Meet Hemant Mehra: A School Dropout Who Built 15 Worldwide Apps

Life is full of challenges. People all over the world at some time face challenges which life throws at them. This is the critical testing time that life really tests your will to survive. Here is the story of Hemant Mehra who fought all odds to survive and his story, will be one of those to inspire and motivate you.

Hemant was born in Gwaltoli village of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh. His father passed away all of a sudden when Hemant was just 15 years, eventually forcing him to drop out from school owing to his financial circumstances. His father worked as an accountant for the government. As per govt rules, it offers employment to a dependent family in the case of a worker passing away.

Hemant was in his tenth standard when his father expired, so he was assured of a job when he reached 18 years of age. Till then he was doing all menial jobs. Finally, when he was 18 years, he was disappointed by the truth that there was no government job waiting for him.

Disappointed and desperate about his future, he continued doing all odd jobs till he came across a newspaper article in 2011 about big opportunities in app development space. Sharing his interest he said: “I always enjoy working on PC. My teachers would always make me sit in the computer room along with my seniors because I was a quick learner.”

He also added saying that there was not a single person in his village who was aware of app development. Choosing this field was almost like a nightmare for him because of his financial conditions. At that point, he decided to live independently to succeed.

He then started self-learning the process of coding by going to a cyber cafe to learn on the internet. He also bought books on coding and started having a grip on them. It was his grandmother who supported him throughout his journey.

She sometimes used to ignore his internet bills which sometimes cost around from Rs. 5,000 to Rs. 6,000. On learning Hemant’s passion for coding, his grandmother bought him a new laptop and an internet connection which all the way made Hemant’s journey a bit easier.

At last in 2012, he launched his first app called Mappi on the Play store. From then, there was no stopping him. Till date, he launched as many as 15 worldwide apps. His famous app ‘Lovers In A Spin’ has more than 500 downloads, mostly by Americans.

His apps are now famous in countries like South Africa, U.S., France and Israel. He said: “Initially people thought I had gone mad, but after they saw my apps being downloaded by people, they all have praises for me.”

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