From Class 10 at 26 and ₹17,000 a month in sales to a Tata Group offer: the story of Arindam

B.Sc., 2021 · Class 10 at the age of 26 · Sales on ₹17,000 a month · No IT background · Now: an offer from a Tata Group company at about ₹5 LPA

Most success stories begin with a degree and a plan. Arindam's begins with the loss of his father, a family that needed him, and a Class 10 certificate earned at the age of 26.

A late start

After his father died, school stopped being the priority. There was his mother's health, there was money, and there were responsibilities that most teenagers never carry. By the time Arindam passed Class 10 he was 26, a decade behind the people he had once sat beside in class.

He did not stop there. A diploma in printing followed, from 2013 to 2017, and then a B.Sc., from 2018 to 2021. Each certificate came despite the circumstances, not because of them.

Sales, and a ceiling

With the degree in hand he took what was available: sales. He started in 2021 on roughly ₹9,000 a month, moved into sales and marketing, and worked his way up to about ₹17,000 a month by 2025. Targets, long days, and an income that crept up while his responsibilities raced ahead of it.

In the same stretch he married. Within seven or eight months the marriage had broken down and his wife filed for divorce. He lost his job. His mother's health gave way under the strain, and she was admitted to hospital.

So by the middle of 2025 this was the list: no income, a divorce case in court, a mother in hospital, a family depending on him, and no idea what came next. By his own account, he was panicking.

An advertisement, and a decision

It was in that state that an Instagram advertisement for SHA Career Hub crossed his screen.

He had no IT background of any kind. A printing diploma and a B.Sc. are not the usual way into a technology career, and he knew it. He was not a B.Tech. He had never written a line of code or looked after a server. What he did know was that staying where he was would change nothing.

He enrolled.

Studying between court dates and hospital visits

Learning technology from zero is hard with a calm mind and a settled life. Arindam did it while his life was anything but. He attended the sessions. He practised. He asked questions when he was lost, and at the start he was lost often. The team kept his learning structured and stayed in touch, so that on the bad days he was not working alone.

There is no shortcut in this part of the story. Guidance opened the door. He still had to walk through it, day after day, while everything else pulled the other way.

The offer

In October 2026 Arindam received a job offer from a Tata Group company, at around ₹5 LPA, roughly ₹40,000 a month before deductions.

A ₹5 LPA package is a first step, not a destination. What matters more is where it leads: a technology career with a specialisation, where pay rises with skill and experience in a way a sales target never offered him. His IT career has only just begun.

What Arindam's story says for you

Four things, and none of them is a slogan.

Your degree does not decide this. Your skills do. Plenty of B.Tech graduates are still searching for a first IT job this year. A B.Sc. with a printing diploma received an offer from a Tata Group company, because he could demonstrate the skill the role needed.

It is never too late. Class 10 at 26, a degree years after his classmates, and a move into IT at an age when most people are told that changing their line is too risky. Timelines are comparisons with other people. The only one that matters is your own.

Hard times do not cancel your future. Arindam did not wait for the divorce case to close, for his mother to recover or for a new sales job to turn up before he started on himself. He started in the middle of all of it. That is what made the difference.

Guidance plus effort, never one without the other. The structure, the mentoring and the placement work came from the institute. The hours came from him.

Arindam's result is his own. It is not a promise of what anyone else will earn, and the hardest part of the work was his. But the sequence he followed is the one we teach every student: fundamentals first, one specialisation done properly, and placement work that continues until you are hired, as long as you stay engaged with the program. For someone starting with no IT exposure at all, the IT Foundation Program is where it begins, and the specialisation after it is chosen on the counselling call. Check your IT career eligibility and a counsellor will call you within one working day.

If you are in a job that pays just enough to survive, Deb's story began at a textile shop counter on ₹7,000 a month. If someone at home is telling you a career change will spoil your line, read this first.