Top 5 Businesses Initiated by Students in India [Below 18 Years]

Owing to the startup scenario of India, companies started by college students are on a rise more than ever before. The commencement of initiatives like ‘Make In India’ is making it possible. Hence, we have the following 5 businesses Initiated by Students in India, that are directed by founders who are below 18 years!

1. GODIMENSIONS.COM

Started at 12 and 14 years, Shravan Kumaran and Sanjay Kumaran are the youngest entrepreneurs of India. They started an app development unit called GoDimensions in 2011. Spanning six years from then, Shravan is the President and Sanjay is now the CEO of the business. Thereafter, the Kumaran brothers launched 7+ applications, available on Apple and iOS devices.

Overall, the brothers put thoughts into action by:

• Sharing and discussing ideas.
• Combining different approaches into 1.
• Presenting the views to their parents.
• Welcoming suggestions and feedback to implement better strategies than before.

Thus, innovation with the mind to improve turned GoDimensions into a success story. Now coming to the part of the investment, the duo’s business was a dad-funded one. The initial costs of buying gadgets and other technologies were covered by their father Kumaran Surendran’s income.

“we have made godimensions big and now we want to make it bigger”, says Sanjay

Now, the future mission of Shravan and Sanjay is to develop robots for navigating the visually impaired people! Furthermore, they are also working on a map-app that displays live traffic and pollution information to users.

2. LATERALOGICS

In the list of top 5 companies started by students, we have LateraLogics started by Arjun Santhosh Kumar of 12th standard.

With a deep interest in science and technology, Arjun learned to use a PC at the age of 2. Ever since he has experience using several other devices present at different times. Moreover, at the age of 8, he was interested in the field of robotics, which made him skillful in programming and mechanics.

“Entrepreneurship has been an interest for me since a very early age, and I’m grateful for the many business simulation games that I played as a kid”, says Arjun Santhosh Kumar

Eventually, at the age of 14 years, he came up with LateraLogics. It is a company focussed on developing apps with consultation, with 8-10 employees. Now, Arjun is also the award-winner of 2 software applications, iSafeGuard, and Ez School Bus Locator!

3. MAYTREE SCHOOL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP

From opening his first startup at the age of 14 to winning the Karmaveer Chakra Award, Rohit Kashyap is the Founder and CEO of the Maytree School of Entrepreneurship. Shashank Kumar (CEO of DeHaat) Aditya Shankar (Social Entrepreneur), Devang Dave (Angel Investor), and many other prominent heads are inside this community. Hence, a simple idea of helping kids, to educate and inspire them into business made Rohit a young achiever in his field!

The startup Maytree has its core to teach, guide, and provide the needed resources for registering to a startup. Rohit offers a comprehensive mentorship program, where he educates budding entrepreneurs and students through his Quora answers.

“We all are dependent on somebody, that’s why I named it Maytree so that we all can get help and help others as a friend”, says Rohit

However, Rohit’s success was not an easy one. Coming from a small town in Bihar, he managed to clear the Olympiad exams and even ranked under 1000 in the ICAI Commerce Wizard. And this was the starting point for his entrepreneurial journey. Soon he raised two funding rounds. Now, many renowned personalities, including Ravi Shankar Prasad (IT Minister) applaud his ideas.

The up-coming goals of Rohit Kashyap are to enter school and college campuses and educate students on digital marketing, leadership, and similar values!

4. EDESIGN TECHNOLOGIES

Sreelakshmi Suresh is the CEO and Founder of eDesign Technologies. She wears the crown of the youngest web designer award in the world. The girl has also opened an official website at the age of 8. She even used to draw images using MS Paint on her desktop, when she was 3-years-old!

“Being a young entrepreneur, I am getting more exposure. I am getting more opportunities to learn and interact with many efficient personalities. I can make use of my income for my studies and other expenses”, says Sreelakshmi

Quite soon, success hit her at the age of 10 when Sreelakshmi started eDesign Technologies, a company with 20-50 employees aimed at delivering website design development, SEO, logo designing services, and more. As days pass, Sreelakshmi is now the page owner for more than 100 websites online. She has also helped many organizations with top-notch web designs.

The process of developing around 50 websites per year made her prominent to many individuals. She is now planning to quadruple this number in the upcoming years.

5. PAPERS N PARCELS (PNP)

Studying 8th standard, the young Founder Tilak Mehta’s father had commuting issues; and this incident motivated him to open the startup Papers n Parcels (PNP). With a team of 200 employees and 300 Dabbawala members, the company aims to deliver essentials through small dabbas (boxes) as per the intraday system (1-day delivery service).

Today, many entrepreneurs regard Tilak as the youngest techpreneur, who is expected to bring a digital disruption in the expertise of door-to-door delivery services!

Concerning his financial support, Ghanashyam Parekh, a banker was convinced to quit his job and join PNP as the CEO. This way, both capital, and entrepreneurial support came from Ghanashyam to Tilak. Now, making huge profits, this young startup Founder aims at generating 100cr revenue by 2020!

“It didn’t matter if I am young and still in school. I took it up as a problem that is waiting and wanting to be solved. And after that, there was no turning back!” , says Tilak

Age is only a plain number to start a business. With a unique mind, innovative business plan, and sufficient capital, any student, irrespective of age and industry, can reach heights in this booming corporate world!

FOOTNOTES:-

1. How Two School Kids Are Successfully Running a $1.5 Million Mobile App Company from India
2. I’m fascinated by the power of technology
3. Meet 18-Year-old CEO from Bihar Who Founded Maytree School and making Next Generation entrepreneurs
4. Sreelakshmi Suresh – The Youngest Girl Web Designer and Youngest CEO in the World
5. 13-year-old Tilak Mehta’s Net Worth And Entrepreneurial Story Will Leave You Inspired
6. Mumbai’s 13-YO Entrepreneur Is Targeting A Rs.100 Cr Turnover By 2020, Teams Up With Dabbawalas

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