तुराखिया ब्रदर्स : इनसे सीखिए दुनिया में छा जाना

कॉलेज की उम्र होती है अपने सपनों को सही दिशा देने की। दोस्तों के साथ मौज-मस्ती करते हुए करियर की राह चुनने और उस पर आगे बढ़ने की। ऐसी ही एक राह तुराखिया ब्रदर्स ने भी कॉलेज की पढ़ाई के दौरान जब चुनी तो उनके दोस्तों को अजीब लगा। लेकिन अपनी मेहनत के बल पर तुराखिया ब्रदर्स ने कामयाबी की नई इबारत लिखी। उन्होंने एक वेबहोस्टिंग बिजनेस शुरू किया। कुछ ही दिन में उन्हें अमेरिका, चीन और ब्राजील समेत दुनिया के कई देशों से कस्टमर्स मिलना शुरू हो गए। इसी साल उन्होंने अपना बिजनस नैस्डेक पर लिस्टेड एंड्योरेंस ग्रुप को बेच दिया। इसके बाद भी उनके पास इंटरनेट एडवर्टाइजिंग बिजनस और press, website और space जैसे टॉप लेवल डोमेन हैं। दिव्यांक तुराखिया (32) और भवीन तुराखिया (34) की सफलताओं का यह सिलसिला किसी को भी प्रेरणा दे सकता है.

भवीन तुराखिया

Co-Founder and CEO of Directi

Co-Founder of Media.net and Founder and

CEO of Radix and Riva

भवीन डायरेक्टी ग्रुप के संस्थापक सीईओ हैं और 1998 से लेकर अब तक डायरेक्टी की अभूतपूर्व प्रगति का श्रेय इन्हीं को जाता है। जिसमें छह व्यवसायों के साथ एक ग्लोबल वेब प्रोडक्ट कम्पनी, 20 से ज्यादा उत्पाद, आठ सौ से ज्यादा कर्मचारी और लाखों वैश्विक ग्राहक भी शामिल हैं। इनके कुशल नेतृत्व में रिसेलर क्लब और लॉजिक बाक्सेस इंडस्ट्री लीडर बनीं जिन्हें उनके संबंधित कार्यक्षेत्र में और डायरेक्टी को लगातार एशिया में तेजी से बढ़ती टेक कम्पनी के रूप में डेलाइट और टच ने रखा है। भवीन लगातार अपने विजन, स्ट्रैटजी, इजीनियरिंग और आपरेशन्स से रिसेलर क्लब, लाजिक बाक्सेस, .pw, answerable.com webhosting.info को ऊंचाइयां प्रदान कर रहे हैं।

रिसेलर क्लब और लॉजिकबाक्सेस के जरिये प्रदान की जाने वाली सेवाओं और तमाम अन्य उत्पादों जैसे orderdox, .pw एक सोशल मीडिया के मुख्य आर्किटेक्ट हैं। उन्होंने तमाम तकनीकी पेटेंट्स को लिखा है। उन्होंने एक प्रमुख कोडिंग और प्रतिस्पर्धी मंच codechef  जन्म दिया। उन्होंने डायरेक्टी के सामुदायिक टेक कैम्प की भी शुरूआत की।

1998 में मात्र 18 साल की उम्र में जबकि वह कालेज में पढ़ते थे, उन्होंने डायरेक्टी की स्थापना की जो दुनिया भर के लोगों के लिए वेब प्रोडक्ट और सेवाओं पर आधारित ई बिजनेस का मंच था। अपने स्कूल और कालेज के सालों को साफ्टवेयर बनाने में, वेब एप्लीकेशन्स के विकास और कम्पनियों से बातचीत में बिताकर वह इस डायरेक्टी को लाए। जिसके पीछे थी वेब इंडस्ट्री के बारे में उनकी गहरी समझ, मजबूत तकनीकी आधार, व्यापारिक कुशलता की चाह और सबसे ज्यादा महत्वपूर्ण बात विकास की न पीछे हटने वाली महत्वाकांक्षा।

भवीन वेब 2.0 लैंडस्केप की महत्वपूर्ण शख्सियत हैं। वह तमाम कालेजों और तकनीकी सेमिनार्स आदि के मुखर वक्ता भी हैं। स्थानीय साइबर क्राइम सेल के वह तकनीकी सलाहकार हैं। उन्होंने कई अवार्ड भी जीते हैं। जिसमें साल के उद्यमी का अवार्ड भी शामिल है। वह ग्लोबल आईसीएएनएन के लगातार दो कार्यकाल तक चेयरमैन भी रहे हैं।

