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I'm passionate about

Connecting with people. Sharing ideas. Social Media. Crazy about technological developments. Spirituality. The thing I'm most passionate about is learning new things even outside my field.

An idea worth spreading

I was the top 5 finalist in UAE in an entrepreneurship competition. (Forgive me but I am unable to paste the link to the website. If you wish to see it, please message me)

My idea aims to help students get great opportunities while they are still in college. There aren’t enough employment or even internship opportunities for the youth in the UAE, According to McKinsey & Co research, most employers believe students lack the right skills to be hired full time.

The placement center will act as a liaison between educational institutes and companies to train students before graduation through internship and mentor-ship opportunities

Middle East has the highest youth unemployment in the world. Twice than countries like USA and South Africa {Source: McKinsey & Co.} My idea is to solve the youth employment issue. Even oil-rich countries like UAE, Qatar & Saudi Arabia are suffering from youth unemployment.

This is why I have joined TED. To further improve my idea.

Talk to me about

Mentor-ship ideas, How to improve our Educational system, Personal Development, Marketing, Social Media, Technological Developments, Culture

People don't know that I'm good at

I am a good runner. I am good at baking. I am extremely passionate about learning new things.

My TED Story

I had never really respected education which meant I didn't care about learning and exchanging of ideas. It wasn't until I found supportive professors in my university, I changed my attitude towards education and learning. Since then I had always been actively looking for communities that could help me improve my thoughts. Being a social media junkie, I soon heard about TED but still didn't join in because of my busy student schedule. But now that I have graduated and want to work on my idea, I have finally joined TED for better conversations.

Comments

• TEDCred score: +3.10 TEDCred reflects your contribution to the TED community.

• A comment on Conversation: Should degrees have "patches"?

  Aug 5 2012: I agree. This is how some certification process works. You need to give an exam once in a while to make sure you're a well-learned certified specialist in so and so field. Should be applied to degrees as well.

• A comment on Conversation: Should basic economics now be a required subject in high school and/or college?

  Aug 5 2012: Every citizen needs to be educated as how their country is being run & how can they contribute. Education is an important step towards creating responsible citizens. Do note: it is important how it's being taught. No point in teaching if the students are simply cramming things.
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  A comment on Conversation: Why isn't TED also a Television station? Couldn't it either make a lot of money, or support a lot of wishes?

  Dec 9 2011: i hate to sound as a pessimist, but i think TED is less likely to retain its audiences with obnoxious realities shows in different networks.

• A comment on Conversation: Will there ever be singularity?

  Dec 9 2011: I think the only obstacle for human beings is that we don't know "everything" and because of that we're caught off guard. Information is the key to intelligence. IMHO, im all in for artificial intelligence but will it ever surpass human intelligence? I highly doubt that. One of the reasons would be the fact since it is human beings that will create it, the lack of complete knowledge on our side, is likely to effect its creation.

• A comment on Talk: Kathryn Schulz: On being wrong

  Dec 7 2011: Awesome i really like her bodacious attitude {a polite way of saying bad@$$} Thought-provoking indeed.

• A reply on Talk: Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret

  Dec 7 2011: I think the annoying part has got a lot to do with the camera closeup. I mean jeez...give some air!
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  A comment on Talk: Kathryn Schulz: Don't regret regret

  Dec 7 2011: By looking at the previous comments, it's as if people fear regrets. Human beings will make mistakes and therefore regrets are bound to happen. To feel regretted is to know and accept that you have done something wrong. Plus regret in a positive sense motivates human beings to avoid committing the mistake again.
  
  Pain and pleasure is part of life. Sometimes we have to experience pain to understand the gravity of the situation. Pain is a blessing in disguise that tells us something went wrong. Why should we dismiss it?

• A reply on Conversation: What are the ways to fight child labor and what will be its effects on those children?

  Nov 22 2011: I will agree with you media loves dramatizing a lot of things. I'd also like to remind you my intention is not to shift blames on different factors. And neither is the focus on "American" companies for that matter. I will also agree with you on the fact that in reality it is independent local businesses that hire children.
  
  But even if int'l companies aren't "actively" taking part in child labor but that still doesn't change the fact that the end product of child labor still goes back to the "real" companies. So there's an "ethical responsibility" to this issue. And there are lot cases where companies took the product off the shelf or tried to tinker with their operational part to avoid child labor.
  
  Finally i wasn't questioning why do large corporations hire children and how do we "make them pay" for their part. My concern was how do we make this situation better and if we take away these children's earning power, it won't actually help the children.

• A comment on Conversation: Are we depriving our children?

  Nov 18 2011: I will share with you my own experience. When i was a toddler, my father never let me watch television. In my initial schooling years i had great grades but I do vividly remember that the day i actually got hooked up to television, i lost interest in what school was trying to teach me. I used to stand for hours in front of the TV. But there were two reasons for that:
  
  - I was fascinated by it. Everyday i would see something new which made me even more curious.
  - I was raised by my father which meant when he was away at office i had nothing else but TV to rely on for some kind of communication. {Note: i am sure it would've been the same had I been solely brought by my mother also.}
  
  With today's kind of technology, we can experience new kinds of things, have new kinds of conversation everyday. True that these experience aren't as real or as tangible as it used to be before. But regardless, these are the kind of things predominantly missing in "family time."
  
  However I also need to remind you, 20 years down the lane, it is "through" technology {blogs, articles, conversation} i learnt how to use things in moderation whether its technology itself or something else.
  
  The fact is technology has become part of our lives. The real question is how should we tune "Technology" according to our social values and beliefs.

• A reply on Conversation: Are creativity and leadership overrated?

  Nov 18 2011: Your company's upper management indeed believed in empowering its people. That's a good example of leadership. A successful leadership is even when the leader leaves, the followers are empowered enough to take responsibility, choose better and take better decisions. Or else these people are simply "influential." And we all know even a bad person has his/her influence.