Saarthi Trust / Journeys

Everything we wish someone had told us — answers, paths, and proof.

Career guides, government schemes, CV templates, and real career journeys from people who took the path.

For the past year, the same WhatsApp messages kept arriving. “Bhaiya, 12वीं के बाद क्या करें?” “Bhaiya, kahaan padhne jaayein?” We answered one by one. This page is what we wished existed instead — every answer, every path, every form, in one place, with true stories.

— सारथी टीम
यात्राएं · Career Journeys

Real paths from people like you

No shortcuts. No fairy tales. A scrollable map of what's possible — and honest letters from people who walked it.

The journey map

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Raahein · Possibilities ahead

A future built on curiosity, not pressure

Where science, math, and engineering can actually take you — from age 15 to 32. Six undergrad roads. Real first-job salaries. Honest numbers, no brochure stuff.

6 paths age 15 → 32 realistic ₹

Postcards from the path

Gaurav
Gaurav
IIT KGP · Data Scientist
The builder
From Class 10 doubt → IIT → building things he didn't know existed at 15

“I chose engineering because I liked math and figuring out how things worked. That was it. I didn't have a master plan. I didn't know what ‘data science' meant. I just kept saying yes to things that pulled me — a project here, a course there, a question that wouldn't leave my head…”

“You don't need to know your destination at 15. Pick a direction, walk honestly, stay curious.”
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Nikita
IIT KGP · IIM Ahmedabad · BCG consultant
The strategist
From a normal middle-class family → IIT → IIM → flying between Mumbai, Bangalore, Jakarta at 24

“Imagine this: the CEO of a huge company sits across from me and asks, ‘Should we launch this product? Should we enter this country?' And my team and I spend weeks figuring out the answer. I'm 24. I earn more in a year than my parents earned in ten — and five years ago I was a student just like you…”

“Dream a little bigger. The road is wider than your school is telling you.”
Vaibhav
Vaibhav
JECRC Jaipur · Family business reinventor
The reinventor
From JECRC Jaipur → corporate finance → quit the safe job → reinvented his family business

“I'm not writing from an IIT. I'm not writing from an IIM. I'm writing from my family business — and I'm really, genuinely successful. By the only definition that actually matters: I love what I do, I'm growing it bigger every year, and I built it on my own terms…”

“Don't be embarrassed about your family business. There is a startup hidden in it, waiting for you to find it.”
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Anju
KV · IIT KGP · IAS UPSC (AIR 60)
Aspirant
From a Kendriya Vidyalaya kid → IIT KGP → 3 UPSC failuresIAS UPSC (AIR 60)

“I failed three times before I succeeded. When I cleared UPSC 2024 with All India Rank 60, people called me a topper. But the part most articles didn't say loudly — I gave the exam four times. Three of those four times, my name was not on the list. Each failure made me sharper, not smaller…”

“Walk toward your dream long enough, and it walks back to meet you.”
Arpit
Arpit
JECRC Jaipur · Unacademy · RAS Officer, Jhalawar
The Dreamer
From Ramganj Mandi, Rajasthan → JECRC → Unacademy → quit corporateRAS Enforcement Officer

“I'm not from a big city. Not from a powerful family. I didn't study in a famous school. Today I'm an RAS officer in Jhalawar. The path was not straight — JECRC, app development, IT job, Unacademy, then walking away from all of it to prepare for state services. If I could do this from where I started, trust me, you can too…”

“If I could do this — from where I started — trust me, you can too.”

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