He knew little about engineering, then won NIT Jalandhar’s gold medal
Arsh Goyal, a gold medalist from NIT Jalandhar, shares his career path from a small town in Punjab to becoming a software engineer at Samsung and an influential AI educator. His story emphasizes the importance of academic persistence and self-driven learning.
Why it matters
It serves as an inspirational case study for students in emerging markets navigating the transition from traditional education to high-tech careers.
For Arsh Goyal, engineering was not always the obvious career choice. Growing up in Faridkot, Punjab, he says he had little exposure to the field or to people around him who had pursued it. His early motivation was much simpler — winning the medal given to students who finished among the top three in their class. Years later, that journey would take him from winning a gold medal at NIT Jalandhar to interviewing Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, and eventually building an audience of more than 50,000 engineers through his work in AI and engineering education.He managed to do that consistently through Class 12. Along the way, he scored a 10 CGPA in Class 10, secured the prestigious NTSE scholarship and topped his district in the Class 12 board examinations.
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