. Madhu did her schooling in a convent school. Madhu Kishwar finished her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts at the Miranda House, University of Delhi, where she was Student Union President and part of the NCC for 6 months. She has also done her Master of Philosophy from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi. In the early 1990s, Madhu Kishwar was an anchor, editor, scriptwriter and investigative reporter for the Newswatch program which was telecast at prime time by Doordarshan. Madhu worked as a lecturer at the Satyawati College, University of Delhi, from 1973 to 1987. From 1988 to 2o00, Madhu was a Reader at the Satyawati College, University of Delhi. From 2001 to 2016, Madhu Kishwar was a Professor at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi, where she directed the Indic Studies Project. In 1979, Madhu Kishwar co-founded Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society and has been an editor for the magazine since then. She has also been a National Professor at the Indian Council for Social Sciences Research in New Delhi, since 2017. ^[1]LinkedIn

Madhu Kishwar during her youth

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 2″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Madhu Kishwar’s family are refugees from present-day Pakistan due to the partition. Madhu’s father’s family came from Lahore, and her mother’s came from Peshawar and Rawalpindi. They travelled to Delhi as refugees after being forced out of their homelands due to massacres targeting Hindus. ^[2]JSTOR

Parents & Siblings

Her father’s name is K. L. Kishwar (deceased). Madhu has two brothers named Aditya and Vikram.

Madhu Kishwar’s father, K. L. Kishwar, and mother.

Madhu Kishwar with her brother Vikram

Madhu Kishwar with her brother Aditya

Religion/Religious Views

Madhu Kishwar follows Hinduism.

Address

C-174, Lajpat Nagar I, New Delhi, 110024.

Career

Fellowships

In 1989, she was a fellow at St Antony’s College, Oxford, England, United Kingdom. She was a Rama Watumull Distinguished Scholar at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, United States in 1991. In 1995, she was a Fellow at the National Centre for South Asian Studies in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She was a Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies in New Delhi from 1991 to 1997.

Manushi

Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita co-founded the magazine Manushi: A Journal about Women and Society in 1978.

Madhu Kishwar with Ruth Vanita, the co-founder of their magazine ‘Manushi’

The magazine focuses on feminism, gender studies and activism in India, and also publishes novels and short stories with more general subjects. Manushi also publishes articles related to women’s struggles all over the world, especially in various South-Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Madhu Kishwar and other editors’ aim with the magazine is to cover stories that do not make it to the English-dominant media avenues. Manushi’s main goal is to help find solutions to India’s economic, political, and social problems by conducting thorough research, remaining impartial, engaging with the people affected, and taking culturally sensitive and informed actions. Manushi looks for practical and creative ideas to address contemporary challenges without being tied to rigid ideologies. The Manushi Trust was established in 1979 to support the publication of the magazine. The Trust was established as Madhu Kishwar, who is the founder and managing trustee, decided not to accept money from foreign sources or government grants to maintain the journal’s independence and freedom. The Manushi Trust also publishes books, produces documentary films, and carries out various activities, including legal assistance and public interest litigation (PIL), using the funds generated from sales and subscriptions.

Madhu Kishwar at her Manushi Office in Lajpat Nagar

Author

Madhu Kishwar has authored several books, papers and articles. She focuses on subjects such as gender, religion, politics, law, and culture. Madhu Kishwar has written academic papers such as The Women’s Movement in India (1986), Gandhi on Women (1986), Laws Against Domestic Violence: Underused or Abused? (2000), and Codified Hindu Law: Myth and Reality (2015) etc. She is an author on the Economic & Political Weekly, and The Economic Times where she has a devoted section named the Madhu Purnima Kishwar Blogs. Madhu Kishwar is the author of several books including In Search of Answers: Indian Women’s Voices co-authored by Ruth Vanita in 1984, Women Bhakta Poets: Manushi (1989), The Dilemma and Other Stories co-authored by Vijaydan Detha in 1997, Religion at the Service of Nationalism and Other Essays (1998), Off the Beaten Track: Rethinking Gender Justice for Indian Women (1999), Deepening Democracy: Challenges of Governance and Globalization in India (2005), Zealous Reformers, Deadly Laws: Battling Stereotypes (2008), Modi, Muslims and Media: Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat (2014), and The Girl from Kathua: A Sacrificial Victim of Ghazwa-e-Hind (2023).

