New Delhi, April 9 -- In a significant milestone for India's startup ecosystem, Harshita Arora has been named a General Partner at Y Combinator, one of the world's most influential startup accelerators.

The India-born entrepreneur, who was previously the youngest-ever Visiting Partner at YC, will now take on a full-time leadership role - working closely with founders and helping shape the next wave of global startups.

Arora's journey into technology began early. She started coding at the age of 13, and within a few years made a bold decision to leave formal schooling to focus entirely on building products.

At just 16, she developed a cryptocurrency portfolio tracking app that gained traction and was eventually acquired - marking her en...