Anubhav Wadhwa
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| Anubhav Wadhwa Anubhav Wadhwa in 2015 | |
| Born | March 21, 1999 New Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | Pathways World School |
| Occupation | Technology Entrepreneur |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Known for | One of the Youngest CEO's in India, Founder of TechAPTO & Tyrelessly[1] |
| Title | CEO of TechAPTO |
| Relatives | Rajneesh Wadhwa (father), Mamta Wadhwa (mother) |
| Website | anubhavwadhwa |
Anubhav Wadhwa (born March 21, 1999) is a technology entrepreneur, designer, big data analyst, computer programmer and 'Bottom of Pyramid' social activist. Wadhwa founded TechAPTO, Trends on Internet and Tyrelessly. Wadhwa is a Gurgaon native and a student of Pathways World School, Aravali.[2] As a part of his overarching objective to contribute towards fulfillment of Sustainable Development Goals, he believes in corroborative participation by deploying collaborative technology platforms across sectors, including health, education, and environment through strong linkages with governments, multilateral agencies, community, key umbrella associations and foundations. Wadhwa has been extensively covered by various newspapers ranging from The Times of India, The Hindu, Dainik Jagran, and Hindustan Times for his innovations. Wadhwa was also part of Marico Innovation Foundation and The Better India's video series, India Innovates that attempts to bring out the stories of some of the most brilliant minds in India.[3]
At the age of 13 years, Wadhwa established TechAPTO and in the year 2013, the venture was selected out of 600 startups and made it to the top 40 from across India, which translated to top 10 in Delhi and NCR; wherein he was invited to make a presentation to the GSF team to share his vision, business plan, industry landscape and competition. Wadhwa was soon named one of the youngest CEOs in the country. [4]
In 2015, Wadhwa founded Tyrelessly from his internal accruals originating from his 3 year old venture, TechAPTO. He launched Tyrelessly from his home and plans to introduce Tyrelessly across India. Tyrelessly has a tireless aim to partner with cities, communities, brands and individuals to build a waste-free future.[5][6][7]
Personal life and education
Wadhwa was born in New Delhi on 21 March 1999. In 2001, Wadhwa moved to London with his parents, Mamta and Rajneesh Wadhwa. After Returning to India in 2003, Wadhwa joined Pathways World School (PWS). Wadhwa was one of the first admissions in Pathways World School, Aravali when he joined in 2003. At the age of 4, He was also the youngest student in the school at the time.[8]
In addition to his academic distinctions throughout the entire tenure at PWS, he was the head of Technology Council during the academic year 2012–2013 and was the Head Boy at primary school during the academic year 2009–2010. Wadhwa credits these roles of leadership for having learnt what it means to work hard and how to motivate others to do the same. In addition to his academic, co-curricular and assigned work, Wadhwa assists teachers. He admit that being a part of PWS has been the most rewarding experiential learning for him. Wadhwa has always maintained a very high level of well-rounded overall academic achievements while volunteering for extended work and support service. He would have completed 14 illustrious years at PWS when he graduates from the IB Diploma Program at the school. He attributes his academic and personal growth to his alma mater, his teachers and principals.[9]
Entrepreneurship
TechAPTO
In 2012, Wadhwa founded TechAPTO; with an aim to partner with clients across industries to solve complex business challenges by reforming their technology landscape in sync with business strategies through: business transformation, product innovation and efficient operations, leveraging robust business application expertise across pre-packaged business applications, functions and technologies. TechAPTO is a confluence of young and dynamic technology geeks and experienced domain experts to offer industry best solutions. TechAPTO was selected out of 600 startups and made it to the top 40 from across India, which translated to top 10 in Delhi and NCR; wherein he was invited to make a presentation to the GSF India team to share his vision, business plan, industry landscape and competition.[10][11]
Trends on Internet
In 2013, Wadhwa in association with his first venture, TechAPTO started developing on "Trends On Internet". A website to design, build, deploy, and manage communication systems, for the education and learning industry. Trends on Internet will bring to the world, a path-breaking 'predictive socio-industrial analytics' which will re-define how users will connect with fans and followers, drive content engagement, increase brand loyalty, promote customer advocacy, surface influencers, and deliver value by allowing them to set their products and ideas as trends for the community. The unique algorithm uses multiple tools, workflows, and datasets to provide a holistic view of a trend's social industrial presence.[12]
Tyrelessly
Putting this idea of recycling and desire to change the current end-of-life tyre situation, Wadhwa started developing Tyrelessly in December 2015 and launched the web platform in January 2016. Tyrelessly is India's first 'Tyres-To-Trees' Company, which will invoke community participation encouraging responsible motorists to donate their end-of-life tyres for responsible disposal/material recovery/energy recovery.[13] Tyrelessly provides an environmentally compliant end-of-life tyre collection and disposal service, providing security, protection and peace of mind for those who feel responsible towards the environment. The goal of Tyrelessly is to inspire smarter choices for a more sustainable future. We believe that individual actions, such as increasing recycling or learning about greener ways to dispose, can add up to a big impact for the planet.[14][15]
Career
Wadhwa works with clients to improve the structure and efficiency of their IT systems, provide strategic guidance to clients with regard to technology, IT infrastructures and enabling major business processes through enhancements to IT. He has defined, designed and executed strategies that continue to drive business growth, reduce costs and create new revenue streams for clients. As a programmer, Wadhwa has worked on older languages and has consistently acquired proficiency in latest languages, keeping abreast with latest trends.[16]
Wadhwa has been involved in development of high-level concepts for design projects also. Projects involved working with internal and external clients, pitching designs, and understanding client needs.[17][18]
Wadhwa started of as one of the youngest editors of the school Editorial Board, through the years his interest in writing has grown. Wadhwa is the Editor-in-Chief of LetMeAddValue.com. He writes about environment, technology, and science on news websites, and has viewers from over 65 countries. Wadhwa has been an active speaker on how information technologies are creating extraordinary new possibilities for organizations and their customers and how inter-connectivity is reshaping the business landscape. Wadhwa also advocates and works for the cause of protecting the natural environment from various forms of destruction and degradation. As an activist he is strongly passionate about conservation of the environment, its improvement, preservation and pollution control. Wadhwa has been using the internet effectively, to create awareness about environment related issues and launch various environmental campaigns.[19][20]
Speaking
Wadhwa has been an active speaker on how information technologies are creating extraordinary new possibilities for organizations and their customers, how inter-connectivity is reshaping the business landscape, from how consumers build relationships with companies, to the structure of the supply chain and the nature of global competition. Wadhwa believes that innovations can create business value and actively contribute in identifying notable trends include the proliferation of the mobile, the power of the cloud, new elements of the media and marketing landscape, and user-driven computing.
