In Conversation With Techie-Turned Star Asha Bhat by Image courtesy: Asha Bhat The general Indian middle-class mentality regarding the key to becoming successful only after setting steps into the tech/medical industry, especially if you are a man, has been brought down elegantly by Asha Bhat, an engineer-turned-supermodel, actor and winner of numerous beauty pageants. Hailing from Karnataka, Bhat grew up in a family full of medical professionals. Contrary to her family’s life choices, Bhat grew up to be the first Indian to win the Miss Supranational Pageant in 2014, in Warsaw, Poland. “It was indeed a collective decision of my family with me,” says the actor, who began her career with auditioning for TVC’s films after winning the beauty pageant.