The Economic Times

Ankoor Warikoo reveals the invaluable lesson he learned after wasting three years as a teenager to get into IIT and failing: 'Nobody asked me...'

Like most Indian youth, Ankur Warikoo too was once determined to get into the hallowed halls of IIT. Taking to X, the entrepreneur-motivational speaker revealed he had once wasted three years of his life as a teenager to get into IIT. However, his efforts proved to be fruitless. And although, at 19, not getting into IIT felt devastating, nobody had asked about it in 25 years.