And what's next on the agenda? "We'll keep coming up with improved versions of the Barracuda each year -- it's already become something of a trend in college, he says. "We've recently received a lot of attention from the Indian media and now it looks like everything's growing as the years go by. We started out as immature students three years back, doing a project for college. And now we are working on a professional level on something that to us is really big.
We plan to continue doing what we do and keep -- there's no looking back now. Financially, this project hasn't gotten us anywhere, but currently our work is funded by sponsors who we approach each year."
But money apparently isn't the main priority for these bright youngsters. "What we've done is surely going to help secure our future," says Rohit. "I can put our achievements down on my resume when I apply to a university abroad and hopefully, it will get me into a reputed institution. That, in turn, will help me secure a better job in a field that has now become more than a career to me -- it's become my passion."
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