Redefining Social Entrepreneurship, Charity & CSR | Onkar Kishan Khullar | TEDxTughlaqRd

Music At the age of 18, looking into the eyes of an 8-year-old girl who was suffering from blood cancer I asked myself, what if today is my last day Suddenly, my 18 years of existence became useless What if today is my last day? I constantly asked myself That one question made me drop out. Not from one, not from two, but from three different colleges. I left my family business, I wrote books I started multiple businesses. And I researched on more than 500 NGOs across the country Today, I'm using my creative skills and expertise To help nonprofits and not to sell a cold drink or a T-shirt To solve that one problem of funding That's it, plain and simple, funding People constantly ask me, Tarunkar You might not be making that much money You might be broke a lot of times. But I have only one answer for them I may be broke today, but I'm not broken. At the end of the day, I may not become a millionaire But I'll have the satisfaction of having done something for someone else. Hashtag no regrets is a good thing. But today is not about me, no It's about changing the world. How many people here wish to change the world? Please, can you please raise your hand? Oh my God, we have the youngsters who are doing it What happened to everyone else? How many people here want to change this country? Wow, we still have a lot of people You have two paths And the first is to touch a million lives. Give all your time, become a social worker And not even earn a single penny for yourself The second path is to become a millionaire How many people here wish to become rich? Not many, very few. Even after becoming rich, by 30 or 40 You will donate all your wealth to charity across the nation. But while you're chasing money, what if you die? There's a third way to it, one more. 100 years ago, our nation was actually poor 1 crore Indians were begging on the streets of India The government wasn't on our side. That was the British government, my friends. A concept of non-governmental organization came up in our society The problem is that the government is not going to solve NGOs are going to solve that. One man stood up and gave a solution to this problem He said you won't beg for a living. You will work and earn your own bread and butter And that, my friends, was a charkha India's first social innovation model Today we have 8 million charities across India. One for every 100 people And still there is no impact Are we making an impact to make money? Or are we making money to make an impact? That's the question I constantly ask myself. The world today doesn't need another Steve Jobs or Mother Teresa. It doesn't need another Mark Zuckerberg. It doesn't even need Gandhiji with his charkha What it needs is a modern day Gandhi A Gandhi with a laptop Digital Gandhi Purpose with money That's it. You just need to find the purpose for which you want to fight And attach money to it Not for yourself. Money, not for yourself. But to feed your family That's it, plain and simple Nothing fancy about it. This, my friends, is called social entrepreneurship. The third path I was talking about Waste, water, pollution He sees an opportunity to make money And solving them Most of you have heard of start-up India, stand-up India, stand-down India. All these metaphors going around But all these entrepreneurs are focusing on new apps and websites Which are only for the metropolitan cities Only for the 10% population in India He will create solutions for the 90% of the population Even if you take a rupee from each You will become a billionaire I assure you of that. One person can change the world. It doesn't require a degree or a certificate or permission from anyone. What it requires is a first step Okay, no one gets it 100 rupee note, who wants it? Right now it's the most precious commodity Is there anyone who wants a precious? - I'm not. Can you please come down, sir? Since I have to be Yeah, you, you raised your hand Please. Can you please tell me your name? I am Lalit Okay, ladies and gentlemen First, 100 rupees for you Secondly, Until the time when you all were thinking Whether I should ask or not What will people think of me? He just asked He just took the risk. He just took the plunge. Ladies and gentlemen, Please give a round of applause for Lalit Because he actually took the initiative That's what a digital Gandhi is. Doesn't think too much He doesn't plan too much. Start doing Now you must be thinking That whatever I'm saying on stage It's all utopian The third largest employer in the United States According to John Hopkins' report Is the development sector The social sector Poverty is the main employer Whenever there is a depression This is the only sector Which gives 3% growth Imagine the private sector can't do What the development sector has done I'm not talking about international figures. Let's talk about India How many people have heard of him? - Yes, I did. He is a great man. Free India's first social entrepreneurship model He realized I can't go and ask the government And everyone for funds I'll run it like a business. And today One of the biggest examples of social entrepreneurship Is this Imagine a world where Where you have 100,000 digital Gandhis Each solving one problem Not asking for another CSR or NGO Or the government to solve problems Just 100,000 problems being solved By 100,000 digital Gandhis I've managed to find 25 of them. Until now. Each one solve one. This is the new Social entrepreneurship revolution My friends. Every day when I ask myself What if today is my last day This one question. After 5 years I got the answer And this is the motto of my organization I don't use my ideas. To gain applause or to make money But to create unforgettable moments Because the purpose of life Is to create something that outlasts it I am an artist. I'm here to redefine how charity is done. I am here to impact India Thank you and have a nice day.