दिव्यांक तुराखिया

Founder & CEO of Media.Net
Founder of Directi
Founder & CEO of Skenzo

दिव्यांक तुराखिया डायरेक्टी के संस्थापक है। उन्होंने डायरेक्टी को एक वैश्विक उद्यम के रूप में खड़े होने में मदद की है। उन्होंने डायरेक्टी के सतत विकास, नवाचार और विस्तार के पीछे असली ताकत के रूप में काम किया है। इन वर्षों में, वह सक्रिय रूप से डायरेक्टी के तेजी से विकास को बनाए रखने के लिए जरूरी कॉर्पोरेट बुनियादी ढांचे के निर्माण में और पैमाने के प्रबंधन के लिए आवश्यक साझेदारी में लगे रहे हैं। डायरेक्टी को लगातार 2005, 2006, 2007 और 2008 के लिए एशिया में शीर्ष 500 सबसे तेजी से बढ़ते प्रौद्योगिकी कंपनियों के बीच बनाये रखने में उनका अहम योगदान है। 2005 में, दिव्यांक ने Skenzo की स्थापना की और डायरेक्टी समूह के भीतर एक स्टार्टअप के रूप में और एक वर्ष में दुनिया भर में # 1 सबसे तेजी से बढ़ते डोमेन पार्किंग कंपनी के रूप में उसे स्थापित किया। Divyank डायरेक्टी के मीडिया कारोबार के सभी Media.Net, Skenzo और DomainAdvertising.com आदि की स्थापना की है। वह इन सभी व्यवसायों के दिन-प्रतिदिन के वैश्विक परिचालन की देख रेख करते हैं।

दिव्यांक को ऑनलाइन विज्ञापन और वेब सेवाओं के क्षेत्र में एक प्रर्वतक के रूप में सम्मान दिया जाता है। उन्होंने कहा कि ऑनलाइन विज्ञापन, इंटरनेट यातायात मुद्रीकरण, वेब और ईमेल होस्टिंग,एंटी स्पैम, और डाटा सुरक्षा के क्षेत्र में सबसे उन्नत उत्पादों को सफलतापूर्वक बनाने में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभाई है। उनके पास कई पेटेंट हैं। उन्होंने तकनीकी पत्रिकाओं और उद्योग पत्रिकाओं दोनों के लिए लेखों के रूप में योगदान दिया। वह उद्योग के अग्रणी सम्मेलनों और व्यापार शो में एक सफल वक्ता है।

दिव्यांक ने 9 साल की उम्र में प्रोग्रामिंग शुरू कर दी थी। उन्होंने इंटरनेट के शुरुआती दिनों में एक नि:शुल्क डायल-अप बीबीएस ( बुलेटिन बोर्ड प्रणाली) की शुरुआत की। 1996 में, 14 साल की उम्र में  बड़े कारोबार के लिए इंटरनेट परामर्श के माध्यम से अपना करियर शुरू किया। 1998 में, 16 वर्ष की आयु में उन्होंने डायरेक्टी की स्थापना की। आज उनके नेतृत्व में डायरेक्टी $ 350M का एक उद्यम है। दिव्यांक नियमित रूप से अमरीका, भारत और चीन भर में विश्व प्रसिद्ध विश्वविद्यालयों में उद्यमशीलता के बारे में बात करने के लिए आमंत्रित किये जाते हैं।

2010 में, ब्लूमबर्ग ने दिव्यांक को एक “जीतने वाले योद्धा” के रूप में पेश किया। 2008 में, फाइनेंशियल एक्सप्रेस ने उन्हें भारत के ‘न्यू बिजनेस लीडर्स’ के रूप में और 2007 में सोसायटी पत्रिका द्वारा यंग एचीवर्स सूची में चित्रित किया गया। 2006 में,दिव्यांक बिज़नेस पत्रिका द्वारा एशिया के शीर्ष युवा उद्यमियों की सूची में शामिल थे। इसी तरह से बाद के सालों में सीएनबीसी, उद्यमी पत्रिका बिजनेस स्टैंडर्ड,मनी टुडे, डीडी मेट्रो, नवभारत टाइम्स, टाइम्स ऑफ इंडिया, इंडिया टुडे, एजुकेशन टाइम्स, इंडियन एक्सप्रेस, Rediff.com, कंप्यूटर एक्सप्रेस आदि ने भी उन्हें प्रमुखता से जगह दी।

The blind CEO who built a 50 crore company

Srikanth Bolla (pictured below) is standing tall living by his conviction that if the "world looks at me and says, 'Srikanth, you can do nothing,' I look back at the world and say 'I can do anything'."

