Full steam ahead for Binjai Brew founders

Two graduate from NTU and will work full time on business while third finishes studies

Binjai Brew founders (from left) Abilash Subbaraman, Rahul Immandira and Heetesh Alwani have secured a steady stream of income since the launch event for their business in December last year.
Binjai Brew founders (from left) Abilash Subbaraman, Rahul Immandira and Heetesh Alwani have secured a steady stream of income since the launch event for their business in December last year. ST PHOTO: GIN TAY
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They started brewing their own beer in a Nanyang Technological University (NTU) hostel in September 2017, but were busted a few months later for unknowingly violating the law by brewing and selling beer on campus.

They were undeterred. Two of the Singaporean trio behind Binjai Brew - Mr Abilash Subbaraman and Mr Heetesh Alwani - graduated yesterday from NTU's Renaissance Engineering Programme (REP), and will be able to devote themselves to their brewery operation full time. The third, Mr Rahul Immandira, is also in the REP with one more semester to go. All three are 26 years old.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on July 27, 2019, with the headline Full steam ahead for Binjai Brew founders. Subscribe