Background
Farrhad Acidwalla was born in Pune is from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Farrhad Acidwalla was born in Pune is from Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
He finished his schooling from Bombay Scottish School, Mahim and graduated from Hassaram Rijhumal College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai.
At the age of 12, he started an aviation website and venture into more internet businesses. Then in 2009 he founded a company called Rockstah Media. Farrhad has been featured in a book on the world"s top 25 entrepreneurs under the age of 25.
In 2011, Cable News Network Money featured Farrhad as a young entrepreneur to watch.
India television listed Farrhad as one of the "Most promising young Indian entrepreneurs of 2012". In April 2013, Yahoo! Lifestyle featured Farrhad 6th on the list of Top 10 Best Dressed Male Entrepreneurs in India.
In March 2014, The Telegraph featured Farrhad second on the list of "25 internet success stories aged 25 and under". In 2014, Farrhad was invited to speak at:
IIT Kharagpur"s Global Entrepreneurship Summit
National Institute of Technology Durgapur"s Aarohan
National Institute of Technology Raipur"s Aawartan
In January 2015, Farrhad was invited to give a guest lecture at IIT Patna"s annual techno-cultural fest, Anwesha.
Farrhad was recently invited to speak at the orientation and welcome of the new batch of freshers at IIT Jodhpur.
On 1st November 2015 Farrhad was invited as a guest lecture to the north India"s biggest Techno-Cultural fest PECFEST at Pedernales Electric Cooperative University of Technology, Chandigarh.