When he was born, neighbours in the village suggested that his parents smother him.

It was better than the pain they would have to go through their lifetime, some said.

He is a "useless" baby without eyes… being born blind is a sin, others added.

Twenty-three years later, Srikanth Bolla is standing tall living by his conviction that if the "world looks at me and says, 'Srikanth, you can do nothing,' I look back at the world and say 'I can do anything'."

Srikanth is the CEO of Hyderabad-based Bollant Industries, an organisation that employs uneducated disabled employees to manufacture eco-friendly, disposable consumer packaging solutions, which is worth Rs 50 crores.

He considers himself the luckiest man alive, not because he is now a millionaire, but because his uneducated parents, who earned Rs 20,000 a year, did not heed any of the 'advice' they received and raised him with love and affection.

"They are the richest people I know," says Srikanth.

Underdog success story

What is it about stories like Srikanth's that so inspire and fill one with hope?

Could it be the multiple zeroes after a dollar sign or the belief that you and I can achieve similar success if we set our minds and hearts to it?

Underdog success stories touch a raw nerve. After all, everyone faces adversity, they dream, and they work hard.

It is another matter that only a few cross the threshold of limits set by society.

In Srikanth's case, it is his sheer tenacity that shines through the dark clouds of his misfortune.

Being born blind was just one part of the story. He was also born poor. And you know what that means in a society like ours.

In school, he was pushed to the back bench and not allowed to play.

The little village school had no way of knowing what inclusion meant.

When he wanted to take up science after his class X, he was denied the option because of his disability.

All of 18, Srikanth not only fought the system but went on to become the first international blind student to be admitted to the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US.

As author Paulo Coelho says, "We warriors of light must be prepared to have patience in difficult times and to know the Universe is conspiring in our favour, even though we may not understand how."

Today, Srikanth has four production plants, one each in Hubli (Karnataka) and Nizamabad (Telangana), and two in Hyderabad (Telangana). Another plant, which will be one hundred percent solar

operated, is coming up in Sri City, an integrated business city in Andhra Pradesh, 55 kms from Chennai.

Angel investor Ravi Mantha, who met Srikanth about two years ago, was so impressed with his business acumen and vision for his company that he not only decided to mentor him but also invested in Srikanth's company.

"It was a small, tin-roof shack in an industrial area near Hyderabad. There were eight employees and three machines under the shed. I expected him to talk about how he wanted to make a social impact, but was surprised by the business clarity and technical knowhow in someone so young," Ravi says.

They are raising $2-million (around Rs 13 crores) in funding and have already raised Rs 9 crores.

According to Ravi, his personal goal is to "take the company to IPO."

A vision to build a sustainable company with a workforce comprising 70 percent people with disability is no mean task.

"Srikanth's vision is inbuilt in the company. It is not just a lip service to CSR," adds Ravi.

Isolation a big curse

"The isolation of differently-abled people starts at birth," Srikanth said in his first public speech on the INK Talks stage in Mumbai last month. According to him, "Compassion is a way of showing someone to live; to give someone an opportunity to thrive and make them rich. Richness does not come from money, it comes from happiness."

When Srikanth was growing up, his father, a farmer, would take him to the fields but the little boy couldn't be of any help.

His father then decided that he might as well study.

"In my parent's entrepreneurship model, I was a failure. In entrepreneurship, we have a lean business model where we evaluate an enterprise and say how quickly it fails."

Reference: http://www.rediff.com/getahead/report/achiever-the-blind-ceo-who-built-a-50-crore-company/20151222.htm?pos=1&src=NL20151223&trackid=aOXQnFSBNyGA0JQy25Bs9DNKHZ4S8ymkD6S8f6vzhK4=&isnlp=0&isnlsp=0

'For years I slept at midnight and woke up at 4am' Shiva Kumar Nagendra

Shiva Kumar Nagendra spots a man waiting outside the beautiful, white house. The sky is a brilliant shade of purple and a lone star dots the velvety morning sky.

“Should I or should I not?” There's a battle going on between his heart and his mind.
“But you HAVE to do it!”
His heart wins. And off walks 12-year-old Shiva towards the man in the white night suit, towards the moment that is going to change his life forever.
Shiva Kumar Nagendra’s parents had migrated to Bengaluru 25 years ago from Mysore. But his father, a truck driver, met with an accident that left him bed-ridden for almost three years. The family started facing financial problems. His mother took to making garlands so Shiva and his sister could sell them. But it wasn’t enough. “I started delivering newspapers. It was a morning job, so I could continue my studies,” says Shiva.
However, with time, expenses went up further. “I could’ve worked at a restaurant or as a mechanic. But I didn’t give in.”
One morning, he spotted a gentleman waiting for his newspaper. “I handed him his paper and asked if I could wash his car in the evening for some more money.” He agreed. So that evening, after washing his car, Shiva mustered up the courage to ask, “Sir, I need Rs 15,000 to pay my school fees.” The man was taken aback. Shiva suggested the man visit his school, and deposit the money directly if he found any truth in Shiva’s case.

