In the year 1999, Ashutosh Sharma took his destiny in his hands when he switched from being a second year student of Bachelor of physiotherapy to being a business entrepreneur. He started his own Dot Com firm Vipasana with a vision to produce idea-based dot coms and innovative web design solutions for reputed organisations in and around Indore. Parallel to this, Ashutosh also came up with start up ideas like ahopeafriend.com.

Ashutosh’s idea is to establish a theme park based on the epic Ramayana.

Q: Describe yourself in a few words.
A: I’m over-confident! I have a combination of creativity and business acumen in me. I have a very high Emotional Quotient and that helps me understand people better than most others!

Q: How do you define success?
A: Success for me is making my father happy! Image and fame are the biggest things for me. Money is secondary. When I pass away, people should remember me as someone who made a lot of difference to their lives!

Q: Why do you think you can become the Business Baazigar?
A: Well as far as ideas go, I know I have the best and the most original idea. Due to my exposure to different fields of study, I have a broad outlook towards life. I have a good approach. It’s like solving a mathematical problem. If your approach is right, the answer doesn’t matter. I have the goodwill of others who will help make my idea come true!

Q: Where do you see yourself five years from now?
A: I see myself living in the South Block in New Delhi and being the youngest Prime Minister of this country!