TEDxJamal, an independently organized TED event with the theme,"Explore & Extract" aims to bring out the local stories with amazing ideas to the world. TEDxJamal has started releasing its speakers for the first edition which is all set to happen on 21st March, 2020 at Hotel Crowne Imperial, Rabibhawan, Kathamndu. To make everyone visualize the life learnings and entrepreneurship possibility and beauty in Nepal, TEDxJamal discloses Mr. Dan Wright as its first speaker. The thematic areas which shall be covered by Mr. Wright's powerful TEDx talk are Entrepreneurship and Life Learning.
Mr. Dan Bahadur Wright was born in the UK. Whilst completing a degree in the late 1990's in Outdoor and Environmental Education he served the British Army Reserves in Liverpool for 4 years. Following this, Dan travelled and worked as an adventure guide and experiential education trainer in North America, the UK, the French Alps, India, Nepal and the Middle East. In 2008, Dan moved full time to the UAE to work on setting up Student Citizenship Program in high schools to prepare for their National Service which started in 2014. Whilst in the UAE, Dan kept an apartment in Kathmandu and travelled once in a month for adventure, sports and relaxation. In one of these trips, he met Nirjala Tamrakar who was the then Nepal Mountain Biking National Champion. In 2011, they got married in Nepal and settled in the UAE where their son Percival was born. After living for 8 years in the Middle East, Dan and his family returned to live in Nepal in 2016.They invested in variety of outdoor and adventure businesses. Dan pursued to work in disaster relief with a Texas based charity. Following the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, he was mostly based in and around Sindulpalchowk working with WASH and housing programs. In 2017, Dan joined Chandragiri Hills Ltd. His work visa was issued by the Ministry of Labor as a Special Projects Consultant. Also in 2017 his daughter Aurora was born in Kathmandu. Dan works in a range of areas for Chandragiri including their adventure activities and natural history projects. Dan also acts as the General Training Instructor and delivers sessions in business development and human development.
Throughout the last 22 years of living in and out of Nepal, Dan has developed a deep love for the Nepali culture and for the innovation and pioneering spirit of the small start-ups and social entrepreneurs who are so abundant now. He has worked extensively mentoring these organizations and will be sharing his experiences in Nepal with us at TEDxJamal. He will be sharing his learning from those experiences which are worth exploring.
Someone from foreign land whose heart is close to Nepal and the one who has significant contribution in the field of entrepreneurship, adventure, natural history and many more. Wouldn't it be great to hear the experience and ideas from the one whose passion and enthusiasm has driven the passion of many? Other great speakers will be released soon and the registration starts from next week. Stay updated and get ready to grab life-time benefit through TEDxJamal.
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