YOUNG ENTERPRENEURS OF INDIA

1. TILAK MEHTA, FOUNDER OF PAPERS N PARCELS (13)

“Each level in the video game gets [more] difficult than the previous one, and what matters is the results you get on the table and not the excuses that you give to the world.”

A 13-year-old student studying in school has built crores of company, now giving jobs to people. It is said that ingenuity is not an age and the skill does not wait for any special time. Tilak Mehta is the youngest entrepreneur on this list. His company, Papers N Parcels, is hailed as the Ola and Uber of courier service. It guarantees single-day delivery of papers and small parcels within Mumbai. The idea for this logistics business struck him when he needed some textbooks from the opposite side of the city urgently; his family lives in the Mumbai suburbs. His father had just returned from work, exhausted, and the boy did not have the heart to ask him. Today, partnering with the Dabbawalas of Mumbai, he provides over 1200 deliveries a day. Today, he is the youngest Forbes panelist, a TEDx speaker, Youngest Entrepreneur awardee and most importantly, the CEO of his own company. He is targeting a 100 crore turnover in 2020.

2. TRISHNEET ARORA, FOUNDER OF TAC SECURITY SOLUTIONS (26)

“I believe in showing my plans in reality rather than speaking about them.”

                                  

Trishneet Arora is what most Indian parents would consider an academic failure. He failed his class 8 exams and dropped out. His father enrolled him in distance education but once again, he failed his class 12 exams. He is an Indian Entrepreneur, Ethical Hacker and Author. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the cyber security company, TAC Security Solutions. He has written several books based on cyber security, ethical hacking and web defense. He is bestowed with Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2020 by the Entrepreneur magazine in Security Services Category. Today, he is in the  Forbes 30 Under 30 and Fortune 40 Under 40 lists, has been named Entrepreneur of the Year for 2020 and is the subject of a biopic. He assists the CBI, Punjab, and Gujarat police departments as well as Reliance Industries with cybersecurity issues.

3. SREELAKSHMI SURESH, FOUNDER OF EDESIGN AND TINYLOGO (22)

“No sentiments or friendships count in business, it is only the quality of work that matters.”

She is the World’s youngest CEO at the age of 8 and the World’s youngest designer at the age of 3. She became successful in life because of her attitude. She proved that ‘Age is just a number.'  She started her company eDesign in 2009 when she was just 11. She has often been hailed as the Youngest CEO and Youngest Web Designer of the world and has won several awards for her achievements. She also owns another company, TinyLogo. She designs websites voraciously, at a rate few can emulate. Her company provides various web design, SEO and other web services to many brands. 

4. FARRHAD ACIDWALLA, FOUNDER OF ROCKSTAH MEDIA AND CYBERNETIV DIGITAL (26)

                                 

A 13-year-old young boy borrowed ₹500 from his father for acquiring his first domain name. The young boy started building a web community. Meet Farrhad Acidwalla, one of the youngest Indian entrepreneur in the world and the founder of Rockstah Media and CYBERNETIV DIGITAL He is also an investor and a TEDx speaker. Farrhad is currently working with leading international corporations and influencers. He has a well-led team that has assisted in attaining. Business from brands like Atlassian, Lenovo and Microsoft. The young entrepreneur is a frequently invited guest speaker at numerous academic institutions across the country with the likes of IITs and IIMs. He has been featured in various print and TV media news. 

5. ROHIT KASHYAP, FOUNDER OF MAYTREE SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP (18)

  “The brain is curious and we can invest any amount in learning new things.”

   

                                  

As a young boy from a small town in Bihar, Rohit Kashyap did not have access to a lot of resources. Yet, he was winning Olympiads left and right and even ranked under 1000 in the ICAI Commerce Wizard. When he wanted to help other kids achieve the same, he got over 350 calls in 45 days. This gave him the idea for a school to help young minds and at the young age of 14, he created Maytree School of Entrepreneurship. The virtual entrepreneurship school uses the best faculty to plant the seeds of innovation in young, creative minds. Besides running the school, Kashyap is also a Quora influencer with millions of followers. 

6. SHRAVAN AND SANJAY KUMARAN, FOUNDER OF GODIMENSIONS (18 AND 16)

                                                     

The Kumaran brothers are the youngest app developers in India and two of the youngest owners of a company. For Shravan and Sanjay, coding started as a hobby. They read lots of books and solved problems to learn to program until they got good enough to create their own apps. They, of course, had the full support of their father, who himself was the director of a software company. They first tasted success with the app “Catch Me Cop” that got into the Apple App Store. In 2011, they created GoDimensions, through which they have launched 10 more apps. The fact that their apps have an average rating of 4.5 and over 70 thousand downloads is enough evidence of their success 

7. ADVAIT THAKUR, FOUNDER OF APEX INFOSYS INDIA (17)

“I don’t have a fear of failure. Instead, I am afraid not to try!”

                                

A prodigious computer whizz, Advait Thakur started using computers at the age of 6. When his father noticed how fascinated he was watching him code, he decided to teach his son the basics of computers. When he was 14, he built the app “Technology Quiz” to help kids learn about science and technology. Today, he is the CEO of Apex Infosys India and working with great enthusiasm for AI, NLP, and cloud computing with Google. He is a certified professional of Google Certified Adwords and Analytics, Bing, Digital Sales, Hubspot, and Mobile Sites. He is also of a philanthropic bend of mind, as he has provided free services to two NGOs and built “Autism Awareness” for Google.

Therefore, here are 5 pro tips to become a student entrepreneur that can help you understand the core of entrepreneurship before taking your dive.

#1 – BARRIERS IN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

#2 – FINDING GOOD CONNECTIONS

#3 – THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-DEVELOPMENT

#4 – ENTREPRENEURSHIP IS LEARNING

#5 – CREATING NEAT SCHEDULES