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Three US-based entrepreneurs' mission to make leaders out of Indian teens

Their firm Youngpreneurs trains and guides teens to become start-up founders

(From left to right) Devika Majumder and Smita Majumder, co-founders, Youngpreneurs
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(From left to right) Devika Majumder and Smita Majumder, co-founders, Youngpreneurs

Avishek Rakshit Kolkata
While India has produced some high valuation start-ups such as Flipkart, Ola and others, the country is ranked a low 69 on entrepreneurial spirit by the Global Entrepreneurship and Develeopment Institute. India is just ahead of Morocco, Mexico and Russia. 

"The spirit of entrepreneurship needs to be induced in students at a very early age so that as they grow up, they can generate more jobs in the country with original, innovative ideas," said Devika Majumder, one of the co-founders of Youngpreneurs, and a think-tank that promotes entrepreneurship and innovation-oriented growth among Indian high schoolers".

"Start-ups currently are using and banking