Sonal Chouhan is an Indian software developer who is famous for being the girlfriend of Kanishak Kataria, the top candidate in the 2018 UPSC examination.
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Sonal was born into a middle-class family in Sirohi district of Rajasthan. After graduation, she took the IIT JEE exam and entered IIT Bombay to pursue B.Tech computer science course.
Sonal Chouhan holds a degree from IIT Bombay
While pursuing his B.Tech degree, Sonal did summer internships at Housing.com (May 2012 to June 2012) and BMC Software (May 2013 to June 2013). After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in technology, Sonal traveled to Tokyo, Japan, where he began working as a software developer at Rakuten Inc., a Japanese e-commerce and Internet company. In February 2017, she was promoted to Rakuten Product Manager.
Family, caste and boyfriends
Sonal Chouhan hails from a Scheduled Caste (SC) family in Rajasthan. There is not much information about Sonal Chouhan’s parents. She has a brother named Bhavesh Chouhan.
Sonal Chouhan with her mother and brother
Kanishak Kataria, who topped the UPSC exam 2018, is her boyfriend and she met her while they were pursuing bachelor’s degrees in computer science at IIT Bombay.
Sonal Chouhan’s boyfriend Kanishak Kataria
fact
- Sonal Chouhan’s name started doing the rounds in the media after the 2018 UPSC exam results were announced when Kanishak Kataria, who topped the exam, revealed her name while interacting with the media.
- Sonal is very compassionate towards animals and often posts pictures of them on her social media accounts.
Sonal Chouhan and baby elephant
- She also enjoys photography and painting.
Tokyo photos clicked by Sonal Chouhan
- Sonal loves listening to music and her favorite song is Sonu Nigam’s “Abhi Mujh Mein Kahin” from the movie “Agneepath”.
- When Kanishak Kataria topped the UPSC exams, Sonal took to her Facebook account to congratulate him.
Sonal Chouhan Facebook post on Kanishak Kataria succeeds in UPSC exams
- Here is an interesting video about Kanishak Kataria’s biography:
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Source: HIS Education