“It is your reaction to adversity, not the adversity itself, that determines how your life’s story will develop.” Sangram Singh is a man who lives up to this quote, he was born in Haryana and was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and was confined to a wheelchair for the first eight years of his life.
His talk highlights the hardships and struggles he went through in his lifetime. He believes in hard-work beats talent and has proved it by showing his perseverance and persistence.
After attaining such great heights he realized that he has attained a fair amount of stardom and wants to use this stardom to inculcate core values in the society.
Sangram Singh is an Indian wrestler, actor, motivational speaker, philanthropist, health guru and Honorary doctorate. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of India chose him as a brand ambassador and Fit India Icon of Fit India Campaign, 2021. He is the face of anti-tobacco campaign "Tobacco Free India".
He has also appeared in a number of reality television shows, such as Survivor India and was finalist of season seven of Bigg Boss in 2013 and many others. In July 2015, he won the Commonwealth Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in South Africa, and again in 2016 he won Commonwealth Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. He was also World’s best professional wrestler in 2012. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx