YUNOVA Stories
People who built their skillsजिन लोगों ने अपने skill खुद बनाए
True stories of people who built a skill step by step, written from public sources, and where you can start on the same skill for free.ऐसे लोगों की सच्ची कहानियाँ जिन्होंने कदम-दर-कदम एक skill सीखा, public sources से लिखी हुई, और वह जगह जहाँ आप वही skill free में शुरू कर सकते हैं।
StudyFali S. Nariman: seven decades of reading, argument and principle
Fali S. Nariman · Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India and constitutional juristFali Sam Nariman began practising law in Bombay in 1950, the year India's Constitution came into force, and was still writing about it in 2023. In between he argued some of the most important constitutional cases the Supreme Court has heard, resigned a high government post on principle, and read widely all his life. For anyone preparing for CLAT, his career shows what a lifetime of careful reading and clear argument can build.Read story →
StudyA. P. J. Abdul Kalam: from Rameswaram to rockets and Rashtrapati Bhavan
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam · Aerospace scientist and 11th President of IndiaA. P. J. Abdul Kalam was born in 1931 in the temple town of Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu. He studied physics, then aeronautical engineering, and spent four decades building rockets and missiles for India before becoming its President in 2002. His life is the clearest proof that a science student from a small town can change a nation.Read story →
StudyAditya Puri: the chartered accountant who built HDFC Bank
Aditya Puri · Chartered accountant and founding managing director of HDFC BankAditya Puri grew up in Punjab, studied commerce at Panjab University and qualified as a chartered accountant. After years abroad with Citibank, he came home in 1994 to run a bank that did not yet exist. He led HDFC Bank for twenty-six years, longer than anyone has led a private bank in India, and turned a start-up into one of the country's most valuable lenders.Read story →
StudyArundhati Bhattacharya: from a bank PO exam to the top of SBI
Arundhati Bhattacharya · First woman chairman of the State Bank of IndiaArundhati Bhattacharya grew up in the steel towns of Bhilai and Bokaro and studied English literature in Kolkata. A friend happened to tell her about the bank probationary officers' exam. She cleared it, joined the State Bank of India in 1977 and, thirty-six years later, became the first woman to chair the bank. Her story begins with the same exam thousands of students sit every year.Read story →
StudyDevi Shetty: the surgeon who made heart operations affordable
Devi Shetty · Cardiac surgeon and founder of Narayana HealthDevi Shetty was a schoolboy in Mangalore when he heard that a surgeon in South Africa had transplanted a human heart. He decided then that he would become a heart surgeon. He trained at Kasturba Medical College and in England, performed thousands of operations, and built Narayana Health, a hospital chain known around the world for low-cost cardiac care. His story starts with a decision a NEET aspirant can understand.Read story →
StudyIndra Nooyi: from IIM Calcutta to the top of PepsiCo
Indra Nooyi · Former chairman and CEO of PepsiCoIndra Nooyi grew up in Madras, studied science at Madras Christian College and then took a management degree at IIM Calcutta. She began as a product manager in India, went to Yale for a second master's degree, and spent years in consulting and corporate strategy. In 2006 she became chief executive of PepsiCo, one of the world's largest food and drink companies, and led it for twelve years.Read story →
StudyKalpana Chawla: from a school in Karnal to space
Kalpana Chawla · Aerospace engineer and NASA astronautKalpana Chawla finished school in Karnal, Haryana, in 1976. Two decades later she flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia, the first woman of Indian descent to go to space. Her path ran through engineering college, years of research and a long list of pilot licences, one step at a time.Read story →
StudyKumar Mangalam Birla: a chartered accountant at the head of a group
Kumar Mangalam Birla · Chartered accountant and chairman of the Aditya Birla GroupKumar Mangalam Birla was born into one of India's oldest business families, but he did not skip the hard qualifications. He became a chartered accountant and took an MBA in London. In 1995, when his father died suddenly, he became chairman of the Aditya Birla Group at the age of 28. He has led it ever since, and he also wrote India's first corporate governance code for SEBI.Read story →- Study
Nandan Nilekani: the IIT engineer who built Infosys and Aadhaar
Nandan Nilekani · Co-founder of Infosys and first chairman of UIDAINandan Nilekani studied electrical engineering at IIT Bombay, co-founded Infosys in 1981 and led it as chief executive from 2002 to 2007. Then he left to build Aadhaar, the identity number system for every resident of India. His path shows what an engineering education can do when it is pointed at problems that matter.Read story → 
StudyT. N. Manoharan: the chartered accountant India trusted in a crisis
T. N. Manoharan · Chartered accountant, former ICAI president and Padma Shri awardeeT. N. Manoharan came from a small town in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu, qualified as a chartered accountant in 1983 and went on to lead the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. When the Satyam scandal broke in 2009, the government put him on the board that saved the company. His story shows what a CA with integrity can do for a whole country.Read story →
StudyT. N. Seshan: the IAS officer who made India's elections fair
T. N. Seshan · IAS officer and 10th Chief Election Commissioner of IndiaT. N. Seshan came from a village in Palakkad, studied physics, topped the civil services examination and joined the IAS in 1955. Thirty-five years later, as Chief Election Commissioner, he used powers that had always existed in the Constitution to make political parties follow the rules. For a UPSC aspirant his story is a lesson in what one officer who knows the law can do.Read story →