YES ! I'LL WIN ONEDAY

In today’s intensely competitive global economy, innovation has never been more important for business success. Most experts acknowledge that innovation can be the shot in the arm companies need. Yet, how do you create a company that unleashes and capitalizes on innovation?

Innovation increases the likelihood of a business succeeding, however most people don't know where to start. People often think of innovating as just invention.

Innovation does not necessary require a large budget or investment in Research and Development (R&D). It's also about new ideas and responding to new trends and market conditions, or making improvements to products and services that already exist.

In many cases, innovation may be driven by the need to solve customer problems or to pursue new opportunities. How innovation creates workable solutions for problems that matter depends on you, but here are a few suggestions for making your business more innovative:

Step out of your comfort zone

To lead to successful innovation, you’ll have to embrace the unknown , you have to taste the failure and overcome the fear of criticism . Business leaders who operate both personal and professional life , they use their own trick to make it stable , but before you become successful you should know how to get out from comfort zones and take the risk.

How do you start stepping out of your comfort zone?

First, take small steps away from what’s familiar and into areas that are not so recognizable. Take new risk to explore something new

Connecting with customers for ideas

·         While there are no sure-fire way to guarantee success in creating great ideas, one of the best ways is to listen to your customers.

·         Connecting and listening to your customers can assist in emphasising and generating ideas on how both product and service delivery can be improved.

Connecting with customers may include:-

·         conducting a market scan to better understand the environment in which your business is operating in, including an analysis of your competitors

·         understanding the importance of marketing and branding for your business

·         offering your customers channels in which to easily provide you feedback on your products and services

·         conducting market research to better understand how your customers use your products and services.

·         Creating an online strategy or one that extends into social media may be a way to collect valuable ideas and connect with your customers. A focus on both product and service delivery is vital as they are equally important in innovation.

·         Be open to the feedback, and take decisive action based on what you’ve learned.

Condone—and, oftentimes, reward—failure

You do not start the day intent on steering your company toward failure. Yet, innovation’s occupational hazard is characterized by failure, which is why creating and supporting a culture of successful innovation requires courage. On top of that, patience is needed because your business may not see immediate results. Once courage and patience are in place, you must condone – and sometimes reward – failure. All three foundational elements are part of your company’s culture of successful innovation.

Consider your own company’s efforts when it comes to creating and supporting a culture of successful innovation. If your company is small and nimble, a lack of resources might hold you back from creating a culture of successful innovation.  Gainesville-based Fracture has limited resources, yet its leadership and employees find creative ways to infuse innovation into the company’s product line and business processes. Fracture owes its continued growth and success to creating and supporting a culture of successful innovation.

Conversely, your company might be big and bureaucratic, with plenty of available resources. Change occurs slowly at this company, and often with limited success, because adapting a culture of innovation can be unwieldy and untenable. Yet, big and bureaucratic companies can, and do, foster a culture of successful innovation. Verizon placed big bets on Google’s Android for smartphones and on fiber optics for landlines.  The company continues to seek new ways for wireless networks to run everything, including cars and refrigerators. That’s because Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam sees small “pots of gold” – from product innovations to process innovations – throughout the company.

Fortune follows the brave, at least in theory. What happens in real life with innovation depends on the courage and patience of business leaders. That’s because successful innovation often results after small – and sometimes large – setbacks occur.  Determined innovators persist in spite of failures; yet, persistence often leads to winning outcomes for companies willing to exercise courage and patience. Failure is not the desired outcome in business, yet successful innovation calls for lots of small, timely missteps.

Balance creativity & imagination with operating structure & business process

Before achieving this balance, companies must take an important step on the path to achieving successful innovation. That critical step is to marry solvable problems with workable solutions. It is in our nature to be creative, and our imagination is poised to run wild – if only we let it – to arrive at possible solutions. Some of us (engineers, take a bow) are adept at solving problems with pragmatic solutions, which is great because workable solutions springboard successful innovation. Given that most of us are creatures of habit who crave structure, it is no secret that processes rule the day in the land of business. The innovation process, then, balances what is natural for us to do with how we prefer to operate.

