Viiveck Verma

Viiveck Verma

Founder at Upsurge Global

TED Attendee
TEDx Organizer
Hyderabad, India
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About Viiveck

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Business mentor, Change Agent, Entrepreneur, Investor, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur

Bio

Viiveck has 30+ years of work experience in well-known corporate houses, with a proven track record for excellence and dynamic leadership. He has successfully executed key positions of diverse nature and capacities during his career. He effectively handled operational and strategic responsibilities and is a result oriented individual. Viiveck has seen immense success at setting up and managing profit center operations, corporate planning and business development. His roles entailed setting up policies and processes in start-ups as well as exposure to multi industries viz. Yellow Pages, Travel, Telecommunications, Office Automation, BPO, Insurance, Logistics, and Document Storage & Management. He has rich experience in building brand equity for products and organizations. Viiveck is known for high levels of integrity, professional loyalty, and maturity. His leadership skills, strong commitment to ethical and professional standards was duly recognized with an award for “Best Ethics in Business” by then Civil Aviation Minister - Praful Patel. During his tenure in the travel industry, he was also recognized as an industry “Thought Leader”. He is a Zenger Miller Frontline Leadership Certified Trainer. Viiveck is an ICF (International Coaching Federation) certified professional Coach. Viiveck’s portfolio includes the following roles: Board Member - Hyderabad Angels, Investor with 50K Ventures and Lead Angels, Founding Member – IIIT Seed Fund, Advisory Board Member JNTU(Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University) to promote Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Convener – Hyderabad Hackers, Mentor – Start-up Ecosystem, Co-Organizer– TEDxHyderabad, General Secretary – SAHE (Society for Advancement of Human Endeavour) and Past President - Rotary Club of Miyapur. As an Investor, his investments are sector agnostic and currently include 15 start-ups. At any given point of time he mentors approximately 10 or more start-ups. Academically astute, Viiveck is armed with a PGDBA (Marketing) from the Institute of Management Development and Research in Pune and is an LLB in Labor Laws and Taxation from Pune University. He is a university topper in his graduation studies in Geology. Besides Coaching and Investing Viiveck decided to focus on social causes through SAHE (Society for Advancement of Human Endeavour - a not for profit society) to create social impact. He brings to the table an understanding of the corporate world and the network he built over the years, to connect the organisations in social space with those that can benefit them. His focus areas for social impact are largely around Educational Reforms, Healthcare, Environment, Women’s Issues and Adoption. His interests are Business Networking, Travel, Music Reading and Philanthropy.

I'm passionate about

Helping Individuals attain their potential

An idea worth spreading

Make the world Local without boundaries of any kind

Areas of expertise

Business, Coaching, Investing, Mentoring, Philanthropy, Strategy, Training

The TED story

I joined the group in 2015 to help manage the TEDxHyderabad event and went on to become the Co Organizer of the event which had 12 speakers and 500 curated attendees in the glorious city of Hyderabad. Have since been Co Organiser for 2 years 2016 and 2017. Now the Curator and Licensee for TEDxHyderabad 2018 series of Events.

Things you might not know

Mentoring and bringing out the best in people