The cover of Madhu Kishwar’s book The Girl from Kathua- A Sacrificial Victim of Ghazwa-e-Hind, 2023

Documentaries 

Madhu Kishwar has made documentary films such as “Dahej: Majboori ya Zaroorat? 1996”, which is a documentary on dowry, “उदारीकरण: केवल ऊपर का उदार? The livelihood battles of our Nano Entrepreneurs”, which was telecast in 1997, and “मेरा भारत परेशान, A Documentary Film on the Farm Policy of India”.

Madhu Kishwar in her documentary on Nano Entrepreneurs in 1997

Controversies

Madhu Kishwar & Others vs. State Of Bihar & Others on 17 April 1996

A challenge was made by Madhu Kishwar to specific provisions of the Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act of 1908, which stated property inheritance was to go to male members of the family. The argument from Madhu Kishwar was that these provisions discriminate against women and violate the Constitution’s equality clause. Initially, there was a suggestion that the State of Bihar might amend these provisions. However, it later became clear that the local tribal community preferred to maintain their existing customs. The court acknowledged the constitutional rights of scheduled tribe people and the need to protect their inheritance rights. They also recognized the importance of preserving tribal customs and property within the community. The court didn’t make a final judgment but instead asked the State of Bihar to reevaluate the matter. The court provided relief to female dependents by suspending the exclusive male succession right in cases where females depend on the land for their livelihoods. It also directed the State of Bihar to comprehensively examine the issue, considering possible amendments while respecting the cultural and customary practices of tribal communities. ^[3]Indian Kanoon

Defamation Case

A complaint was filed against Madhu Kishwar based on her tweets against Kashmir’s media. Her tweets were labelled as defamatory, and the case was filed by Syed Shujaat Bukhari, editor of Rising Kashmir. Kishwar had approached the Supreme Court to transfer the defamation case from Srinagar to Jammu due to safety concerns, but her request was denied by the high court. When Kishwar had failed to appear in Court, a non-bailable warrant, issued by a trial court in Srinagar, was set out for her arrest. The Supreme Court in New Delhi cancelled the non-bailable warrant (NBW) against her. The Supreme Court’s order allowed Kishwar to participate in the Srinagar court proceedings through video-conferencing from a Delhi court. ^[4]The Indian Express

Misinformation Case

Awards, Honours, Achievements

• Madhu Kishwar received the Order of Human Rights from the All India Sikh Conference in 1985.

• Mashu Kishwar received the Chameli Devi Jain Award for Best Woman Journalist of the Year from the Media Foundation, New Delhi in 1986.

• Madhu Kishwar received the Haldi Ghati Award for Outstanding Journalist of the Year from the Rana Mewar Foundation, Udaipur in 1993.

• Madhu Kishwar received the Prabha Puruskar for “distinguished service to the cause of women” from the Keshav Smarak Sansthan, Lucknow in 1997.

• Madhu Kishwar received the Vidula Samman instituted by Vikas, An Institution Dedicated to the Cause of Education and Knowledge, Calcutta in 1998.

• Madhu Kishwar received the Deshasnehi Award from the India Development Foundation, Bangalore in 1998.

• Madhu Kishwar was awarded by the Indians for Collective Action, USA for strengthening the rights of urban self-employed poor in 2009.

Facts/Trivia

• Madhu Kishwar has a YouTube channel named Manushi India, which has 105k subscribers as of 2023. The channel tackles topics such as the social, political and cultural climate of India.
  

  A thumbnail from a video uploaded on Madhu Kishwar’s YouTube channel, Manushi India

• Madhu Kishwar is very active on her Twitter account which has about 1.9 million followers as of 2023.

• Madhu Kishwan appears to be a big fan of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has even written a book on him named Modi, Muslim and Media. However, she also criticises PM Modi.

I dont hate Modi.
I am not his enemy.
But his pampering of enemies of India is distressing https://t.co/CA44779Vl3

— Madhu Purnima Kishwar (@madhukishwar) February 25, 2023

Sharon

Divya Dwivedi is an accomplished Indian philosopher, author, and academic. She works as an associate professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi, where she teaches ontology, metaphysics, literature, and philosophy of politics. She studies two types of philosophy – deconstruction and post-metaphysics.

