A Rs 46 lakh-a-year job at Amazon and an opportunity with Airbus were among the career options before 27-year-old Shardendu Tiwari. He chose the Army instead and is set to be commissioned at the Officers Training Academy (OTA), Gaya, on Saturday. His commissioning marks a shift from a technology career to military service after he gave up a corporate career and an opportunity with global aerospace company Airbus.
A second-generation soldier, Shardendu was inspired to join the armed forces by his father, Honorary Captain Raj Kumar Tiwari, who served in the Army Service Corps for 36 years before retiring. The family resides in Neelmatha, Lucknow, and traces its roots to Pipergaon in Sultanpur district. Shardendu developed an interest in the armed forces during childhood.
