Ruhi Tripathi

Student

I am currently pursuing the third year of my undergraduate degree at FLAME University. Over the course of the last two years, I along with our previous board members, have been able to build a community of TEDx enthusiasts and develop a sense of sensitivity towards new ideas, talks and experiences through which we have been able to inspire our community, and beyond. TEDxFLAMEUniversity plays a crucial role in helping shape the interests of our community members and nudges individuals to reflect on shaping their careers.

I believe that every child deserves such an opportunity despite their economic conditions, and ability to access education. Fostering my passion, over the past years, I have indulged in interning, volunteering, and joining various programs with non-profit organizations across India such as iTeach Schools, The Akanksha Foundation, The Circle and Bhumi, mentoring students, coordinating, facilitating events, and raising funds that work towards providing a more equitable opportunity for students belonging to challenging communities. I have also indulged in building a team during 10th grade in my school to organize Women Firing Football, a football tournament aimed at encouraging football among girls, an event organized by women for women. We had 12+ teams register and participate in the event sharing a common passion for women empowerment within the sports sector.

Event Management, Human Resource Management

My mother was married at the age of 19, and by the age of 21, I was born, her first child. She was an excellent scholar with a great passion towards the sciences, she dreamt of becoming a doctor. I watched my mother exhale in regret while narrating to me the course of events, as she had to return back home from Noida, where she lived with her father, my Nana(maternal grandfather), going to a nearby school in the city back in her school years. My mother had to bear the responsibilities of being the oldest child in the family of two parents and seven children, including herself. In such a big family, living in a small village, Bevgha, with no access to electricity, or technological advancements, students had to walk a minimum of 8 kilometres to reach the nearest school, access to education post 12th grade was a luxury. Anna Nixon’s TEDx talk on ‘The Future of Education: A Student’s Perspective’ is one that I deeply resonate with. Even though my mother could not continue her education post-12th grade, she made sure my siblings and I did. Currently, I am in my third year of college, aged 22, and neither my mother nor any other family member asked me about marriage. My cousin, a year older than me married her husband as soon as she turned 20 years of age. My mother cannot imagine the same for me. I am deeply grateful to a generation of women like Anna’s maternal grandmother, her mother and my mother for stepping away from practices that stop a girl from attaining education. Anna’s talk not only emphasizes the importance of education for girls but also speaks proudly about opening her own organization at such a young age to make access to education for students with a hands-on learning approach. Deeply inspired by her action and impact, I have made sure to participate in initiatives with organizations in India that work towards access to education earlier for children across the country and the globe. I am currently interning as the Lead Student Intern with the Schools of Tomorrow, a collective effort of organisations such as Teach for All, Teach for India, iTeach schools, The Akanksha schools, and The Circle to host a space that invites school leaders to think about classrooms, teaching and learning from a student’s perspective. Shaping the schools of tomorrow.

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