By: WE Today Research Desk
ER. YASHIKA SHARMA, YR IT SOLUTIONS
She didn’t wait to have it all figured out. Er. Yashika Sharma’s journey from engineering student to technology leader shows that the best ventures are built in motion, one bold decision at a time. There is a popular myth about young founders. It says they begin with a perfect plan, a clear market and a fully formed team. The reality is far messier. Most begin with an idea, a laptop, a lot of questions and the courage to start before they feel ready. Er. Yashika Sharma belongs to that braver, messier tradition. A young entrepreneur and technology leader, she has turned her passion for innovation into a venture, YR IT Solutions, and into a growing voice for young founders across campuses and startup forums.
Where it began
Yashika’s foundations were laid at PIET, where her work earned her the Outstanding Student Excelence Award. Recognition as a student can easily become a comfortable resting place. For Yashika, it became a starting point.
She went on to win the AICTE IDEA Lab Challenge
a recognition that rewards students who can turn ideas into working solutions. It is a competition about building, testing and refining, not just presenting. In many ways, it was an early rehearsal for entrepreneurship itself: try something, see what breaks, fix it and try again.
Building YR IT Solutions
Today, Yashika leads YR IT Solutions, where she brings together technology, creativity and leadership. Building an IT services business as a young woman is not a straight road. Technology moves fast, client expectations shift constantly, and every new project brings something you haven’t done before.
That is exactly why the word messy fits this story so wel, and why it is a compliment. In technology, nobody gets it right the first time.
Code is written, tested, broken and rewritten. Products ship in versions, not in final forms. The founders who thrive aren’t the ones who avoid mistakes. They are the ones who learn to fix them faster than everyone else.
Yashika’s journey reflects that mindset. Rather than waiting for perfect conditions, she chose to build, learn on the job and grow with every project. Her story is a reminder that a business is not a finished monument. It is a work in progress, and that is its strength.
Leading beyond the business
What sets Yashika apart is that her ambition extends beyond her own company. Through keynote sessions, E-Summits and conversations with young professionals, she has become a voice for aspiring entrepreneurs, especialy students who have ideas but are unsure whether those ideas are worth pursuing.
Her message is simple and powerful: believe in your ideas, embrace innovation and use technology to create a better future. For a generation that often feels pressure to folow safe, predictable career paths, seeing a young woman lead a tech venture is proof that another path is possible.
This matters.
Women remain underrepresented in technology leadership, and young women rarely see founders who look like them speaking from the stage. Every time Yashika takes the mic at an E-Summit, she widens what the next young woman in the audience believes she can do.
What her journey teaches us
Yashika’s story offers three lessons that fit this edition’s theme perfectly.
1. Start before you’re ready.
Awards and recognition didn’t come after she had everything figured out. They came because she kept building while she was still learning.
2. Treat every version as a step.
In technology, as in life, the first version is never the last. Progress comes from iteration, not perfection.
3. Lift others as you rise.
Success becomes far more meaningful when it opens doors for others. By mentoring and speaking to young founders, Yashika is building something larger than a company: a culture of innovation.
The empire in progress
Call it messy if you like. The journey of a young founder is full of late nights, unexpected problems, learning curves and plans that change halfway through. But it is also full of momentum, courage and possibility.
Yashika Sharma is not just building a business. She is building a culture of innovation and showing this generation how to dream, create and lead. Her story proves that with the right mindset and the courage to act, young ideas can grow into ventures with real impact.
The empire doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to keep being built. Learn more at www.yritsolutions.com.