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🚀 Meet Ankit, the founder of Unstop, a platform that connects students with real-world projects 🚀

13 Mar 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment, Ankit, the founder of Unstop, explains the personal motivation behind creating the platform. While studying, he noticed that the opportunities presented to him did not align with his interests, revealing a lack of a unified space where students could gain hands‑on experience beyond traditional coursework. He describes Unstop as that missing platform, offering students access to real‑world projects such as case‑study competitions run by companies like Flipkart and Amazon. By participating, students can learn about e‑commerce, product management, and other industry functions, bridging the gap between academic learning and practical exposure.

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Why are you doing this? Very rarely do you get that question, and that was a good surprise. I realized during my education itself that wherever opportunities were reaching me, they were not what my interests were aligned to. And that's when I realized that there is no common platform where I can go and experience. I'm not talking about a JD, right? If Flipkart or Amazon is doing an engagement with us, which is a case study competition, If I participate, I get to know what e-commerce is all about, right? What product management is all about. And that's what we are doing for the students audience.