This is exactly the case with innovative companies like Apple and IDEO. Apple’s genius lies in the company’s ability to arrive swiftly and correctly at the crux of a pressing problem. Then, Apple being Apple, it refuses to settle for half-baked solutions; its employees find – in the words of the late Steve Jobs – “beautiful, elegant solutions that work.”

The design firm IDEO’s ingenuity is on par with Apple. IDEO conducts brainstorming sessions in which it requires participants to produce scores of ideas in mere minutes. This impossible time limit and audacious quota forces participants to submit top-of-mind thoughts and ideas, including “way-out-there” ideas. IDEO then subjects the brainstorming’s outcomes to detailed scrutiny and exhaustive evaluation.

The key to successful innovation is to “toggle” back and forth between problems identified and solutions proposed. Doing so allows the innovation process to move forward in producing solid outcomes. Along the way, it is important to commit to the testing of product prototypes; forget about perfection and beauty, just build something ugly, but functional. Use IDEO’s three “R’s” to guide your prototyping efforts: rough;  rapid; and right. Or, in today’s parlance: “wash; rinse; and repeat.”

Balancing creativity and imagination with operating structure and business processes can be achieved. An innovation culture and solid operating processes can happily coexist within your company. It just takes stepping outside of your comfort zone to get there. Doing so is proof positive of the valuable outcomes that can occur when you focus on making your business more innovative.

1. Individual innovation

The first kind of innovative culture is one built around the continual innovation of its individual stakeholders. This is perhaps what you or I think of when we envision dreaming up a new invention or process that will turn an industry on its ear and make us a billion dollars. It's also the easiest type of innovation culture to build in a larger organization.

"It's exactly as it sounds--you build a corporate culture where anyone can suggest an idea and start a project," Blank said. "Some companies use a suggestion box. Others like Google give employees 20 percent of their time to work on their own projects."

It's a good environment for innovation, Blank said, but not a great one.

2. Process improvement

This kind of innovative culture feels a little more corporate, and a little more familiar. Companies introduce new versions of products and services, tweaking each time to make them better or more lucrative.

"Car companies introduce new models each year, running shoes grow ever lighter and more flexible, Coca-Cola offers a new version of Coke. Smart companies are always looking to make their current products better--and there are many ways to do this," Blank said. "These innovations do not require change in a company's existing business model. This is what companies typically do to secure and defend their core business."

Like individual innovation, however, this is what good companies do--not great ones.

3. Continuous innovation

Now we're getting to the harder cultures to create. A culture of continuous innovation requires a company to create new elements in its business model.

"For example, Coke added snack foods, which could be distributed through its existing distribution channels," Blank suggested, and, "The Amazon Kindle played on Amazon's strengths as a distributor of content but required developing expertise in electronics and manufacturing."

If you can build a culture of continuous innovation, Blank suggested, you've reached the ranks of the great companies. But there's one level higher.

4. Disruptive innovation

Disruptive innovation is the hardest kind of culture to build within an organization, precisely because disruptive innovation can upset the organization's advantages. That's why it's usually the purview of startups, who have nothing to lose as a result of progress, and everything to gain.

"It's the automobile in the 1910s, radio in the 1920s, television in the 1950s, the integrated circuit in the 1960s, the fax machine in the 1970s, personal computers in the 1980s, the Internet in the 1990s, and the Smartphone, human genome sequencing, and even fracking in this decade," according to Blank.

The most extraordinarily innovative organizations, according to Blank, are those that shepherd disruptive innovations, and do it over and over and over again.

ONE IDEA CAN CHANGE YOUR WHOLE LIFE

If Steve Jobs ever thought that he is very poor and he has no power to bring any change in his life then he couldn’t be CEO of APPLE , LOVE THIS QUOTE “BORN FOOL AND POOR IS NT YOUR MISTAKE BUT DIE AS A FOOL AND POOR IS YOUR MISTAKE” Which is most branded company presently in World . If he can’t even he has neither money nor qualification still he could then why you can’t.