Wadhwa was invited to speak at Josh Meets Jaipur on 19 March 2016[21][22] and also gave a TEDx Talk at TEDxGITAMUniversity in Visakhapatnam on 26 March 2016. His TEDx Talk on 'Why must the Polluter Pay?' has received critical acclamation from national news channels, newspapers, and the citizens of local communities.[23]
Recognition
Galileo
In 2014, a documentary was shot on Wadhwa, by Producer Thomas Stini of Comberry and was aired on the ProSieben channel, specially filmed for TV series Galileo, which is broadcast in over twelve nations in the European Union.
The documentary was about life of a student at one of the most prestigious schools in India and one in Germany. It also included a contest between a German student and Wadhwa. It covered various subjects and Wadhwa won it for his country and his Alma Mater by scoring a resounding victory with final scores as 14:10, in his favour.[24][25]
The Better India
Wadhwa and Tyrelessly were part of Marico Innovation Foundation and The Better India's #IndiaInnovates Series. The short documentary film on Wadhwa was developed by the Black Ticket Films based in New Delhi. The film series was on 6 innovators who are designing fresh solutions to counter the world's problems. Wadhwa's unique entrepreneurial skills and refreshing ideas were a perfect fit for this film series. Soon after release, Wadhwa's story was shared with millions of Indian online audiences. The video was viewed over 130,000 times in the first 3 days.[26]
Wadhwa credits his parents and his school as critical support systems in encouraging him to follow his dreams, the film is therefore shot in his school premises and at his home.[27]
External links
References
- ^ KRISHNAN, MADHUVANTI. "Read about Anubhav Wadhwa, one of India's youngest CEOs". The Hindu.
- ^ Dawood, Ayub. "This 16-Year-Old Indian CEO Has Come Up With A Way To Recycle Tyres Without Harming The Environment". Scoop Whoop.
- ^ "INDIA INNOVATES – A Special Video Series". The Better India.
- ^ "Friday Gurgaon features Anubhav Wadhwa and TechAPTO". Friday Gurgaon Newspaper.
- ^ "Tyreless Teen – Anubhav Wadhwa". Tehelka.
- ^ "Now Reuse the Old Tyres, This 16 Year Old Has the Solution". Silicon India.
- ^ Sahni, Isha,. "Gurgaon boy designs site to collect old tyres for proper disposal". Hindustan Times.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bisht, Harish. "This 16-Year-Old Indian CEO Has Come Up With A Way To Recycle Tyres Without Harming The Environment". YourStory.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Anubhav Wadhwa – Our very own Global Technology Czar in the making!!". Pathways World School.
- ^ Bisaria, Anjali. "16-YO Anubhav Wadhwa, his ventures; Tyrelessly and TechAPTO". Indiatimes.
- ^ "GSF India posts a picture of Anubhav Wadhwa making a presentation to the GSF team on TechAPTO in 2013". GSF India Social Page.
- ^ Garcia, Meryl. "Don't Know What to Do with Your Old Tyres? This 16-Year-Old Has a Brilliant Answer!". The Better India.
- ^ Sharma, Shweta,. "From Tyres to Trees". Deccan Herald.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Tyrelessly aims to recycle tyres online in India". Tyrepress.
- ^ "About Tyrelessly". Tyrelessly.
- ^ "16 year old Anubhav Wadhwa's story in Dainik Jagran". Dainik Jagran.
- ^ Pant, Shubra. "Working 'Tyrelessly' for the environment – Anubhav and development for Clients". Times Of India.
- ^ "16-year-old boy's innovative thinking". Eenadu Newspaper, Andhra Pradesh.
- ^ "About LetMeAddValue and Anubhav Wadhwa (Editor-in-Chief)". LetMeAddValue.
- ^ "Anubhav Wadhwa starts another Startup". Amar Ujala.
- ^ "Spreading Inspiration in Jaipur". Josh Talks.
- ^ "WHO YOU'LL MEET AT 'JAIPUR MEETS'? The Speakers". Jaipur Digital.
- ^ "Speaker Line-Up – TEDxGitamUniversity 2016". TEDxGitamUniversity.
- ^ "Galileo's Documentary Featuring Anubhav Wadhwa – Schulwissen weltweit: Indien". Galileo, Prosieben.
- ^ "Heute bei Galileo – Schulwissen weltweit: Indien". Galileo – Social Networking.
- ^ "The Better India's Documentary Featuring Anubhav Wadhwa #India Innovates". The Better India.
- ^ "16 year old Anubhav Wadhwa Has The Perfect Alternative To Disposing Old Tyres Without Burning Them". Indian Education Diary.