We left Big Tech jobs in California and moved back to India. We gave ourselves 2 years to decide if we should stay.
Instead of selling their California home, Chandana Shivanand and her husband rented it out, leaving open the option of returning if their move to India didn't work out.
Chandana Shivanand and her husband, Prajwal, were working in Big Tech while living in California when they decided to relocate back to India. Both were born and raised in India, with Chandana moving to the US for a master's degree in electrical engineering. After working at Meta, they returned to India and started a nonprofit called Global Engineers Connect to support engineering students in rural India.
Two years later, they sold their home in California for a profit and are now focusing on social impact, particularly in education, through their nonprofit.
Written by urgent.news from Business Insider's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