Wiki/Biography

Divya Dwivedi was born in 1981 (age 42 years; as of 2023) in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. After completing her school education, she joined Lady Shri Ram College in Delhi to attain a Bachelor’s degree in Arts. She then earned a Master of Arts degree at St. Stephen’s College in Delhi. After that, she obtained an M.Phil degree from the University of Delhi, and later, she completed her doctorate at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi. ^[1]IIT, Delhi

Physical Appearance

Hair Colour: Brown

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Her father, Rakesh Dwivedi, is a senior lawyer in the Supreme Court of India.

Divya Dwivedi’s father, Rakesh Dwivedi

Her mother, Sunitha Dwivedi, is a freelance writer.

Divya Dwivedi’s mother, Sunitha Dwivedi

Husband

She is unmarried.

Other Relatives

Her paternal grandfather, S. N. Dwivedi, was a judge at the Supreme Court of India.

Divya Dwivedi’s grandfather, S N Dwivedi

Her maternal grandfather, Raj Mangal Pande, was a minister in the Union Government of India.

Divya Dwivedi’s maternal grandfather, Raj Mangal Pande

Career

In 2003, Divya Dwivedi joined Saint Stephen’s College at Delhi University and began working as an assistant professor on an ad-hoc basis. She then served as an adjunct faculty in the Department of English at Delhi University from January 2011 to April 2012. In 2013-14, she was a visiting fellow at the Centre for Fictionality Studies, Aarhus University in Denmark. In June 2017, Divya Dwivedi was elected as a member of the committee on Literary Theory at the International Comparative Literature Association (ICLA). In 2022, she was elected as an executive council member of the International Society for the Study of Narrative (ISSN).

Literary Works

Divya Dwivedi co-edited the books “Public Sphere from Outside the West” in 2015 and “Narratology and Ideology: Negotiating Context, Form and Theory in Postcolonial Texts” in 2018.

The cover of the book ‘Narratology and Ideology – Negotiating Context, Form and Theory in Postcolonial Texts’ (2018)

She co-authored a book titled “Gandhi and Philosophy: On Theological Anti-Politics” in 2019.

The cover of the book ‘Gandhi and Philosophy- On Theological Anti-Politics’

In 2022, Divya Dwivedi edited a book titled “Virality of Evil.”

The cover of the book Virality of Evil (2022)

She is the editor and co-founder of the international multilingual journal “Philosophy World Democracy.”

A snip of one of the articles from Philosophy World Democracy journal

Her work on psychoanalysis helps to understand how psychology, mass thinking, and politics are connected.

Controversies

Remarks on Hinduism during the G20 Summit (2023)

In 2023, Divya Dwivedi sparked controversy when she talked about Hinduism during the ongoing G20 Summit in Delhi in a conversation with a French news channel, France 24. She stated that the future of India would be without Hinduism, which upset many social media users. In her interview, Divya Dwivedi said that there were two kinds of India – one with a caste system that oppressed many people, and the other, a future India without caste oppression and Hinduism, waiting to be seen by the world. ^[2]The Free Press Journal

Facts/Trivia

• Her research areas include Philosophy of Literature, Philosophy of Psychoanalysis, Literary Theory and Criticism, Formal inquiry into fictionality, Critical Philosophy of Caste and Race, Political thought of Gandhi, Political Cartoons, and Novels of O V Vijayan.

• In 2022, Divya Dwivedi was a fellow at the Archives Husserl, École Normale Supérieure, Paris.

• According to Dwivedi, philosophy is a tool to challenge the status quo and should be linked to politics. She disagrees with labelling one’s philosophy and believes that postcolonial theory and Hindu nationalism both support the upper caste in India. She advocates for the destruction of the caste system in India for true equality to happen.

• Divya Dwivedi has been featured in several international interviews including “The proletariat are all those who are denied the collective faculty of imagination at ILNA,” “Interview with Divya Dwivedi at Unesco,” “#ELLEVoices: Divya Dwivedi On How She Is #ImaginingTheWorldToBe in Elle Magazine,” and “A French-style revolution alone can help India recover from its current caste stasis, says Prof Dwivedi with Asian Lite.”
  

