Meet the Kumaran brothers, Shravan and Sanjay, who are probably amongst the youngest app developers in the world. At 12 Shravan is the Co-Founder & President of Go Dimensions, while his 10 year old brother Sanjay is the Co-Founder & CEO.
Their apps have been downloaded by more than ten thousand users and the boys are riding high on their success. When quizzed on what they would like to do in the future, they have ambitious plans about making lifestyle applications that would help senior citizens. They are also interested in making environmental apps that give data about pollution levels at a particular place.
We had a heart-to-heart chat with them about their company GoDimensions :
Why the name GoDimensions and whose brainchild was it?
GoDimensions means going in all directions with no boundary, it also has GOD in it. And it was our brainchild with inspiration from our parents. Our mom is a home-maker while Dad is the President of Symantec Corporation.
How did the idea of developing mobile apps come into your mind?
We have been programming for a while now. We started around six years back with Paint, then PowerPoint, learnt some Photoshop and then started with Basic. Once we got fascinated with mobile games we played them for hours and dad would ask us why don’t we make games instead of just playing them. This was the starting point. We began with a few quiz apps and a calculator app on Android but never got around publishing them.
How is GoDimensions funded?
For now it is self- funded, as in our father puts in all money that is required for development purposes.
You have decided to donate part of your earnings to charity. Which charities are you targeting specifically?
Yes, we have decided to donate 15 per cent of our earnings to charity. Right now our revenue is not high and we have got little money (about $100 through ads in the apps) but we want to donate some to an orphanage.
How do you typically spend your days?
Sanjay: Shravan is in the VIII standard and I am in VI. Our typical day is spent in school. After that we come home have our lunch, study for about two hours. Thereafter we do programming for more than an hour. Our parents strongly believe in the proverb ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ so we get a lot of playtime, about 1.5 hours of whatever we like to do outdoors like badminton or skateboard.
What are your hobbies ?
Sanjay: Shravan loves playing the guitar and singing to tunes. I play the keyboard. As far as outdoor games are concerned we both love playing badminton. I make cartoons as well.
How do you plan to expand your portfolio ?
We would be expanding to Android and Windows mobile platform shortly. For the future we have lot of ideas. As of now we are working on a better website.
Where do we see GoDimensions in the next few years?
It’s too early to predict anything but we would like to see atleast one of our apps running on half of the worlds’ phones.
Who is your inspiration?
Steve jobs and Bill gates are our inspiration. We are inspired by Steve Jobs specifically for his passion for innovation and never say die attitude even in adversity. We love hearing his story over and over again from our Dad.
Their apps have been downloaded by more than ten thousand users and the boys are riding high on their success. When quizzed on what they would like to do in the future, they have ambitious plans about making lifestyle applications that would help senior citizens. They are also interested in making environmental apps that give data about pollution levels at a particular place.
We had a heart-to-heart chat with them about their company GoDimensions :
Why the name GoDimensions and whose brainchild was it?
GoDimensions means going in all directions with no boundary, it also has GOD in it. And it was our brainchild with inspiration from our parents. Our mom is a home-maker while Dad is the President of Symantec Corporation.
How did the idea of developing mobile apps come into your mind?
We have been programming for a while now. We started around six years back with Paint, then PowerPoint, learnt some Photoshop and then started with Basic. Once we got fascinated with mobile games we played them for hours and dad would ask us why don’t we make games instead of just playing them. This was the starting point. We began with a few quiz apps and a calculator app on Android but never got around publishing them.
How is GoDimensions funded?
For now it is self- funded, as in our father puts in all money that is required for development purposes.
You have decided to donate part of your earnings to charity. Which charities are you targeting specifically?
Yes, we have decided to donate 15 per cent of our earnings to charity. Right now our revenue is not high and we have got little money (about $100 through ads in the apps) but we want to donate some to an orphanage.
How do you typically spend your days?
Sanjay: Shravan is in the VIII standard and I am in VI. Our typical day is spent in school. After that we come home have our lunch, study for about two hours. Thereafter we do programming for more than an hour. Our parents strongly believe in the proverb ‘All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’ so we get a lot of playtime, about 1.5 hours of whatever we like to do outdoors like badminton or skateboard.
What are your hobbies ?
Sanjay: Shravan loves playing the guitar and singing to tunes. I play the keyboard. As far as outdoor games are concerned we both love playing badminton. I make cartoons as well.
How do you plan to expand your portfolio ?
We would be expanding to Android and Windows mobile platform shortly. For the future we have lot of ideas. As of now we are working on a better website.
Where do we see GoDimensions in the next few years?
It’s too early to predict anything but we would like to see atleast one of our apps running on half of the worlds’ phones.
Who is your inspiration?
Steve jobs and Bill gates are our inspiration. We are inspired by Steve Jobs specifically for his passion for innovation and never say die attitude even in adversity. We love hearing his story over and over again from our Dad.
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