Who is Gaurav Taneja? Know his story of failure to success
Gaurav Taneja, popularly known as Flying Beast, is a famous person today, who has made his mark as a YouTuber, pilot, bodybuilder
Gaurav Taneja's father Yogendra Kumar Taneja worked in Bank of Baroda and his mother Bharti Taneja was a teacher.
Gaurav Taneja was educated at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya in Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. And he went to Dubai for higher education
He was not satisfied with the academic environment there so he came back to India and took the JEE exam and secured 184th rank.
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After this, he got admission in IIT Kharagpur and received an engineering degree in the year 2008.
After this, he went to America to become a pilot and returned to India in the year 2009 with a pilot's license.
In 2011, he began working at IndiGo as a First Officer, eventually rising to the rank of Captain in 2014.
In May 2019, he joined AirAsia as a Captain in New Delhi, where he furthered his aviation career.
Gaurav Taneja met his wife Ritu Rathi during a training session for his airline.
They have two daughters, Kaira Taneja (Rasbhari) and Chaitravi Taneja (Pihu), born on October 22, 2021.
Their shared profession and interests brought them closer and they finally got married on February 5, 2016.
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