Famous Personalities Of India Like Chhotu Sharma

CHHOTU SHARMA - A man who created unlimited opportunities in the technical world

If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Success is the perfect amalgamation of dedication and hard work to acquire knowledge and fulfill great dreams. The story of Chhotu Sharma is not much different who has achieved everything owing to continuous efforts to change his life for betterment. Earlier a peon by profession, Chhotu Sharma is now the proud founder of two companies regarded as one of the best training Institutes in the IT field with turnover in crores.

Chhotu hails from a very remote village in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, where the best thing available for him to do was graduation. However, he faced a reality check that his graduation degree was not of much use without specialization. It led him to think about joining a computer course, but the earning of his family did not allow him to do so. Still very adamant about joining the course, he went to Chandigarh and took up a job as a peon at a computer center. He used to devote his free time to learn various computer technologies, sacrificing his sleep, and even sometimes his hunger to save money. At that time, he also taught many students to make some more money for his computer course. His struggle and hard work for two years gave him a chance to buy a computer and bike. Finally, he became a Microsoft Certified Software Developer and started teaching in the same computer center where he was working as a peon.

Chhotu Sharma always had a vision of sharing his knowledge and technical expertise with the students. It was the same reason that he left his job as a trainer and decided to start something of his own. He gradually began teaching students in a two-bedroom flat in 2000 and then opened his own software training company 'CS Infotech' in 2007. His training company soon rose to fame for providing hands-on experience for every technology through live project training. The success of this company helped him to establish another company 'CS Soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd' in 2009. Many students of his Institutes have got placement in the Fortune 500 companies. The one person who has always encouraged him is his wife Shalini Sharma, the Managing director of CS Soft Solutions. Well-known for her management skills and seven years of teaching experience in the IT field, she has played a preeminent role in building both ventures from a training center to companies with turnover in crores.

The perseverance of Chhotu Sharma lends him the title of "Himachal Gaurav" by then CM Sh. Prem Kumar Dhumal in 2007. Regarded as a 'Self Made Entrepreneur' by Reader's Digest in 2013, he has been an active social worker and awarded many times for his contribution to education and technology. He is now supporting the education of many needy but deserving students from his village. If we can have some more people like him, then we can fulfill the vision of education for all.