From a classroom in Bokaro, Jharkhand — to the halls of IIT, IIM, Amazon, Airbus, SAP and Microsoft. These are not aspirations. These are our students.
The students below came from homes across Bokaro, Dhanbad, and the industrial heartland of Jharkhand. They sat in the same classrooms, cracked the same competitive exams, and carried the same ambitions that any student anywhere carries.
What set them apart wasn't luck. It was preparation — rigorous, focused, and deeply personal. Today they hold positions at global companies that most people only read about. They lead teams, publish research, build products, and advise CEOs.
They are proof. And they started exactly where you are.
From Bokaro's DPS to India's most prestigious management school, Anshika's journey reads like a masterclass in ambition. She spent four years at Tata Administrative Service — working alongside the CEOs of Tata ClassEdge and Tata CLiQ — before moving to Lightbox Ventures as a Vice President in private equity. Today, she has co-founded Unlock Capital, a specialist mid-market secondaries fund, backing profitable Indian businesses and partnering with founders to build enduring enterprises. She is building the architecture of Indian business.
MSc Biotechnology from IIT Bombay, research at IIT Delhi and Washington State University, now working at the bleeding edge of Spatial Transcriptomics and AI-driven Precision Medicine. He led an MoE-backed AI project with AIIMS Delhi to build a breast cancer risk prediction app — and still finds time to publish research on glioblastoma. DBT Fellowship recipient.
Still in college — and already researching at IIT Madras, interning at Tata Steel building ML-based OCR systems, completing a BS in Data Science from IIT Madras, and serving on the T&P Cell at NIT Mizoram. From Chinmaya Vidyalaya Bokaro to simultaneous degrees at two nationally ranked institutions. She hasn't started yet. Watch this space.
A PhD in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin, now an Economist at Amazon in New York — applying causal inference and machine learning to problems at one of the world's most data-rich companies. Her doctoral research used CDC mortality microdata to study the opioid crisis. Rigour without borders.
Leading UX Research for Microsoft Cloud for Industries — shaping how the world's largest software company understands retail and consumer goods. Before Microsoft, she built Flipkart's Grocery and Fintech research practice, and led global research across SEA, MENA, USA and Africa. She doesn't just study users. She changes what they experience.
Eleven years in enterprise software — from ABAP developer in Bangalore to SAP's Customer Success team in the Netherlands. Komal's career traces the exact path that serious tech professionals dream of: from Chinmaya Vidyalaya Bokaro, through Accenture (India and Mexico), through SAP's own development team, to now representing SAP's most strategic business platform at client level. An IIM Calcutta executive MBA along the way. She didn't just grow — she globalised.
Over 17 years navigating enterprise CRM, AI and banking technology. From KPMG Management Consulting (including a Singapore posting) to 7 years at Salesforce as Principal Account Solution Engineer, Biplav is now at ServiceNow making AI work for India's largest banks. NUS Business School Future Leaders Programme. He doesn't sell software — he architects transformation.
DPS Bokaro to IIM Kozhikode to the heart of Bengaluru's SaaS ecosystem — Harish climbed from Business Analyst to Senior PM at Freshworks, one of India's most celebrated tech exports, before moving to Userflow. A career shaped by data, product instincts, and the discipline to make both work together.
Pitch Magazine's 30 Under 30. Young Marketing Leader of the Year 2023. National marketing roles at Hyundai India and now Mahindra — managing BCCI cricket partnerships, international campaigns, and a 300+ influencer network across six brands. He started Quizzing Inc. at age 14. The entrepreneur was always there.
From Chinmaya Vidyalaya Bokaro to the United Kingdom — Mrigank spent 11+ years mastering IT service management across Wipro, NTT DATA and TCS, supporting mission-critical banking systems for UK and Irish financial institutions. ITIL certified. PSM certified. He is the calm in the storm that keeps bank systems running at 3am.
Twenty years in financial services marketing. From Aviva to Canara HSBC to PNB MetLife and now VP at BOBCARD — Randhir has launched brands, led digital campaigns, managed pan-India OOH and sports marketing, and built alliance ecosystems with major banks and distributors. He has steered marketing budgets that most people will never see. He has also, quietly, mentored the next generation of marketers along the way.
Over 15 years at Nokia — one of the most enduring careers in telecom technology. From Information Developer to Principal to Learning Specialist, Smitha has built the documentation and learning systems that underpin how Nokia's global teams operate. A career defined not by noise, but by depth.
Twice selected for Google Summer of Code. Awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship by the European Commission. PhD from University of Münster. UNICEF research collaborator in Bihar. Ajay asks not just "how does this work" but "what does this do to people." His work on ethics of information systems in humanitarian settings is internationally published and cited.
DPS Bokaro, Chartered Accountancy from ICAI, Deloitte India, and now Assistant Manager Finance at Central Coalfields Limited — managing direct taxes and statutory compliance at one of India's largest coal producers. A career built on precision, rigour, and the rare combination of Big Four audit experience with public sector depth.
BTech in Applied Petroleum Engineering, internships at ONGC and Indian Oil, now a Process Data Engineer at Shell Business Operations in Chennai. She is simultaneously pursuing an MBA from IIM Kozhikode. She does not wait for the next chapter. She writes two at once.
From DPS Bokaro to a decade-long career as a full-stack engineer, team lead, practice head, solution architect and staff engineer — Abhay has built products, led engineering teams, consulted startups and run his own technology consulting practice. His tagline says it best: "Turning your 'what ifs' into software." He has spent his career doing exactly that, across companies large and small, with the rare ability to work at every layer of the stack.
From Bokaro to Airbus — one of the most respected aerospace companies on earth. Isha secured her DevSecOps role at Airbus just one year out of her Computer Science degree. AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, cloud security — she is already working on systems where precision is not optional. She is among our youngest alumni and among our most watched.
From Chinmaya Vidyalaya Bokaro to the United States, Nikhil spent nearly 8 years building and securing cloud infrastructure at Princess Cruises — overseeing AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform and Dynatrace at enterprise scale. 14+ years in DevOps. AWS Certified. Named Best Performer. A Bokaro boy who now architects systems used by hundreds of thousands of travellers worldwide.
DPS Bokaro, Statistics from KC College Mumbai, PGDM in Banking & Financial Services from NIBM, and now an Officer at Bank of America in Global Treasury and Merchant Operations. She converted her summer analyst role to a full-time offer before her PGDM was complete. A DPS Bokaro classroom trained a banker now at one of the world's largest financial institutions.
BTech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from NIT Delhi — one of India's premier technical institutions — and now a Salesforce-certified developer at Cognizant. DPS Bokaro to NIT to one of India's largest tech companies. Salesforce Certified Administrator. Google Data Analytics certified. The certifications stack. The career has only begun.
Great journeys do not always begin in great cities. Sometimes, they begin in ordinary classrooms with students who simply refused to think small.Exium Classes · Bokaro, Jharkhand · Building futures since day one