The Prototype Mindset | Sundar Kumarasamy | TEDxJaipur National University

Somewhere right now, a student is choosing safe over significant. A teacher is rewarding the right answer over the right question. A system is producing graduates the world does not know what to do with. This talk is about one mindset that changes all three. Sundar Kumarasamy is the Founder and CEO of Excelerate, a global experiential learning platform helping learners turn real experiences into career pathways. He brings more than 25 years of senior leadership in U.S. higher education, with roles at Northeastern University, the University of Dayton, and Saint Joseph's University. At Northeastern, he scaled the combined major into a university-wide pathway that enabled personalized, cross-disciplinary degrees. At the University of Dayton, he led innovations including tuition guarantees and free textbooks. A member of the Forbes Business Council and a graduate of executive programs at MIT Sloan, Sundar launched Excelerate in 2022 from Boston and Dubai with a simple belief: the future belongs to those who learn by doing. His work now reaches learners across more than 190 countries. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx