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₹60 lakh a year: Techie says dropping out was the 'best decision of my life,' Now earns more than his college's highest placementLavanya Jain, a B.Tech dropout, has ignited a lively discussion online by asserting that he generates around ₹4.86 lakh each month from div...
Best Proverb of the Day: “If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until...” — The timeless lesson reflected in Ratan Tata's lifeBest Proverb of the Day: Ancient wisdom from Socrates highlights that true worth isn't in wealth, but its impact. Ratan Tata exemplifies th...
‘Microsoft powered genocide for 994 days’: Employee quits in dramatic resignation email, sends 'unhappy email' to thousands of company's employees. Here's what he wroteA Microsoft employee in Italy has resigned, alleging the tech giant fuels Israel's military actions in Gaza. His farewell email claims Micr...
He dropped out of IIT and then landed a job at Microsoft before he turned 20: ‘Stop blaming, get out….’Defying expectations, 19-year-old Ashish Kumar Verma quit IIT Delhi to join Microsoft without a degree. Verma, already a recognized tech pr...
Techie recalls 12-round Goldman Sachs interview in Bengaluru, says he rejected offer after he was asked to solve "silly logical puzzles"A tech professional's 12-round interview ordeal at Goldman Sachs concluded with an unexpected logical puzzle, leading him to withdraw his c...
Pat Perez's ex-wife Ashley accuses six-time champion Phil Mickelson of showing her explicit photo during a PGA Tour event in New Jersey. Here's all you need to knowPat Perez wife news: Golf star Phil Mickelson faces new allegations of an inappropriate advance towards golfer Pat Perez's ex wife in 2015,...
She couldn’t eat properly for months but yet felt full. Faridabad doctors later removed a giant hairball from her stomachA 30-year-old woman's persistent stomach pain led to a shocking discovery: a giant hairball, or trichobezoar, filling her stomach. Doctors ...
No IIT or IIM, still got Rs 70 LPA job at age 20: How a college dropout build a high paying career from scratchA 20-year-old college dropout’s Reddit post went viral after he claimed he landed a Rs 70 LPA job without IIT or IIM, saying he built skill...
'No need to follow hustle influencers': How an IIT Bombay grad became a multi-millionaire in his 20sAman Goel, CEO of GreyLabs AI and an IIT Bombay graduate, has sparked an online discussion about success and habits. In a post on X (former...
India’s tech startups step up campus hiring to meet manpower needsHiring from campuses will help startups nurture young talent and create more stickiness among them. They are also offering attractive pay c...
Eximius Ventures launches program to support student-led venturesThrough this program, Eximius Ventures aims to not only accelerate the success of nascent-stage student-led businesses but also groom the S...
Goodera co-founder in campuses in search of student-led startupsCampus Fund will back 30 companies founded by students across IIMs, IITs and BITS, among others. The investment committee will also compris...
SIM card seller, college dropout, millionaire at 22: Boy from Naxal area scripts incredible storyAgarwal is a textbook example of lack of a degree being no prerequisite for success. A few years ago, he used to sell SIM cards in a small ...
Know how academic break in colleges like IIT, NIT is helping students pursue their entrepreneurial dreamsProspective unicorns like Ola Cabs, Practo, Oyo Rooms, Freecharge and Housing. com, among several others, have encouraged students to start...
Travis Kalanick's Uber tip: If you don’t have the hustle in you, get a co-founder who doesFrom picking the right partner to dealing with investors, Kalanick doles out tips for entrepreneurs and startup founders at IIT Bombay.
How young entrepreneurs are unleashing wave of startup activities in IndiaThese young founders, untouched by memories of downturns, are the kind looking to build robust global solutions with innovations in both te...
Students on Indian campuses more inclined to drop out from college to start venturesWith Bill Gates, Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg to look up to as role models, many Indian students are now inclined to startups than complete...
Education should go from bricks and mortar to bits and bytes: Anant Agarwal, EdXAnant Agarwal, president, EdX, talks to TOI about the role a virtual screen can play in education.
As the west lionises its successful dropouts, why does India revere toppers?In no other country - not even China, possibly - is success so determined by marks and ranks, and nowhere does so much hinge on it.
- India needs to take R&D lessons from MIT, says geek
ET talks to Vinay Gidwaney, who co-founded two software companies when he was just 19.