Rahul Kaushik
A Mechanical Engineer who worked at Infosys and left the corporate career behind to follow what he actually wanted to do — teach. Twenty-three years later he is still in a classroom every week.
From engineer to educator
Rahul Kaushik trained as a Mechanical Engineer and went where that degree usually leads — a corporate job, in his case at Infosys. He left it to teach. That is a strange decision on paper, and a common one among people who turn out to be good at it: the work was interesting, the teaching was more so.
Leaving a salary for a classroom is the part of the story students tend to remember, because it is the same choice they are being asked to believe in — that what you are good at is worth more than what is safe.
A journey built on determination
What followed was the slow version of building an institute — one batch, then two, results that brought the next set of students, and a reputation built in a city where parents talk to each other. There was no franchise and no marketing budget.
He still teaches. Decisions about academics at Zigyan are made by someone who is in a classroom that week, which is less common than it sounds once an institute reaches a certain size.
“I didn’t need a bigger institute. I needed better mentorship.”
Engineer, then employee, then teacher
Four steps, one of which was a resignation.
Mechanical Engineering
The degree, and the obvious career it points at
Infosys
The corporate job he decided not to keep
Bansal Classes, Kota
Head of Department, Chemistry
Zigyan Eduvision
Founder & Director, Sector 16 — and still teaching
Rahul Kaushik Sir, answered
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