WE DON’T NEED NO EDUCATION
…But we’re still going to get our degrees. Meet this breed of students who turned entrepreneurs while still on the campus.
Dell, Facebook, Wordpress, Google, Snapchat and Dropbox are all companies that were conceived and launched by college students from their dorm rooms. But hey—such things happen only in the US, right? Wrong. In the last decade, the trend of student entrepreneurs has caught on in India. And here’s a story that features some of the people and the companies that emerged on college campuses. Take for instance, Shashank ND and Abhinav Lal from NIT Surathkal, who came up with a number of ideas during their stint at NIT. At the end of which, the duo had 10 paying clients and handsome job offers. But instead they took a leap of faith and started Practo—a company that went from strength to strength. In 2014-15, it reported 15 lakh users and about US$4.4 million (₹29.73 crore) in revenues. Similarly, Aruj Garh started Bhukkad— a late-night food joint in the National Law School, Bengaluru. Learning the ropes of the food business in this manner, he gave up the idea of a law career, and is now taking the venture into the city.
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