Cerebrate Thekkady is currently in progress at Club Mahindra Tusker Trails Resort, Thekkady, Kerala
Kishi Arora, one of the invitees at Cerebrate have been sharing some pics through twitpic. Copying from there, below are some of the photos from Cerebrate Thekkady…
Few more: http://twitpic.com/1pjgrl
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Thanks Kishi for sharing them. Standby for more posts…
Visit Kishi’s blog here
Compiled by Shrinidhi Hande
Think of jumbos and highly picturesque Thekkady will come to every one’s mind. Come May 19, eleven more will be joining them, 11 giants in their own fields, that’s Cerebrate, meeting of achievers. They come from different walks of lives. Imagine a Cigar manufacturer. meeting a yachting champ or a food consultant meeting a visual artist! A story teller will be sharing his life story with a highly successful head of a chain of educational institutions. How is it to work with marginalized communities and devising ways of seeking acceptance for them? to know in depth about the World famous tsunami relief and rehabilitation project in Nagapattinam, what are the challenges one will face while working in rural India? whats common among Ads, scuba diving, restaurant and cigars? how is it to organise International sporting events? Whats so exciting in pastries and desserts?Thekkady edition of Cerebrate will truly be the meeting of jumbos (no pun intended) and that’s Cerebrate is all about
Cerebrate Himalayas is all set to take off in September.
A hand picked group of achievers will explore the Dhauladar region under the guidance of Satyabrata Dam.
Cerebrities will trek along the mountains, camp in the open, refresh in pure himalayan streams, exploring the Dhauladhar range of the mighty Himalayas.
The Dhauladhar range is a southern branch of the main Outer Himalayan chain of mountains. It rises spectacularly from the Indian plains to the north of Kangra and Mandi. Dharamsala, the headquarters of Kangra district, lies on its southern spur in above the Kangra Valley, which divides it from Chamba….
How many of us really take initiatives to show our concern to a particular cause which may be existing for so many decades. We might be concerned about a cause but it’s about how we show the concern through action. Here is a young man who didn’t stop with his feeling for the cause but has plunged into an action to support the cause. Sandhosh Kumar hails from Puduchery, South India who did his schooling in Chennai. Further he graduated and worked in Singapore for quite sometime and realized his deep passion for climbing mountains.
Sandhosh Kumar is a guy who has always been an adrenalin chaser and he developed a fascination for snow-capped mountains over the last few years and that’s how he wanted to change his passion to reach out a good cause. Sandhosh Kumar says as he climbs more, he realized that the chase for personal quest alone wasn’t enough.
You may wish to check Sandhosh Kumar’s podcast interview where he explains how his passion turned out to help a social cause. Click here. Sandhosh Kumar – ClimbEverestWithMe
There are many problems in this world and he wanted his climbs to mean more to him and the world. Hence, he embarked on a journey to highlight the problem closest to his heart, the problem of child sexual abuse, which is highly prevalent in India, while he attempted to scale the highest mountain in the world. To mention few of his earlier achievements he climbed some of the highest peaks in the world- Cho Oyu (8201m), Mont Blanc in Western Europe (4810m), Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa (5895m) and Everest Base Camp. Sandhosh Kumar is all set to take off for an ambitious mission of climbing Mount Everest in about 20 days from now. Besides climbing Everest he is actively supporting the cause of Child Sexual Abuse through pursuing his passion for climbing mountains.
He has come up with a novel plan to raise funds — for the expedition as well as to help the organizations in raising funds. He has been meeting with corporates and individuals through a campaign titled “Climb Everest with Me” to substitute his expedition cost and raise funds for child sexual abuse.
Below is a video of Sandhosh Kumar’s podcast by Shrinidhi Hande
Sandhosh Kumar was one of the participants of the 3rd edition Cerebrate 2010 which is the prestigious achievers gang-up which took place in Marg Tapovan recently. Cerebrate achievers team wishes this young man all the very best to pursue his novel cause. To know more about Sandhosh Kumar you can check out Wikipedia.
Here we leave you with a option to support this young man who has a great vision in supporting child sexual abuse. As responsible individuals, if you think through some means you can support Sandhosh Kumar because small action have a bigger impact. Here are few options and ways in which you can help him reaching the peak through your small contribution.
Through one of the unique ways Sandhosh kumar is trying to raise funds is by carrying a banner to the top of Everest made of YOUR photographs and images. For only US$50, you can have your picture or picture of your loved ones photographed at the summit of Mount Everest. Of course, you are welcome to buy more than one block to have a bigger picture or one block for each member of your family. Needless to say, contributions will go both towards the climb and the cause.
How can you help? 1. Contribute to the Banner (secure credit card payment, takes 5 minutes). HURRY! ONLY A WEEK LEFT TO PRINT THE SUMMIT BANNER.
3. Spread the word to as many people as possible. Update your status on Facebook with a message along the lines of ‘My friend is climbing Mount Everest in aid of prevention of Child Sexual Abuse.Please support him by contributing on his website at http://www.climbeverestwithme.com
4. Follow Sandhosh Kumar’s progress in http://www.facebook.com/climbeverestwithme and keep him motivated. Hoping that he will send some live updates from the mountain including pictures of the banner at various points.
P.S. Check out the Media coverage of Climb Everest With Me in Singapore and India.
Kiruba Shankar, the man behind the idea of Cerebrate, explains the birth of Cerebrate and how the idea struck him…
“The first inspiration for Cerebrate came from Tim O’Reilly’s FooCamp. Every year he and his core team would selectively hand pick 300 achievers and thinkers from the field of technology and invite them for three days of camping and brainstorming. You just have to look at the photos of the event to realize how cool the event is. I loved the fact that people camp out at the Orchards and discussions happen in makeshift tents.”
‘Hustle bustle, noise, dust, dirt, traffic jams, crowd, and congestion’ a.k.a ‘City Life’ has become a part and parcel of our day to day activities. No hotel or resort in the city gives us complete peace, because there the peace is confined only to the interiors.
We wanted to give the achievers a change, a change that will be remembered for the years to come. That is when we thought of the importance of location and the privacy. The 4 days should be etched in their memory as few of the best days in their life. We decided to choose locations that offer whatever pleasantness that is missing in city life, like peace, freshness, room, privacy.
We tend to be at ease when there is more privacy and having audience heavily affects the privacy of discussion. That is why we decided against public audience and that the achievers themselves would be the audience.
Ever felt at complete ease or as your natural self at conference? We guess no. That is why Cerebrate occurs as a Un-conference. We want people to be at ease so that they can open up their mind and heart and speak freely.
We saw that this strategy of ours was very much to the liking of the achievers from the feedback we got from the first edition. We decided to make this standard and the second edition received a similar feedback too. We are happy that we give the achievers 4 days of what the city life could not give. No cell phone, no schedules, no deadlines. Bliss!!We are looking forward towards the coming February hoping to receive another positive feedback.
