6 Famous Indians Who Dropped Out Of IITs & Became Successful

Prashant Bhushan - He cleared the IIT entrance exam, and joined IIT-Madras, but left after one semester to pursue a two-year BSc program with philosophy, economics, and political science. He went on to study at Princeton University but returned to India without completing it. He then started his career as a lawyer in 1983.

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Mukesh Ambani - Yeah, you read the name right. Mukesh Ambani, India’s richest person since 2008, cleared IIT-JEE and joined IIT Bombay. It is believed that he left IIT-B to join ICT, Mumbai (then UDCT) to pursue Chemical Engineering as the Inter-Science results were announced a few weeks later.

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Shashwat Nakrani - 23 years old co-founded the BharatPe payment app in 2018 with Ashneer Grover. He joined IIT Delhi in 2015 and dropped out in his third year. Today, he is the youngest person to feature in the IIFL Wealth Hurun India Rich List.

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Vinod Rai – Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India He cleared the IIT entrance exam but never really enrolled himself in an IIT. Instead, he graduated with a master’s degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.

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Narayan Murthy - Narayan Murthy cracked IIT JEE but could not join any of the prestigious IITs as his father was not able to afford the cost. Instead, he joined the National Institute of Engineering (NIE) in his hometown Mysore. However, he did his Masters from IIT Kanpur.

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Azhar Iqubal - He dropped out in his 7th semester from IIT Delhi and made news by introducing News in Shorts. He is the Co-Founder and CEO at Inshorts.

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