A Hyderabad father becomes a full-time parent after corporate role is redundant

Nishant Chaturvedi became the primary caregiver for his six-year-old son in Hyderabad, India, after a global restructuring at his company made his corporate role redundant.

Nishant and his wife, Vibhuti, moved to Hyderabad from Delhi to pursue careers as lawyers. Following the birth of their son, Shiven, in 2019, Nishant worked for global pharmaceutical companies like Novartis and Sandoz for over a decade.

The transition to full-time parenting began in early 2025 as Vibhuti took on a demanding new job with long hours and weekend work. Nishant adjusted his life to manage school routines, homework, and extracurricular activities such as badminton and swimming. He continues to perform consulting and mentoring work but fits these tasks around his son's schedule. Nishant says the experience helped him understand the mental effort and unacknowledged nature of household work.

He and Vibhuti view their roles as a partnership where they adapt to different phases of life rather than dividing duties into primary or secondary categories. Nishant believes that caring for a family is a round-the-clock responsibility that deserves more recognition.