TEDxJUIT
Life RebooTED
Life, as instantiated by potential folks, depict the hard core essence that involves it. As our initiative of bringing great ideas together paves way for various sought after opportunities, we strive towards achieving brilliance and expanding transcendence over the horizon of TED as a whole. Life RebooTED aims at infusing the highest degree of diversification adhering to conquests and forfeit of numerous arenas where the traditionalism lays off a setback. Thus a conventional approach is an utter requisite to decipher the dos and don’ts of life. It is the vision with which one moves along the pathway of progress and serenity that ends up in success being the destination with the crooks left beyond the scope of any destruction whatsoever. And at this TED, we wish to unravel all the inordinate visions ever, with a convenience of evolution of LIFE through them. Thus strive to : reinvent and REBOOT!!
Speakers
Anuj Sharma : Anuj Sharma, CEO of Omex eCommerce Pvt. Ltd., company behind Bhaaiji, a platform that enables sellers across Tier 2, 3 and aims at Tier 4 cities to sell and deliver goods in a 90 minute window cutting down time to market and making business across small cities fast. Currently they have been incubated by Software Technology Parks of India Incubation Center Shimla.
Being actively involved in Financial Literacy and Awareness campaigns, Anuj believes that Indian economy can get a boost once its small city and town dwellers are financially educated and equipped with planned logistics. Being alumni of JUIT (batch of 2007-11) Anuj started his first local venture in Himachal from his room in hostel itself, providing easier access to Computer hardware to institutions and individuals from remote areas of 3 districts in Himachal Pradesh leveraging the existing supply chain. After graduating he worked in MNCs in Bangalore that gave him much of an insight into the technology landscape in the country and helped him understand how small towns, Tier 2, 3 and 4 cities could be benefitted.
He is a hard core blogger and writes about entrepreneurship and social media scene in India, more of his writing can be seen expressing the journey of other startups and his own insights into his learnings.
He believes that the best ROI in the present day is learning from failures, small/big rather quicker, it's better to fail quick and learn fast to innovate continuously and come up with better value than valuation.
Bhuvan Bam : Bhuvan Bam, 21, is a singer/ song-writer from Delhi. He holds a Bachelors degree from Delhi University. Being a composer, producer as well as an instrumentalist makes him a "One-Man Army" and what sets him apart from others is his Unique Surname!
He is the owner/performer at BB Ki Vines. He makes funny videos on the internet and aims to spread smiles all over the world. He was quite an entertainer since his school days. Bhuvan randomly created a video and it was appreciated by people which lead to the start of his Vine. Interestingly, he admits that he is not a comedian. Music is Bam's profession and passion. He says all his earnings are through his live performances and original songs. He hasn't yet earned anything through Comedy.
He prefers to feature himself in various characters for his videos unless really needed as he has always felt comfortable working on his own. He admits he doesn't like when someone tries to change his ideas/concepts. Bhuvan's most watched video being of the "Doctor Sehgal" series is actually a real doctor, whose clinic is right next to Bam's house but he has just used his name in the series. The real Doctor Sehgal is different from one featured in the series.
Bhuvan's Independence Day special vine, "A Lost Neighbour", made in collaboration with a group of cross country viners was very well received. Based on the Indo-Pak concept it was released on the Independence Day. After certain difficulties while shooting the video, in the end it came out well and was accepted very positively by viewers across the globe.
His ideas have such enormous potential to crack up the audiences. Observing the people around, their actions and reactions are the source of his ideas. His motto is "Make sure your content is good. Quantity doesn't matter, Quality does! and of course, Stay Original".
D.P. Singh : When we think about inspiration, what inspires us most are ordinary people who have done extraordinary things. We appreciate when someone has the ability and willingness to be selfless, creative, innovative, or just dares to be different. Major D.P. Singh was an army man whose life flipped after the Kargil war.
Major D.P. Singh is known as the India's blade runner. His gruelling efforts and the ability to convert adversity into liability has set new standards of bravery and endurance for people like us. Today, he holds the Limca record for being the first Indian to run a half marathon with the blade -- a feat that has earned him the epithet of India's Blade Runner.
On July 8th 1999, India was taking on Pakistan in the Kargil War. Major D.P. Singh fought bravely, but was severely injured by a mortar which was fired from the other side of the border. He was declared dead at the Army hospital, but another doctor saved him. Singh's legs were amputated in order to keep him alive. He did not let his disability affect him as he took up running and wanted to be a part of the Delhi Marathon in 2009. That was how long it took for Singh to recover from his injuries.
When he lost his leg, he took it as a challenge to rise above his disability because he couldn't get used to sympathetic glances he got from people and started with his training. The training schedule of Singh was gruelling. It took him close to two hours just to get ready and wear the prosthesis. So he used to wake up at 3am to run at 5 am. He initially hopped on his good leg and dragged the prosthetic leg. After months of practice, he was able to hop-run for about five kilometres. Major was happy with all the hard work he had invested in training. The amazing part about the run was that Singh improved his timing by 15 minutes in each attempt.
Singh got to know about the fibre blade prosthetic from South African blade runner Oscar Pistorius. He has entered the Limca book of records for being the first Indian to run a half marathon with a blade. He attributes his success to the discipline he received in the Indian army. His goal is to run a full marathon. "When I was injured, I received blood from countless people of different castes, creeds and states. With the blood of India running in my veins, I feel I can do everything ", he concludes.
Paresh Gupta : All things for an ordinary man are difficult before they are easy and so was for him! Against all odds, he strived to be at the top. Never letting anyone define his limits , this man, Mr. Paresh Gupta believes in living a life for oneself!
