Suneet Singh Tuli Explained

Suneet Singh Tuli
Birth Date:1968
Citizenship:Canadian
Education:Civil Engineering Graduate
Alma Mater:Toronto University
Occupation:Enterpreuner
Organization:Datawind
Notable Works:Founder of Datawind and other companies, Ubislate Tablets, Aakash (tablet) Tablet
Awards:18 patents
Website:http://datawind.com; http://ubislate.com

Suneet Singh Tuli is the co-founder of DataWind. He was born in 1968 to Lakhvir Singh, the head of an entrepreneur, Sikh family.[1] He graduated from Toronto University in 1990 in Applied Sciences in Engineering.[2] While being student he started working In his brother Raja Tuli's entrepreneurial firm, Widekom.[3] He started work with the objective of developing sales of large size fax machines.[4] He got large size fax machines recorded in Guinness book of world records.[3] [4] By getting boosting sale of 600 machInes in six months at Can $20000 ; Tuli brothers turned into millionaires.[5]

In his second innovative venture, he started creating battery operated handheld printers and hand held scanners under the name of the DocuPort Company.[1] These two companies were among first formed by people of Indian origin in making public offerings on NASDAQ.[1] Most recently, Datawind's Aakash/Ubislate tablets have attracted worldwide attention due to its affordable price to weaker sections of world's population for empowering them with computational and internet access.[6]

Awards & Recognitions

  1. Suneet Singh Tuli has been recognised by Forbes Magazine in its 2012 Impact 15 list as a Class Room Revolutionary[7]
  2. Ban Ki-moon Secretary General of United Nations, while launching his product Aakash 2 tablet spoke about it being great enabler to transform people's lives, in educating and empowering poor with internet and computing access.[8] [9]
  3. In 2012, he and his brother received a technology achievement award from the Indo-Canadian Chamber of Commerce.[10]
  4. Chief Khalsa Dewan honoured him on 65th and 66th World Sikh educational conference[11] [12] in 2014, 2016 consecutively and in 2012 he has been recognised as Enterpreuner of the Year at World Sikh awards.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Suneet Singh Tuli:The World in palm of his hands. O'hanlon. John. sikhchic.com. 27 September 2017.
  2. Web site: riding the wind: suneet singh tulipowered datawind to top tablet player in india. 17 August 2017.
  3. Quips & Quotes. Computer World. xxv no. 48. 9 December 1991. 94. The Widefax from Widecom group Incorp. in Missisagua Ont.Canada, The fax made the 1992 Guinness book of world record..
  4. Web site: Riding the wind how suneet singh tuli powered datawind to become top tablet player in india. economoctimes.indiatimes.com. 17 September 2017.
  5. Web site: Suneet Sing Tuli – Toronto Desi Diaries. torontodesidiaries.com. 17 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Sikh-Canadian Throws Down the Gauntlet in the Global Tablet Market: Datawind's Suneet Singh Tuli. Mudhar. Raju. 9 January 2014. sikhchic.com. 27 September 2017.
  7. Web site: Suneet Singh Tuli - Impact 15 - Forbes. forbes.com. 17 August 2017.
  8. Web site: Ban Ki-Moon unveils Aakash 2 Tablet at UN - Latest Tech News, Video & Photo Reviews at BGR India. Rishabh. Chakravorty. bgr.in. 17 August 2017.
  9. Web site: Low-cost Aakash 2 tablet unveiled at UN. PTI. 29 November 2012. thehindubusinessline.com. 17 August 2017.
  10. Web site: Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce - ICCC's Annual Awards & Gala Night 2012 Celebrates top Indo-Canadians- 09-06-12. iccconline.org. 17 August 2017.
  11. Web site: DataWind CEO, Suneet Singh Tuli receives "Award of Honor" at 65th World Sikh Educational Conference. stockhouse.com. 17 August 2017.
  12. Web site: 66th World Sikh Conference concludes. tribuneindia.com. 17 August 2017.
  13. Web site: Sikh Awards winners 2012. 17 August 2017.

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