Education has been limited within the walls of education institutions, but the horizon is way beyond our imagination. We have been told to find only correct answers (sometimes even refer to answer scheme!); we have been asked to score good grades and will be rewarded. Education is more than that. Calvin believes in the power of education to change lives and be leveraged for social good among millennials like him. Currently, he is an MBA Candidate with Asia School of Business-MIT Sloan School of Management. He was a co-founder of a Kuala Lumpur based social enterprise that aims to develop professional capabilities of millennials from various backgrounds to be better prepared for the workforce. Previously, he worked in a social enterprise as Head of Programmes where he worked closely with marginalised youths in Malaysia in improving their education outcomes. Combining his interest in economic development in Malaysia, Southeast Asia and globally, he was the chief coordinator for Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS), an independent liberal public policy think tank, National Unity Youth Fellowship. He was also a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Academic Fellow on Social Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in University of Connecticut, USA. His leadership and works in social development led him to be the first Malaysian to be awarded with Queen’s Young Leaders award (from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II). He sits on advisory board member position with Successor Generation Initiative, a youth development network with British High Commission Kuala Lumpur and Y-Group, a social enterprise based in Batam, Indonesia. Recently, he documented his journey and authored his first book- “How I escaped the Rat Race†with MPH Books. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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