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Anil Nagar and Saurabh Bansal are the founders of Adda 247. The duo launched Career Power in 2010 to provide offline coaching classes to students. The company gradually became one of the fastest growing and most successful enterprises across the educational industry with a pan-India presence.

The company underwent a significant transition in 2016 when it shifted to an online learning platform under the name Adda247. Plugging the gap with respect to access and quality of education, Adda247 is now India’s leading test prep platform catering to the learning needs of approximately 85 million+ government job aspirants across the country, providing vernacular content at affordable prices.

Adda247 offers online courses for more than 500+ exams in India including UPSC, State PSCs, Banking, SSC, Teaching, Defense, State Exams, JEE, NEET, GATE, and CUET in 12 languages.

Ablu Rajesh Kumar was just 13 years when he met with an accident at Amritsar Railway Station. His reckless decision to cross the railway tracks in fear of missing the train cost him both his legs, which changed his entire life.

“I was unconscious for nearly 18 hours as a result of the trauma. The doctors told me that I would only be able to walk on crutches or spend the rest of my life on a wheelchair. I was in a lot of pain in the beginning and tried multiple prosthetics. But I vowed to make my weakness my strength and not let the accident keep me from living my life to the fullest,” Ablu recalls.

While losing legs at such an early age posed a challenge for Ablu, it also made him mentally strong. He decided not to give up on his dreams and worked towards his love for dancing with the help of prosthetic legs.

Today, the 25-year-old from Amritsar has come a long way. He is a dancer, choreographer, content creator, and a cyclist.

Recently, on the 15th of August, when the country celebrated Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ablu rode a bicycle for 1 km holding the Indian National Flag and set a record, proving that he was bigger than his disabilities. This won him a place in the prestigious International Book of Records for ‘the longest distance covered by cycling with prosthetic legs holding the Indian flag’.

In addition to being a full-time content creator and influencer, Ablu has also founded ‘Ablu Rajesh Dance Academy,’ an NGO for the underprivileged kids, where he teaches dance for them.

Mohit shivani is an Interior Designer from Jabalpur, graduated from IDA college in 2019.

The firm offers contemporary and functional  solutions that can be widely characterized into residential and commercial with innovative product design for every project.

"The craze of traveler, and the thrust of artist pushed me in designing. So, I was taking my personal projects since 2019 and with distinctive experience in various forms of designing, there was a beginning to the firm 'Shivaan Interiors' in 2021.

I am fascinated with variety and scale of every project that firm undertakes and deliver it with utmost passion. Designing at its visionary best exhilarates and inspires. It's not the creation of non living products rather It's the art of creating living organisms that live in harmony with mother nature.

For any tree to grow tall and wide it needs a solid base, similarly shivaan interiors is the tree with roots dig deep into soil to extract best juices of design, management.  Each of the team member is a leader here and believes in something different and their creational styles are unique.

Shivaan interiors have completed over 25+ projects in field of residential, commercial,  
hospitality design" - said Mohit Shivani in a talk with Startup Ledge.