🎙️ From Cricket Fanatic to IIT & Restaurant Owner – Meet Akash Yadav! 🏏🍽️ In this episode, I sit down with Akash Yadav, whose journey takes us from being a die-hard cricket lover to cracking IIT in his second attempt, and later becoming a successful restaurant owner! 🚀 🏏 Cricket Obsessed: Akash talks about how cricket was his life, never missing a single match on TV. Despite not clearing JEE in his first attempt, he took confidence from it and shares his exam strategies that helped him clear it the second time. 🎓 Life at IIT: From experiencing Bengal culture shocks to playing cricket and his honesty during placement season, Akash has some fun and insightful stories about his time at IIT. 💼 Career in Data Analytics & Starting Bistro B2: Akash dives into his career in Data Analytics before making a big shift to start his own restaurant, Bistro B2. He shares the struggles during COVID and the lessons he learned about running a business in tough times. This episode is filled with resilience, passion, and valuable life lessons! Akash's LinkedIn -   / akash-yadav-bbm   Akash's Restaurant - https://www.zomato.com/varanasi/bistr... 👉 Like, Subscribe, and Share to catch more incredible stories like Akash’s! 🔔 #iitjourney #cricketlover #dataanalytics #BistroB2 #restaurantowner #examstrategies #inspiringstories #podcastlife #iitjee #iitjeepreparation #iitmotivation Chapters: 0:00 Teaser 0:32 Introduction - Akash Yadav 1:29 Life Before IIT - Studies and Cricket 4:57 Preparing for IIT - The Varanasi Culture 8:18 Strategies for 2nd Attempt 11:28 IIT Exams and 2011 Cricket World Cup 13:36 IIT Exam Day Experience 15:37 IIT Result Day Experience 22:25 Life at IIT - First Impressions 31:26 Bengal Culture Shocks 33:37 IIT Culture - Cycling 34:15 IIT Food 35:58 Illu and Rangoli 39:12 Cricket Life at IIT 42:08 Placement Season 52:05 Life after IIT 52:46 Truth about Starting Own Restaurant 1:07:44 Rapid Fire 1:14:35 Outro