  Divya Dwivedi while attending a conference

Jyotsna

Jalila Talemsi is a Moroccan actress and theatre artist. She has appeared in the TV shows Monsters (2018), Midnight Sun (2016), and Queens (2022).

Wiki/Biography

Jalila Talemsi was born on Wednesday, 13 July 1983 (age 40 years; as of 2023) in Morocco, North Africa. Her zodiac sign is Cancer. In 2021, she earned a master’s degree in ‘Aesthetic Education and Art and Culture Profession Management’ at the International University of Rabat, Morocco. ^[1]Jalila Talemsi’s Instagram Account

Physical Appearance

Hair Colour: Dark Brown

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Not much is known about her parents. She has a sister named Sanaa Talesmi, who is a makeup artist in Morocco.

Jalila Talemsi’s sister, Sanaa Talemsi

Husband

Jalila Talemsi is unmarried.

Career

Film

Jalila Talemsi made her acting debut with the African film Androman – De sang et de charbon (2012) as Androman.

The poster of the film Androman – De sang et de charbon (2012)

In 2013, she appeared in a supporting role in the film ‘Les Noces du Loup.’  In 2014, she was cast in the film ‘Saga, l’histoire des hommes qui ne reviennent jamais’ as Zohra. Thereafter, Jalila Talemsi appeared in various Moroccan films including ‘I Love You… Me Too’ (2014) as Ghita and ‘Starve Your Dog’ (2015) as Nassima.

The poster of the film Starve Your Dog (2015)

In 2019, Jalila Talemsi took on the role of Halima in the film ‘The Women in Block J.’ She then appeared as Naïma in the film ‘Nomades’ during the same year.

Jalila Talemsi on the poster of the film Nomades

In 2022, she appeared in two films: ‘Queens’ as Batoul and ‘Poissons Rouges’ as Hayat.

The poster of the 2022 film ‘Poissons Rouges’

In 2023, Jalila Talemsi portrayed Amena in the Bollywood web series “The Freelancer,” streamed on Disney+Hotstar.

Television

In 2015, she appeared in the television series Hmimou as Jalila Talemsi.

A still from the television series Hmimou (2015)

Jalila Talemsi has appeared in various film and television projects over the years. In 2016, she played the character of Zineb in the Netflix web series ‘Ghoul.’ The following year, she portrayed Kahina Zadi’s mother in the television series ‘Midnight Sun’ on Hulu Plus. In 2021, Jalila Talemsi was cast in the film ‘Six Months and a Day’ as Houda.

Theatre

In 2021, Jalila Talemsi was featured in the theatre play “Alwa,” which was directed by Mohamed Al-Har and was screened at the Akon Theater Group in Morocco.

Jalila Talemsi while preparing for the theatre play ‘Alwa’

Awards

• In 2012, Jalila Talemsi received the Best Actress award at the Tangier National Film Festival (Morocco) and at the 28th Alexandria International Film Festival (Egypt) for the film Androman – De sang et de charbon.

• In 2020, she was honoured with the Best Actress award in a supporting role for the film ‘Monsters.’

Facts/Trivia

• Once, in a media conversation, Jalila Talemsi revealed that when she was a kid, she wanted to be an actress.
  

  A childhood picture of Jalila Talemsi

• Jalila Talemsi received an invite to attend the Cairo International Film Festival in 2019.
  

  Jalila Talemsi while attending the Cairo International Film Festival

• Jalila, an animal lover, frequently shares pictures of her pet cat on social media.
  

  Jalila Talemsi with her pet cat

Jyotsna

Vijender Singh Chauhan is an Indian educator and social media personality. He is known for being a mock interview panel member at the Drishti IAS coaching centre and an associate professor of Hindi at Zakir Husain College in Delhi.

Wiki/Biography

Vijender Singh Chauhan was born on 8 July in Bhajanpura, Delhi. His zodiac sign is Cancer. After completing his school education, he joined Delhi University and completed a Bachelor’s degree in Arts in 1993, and in 1994, he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Education. In 1996, Vijender Singh Chauhan earned a postgraduate degree in Hindi. In 1997, he completed a Master’s degree in Philosophy. ^[1]Zakir Husain College, Delhi In 2002, he obtained a PhD in Media and Literature from Delhi University. ^[2]Vijender Singh Chauhan’s LinkedIn Account

Physical Appearance

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

Not much is known about his parents.

