It took Ankush and his cofounders two years to launch their first customer, The Indian Railways. During this time, the founders held on to their jobs, diligently fulfilling their responsibilities while also pursuing their dreams. Sramana Mitra: Let's go to the very beginning of your journey. Where are you from? Where were you born and raised? What kind of background? Ankush Sabharwal: I come from a remote district in India in the extreme north - Rajori. I was brought up there. My family moved to Jammu. I did schooling there. For Masters, I've done Software Enineering. Sramana Mitra: Undergraduate, you did in Jammu as well? Ankush Sabharwal: That's correct. Sramana Mitra: Engineering college in Jammu? Ankush Sabharwal: It's Jammu University. I did Bachelors in Computer Education. I was doing MCA. MCA is very popular in India. I got selected into a very unique program with Wipro in 2004. The program was we would be working as software engineers plus we would be studying a