Asar Dhandala is just 19 but already an entrepreneur.

Just one year into his gaming start-up, he has produced four video games. Of these, two are available on all three mobile operating systems—Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Phone, Apple Inc.’s iOS and Google Inc.’s Android.

Dhandala attributes his success to the help he received as a “student partner” of Microsoft when he was in his first year in college. The programme helps students get access to, and experiment with, software.

“They (Microsoft) give you around Rs.15 lakh worth of software to build the tech start-up,” said Hyderabad-based Dhandala, adding the company also “connects you to right people for further guidance” to understand other aspects of building a start-up such as marketing and fund-raising. Microsoft allows the entrepreneurs to release all the apps they develop on the Windows platform for free........click for more

Source: Livemint

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