Wife & Children

Vijender Singh Chauhan got married to Neelima Chauhan on 12 October 1994.

Vijendra Singh Chauhan posing with his wife, Neelima Chauhan

The couple has a daughter named Shreyasi Mishti.

Vijendra Singh Chauhan with his daughter, Shreyasi Mishti

Address

Vijendra Singh Chauhan resides at G-601, Signature View Apartment, Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi, 110009.

Career

From January 1995 to June 1998, Vijender Singh Chauhan worked as a researcher at the Central Institute of Education (CIE). In December 1999, he began working as a lecturer at a government college in Delhi and served there until October 2005.

An old picture of Vijendra Singh Chauhan

In 2002, Vijendra Singh Chauhan cleared the NET-JRF exam. Then, in October 2015, he started working at Zakir Husain College in Delhi as a Hindi assistant professor. He was elevated to the position of associate professor in August 2018. Later, Vijendra Singh Chauhan joined the famous Drishti IAS coaching centre in Delhi where he helps the UPSC aspirants in practicing interviews.

Vijendra Singh Chauhan while interviewing a UPSC candidate at Drishti IAS academy

Controversies

Trolled For Anti-Hindu Comment

Vijender Singh Chauhan was trolled on Twitter in 2022 for posting an anti-Hindu comment on one of his social media accounts. ^[3]Twitter

An anti-Hindu comment by Vijender Singh Chauhan on Facebook encircled with a green pen

Vijendra Singh Chauhan has received a special research fellowship from Sarai-CDs (ICSSR). He has organised many educational seminars and given presentations at famous colleges in India. Some of these presentations include ‘multiplex cinema mein stri ki celluloid nirmiti’ at Government College, Kullu, ‘FUBL-GILT Conference’ in the Department of Electronics at C-DAC, Pune, and Vaishvik Chetana aur Hindi sahitya’ at Lucknow University.

Literary Works

In addition to being a lecturer, Vijendra Singh Chauhan is also a writer. He has written many articles and journals in Hindi such as Vakt Galat Nahi Hota (2016), Pahad Bhi Dharti Ke Ped Hain (2016), and Ganit Seekhna or Seekhana (2023). He is the writer of two Hindi books named ‘Kyuki Bhasha Bhi Ek Fractal Hai’ and ‘Media v stri : ek uttar vimarsh.’

Award

Vijendra Singh Chauhan is the recipient of the Bhartendu Harishchandra Award by the Government of India.

Facts/Trivia

• He also goes by the name Vijender Masijeevi. ^[4]Vijender Singh Chauhan’s LinkedIn Account

• According to Vijender Singh Chauhan, he is good at interviewing, talking with people, and understanding personalities.
  

  Vijendra Singh Chauhan while delivering a lecture at a college

• Apart from being an educator, Vijendra Singh Chauhan is an accomplished public speaker. Various popular public speaking platforms such as TEDx and JoshTalk frequently invite him as a special guest to deliver motivational lectures. In July 2023, Brut India featured one of his influential lectures, which he delivered at Vidya Gyan school in Bulandshahar, on their official website.
  

  Vijendra Singh Chauhan’s lecture on Brut India website

• Vijendra Singh Chauhan enjoys going to his favourite destinations in his free time. Photography, going on long hikes, and camping are some of his favourite recreational activities.
  

  Vijendra Singh Chauhan while hiking

• He follows Indian media personality, Ravish Kumar. ^[5]Vijender Singh Chauhan’s LinkedIn Account

• In 2023, Vijender Singh Chauhan shared a photo of Indian actor Vikrant Massey with Dr Vikas Divyakirti on his social media. The photo revealed that parts of the Bollywood movie 12th Fail were filmed at the Drishti IAS academy in Delhi.
  

  Vikrant Massey while on the sets of the film 12th Fail

Jyotsna

Karan Sangwan is an Indian educator who has taught at Unacademy for about three years. He found himself involved in a controversy in 2023 when he urged students, during one of his lectures, to vote for ‘educated candidates’ in elections.

