At 16, Tilak Mehta is probably one of India’s youngest entrepreneurs. He founded Papers and Parcels, an app-based courier service in Mumbai. Currently, the startup carries out as many as 1200 deliveries per day and collaborates with dabbawallas.
Tilak Mehta: One of India’s youngest founders
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Published on 22, Jul 2021
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