The next day, Krishna Veda Vysa visited Shiva’s school and discovered that he had always been a class topper. Convinced, he told Shiva, ‘I’ll take care of all your education expenses. Just focus on your studies and don’t quit!’

So Shiva carried on his daily grind along with his studies. But he was ambitious even at that age. He started a newspaper distribution agency, appeared for his class 10 exams and topped. He went on to get a seat at the Bangalore Institute of Technology (BIT) and was soon offered a job by Wipro.
“Vyas uncle, an entrepreneur, thought that taking up the job would get me a fixed salary, but it wouldn’t change my life.” He insisted Shiva pursue higher studies.
Shiva was in a fix. He didn’t know how to break the news to his parents. “When I told them that I planned to decline the offer, they pleaded with me to work at least for a few years.” Shiva tried to explain to them, how an IIM/IAS student has far better career prospects. Eventually, his parents relented.
Shiva decided to take the Common Admission Test (CAT). Mr Vyasa got Shiva admitted to a tutorial centre. At this point, Shiva was balancing his engineering classes, his MBA preparation, and his fast-expanding newspaper agency.
The day the CAT results were due, Shiva was a nervous wreck. Though he had the Wipro job in hand, he wanted to walk through the gates of an IIM. And then, IIM Calcutta happened!
Initially he felt out of place. “It was competitive and difficult to match the students — many from the best colleges of the country.” His background, however, had never been a matter of shame to Shiva. People at IIM respected where he came from and all that he had done to get where he had reached. He attributes his achievements not only to intelligence, but also hard work. “For years, I woke up at 4am and slept at midnight. I wasn't born with a silver spoon. I’ve worked hard for what I wanted.”
Shiva graduated from IIM this year and is working with a Bengaluru-based startup. Life, he says, will always try to knock you down. “It depends on how strong you are to get up and fight back.”

A waiter turned IAS officer. An 'untouchable' who runs a million dollar business: 8 inspiring Indian success stories that prove nothing is impossible

How often have you come close to giving up on a dream? How often do you regret your decisions? Have you ever wondered you could have achieved something bigger if you were born in a different part of the world? We tend to blame our failures on the smallest of things and eventually give up too soon. But if you take a look at some of the most inspirational success stories, they're all about strong willed people beating the odds to reach the top.Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, 'When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.' And it seems these people have followed just that. They come from humble beginnings but that hasn't stopped them from realising their dreams. Here are seven inspirational stories you probably hadn't heard of before. They'll make you believe nothing is impossible.

Nothing is impossible and these 8 inspirational success stories from India prove just that!

 In the year 2006, 22-year-old Govind Jaiswal ranked 48 in the Civil Services Exam. His father is a rickshaw puller who sold off his land to provide education to his son. From the money collected after selling off the land, Govind enrolled himself in a coaching class, and ended up qualifying the examinations, and how! The same police officers who once harassed his father now refer to him as ‘sir’. Amidst 10-14 hours of power cuts and the deafening sound of generators, Govind Jaiswal toiled every night and said he first wanted to get his father treated for his wounds. His father had saved a little land he planned to sell for his three daughters’ weddings, but Govind has ensured that won’t happen anymore. 

Watch How One Man Single-Handedly Turned A 1360 Acre Barren Land Into A Forest In Assam

An area that used to be a barren piece of land 30 years ago is now a 1360 acre forest, home to 5 royal Bengal tigers and the migratory route for 100 elephants. “This forest is my sole life achievement,” says Jadav Molai Payeng, who has single-handedly cultivated it, starting with 17 bamboo saplings and transforming it into a flourishing ecosystem. At a time when world leaders have pledged to tackle climate change and when several Indian cities are on ‘red alert’ because of growing pollution, Payeng’s story is definitely inspiring, but moreover, it is a much-needed reality check.

The film beautifully meanders through the green, winding lanes of Aruna Chapori in Assam, and takes us on a journey of what life could be like if only we paid a little more attention to where we live. Watch the inspiring story of the ‘Forest Man Of India’ and tell us what you thought of it.

Reference: http://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2015/12/assam-forest-man-of-india/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Page&utm_campaign=Views