Apart from being a Graduate of Sri Ram College and Chartered Accountant of 2002 batch; MBA from London School of Business and Finance ,he is having over 10 years of experience with track-record in carbon management, energy sector, regulatory advisory, strategic advisory, financial modeling, takeovers, infrastructure consulting, financial restructuring and business research, education, recruitment & training. Although he wished to get Rs15,000 per month, he rejected 3 job offers offering 7lakhs each later just because his first take is that if a person has the zeal to do something different, he/she is going to rock sooner or later.
His experiments with success reveal that venture providing a suitable platform to finance students, a networking opportunity and a chance to interact with Industry experts who could provide right direction to their careers in the finance domain is closest to his heart. He has won national awards from Economic Times, IIM Ahmedabad as well. Even with his incredible story of ups and down, he is of the view that everyone has a story of his own.
At present having a dream to make the largest finance career advisory group ,this guy also proves to be a walking encyclopedia!
Pushpinder Singh: MrPushpinder Singh, CEO & Chief Architect at Travelkhana having a Masters degree in Computer Science from BITS-Pilani and a B.Tech from IIT-BHU. He has over 15 years of software and technological experience particularly focused around the product industry, besides having played a significant and major role in creating the Telecom OSS business and as well as its execution which has resulted in USD 3 million revenue and value, he has, in the past, provided sustenance, continuity and has infused thrust to an existing world leading product called Quark Xpress.
He is a Master technologist, Strategist, Visionary and has a unique ability to bring together business strategy with technology. He has conceptualized the idea of a marketplace for travellers. Travelkhana is the first Indian wide marketplace for people travelling and wanting to buy the meal of their choice through a wide variety of restaurants. His venture is spread over Railways, GMR (Delhi Airport) and restaurants across a network of 130 cities.
About 1.5 crore people in India travel in long distance trains every day. Managing food during travel is always a challenge mainlywhile travelling with family. Realizing that Technology does not play any significant role in making a passenger's travel comfortable he ventured on to create Travelkhana which is a platform to provide food to the traveler - a much needed and underserved segment .He has also made sure that technology is embedded in every part of operations of the company.
It is a marketplace that connects passengers with several restaurants on the Indian Rail network. It offers a variety of choices to a Railway passenger for ordering food as per their need and at their price point while they are travelling. The travelkhana automated platform tracks trains in real time across India and ensures that fresh food is delivered to the passenger as per their choice and on time.
It also helps vendors and restaurants in terms of effective and efficient fulfillment. Additionally, it completes an entire fulfillment cycle right from the point of Ordering to Delivery, Customer feedback and Reconciliation.
Rohit Raj : Half the people in any engineering college don't want to be there. Rohit Raj was one of them , in our very own college, in fact. But he gave it all up, dropped out and became India's youngest event manager. Sounds crazy? His journey is exactly that. Starting in one event management company subsequently founding his own, a chain of hotels with his father, social media startup, public speaking and his baby, as he calls it, starting a foundation for feeding the poor, his resume looks nothing like that of an average person. Living by the motto, we make a life by what we give, his foundation Sneh, aims to ensure that every single person in Haridwar is fed atleast one meal.
If Rohit has big ambitions, he certainly has the capabilities to realize them. He's a total people person, after being a part of various speaker sessions at multiple colleges he's formed amazing equations with the students he meets. Apart from his work, he describes himself as a total foodie as well as a travel enthusiast, travelling 1,10,000 kms in 2015 alone!
If Rohit has big ambitions, he certainly has the capabilities to realize them. After being a part of various speaker sessions at multiple colleges, he has formed amazing equations with the students he meets. Apart from his work, he describes himself as a total foodie as well as a travel enthusiast, travelling 1,10,000 kms in 2015 alone!
His story is inspiring,to say the least, but also attests to the fact that we can achieve everything we aspire for, even if it's not the the conventional path.
Shraddha Sharma : Social media has seen an astounding amount of talent reach out to an ever increasing audience that it so deserves. A shining example of this phenomenon is Shraddha Sharma, who has shaken YouTube ever since she first uploaded her first video back in 2011. 'Main Tainu Samjhavan Ki' was soon a rage and amassed tons of views. This motivated her to continue with the exhibition of her amazing singing skills and as of now, she has around 2 Lakh followers on YouTube.
Shraddha's mother is a music teacher who has trained her daughter since she was 9. Born after two sons, both of whom have now moved away from home, she is the centre of her parents' lives. A quick learner and a lover of music, her classmates and teachers saw at an early age the potential she had. Fast forward to 2016, her old-school guitar-and-the-vocalist videos scream of minimalism and poise that have constantly impressed her viewers.
Her debut album 'Raastey' rocked the charts when she debuted with it in 2014, and her vocal skills have kept on improving as time has passed. A simple, shy girl who has laid down her faith in the world of music is now a national reckoning and her career graph has only one way to go now- up!
Siddharth Slathia : Music comes naturally to some. Being a connoisseur of the harmony of music is easy, doing justice to this vast world is anything but. Some people however, are excelling at this very same task and Siddharth Slathia is one of them.
Growing up in Jammu, he started showing his panache for singing at an early age. At the age of 10, he was selected for singing for his school's annual day. He was given the required platforms to show his talent by his teachers, which led him to perform in the All India Radio and Jammu's local Radio channels as well. He also took part in a lot of state and national level singing competitions.
Siddharth started with his Engineering from a reputed college in Jaipur, but dropped out to pursue his music career, in which process he learned Hindustani classical from Pt. Kundan mal ji. As of now, he is pursuing a course in Bachelors of Music from Jammu University and learning Hindustani classical from Pt. Bholanath Misra ji.
A big lover of music, he feels that failure encourages him a lot. As an individual, he tries to pursue his job will full dedication and integrity and leaves the rest to the Almighty. His is the sort of soul that screams a music lover the moment you interact with him.
