Failures in Success: Kumaran Rasappan at TEDxYouth@Singapore 2012
Channel: TEDxYouth
Date: 2013-03-04

Kumaran Rasappan is a 27 year old medical doctor at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. He is the first Singaporean who reached the summit of Mount Everest to raise funds for a charity cause and encouraged the public to donate a total of $30,000 to Tan Tock Seng Community Charity fund through his widely publicized summit to Mount Everest. As successful as these amazing feats may seem like, Kumaran reflects on the failures in his successes and tells us how the two words "Success" and "Failure" go hand-in-hand.

About TEDxYouth@Singapore 2012
As our event name states, TEDxYouth@Singapore is organised by the youth for the youth community in Singapore. This year's global theme for TEDx is "Dream Big... Then do it!" and our theme for TEDxYouth@Singapore 2012 is "Dream it. Live it. Share it." The theme encourages youth from all walks of life come together to share and learn about dreams and achieving them.

About TEDxSingapore
TEDxSingapore brings people together to seek a deeper understanding of
ourselves and our world, and to inspire ideas and action for a better
future for us all. Founded in April 2009, we are 100%
Community-Created. Express your passion for ideas and inspiration,
visit and join us at www.TEDxSingapore.sg

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)