Khushi Sharma - A Biography

Khushi was born in Delhi, India and was going to study in America when September 11 happened - so she applied for a visa for New Zealand and was accepted.

Khushi Sharma was born in Delhi, India and was bought up in northern Punjab. She completed her schooling in India to the 7th Form level majoring in Physics, Chemistry and Maths. Khushi then went to College where she gained a Bachelor of Computer Applications in Punjab. 

She was going to study in America when September 11 happened so she applied for a visa for NZ and was accepted. After arriving in New Zealand, she attended Waikato Polytechnic and gained a Bachelor of Information Technology degree. Khushi worked as a peer tutor (IT Help Desk) throughout her university days – an interesting early insight into the challenges of Customer Service.

Khushi then moved to Auckland for work and got a full-time job with Sky City as floor manager and cashier for the Fortuna Restaurants. She stayed in the role for a year and then moved back to India for her older sister’s wedding. After three months there, she moved back to Auckland, and worked in a number of temp roles before applying for a position with Zeald.com.

Khushi would one-day like to continue with her tertiary education and wants to do a part-time Masters Degree in programming and databases. She already has good technical skills in PHP Programming with MYSQL and Linux.

Khushi’s leisure pursuits mainly revolve around music – all types. She naturally likes Indian music a lot and used to like clubbing music also because she loves dancing.

Khushi is a vegetarian but loves cooking all types of food. Although she prefers cooking mainly vegetarian dishes, she can knock up a fantastic chicken curry - as long as someone else cuts the chicken! To relax after a busy day on the phones working with her customers, Khushi loves watching TV and movies or listening to music.

Khushi has two older sisters and one younger sister. Her oldest sister is married and living in Australia and is a doctor. The Number 2 sister is a lawyer in India and is getting married – to another lawyer! Khushi’s youngest sister is studying at University – making Khushi part of a very high-achieving family.