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Gaurav Taneja is a professional airline pilot who has captained narrow-body aircraft for Indigo and Air Asia India. Gaurav Taneja was born on 9 July 1986. Taneja is well known Indian You tuber and a commercial pilot.
Taneja is a fitness enthusiast due to which he became a famous You Tuber and daily vlogger, as a result he has a large presence on social media, his YouTube channel Flying Beast, has over 2.92 million subscribers, and his Twitter and Instagram account have over 225,000 and 967,000 followers, respectively.
Biography | |
Name | Gaurav Taneja |
Profession | Airline Pilot & You Tuber |
Nickname | Motey |
Gaurav Taneja Physical Stats & More:

Height | 5’7″ |
Weight | 75 kg |
Eye Color | Black |
Hair Color | Black |
Gaurav Taneja Personal Life:
Date Of Birth | 9 July 1986 |
Age | 35 (from 2021) |
Birthplace | Kanpur, Uttrakhand |
Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Nationality | Indian |
Wife/Spouse | Ritu Taneja |
Parents | Father- Yogendra Kumar Taneja Mother- Bharti Taneja |
Childrens | Kaira aka Ras Bhari |
Siblings | Swati Taneja |
Gaurav Taneja Career & Family Info:

He was born on 9 July 1986 in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Yogendra Kumar and Bharti Taneja. His father Yogendra Kumar works at Bank of Baroda and his mother is a teacher by profession.
Taneja did his early schooling at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh, whereas he did his graduation in B.Tech Civil Engineering in 2004 from the Indian Institue of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur).
Since his childhood, he has devoted himself to fitness and sports.
Later in 2011, he did his training at CAE Madrid which is a flight school in Madrid, Spain 2011.
In 2012 he started his career as an officer at IndiGo. In May 2019 Gaurav joined Air-Asia as captain in New Delhi.
On June 14, Taneja tweeted that he has been suspended by AirAsia India “for standing up for safe operations of an aircraft and its passengers”.
He owns three Youtube channels “FitMuscle TV”, which is related to fitness and health guides gave by him and another one is “Flying Beast”, which is his daily vlog channel in which he uploads his daily activities and the last one is ” Rasbhari Ke Papa”, which is his travel vlogging channel in which he uploads vlog regarding traveling.
Being a fitness enthusiast he has participated in various bodybuilding competitions and has won several competitions at the state level.
Gaurav Taneja Wife, Children & Hobbies.

Gaurav Taneja is married to Ritu Taneja. The couple tied the knot on 5 February 2015 the couples were dating each other for a long time so the friendship turned into love sooner.
Ritu Taneja is a Pilot by profession. The couple has a daughter Kaira aka Ras Bhari, who was born on 18 May 2018.
Hobbies:
Gaurav Taneja is fond of cars and bike, he owns Mercedes-Benz G, Volvo V90, Fortuner.
Whereas in a bike he owns Hayabusa Motorcycle