Hi, I'm Niraj. Let me tell you how I got here.

I was born 12 February 2000 in Ahmedabad, into a home where every rupee had a job before it arrived. My father somehow saved up for one computer — for my elder brother. I was 10, and very firmly not allowed near it.

I touched it anyway. Photoshop, Visual Studio, broken Windows installs, half-working drivers — I taught myself everything by breaking and rebuilding. By 12, I was burning bootable DVDs and selling them at mobile-repair stalls. By 13, I'd stopped asking my parents for pocket money. By 14, I'd won the Gujarat Science Fair (2014) with a working generator and seen my name in print for the first time.

At 16, I entered college — and made a deliberate choice to study Automotive Engineering instead of CS. A car is a moving box of every technology — mechanical, electrical, electronic, embedded, material science. I wanted to expand my surface area as a builder.

At 17, I founded my first firm — Uminber Designs. In parallel, I started writing Hindi literature at 18-19 and grew into a published Hindi poet. Tech and art, same hands. In the final years of college, I led an electric vehicle build for a national inter-college competition — and we ranked #1 in India.

Today at 26, I run three companies and thirteen brands across design, mobility, and AI. 60+ engagements shipped across 8 sectors. ₹30 L+ in government grants. Cyber Expert for Gujarat Government, jury at iHub, and policy-panel member at the state. Outside work, I lift, I ride, I read philosophy, and I write verses my grandmother would understand.

Same hands. Same kid. Just compounded.