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Saying no to plum offers to pursue a passion

Parul Sharma

NEW DELHI: Declining a lucrative offer of Rs.17 lakh per year is not something that most MBA pass-outs on the threshold of carving out a new career would do. But not if it is your passion for something else that holds you back.

Neha Juneja, a student of Delhi University’s Faculty of Management Studies, has turned down a plum offer from the coveted Tata Administrative Services to form her own venture called aisapaisa.com

Neha and her three friends, two of them from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, have floated aisapaisa.com -- an independent platform for Indian retail investors to come together.

With a tagline, “Making Money Together”, the new venture is aimed at giving retail investors, especially the small-time investors, an “unparalleled” experience in terms of learning, access to latest market information, collaborating with people with similar financial interests and trading intents.

Not 100 per cent

For this 23-year-old who has been passionate about trading, Neha felt she could not have given her 100 per cent to her new venture had she taken up a full-time job.

“I have been trading for many years. I am just following my passion. I don’t think I would have been able to concentrate on it completely had I chosen something else,” says this former student of Delhi College of Engineering.

“Our main target is the small-time retail investors. Through our venture they can come together and see what other investors are doing and learn from each other. Our services are free. We have a lot of faith in our idea and believe there is space for us in the market,” she adds.

Interestingly, Neha is not the only one in her batch who has not accepted such tempting offers. Another student of FMS, Ravi Pokharna, opted out of the campus placements to pursue his dream of being an entrepreneur.

He has taken complete control of the Delhi operations of PT Education, a national level firm. With seven centres in Delhi, and a vibrant staff of 64, opportunities abound for him.

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