Manraj Gill

Activist, Artist, Athlete, Change Agent, Connector, Designer, Educator/Teacher, Engineer, Entrepreneur, Event planner, Explorer, Inventor, Investor, Job-seeker, Student, Technologist, World traveler

Achieving collaborative change. I enjoy partnering with strangers in hopes of creating a tangible product or fruitful initiative that will bear impact across a community or organization. I'm always finding new opportunities to get involved whether in the technical or non-technical scene.

The idea of innovation. How do you develop and edit a product and how is the design cycle like? How do you meet consumer demand, raise enough capital, achieve a sustainable business model? Innovation is always recommended at schools but there is a major 'professional outlook' behind it in terms of marketing and delivery. If you have a great product/initiative how do you make your case heard? I find this to be an interesting and ever developing intersection.

I have just ventured onto the TEDx platform after years of watching motivational/inspirational videos during my errands at the gym/ at home cooking and simply during times of multitasking in general. I did not realize how welcoming this platform can be and after speaking to peers who've ventured through a similar path, I'm more determined than ever to achieve similar impact in a first of its kind initiative in my community and setting.

Nutritional planning or active lifestyle know-how. There's always a stereotype that all Engineers do are work in monotonous fashions while being total geeks. This is not true! I've steered a healthy lifestyle ever since being overweight in my early teenage years and now visit the gym a minimum of 5 times a week with a keen eye on all things nutrition. I like to think of it as a side hobby.