ZEST is an MBA coaching and Soft-skills Training institute at Nagpur.

It is promoted by IIM-A and NITIE graduates who have their roots in VNIT Nagpur.

While preparing for CAT, promoters Kartik Vyas and Pushkar Thakre figured that there is a huge gap between the quality of coaching that was available to them at Nagpur and that available to candidates in metros.

Sometime in January 2008 they decided to start up their own coaching institute someday. Four years on the dream is getting converted into a reality. In the meantime Kartik (VNIT 2005, CAT score 98.77%ile) went on to study at NITIE while Pushkar (VNIT 2006,CAT score 99.81%ile) got into IIM-A.

Post MBA, Kartik had an offer to work with Maersk (the biggest shipping company in the world) for their Global Leadership Development program (he was one of the only three Indians who were made that offer). After three months at Maersk, Kartik decided to come back to Nagpur and joined his previous employer.

Pushkar, worked as an investment banker with Avista Advisory and after six months, decided to return to Nagpur to fulfil the promise that he and Kartik had made to themselves. The promise of imparting quality education at Nagpur through world class people. The promise of raising the bar of education at Nagpur. The promise of doing something for the great city which gave so much to them.

ZEST is just the beginning of this quest.