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After achieving AIR 1, Kalpit Veerwal secured admission in the computer science and engineering programme at IIT Bombay. During the placement drive, he chose not to participate and instead founded an online edtech company.

These five alumni of IITs secured high-paying jobs at reputed companies after completing their education. However, they eventually decided to venture into entrepreneurship to follow their dreams.

Parag Agrawal earned a BTech degree from the prestigious IIT Bombay in 2005 and then pursued a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University. He assumed the role of Twitter’s CEO in 2021 and had to leave the company after Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform in 2022. Let’s find out what he is doing these days.

Pavan Davuluri has been appointed as the head of both groups Microsoft Windows and Surface. He pursued a graduation degree at the prestigious IIT Madras. Following this, he earned a postgraduate degree from the University of Maryland in the USA.

Ganesh Mohan has been serving as the CEO of Bajaj Finserv Asset Management Limited since November 2021. This company, a subsidiary of Bajaj Finserv Limited, has a market capitalization of Rs 2,51,000 crore.

IITians are globally recognized for their exceptional intelligence and entrepreneurial skills. Sundar Pichai, an Indian-American business executive, holds the position of CEO at both Alphabet Inc. and Google. Sachin Bansal is the founder of the e-commerce giant, Flipkart. IIT alumni have left a significant mark on the world stage with their remarkable talents and achievements.

Priyanka Deo is an executive producer and anchor at New India Junction. She holds masters' degrees from the University of Southern California and the London School of Economics and Political Science and Harvard University.