He did not crack #IIT. Faced an #H1B visa rejection. But he didn't give up. The
story of Kunal Bahl, Snapdeal's founder is infectiously inspiring!

Like most Indian students who are told, 'š‘°š‘°š‘»/š‘°š‘°š‘“ š’‹š’š’Šš’ š’Œš’‚š’“š’š’,
š’š’Šš’‡š’† š’”š’†š’• š’‰š’š’‹š’‚š’šš’†š’ˆš’Š' <Join an IIT or an IIM and you are sorted>, he
too appeared for #IITJEE in 2001 but did not get through.

ā€œš‘“š’š š’ƒš’“š’š’•š’‰š’†š’“ š’˜š’†š’š’• š’•š’ š‘°š‘°š‘» š’‚š’š’… š’•š’‰š’†š’ š’•š’ š‘°š‘°š‘“, š’”š’ š’Šš’
š’Žš’š š’‰š’š’–š’”š’†, š’Šš’• š’˜š’‚š’” š’‚š’”š’”š’–š’Žš’†š’… š’•š’‰š’‚š’• š‘° š’˜š’š’–š’š’… š’ˆš’ š’•š’
š‘°š‘°š‘». š‘° š’“š’†š’Žš’†š’Žš’ƒš’†š’“ š‘° š’˜š’‚š’Šš’š’†š’… š’‚š’š’… š’„š’“š’Šš’†š’… š’•š’‰š’‚š’• š‘°
š’…š’Šš’…š’ā€™š’• š’˜š’‚š’š’• š’•š’ š’…š’ š’†š’š’ˆš’Šš’š’†š’†š’“š’Šš’š’ˆ š’‡š’“š’š’Ž š‘°š‘°š‘» š’š’“
š’”š’„š’Šš’†š’š’„š’†, š‘° š’˜š’‚š’š’•š’†š’… š’•š’ š’…š’ š’„š’š’Žš’Žš’†š’“š’„š’†, š’ƒš’–š’• š’Šš’•
š’˜š’‚š’”š’ā€™š’• š’‚ š’…š’†š’„š’Šš’”š’Šš’š’ š’•š’‰š’‚š’• š’˜š’‚š’” š’Žš’Šš’š’†."

This did not deter his spirit and he moved to the US for pursuing his higher
education.

He got a job offer from Microsoft post his stint at The Wharton School but his
immigration application was cancelled which led him to return to India.

He turned that rejection into an opportunity for himself but working on a
billion dollar idea - #Snapdeal, which become one of India's leading e-commerce
giants!

Hard work takes you places.



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