Singh brothers, Nilay Singh and Ankur Singh, from Patna have created a social networking website all on their own without any formal degree from any "good institution".

 

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Who says that in order to achieve something big in life, one has to have a degree from a prestigious institution such as an IIT or IIM? At least the Singh brothers, Nilay Singh and Ankur Singh, from the city proved it wrong as they have created a social networking website all on their own without any formal degree from any "good institution".

 "Jump book is a unique social networking site which is threefold leap from other websites, as one can write and post blogs, sell, buy or list items online and also use it a forum for quiz,"  Having worked on the project for the past seven years, their website was completed on April 16 this year.

Having studied from a private CBSE-affiliated school of the city, which has ceased to exist now, the brothers, in their mid-20s now, had interest in Internet while they were in school. "When we were in class XII, Orkut became very popular among youngsters and then came Facebook, only to beat Orkut in the race," said Nilay and added, "So we thought why not create another website which could eventually beat Facebook."

Son of late Dr Mahesh Singh, who worked at Bharat Coking Coal Limited in Dhanbad, and Bimla Singh, who is a homemaker, the Singhs did not have enough money to join prestigious colleges. So, after somehow finishing school, they learned how to make websites from friends and computer training classes but only to realize that their dream to become the next Zuckerbergs will not turn into reality until they go to an engineering college and fetch a degree in computers.

"Getting coached and then going to some premier engineering college was beyond our reach, so we took admission in ordinary colleges in Punjab with the help of education loan, but we were disappointed from the syllabus they covered. So, I decided to leave my studies midway," said Nilay, who then started designing websites for different companies to earn a living.

However, Ankur continued with the course and finished his graduation this year. But he claims he knew more about websites than what he was taught in the college. "Only within four months, our website has got more than 22,000 users, but we are technically not equipped enough to handle too many users at a time, as the server often crashes," the brothers echoed.

As CM Nitish Kumar has been appealing to the youth to "become employers rather than employees", the Singh brothers hope the CM would grant them financial aid to hire more developers, so that they could create a better server. "We have been sending him letters but I am sure they are not reaching his desk," said Ankur.

"We require at least Rs 25 lakh to create proper infrastructure for our website, so that when the number of users grows manifold, the server could manage the load," said Nilay and added "if we do not get help from Bihar we will move to South as bigwigs there are ready to help us. But we thought why not ask our own home state before seeking help from others".

source :TNN