Day (-) 2 of Mentor On Road, USA

The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you freed.

Swami Vivekananda

With just two days to go for Mentor On Road, USA, to say that we are excited would be an understatement. Having spent two days in New York, meetings today were scheduled in New Jersey itself.

The first meeting for the day was with the directors of Global Haryana Chamber of Commerce, a professional bilateral Chamber of Commerce. It is a non-profit entity made up of local and international businesses. It is run by industry professionals and volunteers to facilitate and promote trade, investments and economic cooperation between the global markets and Haryana.

After a very detailed discussion, we came up with an action plan that would most definitely help the society. The following were some of the key takeaways from the discussion:

To develop a state of the art and world class aviation park in Haryana
To initiate a full-throttled ambulance service in the city of Rohtak, Haryana in order to minimise casualties and fatalities.
We then signed a Memorandum of Understanding between GHCC and Cluster Pulse, a knowledge partner of Mentor On Road, USA, for the adoption of Titoli, a village in Haryana. Our aim behind the signature of this Memorandum of Understaning is to make Titoli a smart village within 1000 days of its adoption.

After the discussion with directors of Global Haryana Chamber of Commerce

After a fruitful meeting with the Global Haryana Chamber of Commerce, I went to meet Mr Suresh Kumar. He is a serial entrepreneur and is currently serving as a senior advisor of corporate strategy at 8k Miles Software Services. Apart from that, he is an Advisory Board Member and lead instructor, Lean Start-up Program under the umbrella of America's Small Business Development Center - Rutgers University, New Jersey. He has received multiple awards, including those by the United States government for his outstanding contribution to entrepreneurship. In my opinion, a person having such an experience in both entrepreneurship and academia is a rarity.

Suresh Kumar with some of his accolades.

Achievements of Suresh Kumar

And some more.

I had a brief interaction with him, after which I was invited to share my views on India 3.0 with his colleagues at 8k Miles. 8k Miles is a cloud solutions provider that aims to migrate businesses to cloud technology. They are a software company with a global footprint and their services have earned acclaims all around the world.

It was lovely talking to them as they asked some really insightful questions that helped them create a better understanding of the new age that India has entered into.

Interaction with employees of 8k Miles

With Mr. Suresh Kumar

After two successful interactions, we are on our way from New Jersey to Boston, the starting point of Mentor on Road, USA. It will take us about three and a half hours, but in hindsight, it has taken a lot of effort to get this journey up and running and to get to Boston. It was a lovely afternoon with a clear sky. The lush greens through out the drive kept us mesmerised.