Vansh Sharma

Brainstormer, Concerned citizen, Designer, Event planner, Finance professional, Project manager, Startup, Student, Writer/Editor

I am a Physical Science second-year student from Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi, and am currently the Head of Marketing at TEDxSGTBKC. I have dedicated myself towards creating an impact through storytelling, brands, and community-building, which will enable people to share their ideas through events. In addition to my educational endeavors, I have started RevRons with an agenda to develop a new ecosystem for grassroots gaming and event management in India. By means of organizing tournaments, scrims, and creation-based activities, I hope to create avenues for the undiscovered talent within the space. The common theme throughout my projects is that of platforms, whether it be events, media, or technological platforms, where people can find expression. Specifically, I am interested in finding ways to provide opportunities to the undiscovered talent in spaces such as esports and youth cultures.

I have a strong passion for creating platforms that enable underappreciated talents to get their rightful exposure and recognition, particularly in realms like esports and in young demographics, and my aim is always to establish an environment that rewards people based on their competence and talent rather than just being visible and present.

This so-called "talent gap" is not a matter of capability, but rather a problem of access. It seems natural for us to think that our society is based on meritocracy and that people who should succeed will eventually do so, however, opportunities are not evenly distributed and therefore, it is the availability of platforms, exposure, and frameworks that defines whether or not someone is discovered, improved, and successful. Two people with an identical level of ability may eventually develop completely differently solely due to having access to appropriate structures. As such, the gap between their skills becomes a reflection of access to relevant frameworks over time rather than actual talent differences. It is easily observable in cases of esports tournaments, educational institutions, and media content, where being seen by someone influential plays an equally crucial role as talent itself.

There wasn't anything about a stage, there wasn't any kind of network, and definitely no path that I followed. It all began from recognizing a trend. I realized that there were numerous gifted individuals out there, but they went unnoticed and had zero visibility. It was never a question of talent, just a question of opportunity. Until then, I believed that success meant being better than anyone else. But when things shifted, my perspective changed too, and I started looking at the bigger picture. Instead of taking opportunities, I took an obsession to make opportunities myself, and formed various communities, events, and finally, my company RevRons that allows gamers to compete and develop in a systematic way. And although it may sound like my success story includes the discovery of some sort of gifted people, it is all about the questions I asked myself along the way.

People don’t know I’m good at understanding people what they respond to, what engages them, and how to bring communities together.