MY PAPA ALWAYS SAY ME ONE THING – “NEVER LET OTHERS TO DOWN YOU , MAKE YOUR OWN IDENTITY . YOUR IDENTITY SHOULD NOT YOUR FAMILY BACKGROUND OR HOW MUCH MONEY YOUR PARENTS GET OR PROFIT YOU HAVE OR WHO IS YOUR BOY FRIEND OR HUSBAND . YOUR IDENTITY SHOULD BE “WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT YOU ARE DOING BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU'LL CHOOSE LESS FOR YOU , CHOSE THE BEST ONE FOR YOU AND MOVE AS PER THAT. BE PROUD ON THAT .” That’s why my family background is Land lord family background ,still my papa make his own identity. If needed he can drop out his college life and start his own business like many business man in India , many businessman are not highly educated but have better knowledge than a commerce student. So proud to be yourself and what you are doing , so I am proud what I gonna do and what I AM. I DESERVE BEST .

I have faith that “IF I’LL BE WORK HARD I CAN BE LIKE STEVE JOBS SO WHY I THINK LESS ABOUT ME .” I’ll never give up , I may be a woman but strong as a man . I can do anything and no one can protect me to do that. I born to win and I know what I sacrifice for that.

I’LL WIN ONE DAY AND I AM NOT WEAK , I AM CAPABLE.

Articles defines me and my life-

1)    My life is like open diary-http://poemstoryshayari.blogspot.in/2013/06/my-hostel-life-from-12th-class-to-whole_4604.html

2)   Time has all answer - http://poemstoryshayari.blogspot.in/2014/12/time-has-all-answers.html

3)   Why I write blog - http://poemstoryshayari.blogspot.in/2014/04/why-i-write-blog.html

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Published: By: diaryofmywholelife.blogspot.com - 01:46

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO SPEND TIME ON WHAT OTHER WILL THINK

‘Life is too short to waste time in thinking and doing things as per people and world. You born alone even will leave alone so no need to follow everyone and every words delivered by everyone.” (Personal Life quote)

You can do whatever you want for as long as you continue to believe that it’s true and it will be. When you start redesigning yourself to “this is what I have to do” or “this is what I have to be” that’s when you’re done. So start doing now what you are planning to do in future.

I heard many times people say me like “They can’t do this or people suggest them to do this or They are unfit as till now nobody tried to do this” blew?

Do you think that your words really make any sense?

Who told you can’t do this – if Abram Lincoln , Albert Einstein can then why you can’t , they also failed and people also say many thing about them but they didn’t so why you ?

I am saying about me – there was a time some of my family members suggest me some career as per girl concern but I was unfit for that as I don’t like boring life so I gave up , at first they also angry upon me as I rarely listen others , when I was in school I stood first throughout academic so my friends call me “I remember everything and I don’t have brain at all -like this many more rumors were spread , as I don’t use my mind in nonsense things where I feel I shouldn’t use my mind more there” that’s why I got schlorship thrice , When I was In engineering college my friends say I can’t do anything as I don’t like to communicate and participate but I didn’t as I don’t want conflict and use mind in any politics BUT I WAS WRONG THERE, I SHOULD but this doesn’t mean I gave up - that’s why I joined NGO and start working for others and now also like wise people says many thing but one thing I marked –onetime will come nobody will remember what they told , like now those of my relatives has forgotten what girlish career they suggest me as they are so busy in their life and my friends after school and college life I rarely meet with them even they are also busy in their life so why they will think about me , like wise one day will come you’ll feel that – “NOBODY REALLY MATTERS , SO STOP TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE AND START DOING WORK , WHAT YOU LOVE MOST OR WANNA DO IN YOUR LIFE. YOU CAME ALONE AND WILL LEAVE ALONE, SO THERE IS NO REASON TO FOLLOW THE CROWD IN YOUR MIDDLE PERIOD.”

No one cares about you as much as you think they do.  Turns out, we humans are pretty self-centered creatures and everyone’s kind of wrapped up in their own stuff, and they really don’t have all that much time to devote to thinking about what you’re doing.  All that time you’re spending agonizing over what so and so thought of that thing you said, and she’s actually worrying about a work presentation or anything else .  Unless someone actually tells you they’re bothered by something you’ve done, you can rest easy that no one really cares that much-BITTER TRUTH. Even I realized one true fact – In past what makes me frightened, those thing had no power to down me as these were nothing and they don’t play major role in future. No words has power to down you and nobody has, if you have guts to rise above all odds. Now I wants to thanks my problematic life – which taught me many life lessons , may be one day I’ll achieve like Abram Lincoln  - my idol , I take him as my idol as he is a great loser even achiever in human history . That’s why I never quit my dream and my enthusiasm to flourish myself for others.

