Which Indian universities have the most number of successful start-up founders?

Jun 27, 2024

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​Curious about where India's most successful folks got their start?​

Tap to find out which Indian universities have churned out the maximum number of alumni with start-ups likely to turn Unicorn in the next 3-5 years, as per Hurun India’s Future Unicorn Index 2024!

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10. Bangalore University and VTU - 5 alumni

Notable names: Srikanth Iyer (Co-Founder, HomeLane [in pic]), Vivekananda Hallekere and Anil G (Co-Founders, Bounce)

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​9. IIT Kanpur - 7 alumni​

Notable names: Amit Gupta (Yulu, Co-Founder [in pic]), Siddhant Saurabh and Dilsher Singh (Zupee, Co-Founders)

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​8. IIT Roorkee - 8 alumni​

Notable names: Ankit Garg (Wakefit, Founder [in pic]), Naisheel Verdhan (CityMall, Co-Founder), Gaurav Nagar (Acceldata)

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​7. Anna University - 9 alumni​

Notable names: Thirukumaran Nagarajan [in pic], Kartheeswaran K and Sharath Loganathan (Ninjacart, Co-Founders)

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​6. BITS Pilani - 11 alumni​

Notable names: Akash Gupta (Co-Founder, GreyOrange [in pic]), Shubham Mishra and Vrushali Prasade (Co-Founders, Pixis)

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​5. IIT Madras - 12 alumni​

Notable names: Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain [in pic] (Ather Energy, Co-Founders), Suresh Kondamudi (CleverTap, Co-Founder)

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4. University of Mumbai - 16 alumni

Notable names: Khadim Batti (Whatfix, Co-Founder [in pic]), Sunil Thomas (CleverTap, Co-Founder)

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​3. IIT Bombay - 17 alumni​

Notable names: Manoj Meena and Sibabrata Das (Atomberg, Co-Founders [in pic]), Sagar Khatri (Multiplier, Co-Founder)

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​2. IIT Kharagpur - 20 alumni

Notable names: Vaibhav Singh and Arnav Kumar (Leap Finance, Co-Founders [in pic]), Raviteja Dodda (MoEngage, Co-Founder)

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1. IIT Delhi - 22 alumni

Notable names: Sanjay Aggarwal (Kingfisher, CEO [in pic]), Puneet Agarwal (MoneyView, Founder), Swapnil Jain (Observe.AI, Co-Founder)

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