My first Tedx Talk: From Pain to Purpose – My TEDx Journey

August 30, 2025 – A date etched in my life for more than one reason. Exactly 11 years ago , I got engaged. And on that very same date this year, I received a life-changing opportunity: my first TEDx talk , hosted at GGI under the inspiring theme “Chase the Impossible.” Standing on that red dot, I felt a mix of emotions — excitement , nervousness , and the quiet ache of loss , having lost my wife, whose memories remain deeply rooted in my heart. In my talk, I shared a story born in the midst of COVID-19 — a time when Ms. Renu and I were both navigating personal grief in different ways. It was during this difficult phase that Mr. Chaitanya brought us together — blending Renu’s deep nutritional expertise with my technical background . That collaboration gave birth to a vision: A platform that could reduce the time it takes to create personalized diets , enabling dieticians to focus more on care, empathy, and connection — and patients to avoid long queues and delays. What began in ...

Three essential C(s) for the success of Enterprise Software Development

Are you working for a huge enterprise? Are you working with geographically dispersed teams? Are you working in different time zones? Are you working in different codebases or different projects of the same client? Do you feel that you are part of something big and you are striving to contribute big?
Do you face challenges in deliverables at times?

What can make you succeed while being part of huge systems? What can make your team rock even when working in different timezones, or working from different locations?

I gave it a thought and identified that the Three C(s) that I believe are very much essential for the success of Enterprise Software Development and they are:

  1. Collaboration
  2. Co-operation
  3. Communication