Nitin Tailor
CEO & Founder, Serve Happiness Foundation
As a CEO & Founder of Serve Happiness Foundation, Nitin oversees strategy and management for the company. Nitin has a proven record in academia, technology startups and social sector in Europe and INDIA. Nitin has received a bachelor's in Computer Engineering from DDIT, Gujarat and attended IIIT Bangalore where he earned a M.Tech in Information Technology.He is also an Linnaeus Palme scholarship awardee during which he attended Malmo University, Sweden.Nitin is both an Startup Weekend and Startup 2020 alumni and his teams had been runners up and winners at these programs. Nitin is also certified for Technology Entrepreneurship by Stanford University's Venture Lab.
In the past, Nitin was extended an invitation to become a founding member of World Happiness Consortium by the International Happiness Initiative (an initiative of the United Nations) along with attending a conference at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York on the eve of International Happiness Day. Nitin has been a recipient of Late N Ramarao Gold Medal award as well as the Entrepreneur Of The Year award given by IIIT Bangalore (in July 2014). Other accolades include being honored by Shree Lajpatray Verma award in 2014 for his contribution to the society. He has been awarded Young Contributor Award and Gujarat Entrepreneurhsip award by M S University Vadodara for his valuable contribution society and nation at large. He also got honor to become first TEDx speaker from his region and was key speakers at various national platforms like SEE Talks, Josh Talks, NIT Conclave and many more. He was also being honored by title " Diamond of Bharuch ( Bharuch Ratna) " by Narayan Charitable Trust on the auspicious occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti. He was also being awarded by BSE Impact TOP 50 Social Ventures awarded by Bombay Stock Exchange Mumbai and being honored by Scotland India Impact Link Fellowship Award. He has also been received esteemed recognition as a Gujarat Changemaker at iHub, Ahmedabad recently.
He always find happiness while working towards bringing positive change in society. Nitin has decided to take youth on inspirational journeys to inspire them by connecting with role models who are working at the grass roots in rural India and bringing positive change in the society. Inline with the same he started organizing Narmada Prerna Yatra, Sabarmati Prerna Yatra, Tapi Prerna Yatra and Jaipur Prerna Yatra. So far more than 200 rural and urban youth from more than 18 states of India has participated in these yatras. Working on major sectors of education, health, sustainable livelihood, eco-tourism, agriculture and social enterprise, Nitin wants to make his Prerna Yatras a national movement that encourages entrepreneurial plans and projects that take every unique chunk of the country forward in its own way.
In his free time Nitin loves to do reading ,cycling and traveling.