06 September,2021 11:41 AM IST | Mumbai | BrandMedia
Kaka Sahil Thakral and Chanchlesh Vyas
"The youth of today are the leaders of tomorrow."
This quote holds for young entrepreneur Kaka Sahil Thakral and Social Leader Chanchlesh Vyas who have brought a revolution in the field of digitalization & Social Media Politics.
There are rarely any leaders who are into politics but still doing active work for the development of information technology. However, Kaka Sahil Thakral and Chanchlesh Vyas proved that anything is possible if you have the right intention. Though being so young, their zeal to do something unique and innovative is what one should look up to.
The success story of Kaka Sahil Thakral
Hailing from Jamalpur, Bhiwani Haryana, Kaka Sahil Thakral is the youngest contestant of the LOK Sabha Election 2019. Before Joining politics, he completed his graduation in Engineering from Kurukshetra University in 2014.
At the age of 25, he contested the Vidhan Sabha election from Hansi Vidhan Sabha constituency in 2019 and became state president at Samanya Pichra Alpsankhyak Kalyan Samaj (SAPAKS) Party, Haryana. But he was also inclined towards social media through which we wanted to share political ideas among youth.
Today, Kaka Sahil Thakral is the youngest digital marketing expert and CEO cum founder of Make Digital World Easy - A Google Partner Badge Digital Marketing firm. He started this company with the mission to endorse goods, services, and brands. Currently, the company's revenue has skyrocketed. Due to the vast knowledge of Kaka Sahil Thakral in the field of social media, his company has crossed the turnover of around 1 billion. Isn't that astonishing?
He is working towards various areas like Celebrity PR Management, SEO, Brand Creation and Brand Management. In addition to that, he is playing the massive role of Political Marketing consultant which involves advising and handling political campaigns for leaders.
Kaka Sahil Thakral believes that digital marketing is essential to survive in this digital era and so he has trained more than 500 professionals in digital marketing.
There are various awards in his kitty including Best digital marketer of Madhya Pradesh in the year 2019 by Research Foundation in India.
He was also honored by Higher Education Minister Of Madhya Pradesh Shri Jitu Patwari Ji where Kaka Sahil Thakral shared the importance of core academic and support staff and a large network of senior academics in higher education.
Being a leader in the tech world, Kaka Sahil Thakral is constantly involved in building his skills. He has started his own e-commerce platform for Online Furniture with an seed funding from GKW Retail.
The success story of Chanchlesh Vyas
Another political leader, Chanchlesh Vyas from the small town of Piplia Mandi, Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, has set an example for today's youth.
His journey in student politics began in 2011 when he was appointed as the GS (General Secretary) of NSUI (National Students Union of India) in the Mandsaur District. After that, he did not look back.
Soon in the year 2013, he joined Indian Youth Congress, Madhya Pradesh, and worked actively under the leadership of Youth Congress President, Kunal Chaudhary. Due to his dedication, he begged the role of coordinator in the Youth Congress IT Cell. The main objective of Chanchlesh was to support the youth in every way.
During one of the interviews Chanchlesh Vyas shared "I have learned a lot of things from Kunal Chaudhary, he helped me whenever I needed. Now I want to stand by the expectations of my party and its members, who have given me this opportunity. I believe in working actively and making the most of it to help common people."
He followed the path of Rahul Gandhi which also reflects in his work. Youth who had effective degrees but did not get jobs started looking at Chanchlesh Vyas as their role model and started following him.
He worked for 2 years as an IT Cell Coordinator. This was the time when no one was familiar with IT cells. Vyas actively got indulged in the area of IT and encouraged youth to take interest in it. On Aug 23, 2019, Chanchlesh became the president of the Indian Youth Congress Madhya Pradesh IT Cell. He was also appointed as the chairman of the public participation of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government College Piplia-mandi on 23rd October 2019.
Chanchlesh Vyas and his team is building an new social era of politics under the guidance of Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Kamal Nath and Madhya Pradesh Indian Youth Congress President Vikrant Bhuria.
Both Kaka Sahil Thakral and Chanchlesh Vyas are great examples of perfect leaders who have skillfully used social media and IT to fulfill the dreams of youth. Their contribution is exemplary in paving the path for the development of the country. We need more such leaders whose contributions can bring positive changes in society.