Five successful startups founded by non-IITians

In Vijay Shekhar Sharma's own words, "Education is over-rated." He had started college at DElhi College of Engineering when he was all of 15. He neither spoke English nor understood it and after being the butt of many a jokes, he self-taught himself.

Shashank ND, the founder and CEO of healthcare platform Practo studied in National Institute of Technology, Surathkal in Karnataka.

Rahul Sharma, the CEO and co-founder of Micromax, the 10th largest mobile handset supplier globally didnt go to an IIT either. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University and a bachelor's degree in Commerce from University of Saskatchewan, Canada

The founder and CEO of Freecharge, Kunal Shah comes from a Arts background. He studied Bachelor of Arts in Mumbai's Wilson College and briefly pursued his MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies before dropping out