Sunny, Storm and Serene: An inspiring story of Vivekananda
Dear Students and Friends
Appeal: Request you to read this complete story though it is a bit long! This is the story of a boy with great ideas, energy, enthusiasm who started his voyage on a calm and beautiful sea! Days passed! Boat struck in a big storm! Boy never imagined his dream voyage would end like this! Not deterred, never disheartened, this boy started sailing with a small wooden makeshift boat, averted danger and finally reached the shore! Not just shore but planned destination! Read this inspiring story of Vivekananda!
I shifted to the Education domain in 2011 after working for Industry for more than 13 years. My role in the institution (where I am currently working) is to inspire and mentor students. In the last 11 years, I have been working with so many students but this association is definitely different in my life. First time I met this boy in 2012 while he was in 1st BTech CSE! Vivekananda told me, “I want to become an entrepreneur”. He came with multiple ideas but never deviated from the entrepreneur goal! You may say I am cooking up the story. Hence this time I decided to share the mail from Vivekananda in my story itself!
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From: Vivekananda Nareddula [mailto: vivek.nrt@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2016 7:01 PM
To: Ravi Saripalle
Subject: Re: Idea for Startup
Hello Sir,
Once we discussed an idea that is "Branding Yourself”. The idea which we discussed is to create a two minutes Self Video of explaining about yourself. You mentioned some Categories for that too. I have developed the prototype of this idea and placed in video2.helplena.co. Once you go through the link. Let us have some discussions on this before we launch it. However, I couldn’t reach you directly due to my Job. So, please feel free to contact me via mails.
One more thing is now I have a full overview and ease of making Websites. So, if any students need any sort of help for their start-ups, you can give them my name and Email for support.
Thanks and Regards,
Vivekananda Nareddula
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It was October 2018 when Vivekananda got accidentally electrocuted while he was going to his office (met with an accident). He lost both hands below elbows. He was working as a software developer during that time! For a moment, he went into shock! All the dreams got shattered! Multiple surgeries, long months in the hospital! A tearful question popped up! “How will I survive alone?” Of course, parents are the biggest strength in life, but how can I manage this life without hands?
After months of struggle, he started searching for an alternative! He started practicing many things with his legs instead of hands! He ordered a laptop, specially designed to suit his needs. After that he started practicing certain things using elbows- holding a spoon, mobile and sometimes traveling!
During college, He was one of our super coders! Those days, he got placed for a higher package! However, after this incident, he became ineligible for certain jobs! It forced him to start a digital agency, where he developed websites and mobile applications for small to medium scale organizations. He cracked the written test and interview for Punjab National Bank IT Officer and joined the bank in July 2019. He worked for 7 months. However, he doesn’t want to dry his college dream- To become an entrepreneur.
In between he wrote CAT! He scored 97.63 percentile and got calls from all IIMs. He joined IIMB and completed the course this year! The entrepreneur bug never leaves!
God sends Guard if you are determined and persistent!
Abdul Khaliq Khan(Pic below) meets Vivekananda Nareddula! Idea turned into a great Reality! Apaizer - A Premium Goli Soda Brand born!! A brand of Happily Natural Beverages Private Limited
Apaizer was founded for the love of Indian traditional Goli Soda (Banta Soda), for the need to relieve Millennials' nostalgia and introduce this to Gen Z most uniquely and innovatively.
With every flavour, they have curated the best refreshing mocktail recipes with hand-crafted ingredients that everyone can enjoy to celebrate any occasion during any season. They are using Recyclable Plastic, 100% Natural Ingredients, available in Kiranas, Dairy, Pan Shops, Tea Outlets, Hyperlocal delivery (Dunzo, Blinkit, Instamart), Goli Soda Cart/Van etc! Apaizer Premium is available in Supermarket chains, Premium Stores & Outlets, D2C Marketplace. It is 100% Natural, Zero Sugar, and Zero/Low Calories. Apaizer Classic Goli Soda is going to be Flavour customized as per the need, and with Recyclable Glass!!
This month, this duo reached a significant milestone with a Total Sale of 2.5 Lakh bottles to date!
Congratulations Team Apaizer!! Abdul acts as CEO and Vivekananda as COO!! What a combination!!
Vivekananda called me recently and arranging a sample! This touched my heart! In fact their caption is “ Beat the heat with our Goli Soda”! However, his conversation really made me -“Beat the Heart with their Goli Soda”.
I sincerely request all of you taste their product! It is not just encouraging Vivekananda with your taste, but you are encouraging and promoting recycled plastic, natural ingredients, local sales, zero sugar, and bringing back our old traditional nostalgia with Banta Soda!!
If you want to invest or partner or any collaboration with apaizer, please do send a mail to vivek.nrt@gmail.com or https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivekanandadotme/
Vivekananda 1.0 as Student and Vivekananda 2.0 as Entrepreneur Pictures below. Wishing Vivekananda 3.0 as the most accomplished and happiest man!
My heartfelt wishes to him! Enjoyed one of the best Mentor-Mentee relationships in the college and Well-wisher forever!
Life is unpredictable. Connect every dot, you see a beautiful beads necklace!!
Ravi Saripalle
Dr. Ravi Saripalle
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