Startups  

Alakh Pandey's journey serves as an example of working towards your goals and not letting challenges hold you back from achieving excellence. 

Explore the journeys of successful Indian startups faced with rejection in Shark Tank, from eco-friendly sneakers to healthy eating promotion ventures.

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.

Sagar Daryani is the epitome of hard work and endurance. He believed in his dream, worked hard towards it, and now runs India's biggest food chain. 

Kabeer Biswas is an engineer who started his instant delivery startup from a WhatsApp group and grew it into a Rs 6,400 crore company. His company has received funding from Reliance Retail and Google. 

Mahanaaryaman Rao Scindia is the son of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia. He embarked on his entrepreneurial journey in the year 2022.

Renuka Aradhya is the epitome of hard work and perseverance. He did not let his poor financial condition stop him from achieving success and pulling his family out of poverty. 

Pranjali Awasthi is a 16-year-old tech genius who built her own AI startup at such a young age. Her company has a team of 10 employees and is valued at over Rs 100 crore. 

Chinu Kala ran away from her home when she was 15 years old and had to face several hardships to survive. But her perseverance and her hard work paved her way, and now her jewelry business generates revenue of Rs 40 crore per year. 

May 11 is designated as a day to honor scientists and engineers. The theme for 2024 is 'School to Startups-Igniting Young Minds to Innovate', which aims to foster creativity and startup culture.

Aryan and Ayush co-founded the tech startup Induced AI, which secured $2.3 million of funding from its seed round in October in 2023. The startup successfully attracted investors such as Sam Altman, Peak, SV Angel, and XV. 

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.

Amid the ongoing water crisis in Bengaluru, Kerala has reached out to leading technology companies in the city, urging them to consider expanding their operations to the coastal state.

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.