Zerodha CEO sets fitness challenge for employees, offers one months salary as prize

In an attempt to get his employees onto the fitness track, Zerodha's CEO Nithin Kamath has set a challenge with a Rs 10 lakh lucky draw.

In a series of tweets, the investment app founder laid out the details of a fitness challenge that could earn employees an extra month's salary for the next year.

"Our latest health challenge at is to give an option to set a daily activity goal on our fitness trackers. Anyone meeting whatever goal set on 90% of the days over next year gets 1 month's salary as a bonus. One lucky draw of Rs 10lks as a motivation kicker," Kamath tweeted.


Kamath continued to talk about how sitting is the new smoking and with many of their employees working from home, how the need to move was more than ever.


The CEO detailed his own pandemic experience, pointing out that tracking his fitness goals has been the motivating factor behind his own weight loss.

"Since my initial weight gain after COVID, tracking activity has been the best growth hack, end up being more conscious about diet too. Slowly upped daily goal to 1000 calories," Kamath's tweet read.