A new beginning

Born and raised in a village of Tamil Nadu, Arunkumar P. G., 33, currently lives in Bangalore. A software engineer by profession, Arun lives with his doctor wife and their one-year-old daughter. His parents live in Tamil Nadu. He also has a younger brother. When asked about his areas of interest, he replies, "Books, books, books and movies, movies, movies. Nothing else!" Having studied in a village panchayat school till the fifth standard and then in a nearby town till the 10th, Arun even today closely identifies with his roots. "Our bread and butter for living and meeting educational expenses came from our agricultural land. We were so happy when we grew paddy and sugarcane in our field," reminisces a nostalgic Arun. Even today, his father works the land. "We will continue to work our land because it is simply our way of living," he further adds. For Arun, money always came easy, "During my childhood, my father always fulfilled my financial requirements, which made me think that money was generated in my dad's pocket!" Entering the world of mutual funds After doing his B.Tech in electrical engineering from Vellore Institute of Technology in 2007, Arun shifted to Bangalore, the centre of India's high-tech industry. However, it was only in 2012 when his investment journey took off. His first brush with mutual funds happened when he had to meet his tax-saving requirements. Coming from a family with no knowledge of investments, Arun took his friends' help, "As I was looking for tax-saving investments, one of my office colleagues introduced m

This article was originally published on July 05, 2021.