Meet Tejesh: How UP sweet seller’s son landed ₹2.5 crore Dubai job — ‘I earn in a month what my father made in a year’

What happened: Tejesh Vaish, 26, son of a sweet shop owner in Lucknow, studied Computer Science at IIT Kanpur and now works at a US-based AI startup's Dubai office in a role focused on AI engineering and machine learning. Key numbers: Job package reported at ₹2.5 crore. Father earns roughly ₹5 lakh annually. Graduated with 9.14 CPI. Scored 99.9 percentile in JEE and AIR 9 in UPSEE. Why it matters: His account highlights the income gap between his salary and his father's earnings, and much of his income is going toward building a new family home in Lucknow.

Tejesh Vaish, 26, son of a sweet shop owner in Lucknow, studied Computer Science at IIT Kanpur and now works at a US-based AI startup's Dubai office in a role focused on AI engineering and machine learning.

His account highlights the income gap between his salary and his father's earnings, and much of his income is going toward building a new family home in Lucknow.