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{{Infobox person
| name = Akshay Agrawal
| image = AkshayAgrawalTEDxOIS.jpg
| caption = Agrawal at the TEDxOIS conference in January 2016
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1998}}
| residence = [[California]]
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| alma_mater = [[Avalon Heights International School]]
| occupation = [[Entrepreneur]]
}}'''Akshay Agrawal''' is an Indian Entrepreneur, Designer and Researcher. He attended high school Avalon Heights International School <ref name="IndianWeb2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.indianweb2.com/2016/03/04/17-year-old-solely-created-zomato-schools-tutors-coaching-institutes/|title=This 17-Year-Old Solely Created A 'Zomato' For Schools, Tutors and Coaching Institutes|date=2016-03-04|website=IndianWeb2|accessdate=2016-10-08}}</ref> and St. Gregorios High School.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stgregorios.net/events/event_22/WRIT%20UP%20FOR%20CASCADE%20CASPRO.docx|title=St Gregorios Caspro participation Summary|publisher=St. Gregorios High School}}</ref> He is currently a User Experience design student and researcher at ArtCenter College of Design in [[California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thebetterindia.com/71379/classfever-school-ranking-maharashtra/|title=This 18-Year-Old Started a Zomato for Schools to Help Students & Their Parents Find Good Schools|date=2016-10-12|website=The Better India|language=en-US|accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref> He is notable for founding two startups when he a teenager - Ukhadlo<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/17253|title=TEDxYouth@OIS {{!}} TED.com|website=www.ted.com|language=en|accessdate=2017-04-03}}</ref> and ClassFever.<ref>{{Citation|last=TEDx Talks|title=Lie and lie till you succeed {{!}} Akshay Agarwal {{!}} TEDxYouth@OIS|date=2016-04-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUisKJ7hnwA|access-date=2017-04-03|accessdate=2017-04-03}}</ref>


He has been featured in Hindustan Times, Economic Times, Yahoo News, Mid Day 

== Career ==

=== Ukhadlo ===
Agrawal founded Ukhadlo when he was 16. Ukhadlo is an online social Networking platform for entrepreneurs, investors, accelerators and incubators which allows potential co-founders to collaborate. Ukhadlo was featured in the ''[[Hindustan Times]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/showlink.aspx?bookmarkid=BWYPAXBWWJV|title=I no longer address my clients as uncle or aunty|date=1 June 2014|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> and ''The Economic Times''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31818&articlexml=Make-Me-a-Match-06062014016005|title=Make Me a Match...|date=6 June 2014|publisher=The Times Group|accessdate=2016-10-08}}</ref> among others.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://startoholics.in/2014/06/akshay-agarwal-16-year-old-entrepreneur-talks-crowdfunding-platform-ukhadlo-com/|title=Akshay Agarwal, a 16-year-old entrepreneur talks about his crowdfunding platform Ukhadlo.com|publisher=startoholics.in|accessdate=2016-10-08}}</ref>

=== ClassFever ===
Agrawal founded ClassFever when he was 17<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tedxyouthois.com/home.html|title=TEDxYouth@OIS - Home|date=2016-03-19|accessdate=2017-04-03}}</ref> and faced trouble switching schools after 10th grade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/16721|title=TEDxUWCMC {{!}} TED.com|website=www.ted.com|language=en|accessdate=2017-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://themangonews.com/technology/18-year-old-created-platform-online-students-find-best-school/?doing_wp_cron=1481182618.5783119201660156250000|title=18 Year Old Created a Platform Online for Students to Find the Best School|date=2016-10-13|newspaper=Mango News|access-date=2016-12-08|work=Mango News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uwcmahindracollege.org/blog/tedx-uwcmc-shifting-lenses/|title=UWCMC Blog {{!}} TEDx UWCMC: Shifting Lenses|first=UWCMC|last=Blog|website=uwcmahindracollege.org|language=en-US|accessdate=2017-04-03}}</ref> Originally a school review aggregation platform,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.letsintern.com/blog/weekly-spotlight-5-indian-start-ups-you-should-know-about-8/|title=5 Indian Start-ups you should know about.|publisher=Learning Centre|accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref> ClassFever pivoted to an open source crowdsourced [[big data]] school ranking platform. ClassFever computes 200 million data sets to rank schools<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://geekopedia.me/startups/classfever-online-portal-dedicated-to-school-reviews-launched-by-a-12th-grade-student|title=ClassFever – Online startup Portal dedicated to school reviews launched by a 12th Grade Student|date=2015-05-19|website=Geekopedia|accessdate=2016-12-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theidealindian.com/a-18-year-old-started-a-zomato-for-schools-to-help-students-their-parents-find-good-schools/|title=A 18-Year-Old Started a Zomato for Schools to Help Students & Parents Find Good Schools|date=2016-10-14|website=The Ideal Indian|accessdate=2016-11-23}}</ref> and open sources the data it used as a basis to rank all schools. Agrawal organised his friends into the 'Alpha Team' to help the company grow faster.<ref name="Mid Day">{{Cite web|url=http://epaper2.mid-day.com/epaper/23-oct-2016-252-edition-Mumbai-Page-28.html|title=A class apart|first=Kusumita|last=Das|date=23 October 2016|website=Mid Day|accessdate=23 October 2016|pages=28–29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/18-old-started-zomato-schools-130025801.html|title=This 18-Year-Old Started a Zomato for Schools to Help Students & Their Parents Find Good Schools|access-date=2016-10-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@drishtisoni/make-way-for-the-alpha-teens-699718380637#.a9bw90rjp|title=Make Way For The Alpha Teens|first=Drishti|last=Soni|date=2016-06-15|accessdate=2016-10-12}}</ref> ClassFever rankings are live and are refreshed at an undisclosed interval. ClassFever generates revenue by offering consultancy services to schools apart from Ranking Certifications.  ClassFever has been well received by the media including Yahoo<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/18-old-started-zomato-schools-130025801.html|title=This 18-Year-Old Started a Zomato for Schools to Help Students & Their Parents Find Good Schools|access-date=2016-12-01}}</ref> and Mid Day, and ranks well.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestartupjournal.com/classfever-zomato-for-schools/|title=This 17 Year's Zomato For Schools Onboards 3000 Schools In Seven Months|date=2015-09-05|work=The Startup Journal|access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://inc42.com/startups/meet-10-startups-made-pulse42s-startuppulse-mumbai-edition/|title=Meet The 10 Startups That Made It To #StartupPulse Mumbai Edition|publisher=Inc42 Media|accessdate=2016-10-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/classfever.com|title=Classfever.com Traffic, Demographics and Competitors|publisher=Alexa|accessdate=2016-10-08}}</ref>

== See also ==
* List of Indian Entrepreneurs

== References ==
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[[Category:1998 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]