India@70: The employee who became an employer

Back in 2007, one wasn't accustomed to Indians being routinely told (by fellow Indians) to go to Pakistan at the slightest difference of opinion. The society was still agreeing to disagree. Clouds were what brought rain, not where you sent your files to hibernate.
Commerce hadn't gained an 'e', retail hadn't lost its 'r' (Flipkart was launched in September 2007, Amazon arrived in 2012).Twitter was a toddler (the company was a year old, and Katy Perry hadn't even joined!).Music meant effort, it was burned, rather than streamed. And Tinder was what you needed to light a fire (which you still do, but in a very different way).
Seems much more than 10 years ago, doesn’t it?
We bring you the stories born in the last decade, that didn't exist during India@60. This is the story of an individual who may not have been what they are today, if not for the changes that India has seen over the decade between 2007 and 2017.
Sandeep Aggarwal made his name in the startup circle as the man behind Shopclues, the e-commerce firm. Subsequently, he set up another, the used vehicles (and also airplanes) market aggregator Droom, of which he is CEO. This has been the decade of startups in India, and even though many of the companies are struggling to break even, the availability of funding, the ability to reach millions of people and growth of the digital economy, has kept the general mood around these ventures bullish. Aggarwal, formerly an internet analyst in the US, sees many other advantages. “What we are seeing in India today is a median age of 26, a rise in education and income levels, and higher average savings than the top 15 countries in the world. I believe the digital economy alone can increase India's share from 4% to 15% of global GDP by 2025.“ He has a message for the government too. Make policies friendlier, of course, but also, “if you want the industry to do well, stay away“.