Who is Shardendu Tiwari? 27-year-old Amazon Engineer Quits ₹46,000 Job to Join Indian Army | Today’s news
Shardendu Tiwari, 27, a former Amazon cloud engineer who earned almost ₹According to a report in The Times of India, 46 lakh will be commissioned annually as officers in the Indian Army at the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Gaya on Saturday.
Tiwari faced obstacles before joining the army. He went through the selection process eight times before finally clearing it. He was later selected through the Technical Entry Scheme, which allowed him to combine his technical background with a career in the military, the report said.
He stated that among the factors that attracted him to military service were the Army’s opportunities for adventure and field deployments.
Who is Shardendu Tiwari?
Tiwari grew up in Neelmatha, Lucknow, while his family originally belongs to Pipergaon village in Sultanpur district. He did his schooling from Kendriya Vidyalaya in Chandimandir, Haryana. Tiwari then completed his BSc in Information Technology followed by MTech in Computer Science and Information Security from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
He comes from a family with a strong military background. His father, Honorable Captain Raj Kumar Tiwari, served in the Army Service Corps for 36 years before retiring. His father’s long career in the military influenced him from an early age and inspired his decision to pursue a career in the armed forces.
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At OTA Gaya, Tiwari was given the role of Senior Under Officer (SUO), one of the senior positions held by a cadet during training. In his free time, he likes to play basketball and table tennis.
He also turned down an offer from Airbus airline along with leaving the corporate job, the report said.
A graduate of IIT Mandi who left his job in the UAE to join the Indian Army
In related news, Captain Amar Simha Yadav’s decision to leave a well-paid corporate career for the Indian Army has garnered attention on social media. His story offers a different path for engineering graduates who often yearn for lucrative jobs abroad.
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The story gained traction after software engineer Vikas Alwys posted about Yadav on X, formerly Twitter. According to the post, Yadav received his B.Tech from IIT Mandi and later joined Larsen & Toubro (L&T) as a Senior Engineer in UAE. Although he had a stable job overseas, he eventually decided to leave it.
The IIT Mandi graduate then moved out of the corporate sector to pursue a career in the Indian Army.
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“Even though he had a secure and well-paying career, he decided to pursue his dream of serving the nation despite his parents wanting him to keep a steady job,” Vikas said.
“He said all he did was sit behind a desk, put on weight and lose his eyesight. While army is the only organization where you get paid to stay fit, get respect and serve the best soldiers in the world. So he joined the Indian Army as a Captain | Combat Engineer Officer,” he added.
Vikas concluded, “During his service, he commanded an engineering task force of over 120 military personnel and trained over 100 soldiers as a company commander. Today he began a new journey at IIM, Calcutta.”
