This CA amid the pandemic co-founded a 100% bootstrapped live-tutoring edtech startup and has 20,000 plus students

• Udit Chaturvedi is a Chartered Accountant with over 14 years of experience in different industries.
• His decision to quit his well-settled no-risk job at Ernst & Young contributed to his burgeoning career in the startup world.
• With his fellow co-founders Rohit Jain and Manika Tiwari, his efforts paid off after establishing DUX– a live tutoring affordable engagement-heavy platform with subscriptions starting at just INR 750 per month.
• Today, 20,000+ students have enrolled on their subscription-driven platform with over 70 % of the students coming through organic word-of-mouth referrals.
• Here is how they began their eventful startup journey.

From dreaming to be a Partner at a Big 4 to getting attracted by the startup world

I was born in Bateshwar, a village situated 70 km away from Agra, UP. At the age of 4, in May 1990, I moved to Rishra in the Hooghly district of West Bengal, a suburb located 20 km away from Kolkata.

Why did I choose to pursue CA? More than anything else, the reason to choose CA was its affordability and high payoff. This was the only course that had a very reasonable fee but had promising rewards once you cleared. Obviously, the risk is higher as there is no guarantee of becoming a CA unlike many other courses but that’s the risk vs reward analysis.

I started my career with E&Y Bangalore in the Audit team through campus placement. Operating with audit provided the opportunity to work and explore different industries like IT, manufacturing, and E-commerce.