Your achievements maximize Net Happiness over Lifetime.

Life is literally the longest thing we will ever experience, it isn't about morality. It's life philosophy on having fulfilling life. So art doing what you love most – give wings to your Talents, passions and dreams and then pursue them.

"Everything was impossible until somebody did It." is one of my favorite quotes. My dream is to help people find what they really love and help them build a career around the work only they are capable of doing , as what I missed in my past life and make me a failure person I don’t want other also follow the same that’s the reason one day I wanna be  career coach. 

I love this new add – The interviewer ask a question to a guy “where you wants to see yourself after 5 years” – he told “I wants to see myself playing guitar , painting etc.” – ADD END UP WITH -DO WHAT YOU LOVE , it means passion is important but never forget to live your life which make you happy even productive too , when you are happy from inside then you can do any kind of job easily , even you have talent and good knowledge – if you always in stress then you can’t do anything perfectly.

Life is shorter than we think. Make every day count towards being the real you and towards making a contribution to the world only you can make.

WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME “WHAT I WANNA DO IN MY LIFE” I ALWAYS GAVE THEM ONE ANSWER - I WANNA BE EVERYTHING.

WRITING

Now I am simply a blogger OR can say blog writer, My dream is to be a writer having own novel. I have written near about 20 stories but problem is that I don’t have so much fund to do marketing after printing my book as book publish need more money and I don’t have at all , that’s why I wanna be self-independent first after that I can do anything by utilizing my money.

Whenever I tell about my writing - people start laugh at me as they think I am poor in English just because I can’t have so much knowledge in vocabulary - Yes , I agree with this fact as I was belongs to state board medium but it doesn’t mean I am so poor . If I can handle 10 blogs, why I can’t write. In my blog , all most all were my own writing. I write in simple words, that’s I know. I am trying to modify my English in better version.

PAINTING

I love to paint and sketch .I have a dream to do a real looks painting even I have faith on myself I can if I give my little effort there.

MAKE NEW FRIENDS FROM WORLD WIDE

I love to make friends with new people. I may not get more scope but whenever I get I try my best. The great thing about doing what you want to do is that you’re more likely to meet other people who also like doing it.

TRY TO BE A BETTER PERSON AND CONTRIBUTE MYSELF FOR SOCIETY

I wanna do something for society, I already have many experience working in NGOS and wanna continue my work after my MBA graduation too. Careers may be different but dream is one J

(ABOUT MY PASSION AND DREAM – IT’S SECRET UNTIL I DO IT IN REAL LIFE. WHAT I LEARNT FROM MY PAST LIFE, NEVER SAY OR DISCLOSE YOUR DREAM BEFORE OTHERS, KEEP IT WITH YOU UNTIL YOU MAKE IT REAL.)

I spent most of my early life being something of a people pleaser.  Yes, it’s nice to have other people like you, but it’s also a really easy and convenient way to go through life, because you never have to make any choices, you just let other people dictate what you’ll do.  It’s easy, but it’s also not particularly satisfying when you wanna do one thing and end up with do nothing.  It’s honestly way harder to figure out what you want to do and start doing it, because it forces you to think about who you are and what you want, and have actual reasons for your choices instead of deferring to others. The only authority other people have over you is the authority you’re giving them, so stop.  You’re in control of your own life, so embrace that, rather than letting others’ opinions dictate your actions.

You’ll have to have accountability for your actions, rather than making the excuse of “Well, I only did it because so-and so would have been mad if I didn’t.” Sure, you may still do something because it’ll make your parents or friends or someone else happy, but in that case it’s because you’ve chosen to make your relationship with that person a priority and are thus acting according to their wishes, rather than just doing something because someone will think about you a certain way.

I really believe there are few things more liberating than deciding not to care what other people think, so try it.

START LIVING YOUR LIFE WITH SUCCESS AND JOY NOT WITH FEAR AND FAILURE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE .I BELIEVE ONE DAY I’LL MAKE MY DREAM TRUE WITHIN ALL ODDS , I KNOW WHAT I FACED IN PAST EVEN I KNOW I GONNA FACE MORE WORST TOO , STILL I AM BRAVE ENOUGH TO FOLLOW MY DREAM. AS IT WORST FOLLOWING AND ONE DAY IT’LL MAKE MY LIFE MEANINGFUL.

