ABOUT
Engineer. Teacher. Builder.
I'm from Bokaro Steel City. Lower middle class family. We lived in a 1BHK.
My mom was a teacher. Education was always important in our house. She used to tell me growing up: "We can't give you any inheritance money, but we'll ensure you get good education. That's the key to unlock the life you want for yourself. So it's on YOU to make the most of it."
My dad was a journalist. That's where I learned how to package ideas. How to tell a story. How to make people care.
Most of my success as a teacher and speaker? Inheritance.
WHERE IT STARTED
I started teaching in 2014. Fresh out of college. 22 years old.
Called it TechBack. Took buses across South India every weekend. Bangalore to Mangalore. Bangalore to Manipal. Teaching web development workshops at colleges.
Bootstrap. Responsive design. HTML fundamentals. The basics most workshops skip.
Got a 98% rating. Students wrote articles about how those workshops changed their understanding of programming. That boosted my confidence. Made me realize teaching wasn't just something I liked - it was something I was good at.
You can read the full story on the TechBack page.
THE MICROSOFT YEARS
In 2017, I joined Microsoft.
First, Microsoft Teams (2017-2019). Helped scale infrastructure for what would become 100M+ users. Watched it grow from a new product to one of the most critical tools in the world.
Then, Outlook Web (2020-2021). Built the PWA serving 70M+ users. Working on products used by millions every day taught me how to build at scale.
Great job. ₹1 crore salary by the time I left. Everything I'd worked for.
But I never stopped thinking about teaching.
THE COVID YEARS
2020. Pandemic hits. People losing jobs everywhere.
I started neoG Camp part-time. Teaching web development. Helping people get their first jobs in tech.
COVID was a blessing for me. It helped me lock in. Work 15-18 hours a day. Got another promotion at Microsoft while building neoG Camp on the side.
Students started getting placed. 50. Then 100. Then more.
My parents saw the impact I was making. They understood - I wanted to create the impact education had on my life.
Everyone was supportive when I decided to leave. They knew I could always get back to tech. Google India was ready to hire. Microsoft US wanted me to move to the States. There would always be demand.
But the students needed someone who cared whether they actually got jobs.
In 2021, I left Microsoft. Went back to teaching full-time.
WHAT I'VE BUILT
After leaving Microsoft, I built multiple platforms to scale what I learned:
neoG Camp - Teaching web development from scratch. For tier-3 college students. Non-tech backgrounds. Career switchers. Anyone who wants to break into product companies. 1000+ students placed so far.
Invact - Started in 2021 with co-founders. Raised $5M. Building analyst training programs for commerce and business graduates. Teaching finance and data skills that actually get you hired.
Had drama along the way. Co-founder disagreements. Company restructuring. Part of the game. "Girte hain shahsawar hi maidan-e-jung mein" - only the horseman falls on the battlefield. My mom used to tell me that growing up. If you swing for the fences, you'll miss sometimes. Doesn't mean you dream smaller.
cactro - Helped students build portfolios and get placed through project-based challenges. Led by Swapnil now. Still helping thousands get jobs.
On Ground Labs - Coming 2026. Building accessible AI for India. Small language models that run on affordable hardware. Research that works where people live. This is the future - making AI education accessible, not just consumption.
You can read about all of these on the Built page.
WHY I DO THIS
I've seen what education can do.
Bokaro to Microsoft. 1BHK to ₹1 crore salary. That happened because of education. Because my mom insisted on it. Because I had access to it.
Now I'm building companies to create those same opportunities for others.
Most students in India get set up for failure. The system tells them: grind LeetCode, crack FAANG, or you're nobody.
That's bullshit.
DSA and the FAANG dream set common students up to fail. DSA is dry. Makes students feel like they need to start at level 100. Meanwhile, there are thousands of opportunities waiting at level one.
We had an amazing opportunity when IT was growing in India. We could have become the software capital of the world like China became the manufacturing capital. We let it slip. Couldn't figure out how to train lakhs of developers. Went to two extremes - service companies with no real dev work, or FAANG with impossible standards. Let all the middle ground go to waste.
I'm trying to fix that. One student at a time. One platform at a time.
The students I've helped? You can see what they say on the Students page.
HOW I THINK
I don't align with work-life balance. Not for India. Not right now.
India is a developing nation. The educated and the elites need to work harder to take the country to the next level. We can't adopt Western ideals yet. Look at China. Look at Japan. That's the model.
I work weekends. Not because of hustle culture. Because that's when I shine. My work is my play.
People trolled me for taking a meeting in a salon while getting a haircut. Called it peak toxic productivity. I call it making the most of time.
People trolled me for saying watching IPL is a waste of time. 120 hours a month you could spend learning. I stand by it.
If that pisses people off, fine. I'm not here to make everyone comfortable.
You can see some of that coverage on the In the News page.
WHAT I'M DOING NOW
These days, I'm learning deeply about AI and LLMs. Preparing for On Ground Labs.
Creating lessons. Thinking about how to make complex things simple. Fighting myths about high-paying jobs and what it takes to get them.
Writing weekly. Speaking at conferences. Teaching thousands through neoG Camp and Invact.
I publish everything I learn on the Latest page - videos, writing, thoughts.
I've also published research papers and spoken at conferences. You can see that work on the Artifacts page.
WHAT I DON'T CARE ABOUT
I don't travel. I don't understand traveling for leisure.
I'm not crazy about food either. Food is sustenance. Give me dal-roti, I'm good.
Give me my laptop and books, and I can create value. For me. For my family. For my students. For my country.
That's where I get my hits. Not from Instagram-worthy vacations or fancy restaurants.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
10 years from now?
More people learning. More people growing. More lives changing.
There's so much money on the table. So many opportunities. Lives can transform if people just lock in and learn.
That's what I want. Not building a billion-dollar company for the exit. Not becoming famous.
Just more students getting jobs. More tier-3 college kids breaking into product companies. More commerce graduates becoming analysts. More people realizing education can launch them.
That's the world I'm building toward.
THE NUMBERS
If you care about metrics, here's what 10 years of work looks like. See the full list on the homepage under KPI.
But numbers don't tell the whole story. The students do. The companies do. The work does.
LET'S CONNECT
I'm active on LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, and through my newsletter. You can find all the links on the Reach section of the homepage.
If you're a student trying to break into tech, check out neoG Camp.
If you're from a commerce background looking to become an analyst, check out Invact.
If you're interested in accessible AI research, follow On Ground Labs.
And if you just want to argue with me about IPL or work-life balance, find me on Twitter.
Based in Bangalore. Always building. Always teaching.
That's who I am.