In Hurun U35 List 2026, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has been ranked first in terms of educational background of young entrepreneurs. 11 alumni of IIT Delhi have made it to the list. At the same time, 10 alumni of IIT Kharagpur are included, making the institute second. IIT Madras and Delhi University are joint third with seven alumni. Alumni of IIT Roorkee and IIT Bombay have also made their presence felt in this ranking. The list brings out the educational background of young entrepreneurs up to 35 years.

11 alumni of IIT Delhi got places

As per Hurun U35 List 2026, maximum alumni of IIT Delhi have been included in the list. It includes names like Pawan Guptalu, Pawan Kumar Chandna, Rohan Nayak, Abhishek Bansal, Rammanshu Mahor and Nilesh Garg. Entrepreneurs in the age group of 34 to 35 years have been given a place in this list. Rohan Nayak’s age is stated to be 34 years.

Second place IIT Kharagpur

On the basis of educational background of young entrepreneurs, IIT Kharagpur ranks second. 10 of his alumni have made it to the list. At the same time, IIT Madras and Delhi University are joint third with seven alumni. Alumni of IIT Madras include the names of Arvind Srinivas, Vasant Sridhar and Sachin Santhosh. Rahul Gupta, Manik Garg and Karan Chopra have made it to Delhi University Alumni.

Six alumni from IIT Roorkee and Bombay

Six alumni of IIT Roorkee and IIT Bombay are included in this ranking. Names like Harshil Mathur, Mukul Rustagi and Nishant Chandra from IIT Roorkee are in the list. Whereas, alumni of IIT Bombay include Mihir Gupta, Divyansh Bordia and Saurabh Swaroop. According to the report, IIT Bombay’s position in the institutional ranking has dropped three places compared to last year.

IIT Madras and ISB next in post graduation

IIT Madras and Indian School of Business (ISB) jointly topped the postgraduate class. Five alumni each from both institutions have made it to the list. Four alumni from IIT Bombay and three from IIT Kharagpur are included in this category. Apart from this, two alumni each from Harvard Business School, University of Michigan, IIT Kanpur and Stanford University are in this list.

What do these rankings say?

The Hurun U35 List 2026 provides information about the educational background of young entrepreneurs and their representation from various institutions. Apart from IITs, it also includes non-IIT institutions like Delhi University. However, the number of alumni of an institution cannot measure the entrepreneurial success of all its students. This figure represents only the organization concerned in this list.