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Ghazal Alagh started his career in a quite different field. In contrast to the numerous engineers that make up the Indian startup scene
Updated : Jun 18, 2024, 05:51 PM IST
A degree from a prestigious universities like IIT or IIM is frequently seen in the startup community as a prerequisite for success as an entrepreneur. Ghazal Alagh, however, took a different route. She completed a summer course in art and design at the New York Academy of Art after earning a degree in information technology from Punjab University.
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Ghazal Alagh started his career in a quite different field. In contrast to the numerous engineers that make up the Indian startup scene, Alagh began her professional life as a corporate trainer. She taught software and coding languages to IT professionals at NIIT Limited from 2008 to 2010.
Alagh's early profits were not particularly high, even though she currently owns a unicorn firm valued at over Rs 9,500 crore. Alagh reflected on her early years in a post on X, mentioning that her first day's pay as a corporate trainer was Rs 1,200. She wrote,"My first income was modest, earning Rs 1,200/day as a weekend corporate trainer. I recall the joy of taking my mom shopping and sharing a memorable dinner."
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