Sunil was born into a poor farmer family of the Mahiravani village in the Nashik district of Maharashtra on June 1st, 1978. He had to walk barefoot, 14-kilometer daily to school. At one point, he almost had to quit his dream-of-education, because he did not know English. But with the help of a small dictionary given by a professor, he persevered, and eventually, he not only graduated but decided that he wanted to help millions of students like him who were facing similar difficulties.