The Gifted Child Myth That Holds Brilliant Kids Back
Most gifted children never reach their potential—not because of lack of talent, but because of one dangerous myth. Here’s what to recognise instead.
Most gifted children never reach their potential—not because of lack of talent, but because of one dangerous myth. Here’s what to recognise instead.
Kunwer Sachdev Founder of Su-Kam and Kunwwer.ai, and mentor at Su-vastika and several other companies — the “Inverter Man of
Kunwer Sachdev Founder of Su-Kam and Kunwwer.ai, and mentor at Su-vastika and several other companies — the “Inverter Man of
Kunwer Sachdev’s story of R. Sivarajan — hired from IIT Delhi in 2002, who worked in Su-Kam’s R&D, briefly joined GE Power and Energy, returned, and is now Co-Founder and Director of Technology at Inteli Energi.
Kunwer Sachdev’s tribute to Sanjeev Saini — Su-Kam’s first R&D engineer hired in 2001, who rose to CTO in 18 years, filed 15+ patents, and whose story was affected by the Su-Kam insolvency proceedings.
# Receiving the Bharat Shiromani Award from Dr. Balram Jakhar: A Moment That Shaped a Lifetime There are evenings that
Kunwer Sachdev shares the story of Srinivas Pilla — headhunted from a white goods company in Nigeria to head Su-Kam’s African subsidiary, and the battery tussle that opened all of Africa and the Middle East to Indian tubular batteries.
Kunwer Sachdev shares a two-generation story — from the SBI bank manager who gave him his first Rs 2 lakh credit limit in 1990, to his son Ishan Sehgal who worked at Su-Kam and is now at Whirlpool Corporation in Chicago.
Kunwer Sachdev shares the story of three Su-Kam alumni — Arun Bhardwaj, Rajnish Sharma, and Ravi Dutt — who went on to co-found Smarten Power Systems, winners of the National Export Excellence Award 2025.
Kunwer Sachdev shares his personal story of Sunil Badesra — a GET trainee from Apeejay College of Engineering who rose through Su-Kam to become Country Head at Sungrow India, leading the company to a 50 GW milestone.