CHETAN BHAGAT

                                                                     

Chetan Bhagat was born on 22 April, 1974 in Delhi . After completing his schooling ,he got graduated from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and did his masters from IIM Ahmedabad. After working for 11 years in Hong Kong as an investestment banker , he returned to Mumbai and began fulltime writing. He had started his novel about life on the campus of an IIT while at work only. After much struggle his first novel  'Five Point Someone' came in 2004 and this very first project led to immense rise in his fame. This book continues to be the most landmark book in his literacy career , being the highest selling book of India till date. Chetan Bhagat grew up in Naraina Vihar, West Delhi in a traditional middle class Hindu family. His father served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army and mother worked in a government job in the agriculture department. He was schooled at The Army Public School, Dhaula Kaun. He claims to have been an average student at the age of 15.

In Class V, Bhagat submitted a small joke for his school magazine, after being forced to do so by his teacher. Seeing his name in print greatly impressed him. Bhagat graduated with a BTech degree in Mechanical Engineering from the IIT Delhi in 1995. He stayed in IIT Delhi's Kumaon Hostel in Room No NB 24, which is now considered lucky by hostellers as it is believed that two other published authors, besides Bhagat had stayed in the same room. Bhagat then went on to do MBA in Marketing from the (IIMA) and graduated in 1997 with an MBA degree. He was awarded as the "Best Outgoing Student" of his batch. In June 2018, IIMA awarded him the "Young Alumni Achiever’s Awards 2018" in the Art & Entertainment category.

Bhagat is often invited to speak at various institutes and organisations in India and abroad. He is also active on social media. He also writes op-ed columns for English and Hindi newspapers, including The Guardian, The Times of India and Dainik Bhaskar, focusing on youth, career, leadership, political issues and current affairs.

He now leads a happy life with his wife and twin sons Ishaan and Shyam. Chetan loves to live a simple life watching cartoons with his children who wish to become super heroes. He is a health conscious person and practices yoga regularly.

Here are some of the video clips of Mr. Chetan Bhagat in which he is sharing about ups and downs in his life along with two motivational and inspirational videos: