Sucheta takes us through her journey from being passionate about swimming to her corporate journey and rediscovering her passion again. She speaks of the grueling journey of achieving something that doesn't seem humanly possible to the rest of us. The aquawoman of India went on to become a coach, leading her to discover her passion for teaching. She talks about how she experiences happiness from passing down the joy to her students by teaching them how to swim.Her awe-inspiring journey has taught her the importance of 3 values that she leaves us with: Patience, Resilience and Conviction. Sucheta Deb Burman is an open water swimmer and coach from Tripura, India.
She is the first Indian woman to complete a two way swim across the Palk Strait (India to Sri Lanka and back). With dolphins by her side, India's 'aquawoman', Sucheta swam 36 kilometres from Mumbai's worli sea link to the gateway of India.
She is a National Institute of Sports- and Sports Authority of India-certified swimming coach who founded the Open Water Swimmers’ Foundation (OWSF), a non-profit organization and open water swimming community where she coaches, trains, and promotes safe swimming while cleaning open bodies of water. 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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