Published: By: diaryofmywholelife.blogspot.com - 19:29

I KNOW WHAT I AM SEARCHING FOR

“How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.” Steady progress in bite-sized chunks puts even the most audacious goals into reach

Are you ready to make 2015 your best year ever yet?

I am going to end my 2015 year with full of enthusiasm and optimism no doubt I already lost my 9 months still 3 months left to enjoy and make this year the best year . But to maintain your momentum through the year, you need to set powerful, crystal-clear goals.

The first step to get what you want in your life is to decide exactly what you want.

What do you want to accomplish?
What do you want to experience?
What do you want to acquire?
Who do you want to be?

One of primary reason, why ? most people don’t get what they want is that they aren’t clear about what they want, they were confused , I am talking about me when I didn’t get medical I couldn’t understand what I should do which can help me to achieve my future goal , that’s why I joined in engineering without any second thought , many people are there who join in different career without thinking anything as they want money through any kind of job but if your goal is clear be careful instead of taking many steps , go in one line and follow that to achieve your goal ,  I faced lots of problem as I couldn’t understand what to follow and what’s not as I was confused and didn’t have much knowledge . So focus is your ability and opportunity to step back and take stock of your life, where you want it to go, and how you're going to make it happen. To make the biggest difference, work toward something that's important to you. With a personal mission that you're committed to, you can bring meaning into every minute of your day, while your direction and priorities keep you going when times get tough.

What is your vision for an ideal outcome?

An old proverb "He who chases two rabbits catches neither."

Focusing on one goal will help you form a clear picture in your head. You'll see exactly what you want and should keep that picture in mind as much as possible. You'll know which rabbit you want to chase.

If you want to achieve something big then you have to sacrifice also something but some people are like this “Not wanting to sacrifice anything” they run themselves straight into the ground -- sometime literally -only to end up frustrated and tired without reaching their goals. What they don't realize is that you can have it all (or close to it). You just can't have it all right now. I am talking about my story – I can’t be a good friend at all , as I can’t give time to my all friends , can’t hang out with them J still I always try my best . like this I sacrifice many thing in my life to achieve my ONE GOAL , but my chosen path was wrong .I divert my mind in many direction instead of focusing one , that’s why I couldn’t achieve anything properly . when I joined in engineering in 1^st year I was thinking about to appear MEDICAL AGAIN even appeared too but couldn’t get as within engineering that also from a government college where attendance and marks matters a lot u can’t get time for preparation for medical , then when I didn’t get medical I think about to do SOCIOLOGY AND LLB instead of concentrating in Engineering as I didn’t have interest in engineering . finally I fall in love with engineering and decided to do M-TECH in 3^rd year last , when I find some many research opportunities in it . so my chosen path was wrong , if I started preparation from beginning means from 1^st year or 2 year like my other friends I could get my favorite Branch in any good college and can get opportunities to do research , so my chose path was wrong , WHICH ALSO PROVES THAT I AM A BAD DECISION MAKER . 
To help you Focus, it's much better to choose a few high priority areas that are motivating and in line with your Values. Pay attention to those until you form some good habits around those areas. Then move on to the next thing. The idea is to find the Sweet Spot, that special place where different goals coincide and support each other instead of conflicting.

Clarity Is a Choice

If you've been running your career in an unfocused manner then you will end up with nothing. So do it in a daily basis, just waking up each morning and seeing what happens, then it is absolutely crucial that you take the time to decide and write down exactly where it is you want to go. How much longer will you continue to climb the ladder of success, only to realize too late that it was leaning against the wrong building? Just pick a point in the future, whether it's six months from now or five years from now, and spend a few hours writing out a clear description of where you want to be at that time. I know many people who aren't sure where they want to go, so they avoid committing anything to writing in order to "keep their options open." What would happen if you pursued that attitude to its logical?

