About

Balbir Yadav is a second-year undergraduate student at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, and an upcoming Software Engineering Intern at Microsoft. He has a passion for technology and has been learning various programming languages, web development, and machine learning. He has implemented his learnings through several projects. Balbir is from a non-nuclear family in Delhi and has taken all his life decisions independently since his early teenage years. Apart from his interest in technology, Balbir follows the stock market closely and has completed basic courses on personal finance. He started investing in July 2020 at the age of 19 and allocates a significant portion of his earnings from working as a freelancer on educational platforms like Unacademy towards college fees and mutual funds SIPs. Balbir has worked as a Web Developer for the Solar Powered Airship Racing Team, Spart, and as a Content Writer for Quora, where he has received 3.7 million+ content views and 20K+ upvotes. He is also a Full-Stack Developer at Mapit.ai and has a 5-star rating on HackerRank. Balbir is a Bachelor of Technology student in Mechanical Engineering at IIT Bombay, with an expected graduation year of 2024. He has completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate from Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi-110024. In his free time, Balbir enjoys playing badminton and cricket, reading novels, and writing on Quora. With his passion for technology and finance, Balbir is determined to make a difference in the industry and is excited to be a part of Microsoft Engage'22.