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IIT Delhi has secured the top position among the institutions listed, followed by IIT Kharagpur and IIT Madras, reflecting the strong presence of IIT graduates in the list.
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IIT Delhi has the highest number of alumni featured in the Hurun U35 List 2026, with 11 young entrepreneurs. IIT Kharagpur ranks second with 10 alumni, while IIT Madras and Delhi University share third place with seven alumni each. The list highlights the educational backgrounds of young entrepreneurs, with several Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) featuring prominently in the ranking.
IIT Delhi has the highest representation, with 11 alumni included in the Hurun U35 List 2026. Those named in the report include Pawan Guptalu, Pawan Kumar Chandana, Rohan Nayak, Abhishek Bansal, Ramanshu Mahor and Nilesh Garg.
The report lists the entrepreneurs in the 34–35 age group, with Rohan Nayak reported to be 34 years old.
IIT Kharagpur ranks second, with 10 alumni featured in the list. IIT Madras and Delhi University jointly occupy third place, with seven alumni each.
The IIT Madras alumni named in the report include Arvind Srinivas, Vasant Sridhar and Sachin Santosh. Rahul Gupta, Manik Garg and Karan Chopra are among the Delhi University alumni mentioned.
IIT Roorkee and IIT Bombay have six alumni each on the list. Harshil Mathur, Mukul Rustagi and Nishant Chandra are among the IIT Roorkee alumni featured, while Mihir Gupta, Divyansh Bordia and Saurav Swarup are among those associated with IIT Bombay.
IIT Bombay’s position in the institutional ranking reportedly declined by three places compared with the previous year.
The postgraduate rankings place IIT Madras and the Indian School of Business (ISB) jointly at the top, with five alumni each.
The names cited in this category include Arvind Srinivas, Sachin Santosh, Raunak Bhinge, Tapan Agarwal, Dhvanil Gandhi and Karan Chopra.
IIT Bombay has four alumni in the postgraduate category, while IIT Kharagpur has three. Harvard Business School, the University of Michigan, IIT Kanpur and Stanford University have two alumni each.
The institutional rankings reflect the educational backgrounds of entrepreneurs included in the Hurun U35 List 2026. IIT Delhi leads the list, followed by IIT Kharagpur, while IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee and IIT Bombay also have a notable presence.
Delhi University is among the non-IIT institutions represented in the ranking.
The number of alumni featured reflects representation in the Hurun list; it does not, by itself, measure the overall entrepreneurial success of graduates from these institutions.
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