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Catch 'em young!
Student entrepreneurs are a growing tribe in the city.
Student entrepreneurs are a growing tribe in the city.
Student talent bears a high premium today. Fresh ideas, starry-eyed optimism, and gusto make them want to explore less chartered horizons. But that's not all that there is to them.
Today's students seem to take the giant leap from their classrooms into the real world much before they move out of the portals of educational institutions.
Hyderabad Times talks to some of these students to figure out what drives them...
Say it so you can be heard
"I wanted our voices to be heard, and there seemed no other way to do it than to start my own publication," he explains. Interestingly, the venture also let him explore his inborn talent, which was more geared toward mass communication than engineering.
"When I completed my schooling, the only lucrative option that I seemed to have was engineering. But now, I am going to shift gears as the magazine has pointed me to my calling," remarks Aamer...
...
Think big, do bigger
Meet Sunny Khandelwal, a Commerce student at St. Mary's College, who has set up his own event management company. "I love stage performances. Emceeing comes naturally to me. In fact, I look for an excuse to throw a party every weekend," he says.
But his passion for partying cost him a lot. So he decided to set up his own event management company. Now that, he says, saves him the expense of throwing a bash but offers him the opportunity to party on regardless!
"I wanted to be my own boss, so I needed to start early and learn," he adds.
What's simmering here?
While the hookah trend was catching up, Jurair Azam, a hookah aficionado and hotel management student, foresaw an opportunity to make extra pocket money.
"I often visit my cousins in Dubai, and one of our favourite pastimes is smoking the hookah. I particularly love the various flavours," he says.
So it was at one of those hookah hanging-out parties that he decided to be the sole provider for flavoured hookahs. And he has them shipped from Dubai.
"I use only the best coal for my hookahs, which doesn't let your throat burn." In the bargain, Jurair makes a huge profit.
Student talent bears a high premium today. Fresh ideas, starry-eyed optimism, and gusto make them want to explore less chartered horizons. But that's not all that there is to them.
Today's students seem to take the giant leap from their classrooms into the real world much before they move out of the portals of educational institutions.
Say it so you can be heard
Aamer Gibraan, an engineering student at Vasavi College, was tired of reading newspapers and tuning in to television only to find news from just about everyone's perspectives except that of the youth. So he decided to start his own news magazine.
"I wanted our voices to be heard, and there seemed no other way to do it than to start my own publication," he explains. Interestingly, the venture also let him explore his inborn talent, which was more geared toward mass communication than engineering.
"When I completed my schooling, the only lucrative option that I seemed to have was engineering. But now, I am going to shift gears as the magazine has pointed me to my calling," remarks Aamer...
...
Think big, do bigger
Meet Sunny Khandelwal, a Commerce student at St. Mary's College, who has set up his own event management company. "I love stage performances. Emceeing comes naturally to me. In fact, I look for an excuse to throw a party every weekend," he says.
But his passion for partying cost him a lot. So he decided to set up his own event management company. Now that, he says, saves him the expense of throwing a bash but offers him the opportunity to party on regardless!
"I wanted to be my own boss, so I needed to start early and learn," he adds.
What's simmering here?
While the hookah trend was catching up, Jurair Azam, a hookah aficionado and hotel management student, foresaw an opportunity to make extra pocket money.
"I often visit my cousins in Dubai, and one of our favourite pastimes is smoking the hookah. I particularly love the various flavours," he says.
So it was at one of those hookah hanging-out parties that he decided to be the sole provider for flavoured hookahs. And he has them shipped from Dubai.
"I use only the best coal for my hookahs, which doesn't let your throat burn." In the bargain, Jurair makes a huge profit.
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