There was a time I couldn't decide what i want to do my life and how to do. My whole life is ruled by others who push their goals onto me, which I accepts by default as I didn’t know anything even they also didn’t know what I like and what I don’t , they take best decisions for me but it doesn’t work then what they can do ? their best choice didn’t work as I didn’t have interest , that’s why now I am in the same boat where I was 5 years before , no much change in my life. so I didn’t a great mistake like I have clear goal idea but I didn’t know the opportunities ,So there is a big difference between recognizing and acting on a true opportunity and being knocked off course without making a conscious decision to shift gears.

So waiting for something to inspire you and hoping that the perfect outcome will just fall into your lap is nothing but a fantasy. Clear decision making doesn't happen passively; you actually have to physically put in the time to make it happen. If you don't have clear goals simply because you don't know what you want, then sit down and actively decide what you want. That sense of knowing what you want isn't going to just come to you in a form of divine inspiration. Clarity is a choice, not an accident or a gift. Clarity doesn't come to you -- you have to go to it. Not setting goals is the same thing as deciding to be a slave to the goals of others.

Clear Goals Reflects on present Decisions

Your reality will not match your vision exactly. That's not the point. The point is for your vision to allow you to make clear daily decisions that keep you moving in the direction of your goals. Maintain a clear list of goals not because that's actually where you'll end up but because it will give you tremendous certainty in deciding what you need to do today. When someone contacts you with an "opportunity" out of the blue, you'll know whether it's a real opportunity or a waste of time. The long view sharpens the short view.

As you begin moving towards your goals, you'll gain new knowledge along the way, and you'll have to adapt your plans as you go. You may also change your vision if you get partway there and decide it's not quite what you really want. Ill-formed goals are still far superior to no goals at all.

Clear goals allow you to achieve the first half of success formula. By deciding exactly what you want to accomplish, committing it to writing, and reviewing it on a daily basis, you bring your goals into reality with the power of your focus.

That’s why now my goal is clear –

Now I am pursuing my MBA , I already planned for my future even I have faith if I’ll not distract my mind then one day I’ll reach at my actual goal .

Now my situation is like this ,

“How can u convince your parents when u love 3 , Means after coming SRI SRI UNIVERSITY I fall in love with ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GOOD GOVERNANCE both are Awesome. My parents want GENERAL MBA BUT MY MIND SAYS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND MY HEART SAYS GOOD GOVERNANCE. So now my life priority is also like this serial manner - First I'll follow my parents wish if i can get what i want then I'll follow my Mind either after my job or after my 2 years of MBA complete - OWN BUSINESS, That's why from now i make myself ready, No matter whatever i choose to do Always end up with my Heart. Charity through business or directly involve in social service along with my job then in d end I'll end up with Good governance :P Really i always confuse what to do 1st , specially when it comes to my career and future BUT NOW ON WARDS GOAL IS CLEAR”

I AM FOCUSED AS I KNOW WHAT I WANNA DO AND HOW ?

As my goal is crystal clear and my chosen career too J

Try these to stay focused –

What I also follow……. J J J

At the end of each day, ask "what did I do today to work toward my Purpose?"

Sit still and enjoy the blessings that you're working so hard for.

Take a 60 second vacation and become mindful of what you're doing.

Avoid using language that contradicts your Values & Beliefs.

Be your own mentor but sometimes choose a hero. Ask "what

would __________ do?"

Put your goals on paper, in words or pictures, and keep them in front of you

Create a personal motto in a creative, catchy way. Display it as a reminder.

Plan your week and day ahead of time in light of your goals

 

Published: By: diaryofmywholelife.blogspot.com - 07:53

LOVE YOUR PARENTS

I love my parents Biranchi Narayan Panda ​https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009277668960&pnref=story and Chandra Lekha panda for their contribution toward us (me https://www.facebook.com/sweta.panda and my brother Debajyoti Panda​ https://www.facebook.com/debajyoti.panda.3?pnref=story)  and our education . It's not easy to pay 16 lakh within 2-3 year. Even till now i can proudly say i never go for any educational loan as he is sufficient even i do my all schooling and college in good colleges  +  even my brother too  J

