Abhiram shares his personal experience of why he declined a well-paid corporate job offer and joined the development sector and how working with the communities has shaped him. He talks about how staying committed and true to a cause can create wonders in your own life and the people you are working for. Abhiram untags the whole myth that youth and parents have regarding working in an NGO and how the youth can play a major role in contributing to the society and be the real change agents. Abhiram is a new age village Champion & rural community influencer. A Senior Fellow at 1M1B Foundation, he is a former Teach for India fellow and an Electronics and Instrumentation Engineer. He is been working in the development sector for 5 years and is passionate about bringing a change in the rural communities working with farmers, artisans, weavers, self-help groups and the youth from different villages and has worked on creating various models that would help them get jobs, enhance their income and eventually create a social impact in their community. He was selected as the top fellow to represent his work and the impact he had created in the communities at the Activate Impact Summit held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. He strongly believes in the power of education to bring social change and how staying committed to a cause can bring you wonderful outcome This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
Abhiram shares his personal experience of why he declined a well-paid corporate job offer and joined the development sector and how working with the communities has shaped him. He talks about how staying committed and true to a cause can create wonders in your own life and the people you are working for. Abhiram untags the whole myth that youth and parents have regarding working in an NGO and how the youth can play a major role in contributing to the society and be the real change agents. Abhiram is a new age village Champion & rural community influencer. A Senior Fellow at 1M1B Foundation, he is a former Teach for India fellow and an Electronics and Instrumentation Engineer. He is been working in the development sector for 5 years and is passionate about bringing a change in the rural communities working with farmers, artisans, weavers, self-help groups and the youth from different villages and has worked on creating various models that would help them get jobs, enhance their income and eventually create a social impact in their community. He was selected as the top fellow to represent his work and the impact he had created in the communities at the Activate Impact Summit held at United Nations Headquarters in New York. He strongly believes in the power of education to bring social change and how staying committed to a cause can bring you wonderful outcome This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
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