{"id":65935,"date":"2017-05-02T18:15:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T12:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/?p=65935"},"modified":"2017-05-02T21:32:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T16:02:58","slug":"ishita-katyal-youngest-ted-youth-speaker-asia-pacific-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paisawapas.com\/student-stories\/ishita-katyal-youngest-ted-youth-speaker-asia-pacific-region\/","title":{"rendered":"There’s A Lot More You Need To Know About The Youngest TED Youth Speaker In The Asia Pacific Region | Ishita Katyal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Meet Ishita Katyal<\/strong>, an 11 years old<\/strong> Author & Motivational speaker. Ishita is the youngest TEDx Youth<\/strong> organizer in the Asia-Pacific region. Ishita is one of the youngest Author\u2019s in India and was also featured in the Child Magazine as one amongst the 8 Child Prodigies in India. She is a student of Vibgyor Highschool Pune<\/strong>. Ishita organised the first TEDx event in her school on February 7, 2015.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>She delivered a talk, titled “What do you want to be now”<\/strong>, at the TED Youth conference in New York in November 2015. Aged ten at the time, she was the youngest Indian to speak at the conference.<\/strong> Her 2015 TEDxYouth<\/strong>@Balewadi team event featured 3 very nice speaker talks around making things easier for people through use of technology. She believes there is so much out there in the environment for young people to get inspired, imagine new things and start doing something creative at an early age. Ishita says that a child should not stop experimenting to do what they want to do in life and they should not wait to be an adult to follow their passion.<\/p>\n

Ishita has spoken at the prestigious global TED<\/strong> Conference<\/strong> in Vancouver, TEDYouth in New York, TEDxGateway, NASSCOM, Toastmasters & REX conclive events<\/strong> etc. Ishita emphasizes the message that all parents have a responsibility to help their children in discovering their creative interests and motivating them to spend time without fear in whatever they want to make. Not only this, this young gem has yet more achievements in her closet.<\/p>\n

Ishita has also been facilitated with 2015 Sakhi Samman award<\/strong> from Lokmat and REX Karmaveer Chakra Award<\/strong> and REX Global Fellowship 2014-15<\/strong>. She likes to write, dance, sing and loves to play basketball. Apart from this, she is an avid reader and digs into Sudha Murthy and Ruskin Bond in her free time. She is author of \u201cSimran\u2019s Diary\u201d<\/strong> which she wrote only at an age of 8.<\/p>\n

In conversation with Ishita:<\/p>\n

Q: How did you crack the TED Youth event at NewYork. Tell us something about this journey of your\u2019s?<\/h3>\n

The most important thing for me was to believe in myself and stay positive. I had to make sure that no negative vibes or too much of anxiety came in my way. I had two friends Chelsey and Martha who were also two young speakers at the Ted Youth NewYork. We were practicing our talks and doing physical thrills together. It was a really great experience which\u00a0helps me in my talks and writings even today as well.<\/p>\n

Q: Your speech at TED Youth NewYork is the one that inspires everyone today. You truly made a difference with it. Tell us something more about it?<\/h3>\n

My talk was a lot about how in today’s busy world we forget about our beautiful present and what’s going on in the real world around us. It was also about how young people are contributing and doing soo much for the world already and I put across many ideas but I had to make sure that the talk doesn’t goes over bored. The audience doesn’t get bored. Because this kind of opportunity is not given to everyone and I had to make sure not to waste it & use it properly.<\/p>\n