I REALLY FEEL PROUD HVING SUCH PARENTS and FAMILY .MY GRANDPAPA (MY PAPA’S PAPA) IS AN AGRICULTURE OFFICER AND MY GRANDFATHER (MY MAMA’S PAPA) IS MATHEMATICS LECTURE  EVEN MY PARENTS ARE ALSO HIGHLY EDUCATED MY FATHER IS A PHD HOLDER IN MATH AND MY MOTHER IS GRADUATE IN ARTS (IN POLITICS) BUT MY PAPA IS THE ONLY EARNING MEMBER, WHO WORKS IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RAILWAY + HANDLE OUR VILLAGE BUSINESS TOO .J

He is multitasked and my inspiration too. His life Journey - http://poemstoryshayari.blogspot.in/2013/06/my-hostel-life-from-12th-class-to-whole_4604.html is a great inspiration for me J

SO LOVE UR PARENTS AS YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY SACRIFICED FOR YOU J

Published: By: diaryofmywholelife.blogspot.com - 12:48

From Death Bed To Inspiring People For A Better Society — A Real Life Hero’s Journey So Far

“Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.” – Bob Riley

Last weekend, I happened to meet one such hero from Pune over a cup of coffee and toast omelet sandwich at Goodluck Cafe, my regular hangout place. A young lad with dreams to make this world a better place and inspire people to live a better life. We spoke for more than an hour about his life, motivation to do such work and his future plans at the busy cafe. Before biding good bye he left me with this remarkable thought – “Knowledge should be free and accessible to all and language, technology or disability should not be a barrier.”

The youngster who hails from Solapur is a scientist, a social worker, curator and licensee for TEDxPune, Campus Ambassador for Wikipedia and International Student Ambassador for Youthistan. He is Abhishek Suryawanshi.

As I write this story, he is in the United States doing what he believes – “Making the world a better place to live and inspiring people to do well.”

I have known Abhishek for a while now due to the initiatives he has successfully pulled out in Pune over the last few years. However, this was my first extensive meeting with him, a day before he boarded the US flight.

Dressed in a black hoodie, carrying a big backpack and headphones attached, the tall and lean guy walked towards me to say a hello just outside the cafe. While we were taking our seats, Abhishek excitedly revealed that before coming to meet me he was getting his new visiting cards done. The new card highlighted that he is now the Vice President, Wikimedia, New York City.

A childhood lost in illness

These are the good days that have just begun to open up their doors. The hero’s story starts with his birth, a chronic disease convinced doctors that the child wouldn’t live long. “My childhood wasn’t a normal one, I was diagnosed with a serious asthma problem and many a times faced strong asthma attacks,” shared Abhishek while sipping his coffee and recollecting his childhood days.

“As a kid most of us want to be a pilot or engineer or doctor or actor, for me I wanted to enjoy an ice-cream or get wet in the rain. Those things were a luxury to me.”

His health problems ruined his childhood, he missed the joy of playing with kids, going to picnics and many a times he had to skip exams. “My teachers were scared to take me to any event or gathering because of my health issues. My life was confined in a room and I started losing interest in living.”

I first had an ice-cream at the age of 14 and got wet in the rain at 15

A young scientist gets discovered

Life changed for Abhishek at 14 when he completely recovered from his health problems. As a kid, Abhishek was quite attached to nature but at the same time coming from a rural background made him aware of the water scarcity problem.

While studying in Jnana Prabodhini in 8th standard, he learned about National Children Science Congress – a program that provides children in the age group of 10 to 17 years an opportunity to use their scientific temperament and knowledge to make their own dreams come true.“Water is a very critical issue in Solapur region. Hence I chose to work on irrigation methods, under the guidance of scientist Arun Deshpande.”

This opportunity opened up news doors in his life, he innovated Suction Method of Irrigation for farmers. Abhishek informed that Suction Method of Irrigation is an ancient Indian Irrigation Method which was used for surface irrigation. “In ancient methods, farmers used to take help of porous pots, and these were placed adjacent to trees. In new Suction Method of Irrigation, brick is used as medium for supplying water to the roots. Brick is placed below 2 feet of soil near the roots. Roots absorb water with the help of root pressures from the brick. As root pressure is used, the tree itself acts as a pump, and water is provided to the tree.”

This method when implemented saves 1/10th of water as compared to other methods including Drip Irrigation and Sprinkler Irrigation. “Suction Method of Irrigation requires only brick and pipe as essential tools. Thus, it’s much cheaper than the traditional methods which require a lot of instrumentation and electricity,” informed Abhishek.

