Siidha Daga
I am Siidha Daga a passionate, creative, out of the box thinker, with a holistic outlook on life.
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I am Siidha Daga a passionate, creative, out of the box thinker, with a holistic outlook on life.
Download Resume I am Siidha Daga a passionate, creative, out of the box thinker, with a holistic outlook on life.
Download Resume I am Siidha Daga a passionate, creative, out of the box thinker, with a holistic outlook on life.
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Diagnosed with ADHD only in the 11th grade, I was bullied through school for always being different. I was labelled the “difficult child” and that came with an mixed bag of anxiety, depression, and social anxiety. Surviving and thriving through those challenging times were my biggest life lesson. Ultimately I was lucky to not only be able to afford the right help at the right time, but finding the right therapists and experts to hand me correct coping tools. I was also blessed to have holistic tools like meditation, breathwork, ayurveda to complement regular therapy. It made me wake up to the fact that others were not as privileged as I was. It sparked a need in me to create awareness of mental health issues, especially in the rural areas on India, where mental health is still a huge stigma. And so was born my mental health care initiative which has been the single most rewarding thing I have done in my life. Over the course of 2022 I launched and created protocols for rural schools that when implemented showed a dramatic difference in the lives of underprivileged children.
MENTAL HEALTH HANDBOOKBorn and brought up in a business family, business is in my blood, and the field in which I flourish. These following internships have taught me about finance, marketing, building business models, macroeconomics, and a lot more.
Developed a basic understanding of reading balance sheets, annual reports, analyzing profitability ratios of the company.
Understood how to judge qualitative aspects like the business model, products the company offers and macroeconomic trends
Created a report on the Indian mental health segment by analyzing 5 well funded startups like wysa (B2B mental health program for employee wellness ), MeraDost (Platform that connects to verified therapist)
Wrote an article on the differences in the startup ecosystem in the mental health segment between India and other developed countries
Understood how the fund operates with more than 20,000 subscribers.
Worked on the telephone booth to help and advise clients across the country based on the company’s strategy.
Used Tableau to visualize the ad spend based on location versus the conversion rate. Recommended how to realign google ads to better optimize ad spend and get better conversion.
Understood product marketing, product design and business strategy.
Assisted with the design of a new marketing model for the company, fine tuned the look and feel of their whole product line.
Giving back has always been number one priority for my family, and I’m not sure where exactly along the line I picked it up, but I love it. These are some of the things I have been involved in:
A crowdfunding platform where I collaborated with 6 NGOs to raise 5.5 Lakh INR to help their efforts in supporting covid hit families.
Collected 5.75 Lakh INR, to build 2 computer labs with 32 computers in total educating over 300 children in a year, teaching them basic office softwares such as word, powerpoint, excel, etc. so that they have a chance of being employed in a professional office environment rather than the norm of working as domestic staff.
Provided funds, skate equipment and education in various art and academic aspects to the students of the Kovalam Skate Club, in return they would agree to stay in school and teach me how to skate.
As I am a musician, I conducted some basic classes on singing, playing the guitar, and percussion instruments.
I raised funds for them through conducting several bake sales, collecting used skate equipment, and donations.
Conducted 40 training workshops to teach and educate underprivileged woman on how to handle a situation where they may face any kind of sexual or verbal assault.
Provided basic understanding along with physical training
Taught farmers how to approach their farming business from a entrepreneurial mindset and make it more profitable, equipping them with strategic economic tools to best monetize their farming business.
Taught Aakansha children several different topics from environmental awareness to physics, and conducted several environmental activities with them such as beach clean ups and nature walks understanding the importance of preserving local bio-diversity.
Charles Edward Ives and Franz Peter Schubert
I was a typical teenager in love with junk food. It wasn’t until my mental health struggle that I realized how connected the mind and gut were. I read many inspirational books, and started experimenting on myself. The results were astounding. Almost immediately I could tell which foods made me feel good and which didn’t. Cooking was always second nature for me, however creating these recipes took my love of cooking to another level.
Been an illustrator since childhood, and dabbled in various art forms. Part of the photography club in school.
Tae Kwan Do Black Belt
Holistic Mental Health Care Youth Clinics Across India. Mental Health Care is still a stigma all across India. My vision is to integrate traditional therapy, with holistic pillars from nutrition to meditation and make it accessible to as many youth as possible. I see it as a business but I also see it as a way to balance between the people who can afford the therapy, and give it back in a form of a non-profit centers that can work for the underprivileged.
