Nikhil Kamath joins Nita Ambani for DAIS commencement ceremony in Mumbai

Images shared on the DAIS Instagram web page present Nikhil Kamath, 38, onstage with Nita Ambani, the founding father of the college. Nita Ambani is the spouse of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani and likewise serves as chairperson of the Reliance Basis.

For the Class of 2025 commencement ceremony, the schoolchildren donned blue commencement robes. Nita Ambani selected a cream and gold swimsuit, whereas Nikhil Kamath stored it informal in blue denims and a black shirt.

The Instagram photos present that each Kamath and Ambani delivered speeches on the ceremony. Kamath was additionally seen being welcomed to the college with a bouquet of flowers.

Nikhil Kamath: Highschool dropout to billionaire

Curiously sufficient for somebody chosen because the visitor of honor for considered one of India’s most prestigious colleges, Nikhil Kamath is a highschool dropout. After dropping out of faculty on the age of 15 or 16, he went on to turn into one of many nation’s youngest billionaires due to Zerodha, the brokerage agency he launched with elder brother Nithin Kamath.

Through the dialog with the CEO of LinkedIn final yr, Nikhil Kamath revealed that he by no means loved college. Actually, in his personal phrases, he “hated” it.

Nonetheless, he additionally acknowledged that dropping out has its drawbacks. “Dropping out of faculty and never pursuing formal larger schooling had its drawbacks. I used to be a reasonably insecure younger boy as a result of my classmates of the time have been in school… to overcompensate for that insecurity, I might learn no matter I might get my palms on.”

(Additionally learn: Nikhil Kamath’s mother flushed his ‘first enterprise’ down the bathroom when he was in ninth grade)