Suneet Singh Tuli

Suneet Singh Tuli
Born	1968
Citizenship	Canadian
Education	Civil Engineering Graduate
Alma mater	Toronto University
Occupation	Enterpreuner
Organization	Datawind
Notable work	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] [2]} He graduated from Toronto University in 1990 in Applied Sciences in Engineering. ^[3] While being student he started working In his brother Raja Tuli's entrepreneurial firm, Widekom. ^[4] He started work with the objective of developing sales of large size fax machines. ^[5] He got large size fax machines recorded in Guinness book of world records. ^{[4] [5]} By getting boosting sale of 600 machInes in six months at Can $20000 ; Tuli brothers turned into millionaires. ^[1]

In his second innovative venture, he started creating battery operated handheld printers and hand held scanners under the name of the DocuPort Company. ^[2] These two companies were among first formed by people of Indian origin in making public offerings on NASDAQ. ^[2] 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]

References

1. "Suneet Sing Tuli – Toronto Desi Diaries". torontodesidiaries.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
2. O'hanlon, John. "Suneet Singh Tuli:The World in palm of his hands". sikhchic.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
3. "riding the wind: suneet singh tulipowered datawind to top tablet player in india" . Retrieved 17 August 2017.
4. "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.
5. "Riding the wind how suneet singh tuli powered datawind to become top tablet player in india". economoctimes.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
6. Mudhar, Raju (9 January 2014). "Sikh-Canadian Throws Down the Gauntlet in the Global Tablet Market: Datawind's Suneet Singh Tuli". sikhchic.com. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
7. "Suneet Singh Tuli - Impact 15 - Forbes". forbes.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
8. Chakravorty, Rishabh. "Ban Ki-Moon unveils Aakash 2 Tablet at UN - Latest Tech News, Video & Photo Reviews at BGR India". bgr.in. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
9. PTI (29 November 2012). "Low-cost Aakash 2 tablet unveiled at UN". thehindubusinessline.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
10. "Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce - ICCC's Annual Awards & Gala Night 2012 Celebrates top Indo-Canadians- 09-06-12". iccconline.org. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
11. "DataWind CEO, Suneet Singh Tuli receives "Award of Honor" at 65th World Sikh Educational Conference". stockhouse.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
12. "66th World Sikh Conference concludes". tribuneindia.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
13. "Sikh Awards winners 2012" . Retrieved 17 August 2017.