Irrespective of her age, faith and culture, here is a girl who stood her ground and made a change. The founder of Bags, Books and Blessings, an initiative which collects reusable school supplies, Nikhiya Shamsher is a 16 year old girl who is showing her compassion in a way that has benefited the children of the country. She talks about how schools lack the facilities necessary for quality education in India and how through her initiative, she has managed to create a dent in this education and literary crisis in the country. An inventor, an innovator, a social worker, a budding entrepreneur and a national archer, our first speaker Nikhiya Shamsher has impressed the world with her resourcefulness. What makes this more Intriguing is the fact that she's just 16 years old. With a keen eye for helping people,coupled with a brilliant mind Nikhiya stands as a proof to the quote ‘Age is an issue of mind over matter’.
Having found the charitable organization ‘Bags books and blessings’ at age 14, she has funded around 4200 students all over India with supplies including books, bags, uniform and shoes. Her ‘Yearn to learn’ project has helped setup laboratories in schools where it was needed.

She has already bagged various awards such as the Diana award, The National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement 2017 and is on the run for getting the Global Science scholarship for her project about 4-Dimensional Space Time and Gravity. 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