Suneet Singh Tuli
Suneet Singh Tuli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1968 |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Education | Civil Engineering Graduate |
| Alma mater | Toronto University |
| Occupation | Enterpreuner |
| Organization | Datawind |
| Notable work | Founder of Datawind and other companies, Ubislate Tablets, Aakash (tablet) Tablet |
| Awards | 18 patents |
| Website | http://datawind.com; http://ubislate.com |
Suneet Singh Tuli is the co-founder of DataWind. He was born in 1968 to Lakhvir Singh, the head of an entrepreneur, Sikh family.[1][2] He graduated from Toronto University in 1990 in Applied Sciences in Engineering.[3] While being student he started working In his brother Raja Tuli's entrepreneurial firm, Widekom.[4] He started work with the objective of developing sales of large size fax machines.[5] He got large size fax machines recorded in Guinness book of world records.[4][5] By getting boosting sale of 600 machInes in six months at Can $20000 ; Tuli brothers turned into millionaires.[1]
In his second innovative venture, he started creating battery operated handheld printers and hand held scanners under the name of the DocuPort Company.[2] These two companies were among first formed by people of Indian origin in making public offerings on NASDAQ.[2] Most recently, Datawind's Aakash/Ubislate tablets have attracted worldwide attention due to its affordable price to weaker sections of world's population for empowering them with computational and internet access.[6]
Awards & Recognitions
- Suneet Singh Tuli has been recognised by Forbes Magazine in its 2012 Impact 15 list as a Class Room Revolutionary[7]
- Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of United Nations, while launching his product Aakash 2 tablet spoke about it being great enabler to transform people's lives, in educating and empowering poor with internet and computing access.[8][9]
- In 2012, he and his brother received a technology achievement award from the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.[10]
- Chief Khalsa Dewan honoured him on 65th and 66th World Sikh educational conference[11][12] in 2014, 2016 consecutively and in 2012 he has been recognised as Enterpreuner of the Year at World Sikh awards.[13]
References
- ^ a b "Suneet Sing Tuli – Toronto Desi Diaries". torontodesidiaries.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b c O'hanlon, John. "Suneet Singh Tuli:The World in palm of his hands". sikhchic.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "riding the wind: suneet singh tulipowered datawind to top tablet player in india". Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Quips & Quotes". Computer World. xxv no. 48 (9 December 1991): 94.
The Widefax from Widecom group Incorp. in Missisagua Ont.Canada, The fax made the 1992 Guinness book of world record.
- ^ a b "Riding the wind how suneet singh tuli powered datawind to become top tablet player in india". economoctimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
- ^ Mudhar, Raju (9 January 2014). "Sikh-Canadian Throws Down the Gauntlet in the Global Tablet Market: Datawind's Suneet Singh Tuli". sikhchic.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
- ^ "Suneet Singh Tuli - Impact 15 - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ Chakravorty, Rishabh. "Ban Ki-Moon unveils Aakash 2 Tablet at UN - Latest Tech News, Video & Photo Reviews at BGR India". bgr.in. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ PTI (29 November 2012). "Low-cost Aakash 2 tablet unveiled at UN". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce - ICCC's Annual Awards & Gala Night 2012 Celebrates top Indo-Canadians- 09-06-12". iccconline.org. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "DataWind CEO, Suneet Singh Tuli receives "Award of Honor" at 65th World Sikh Educational Conference". stockhouse.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "66th World Sikh Conference concludes". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
- ^ "Sikh Awards winners 2012". Retrieved 17 August 2017.