Children in traditional Tamil homes are usually fed liberal doses of epics such as Ramayana by their parents and grandparents. Shravan Kumaran, 12, and his brother, Sanjay Kumaran, 10, were no different; except that they also heard from their father, Kumaran, an IT professional, the amazing stories of Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and N R Narayana Murthy. Their interest was aroused. One thing led to another and the two, not yet teenagers, developed apps for mobile phones and started a business venture called Go Dimensions. Shravan, the elder of the two, is president of the company, while Sanjay is CEO.

><table width='100%' border=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 18px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #0253B7;'>The whiz kids</td></tr><tr><tr><td style='FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 11px; '>T E Narasimhan meets Chennai

The whiz kids

T E Narasimhan meets Chennais youngest IT entrepreneurs the Kumaran brothers, Shravan (12) and Sanjay (10), who have developed apps for mobile phones and run a company to market them

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