Later he presented his research work at National Children Science Congress (2004) held at Guwahati led by the then President Hon.Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. Abhishek not only received a good response and awards at the event but his meeting with Kalam was a life changing movement. His research work also got him selected from Maharashtra State for Hum Honge Kaamyab, T.V. Series for young scientists.

In 2005, his research work was also recognized by the Maharashtra Government but then it came after tough convincing by the young scientist. The state level irrigation conference organized by the government was only for Post Graduates and PhDs, Abhishek was still in the 9^th standard so he was refused to showcase his work. “I requested them to give me a slot to show and represent my idea, so that other scholars may pick up as their research subject and also provide their views on my work,” he recollected.

The research work not only got heard but the judges were so impressed by Abhishek’s idea that they gave him a cash prize from their pocket as his entry was not among the entries competing for the cash-prize.

Suction Method of Irrigation today has been implemented at some places in Solapur but hasn’t got its due. Lack of government support, lobby of agriculture companies and orthodox ways of farming have been the major reasons for curtailing the growth of the project.

Journey with TED, Wikipedia and Gates Foundation

TED talks have been an inspiration for Abhishek and he has spent hours watching and listening to great personalities on the program. In 2009 when TED came to India, Abhishek applied for a fellowship. He got rejected due to his age but TED was launching TEDx for which they asked his help. This led to the beginning of the relationship and in 2010 TEDxPune happened which was a success.

This motivated Abhishek to take the inspiring TED videos to the under privileged communities who have been left behind by society. This led to the beginning of TEDxPune for the under privileged people and seeing this initiative Gates Foundation came forward to bear the required costs.

“Our objective was to show the brighter side of the world to the underprivileged children for whom the world ended with Bollywood and Cricket. After showig the TED videos over a period of six months with Marathi subtitles, children were also interested in personalities like Pranav Mistry and wanted to be a doctor or a scientist.”

The success of TEDxPune saw Wikipedia approach Abhishek to join hands. He then founded the Wikipedia Pune Local Community and in 2010 he also organized Wikipedia’s 10^th Anniversary program in Pune. “From the beginning I have been a fan of Wikipedia as a primary source for any information, so I was really excited to organize the event and later on I also got selected as a Campus Ambassador for Wikipedia.”

Over the time Abhishek has worked closely with Wikipedia to set up its base, educate students about it and promote its use in all 21 regional languages.

Meanwhile, Gates Foundation, impressed by Abhishek provided him a scholarship to attend a TED conference in US. However, the dream to fly to the US was met with a big jolt since his visa was rejected not once but thrice.

Finally after Hillary Clinton wrote a letter to the US Consulate after Gates Foundation requested, Abhishek was granted a 10 year multiple business visa. While the dream to fly to the US became a reality for him, this also unknowingly, opened up another door for him. The US Consulate India was quite curious to meet him and find out what did he do to have Hillary Clinton request for a US visa for him.

“After giving the visa US Consulate India spoke with me and they were quite interested in supporting what I do. This also gave me an opportunity to launch Spoken Wikipedia inside the US Consulate that made content available in voice,” he shared. This initiative caught the eyes of other consulates and UK Consulate was the next embassy to approach Abhishek to work with them. “UK Embassy came forward and became one of our TED event sponsor.”

Last year Abhishek got the chance to visit NASA to interact with young scientists and later on visited Sudan.

Life has come full circle for the young lad who was once bed ridden and had lost all hope; he is now going places with a motive to give people hope, inspiration and make the world a better place.“I have spent half of my life on the bed but I had inspirational people in my life that helped me to survive. There are thousands of kids like me who are dying every day, I want to give them inspiration to live for life.”

Today Abhishek’s urge to live and do well for society has motivated him to go places and share platforms with enlightened minds. In this journey so far, he gives due credit to the Pune educational institutes who have not only supported but given the much required help for all his events and workshops.

In fact during the Wikipedia event in Pune, Facebook was of great help for the promotions along with the local digital agencies in Pune known to him personally.

“It is the WHY that has motivated people to come and join hands with me,” said Abhishek before leaving me awestruck with his journey so far. While Abhishek categorically denied that he is a real life hero but I think this is how a real life hero is, they focus on the WHY rather than the HOW and WHAT.

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