Information Technology has made the life simpler in many sense for the last decade. Consumers are not only the ones who are getting the benefit from IT, but many young talents have blended the scope of IT with their entrepreneurial skill to come up with innovative business models. Following are the top 12 Indian Engineers who have best utilized the IT to setup their business.
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Remember meeting shy IIT juniors at 2 States book lunch, saying sir we run a small e-bookstore. I said what's the name? They said Flipkart. [ Source]
Flipkart: E-commerce (online-shopping) Company
Company Starting Year: 2007
Education: Both Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal - B.Tech from IIT Delhi in Computer Science & Engineering
Pranay Chulet, a man covered the journey from the dusty streets of Dariba - Rajasthan's Copper mining hub to Quikr via IIT Delhi and IIM Calcutta.
Quikr: Online and Mobile Classifieds Portal
Company Starting Year: 2008
Education: B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT-Delhi and MBA from IIM Calcutta
Vijay Shekhar Sharma, the force behind Paytm, graduated only to make his mother happy. [ Source]
Paytm: E-commerce (Online Shopping and Recharge) Company
Company Starting Year: 2010
Education: B.Tech in Electronics and Communications from Delhi College of Engineering
In one interview Arunabh Kumar said [ Source]
"Every sem I used to pick a career choice, in first semester I wanted to be an economist, in second sem I wanted to do an MBA, in third I thought I will be a coder and in fourth sem I thought I will join UPSC. Evey sem I used to change careers"
Arunabh worked as an Assistant Director in Bollywood movie Om Shanti Om.
TVF: Media & Entertainment Company
Company Starting Year: 2010
Education: B.Tech and M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur
5. Phanindra Reddy Sama [ redBus]The seed for redBus was sown when he couldn't get a bus ticket to go back to Hyderabad during the long Diwali weekend in 2005. [ Source]
redBus: Online Bus Ticketing Service
Company Starting Year: 2006
Education: BE in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from BITS Pilani and Proficiency in Computer network from IISC Bangalore.
Note: redBus.in was taken over by the ibibo group in June 2013.
Bhavish was traveling from Bangalore to bandipur, for which he rented out a car, which ended in a very bad experience. The driver stopped the car in the middle of the journey and demanded a renegotiation of what Bhavish was paying. After being refused, he proceeded to abandon him enroute his destination. [ Source]
OlaCabs: Transport (Online Cab booking)
Company Starting Year: 2010
Education: Bhavish is B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay and Ankit is B.Tech & M.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Bombay
Meeting Vani and starting Snapdeal [ Source]
Company Starting Year: 2010
Education: Kunal has B.Tech degree in Manufacturing System Engineering from University of Pennsylvania and MBA degree in Marketing and Operation Strategy from The Wharton School. Rohan has completed his B.Tech and M.Tech in Computer Science Engineering from IIT Delhi.
8. Adhil Shetty [ Bankbazaar ]We were looking for a home loan in Chennai in early 2007 and found it really hard to get a good deal. [ Source]
Bankbazaar: Online Financial Product Comparison Platform
Company Starting Year: 2008
Education: Adhil has completed his B.Tech in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Anna University and Masters in International Relations - International Finance & Business from Columbia University in the City of New York.
Lalit called me the next day saying, 'Hey dude, I also resigned.' [ Source]
Commonfloor: Online Real-estate Portal
Company Starting Year: 2007
Education: Sumit and Lalit are B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering from IIT Roorkee and Vikas is B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University.
Computers and technology have been my passion since I was a child. I began my new venture by writing a few blogs and authoring articles in various communities on technology. I started with full-time blogging on the day I established Shoutmeloud. [ Source]
Company Starting Year: 2009
Education: Harsh has a B.Tech degree in Information Technology from Sharda University.
Note: This Engineer Entrepreneurs list has been prepared by the Ignite Engineers team through internal surveys and opinions based on the data available in the internet. No external surveys have been conducted to prepare the same.
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