to come home she was working for belcore and microvision till 1992 after coming back the 40yearold started an educational institute international educational exchange for students wanting to study abroadi saw potential in marketing international education in the early 90s as many indian students wanted to study abroad but didnt know how to go about it she says today shes an accomplished career counsellor who guides students through their gre gmat and sat tests she also provides career guidance to top universities such as cornel harvard and columbia her fees close to rs 50000 for a years counselling this includes tests getting recommendation letters and visa applications sanjeev chopra engineer to theatre person the arch lights drew this engineer in fact this exiitian who will turn 50 in november had decided long back that he would quit being a professional and take up dramatics at 50 he couldnt wait that long in 2005 at the age of 48 he quit as gm ranbaxy and joined an exiitian drama group dramatech later he started a professional theatre group natwa along with wellknown theatre personality prof mohan maharishi chopra has performed in more than 25 plays this is my life and has always been my passion not the corporate world he says but he knows theatre is not a viable medium to sustain a livelihood i didnt start my career here im not looking at sustaining myself through theatreand the future films maybe sachin patil it professional to winemakerhes a master of degrees environmental engineering mba in marketing and llb from ils law college pune sachin patil was sure he had achieved everything when he landed a plush job at kpit cummins infosystems ltd in 1998 three years later he joined bharat forge ltd where his work took him abroad but two years later boredom hit hard in 2003 i was 28 had seen half the world was earning good money and in a secure job but i needed new challenges recounts sachin after researching for almost a year he decided to start a winery much to the consternation of his family thankfully they never discouraged me my friends and colleagues all from it thought i had lost my mind he says smilingthe winery industry was beginning to grow in maharashtra then glitches were there the bank sat on my loan application for over eight months finally i scraped all my savings and with the help of a cousin i set up my wine factory at narhe in 2005 in a 10acre plot hes doing well he entered into a contract with farmers in baramati who supply him grapes and fruit like jamun and karonda for his wines last year his 5000sq ft swirl winerieya manufactured 10000 litres of exotic tropical fruit wines this year 10000 litres more will be ready by december ill be travelling to the us to market my wines beams a satisfied sachin heady stuff huh sidhu doctor to rockstar from