Aviral Bhatnagar is a true blue nerd (or a cool geek as he puts it) who was blessed to have both his parents to be from the IITs. Interest in Books and Legos from early childhood structured the thought process that made him roam the realm of the abstract. Aviral got into IIT Bombay and had a cracking life there finding the right mix of learning and foresight into his future. In this part Aviral shares his journey to cracking two of the topmost educational institutes in the country; IIT B and IIM A. What went into figuring his way out during his B-school, why he did not get to pursue consulting and what made him interested in getting into the world of venture capital.