Life may sometimes be full of struggles and difficulties, but challenges come our way to
make us tougher.
However what we become in life depends on what we make of the opportunities, and
hurdles which come our way. We always have choices, and what we become is nothing
but what we choose to. "Dr Shalya Raj, CEO Swami Vivekanand Subharti University is a steadfast and tenacious style icon with a compelling charisma about her. Her noteworthy intellectual accomplishments and personal strengths place her a notch above her contemporaries in the field. An Endodontist by profession, Dr Shalya is resolute, altruistic, free-spirited, and has benevolent essence. Her scrupulousness and an eye for detail has seen University achieve many a laurel and never stop short before achieving the best. A thoroughbred nationalist and an influential orator, her forte has been to challenge gender stereotypes while safeguarding women rights by providing them with affordable equal access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
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