Wiki/Biography

Karan Sangwan Chaudhary ^[1]Karan Sangwan – Instagram was born on 17 October. His zodiac sign is Libra. He hails from Hisar, Haryana. Karan attended Kurukshetra University in Haryana. He pursued LLM in Criminal Law at Himachal Pradesh National Law University in Shimla. ^[2]Karan Sangwan – LinkedIn ^[3]Unacademy

Karan Sangwan (second from the extreme right) while receiving LLM degree from the Vice Chancellor of Himachal Pradesh National Law University Nishtha Jaswal (extreme left), the former judge of the Supreme Court of India V. Ramasubramanian (second from the left), and the Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court Amjad Ahtesham Sayed (extreme right)

In 2017, he became a registered advocate at the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana.

Karan Sangwan (right) while receiving the Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana’s certificate of enrollment as an advocate

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 7″

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

There is not much information about his parents and siblings.

Wife 

Karan Sangwan got married in 2022.

A picture of Karan Sangwan (centre) from his wedding

Career

Educator

Karan worked as a teacher at C. R. Law College, Hisar from 2018 to 2019. He joined Unacademy on 7 February 2020 as a Judiciary – PCS (J) educator. Sangwan later founded ‘Legal Pathshala,’ an online education platform, to provide educational content for judiciary examinations.

Controversy

“Vote for Educated”: Karan Sangwan’s Controversial Appeal

In 2023, Karan Sangwan faced controversy when he encouraged students, in one of his lectures, to vote for “educated candidates” during elections. Responding to this, Unacademy’s co-founder, Roman Saini announced Karan’s dismissal from the company through a post on X, citing it as a violation of the company’s code of conduct. In the post, Saini emphasized that the company’s commitment is to offer quality education and ensure an impartial learning environment. He noted that Karan breached this commitment by expressing personal opinions that could potentially misguide students. ^[4]Scroll.in

We are an education platform that is deeply committed to imparting quality education. To do this we have in place a strict Code of Conduct for all our educators with the intention of ensuring that our learners have access to unbiased knowledge.

Our learners are at the centre of…

— Roman Saini (@RomanSaini) August 17, 2023

On 19 August 2023, Karan Sangwan uploaded a video on his YouTube channel and addressed the issue. He clarified that his statement about voting for educated candidates was made on his personal channel, not Unacademy’s. Following this, he removed the video upon Unacademy’s request. On 13 August 2023, Unacademy suspended him, demanding a justification within 48 hours. Karan stated that he was terminated on 17 August without any discussion or opportunity to defend his stance. He added that Unacademy’s authorities expressed concern over him wearing a company-branded t-shirt during the lecture, claiming it affected their reputation. ^[5]Karan Sangwan – YouTube While many criticized Karan for his actions, he also received support from some people. The Chief Minister of Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, reacted to Karan’s termination in a post on X, questioning whether urging people to vote for educated candidates was a crime. Kejriwal underscored the importance of literacy, noting that in this age of science and technology, illiterate representatives would not be able to shape a modern India for the 21st century. ^[6]India Today

क्या पढ़े लिखे लोगों को वोट देने की अपील करना अपराध है? यदि कोई अनपढ़ है, व्यक्तिगत तौर पर मैं उसका सम्मान करता हूँ। लेकिन जनप्रतिनिधि अनपढ़ नहीं हो सकते। ये साइंस और टेक्नोलॉजी का ज़माना है। 21वीं सदी के आधुनिक भारत का निर्माण अनपढ़ जनप्रतिनिधि कभी नहीं कर सकते। https://t.co/YPX4OCoRoZ

— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) August 17, 2023

Facts/Trivia

• Karan is an avid sports lover, and he loves playing football.

• His adventurous nature shines through his posts on social media, which show his experiences from activities like reverse bungee jumping.
  

  Karan Sangwan while doing reverse bungee jumping at Kurfi Adventure Park in Himachal Pradesh

Chandni

Akshay Ramesh is the topper of the CA Final exam in May 2023. He secured the All India Rank (AIR 1) in the Chartered Accountants (CA) Final Exam with 616 marks out of 800 marks.

Wiki/Biography

Akshay Ramesh Jain was born in Ahmedabad, India. While speaking about his career, in an interview, Akshay revealed that his motivation to pursue a career in CA was inspired by his father’s cousin, an uncle who had achieved success in the field. He added that, at first, he wanted to pursue an integrated MBA. However, upon encountering certain challenges, he decided to redirect his focus towards CA and notably, a significant part of his CA journey took place in Hyderabad.

Physical Appearance

Height (approx.): 5′ 7″

Weight (approx.): 60 kg

Hair Colour: Black

Eye Colour: Black

Family

Parents & Siblings

His father, Ramesh Jain, is a businessman and his mother, Mamta Jain, is a homemaker.

Wife & Children

Akshay Ramesh’s marital status is not known.

Relationships/Affairs

Not known

Chartered Accountants (CA) Exam

After concluding his higher secondary examinations, he dedicated his time solely to preparing for the CA. In 2019, Akshay secured AIR 1 in CA Inter Exam. Later, in May 2023, he attempted the CA final exam and became the topper and secured the all-India rank by scoring 616 marks out of 800 marks. The total percentage achieved by him stands at 77 per cent. During an interview, he openly acknowledged encountering personal challenges with the law subject during the examination while acknowledging that he could have handled it more effectively. Engaging in self-reflection, he offered valuable advice to prospective candidates, urging them to prioritize extensive practice of a diverse range of questions, rather than solely fixating on studying the legal provisions.

A snippet of the news article about the CA final examination results

Preparation Strategy & Timetable

During an interview, Akshay shared insights about his daily routine, where he disclosed adhering to a study schedule of 12 to 13 hours. This routine encompassed studying new chapters, reviewing previous ones, solving sample papers, and undertaking mock tests. Although some reports indicated that Akshay did not enrol in any coaching institute for his CA preparation, he did have tutors for certain CA papers, while managing the rest himself. For his studies, Akshay exclusively relied on ICAI materials and also sought inspiration from successful toppers of previous years by watching their strategies on YouTube. Emphasizing the significance of consistency in tackling the CA examination, Akshay underscored the necessity for a disciplined approach, commencing three to four months ahead of the study leave period. He further emphasized the paramount importance of investing ample time in comprehending and internalizing the concepts, cautioning against hasty last-minute memorization. According to his insightful perspective, the comprehensive nature of the CA examination precludes the notion of grasping its entirety through eleventh-hour cramming; rather, it demands diligent long-term preparation. Akshay astutely noted that for the mastery of practical subjects, CA aspirants should actively engage in problem-solving instead of passively perusing solutions. In his view, a mere superficial understanding of the solutions without putting one’s knowledge into practice falls short of the desired outcome. He encouraged individuals to tackle problems independently, urging them to unleash their problem-solving prowess, as a passive approach won’t suffice. Despite his unwavering commitment to his studies, he underscores the vital significance of occasional breaks, referring to them as essential “breathers” within the rigorous process of CA preparation. He astutely highlighted the importance of dedicating quality time with friends after completing tests, recognizing the need to unwind and rejuvenate. Akshay diligently adhered to this practice until approximately six weeks before the exams, understanding the value of maintaining a well-rounded lifestyle even during periods of intense preparation. According to him, these breathers play a pivotal role when one is undergoing such an arduous journey.

Facts/Trivia

• Reflecting upon his remarkable CA journey, Akshay, in an interview, revealed that his days as an intern were the most memorable phase of the entire process. The internship not only presented him with opportunities to forge new friendships but also enabled him to gain invaluable practical knowledge, which profoundly shaped him both personally and professionally.

• Jain Akshay Ramesh (Ahmedabad), Kalpesh Jain G (Chennai), and Prakhar Varshney (New Delhi) emerged as the top achievers in the prestigious CA Final examination held in May 2023, securing the coveted first, second, and third positions nationwide.

• According to certain reports, despite his initial inclination towards pursuing an MBA and apparent lack of seriousness towards CA, the topper’s aspirations took a significant turn after successfully clearing the examinations. It is now suggested that he harbours a strong desire to establish a career in CA consultancy, displaying a remarkable shift in his professional goals.

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