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 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
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