Sumit Singh Gandhi intends to spread work vacation culture among youth

Sumit Singh Gandhi

Imagine a life where you earn money while constantly travelling and seeing new areas. Isn't it incredible? Sumit Singh Gandhi, who is putting this life into practice, is a traveller who has been experiencing new destinations while working and keeping a great work-life balance.

He completed his Bachelors in Technology from NIT Surathkal and MBA from SP Jain, Mumbai. During his time at SPJIMR, he also started his own NGO called as Sounds of Silence which helps the hearing impaired people. After which he started working in General Electric for a few years and finally decided to do Executive Management from Harvard Business School.

In 2008 he launched his new venture CATKing, a focused Ed-Tech Company. The company has an ideology that education has the potential to revolutionise the way education is regarded around the world when combined with a strategic approach. Their main purpose is to improve the quality of education in India by focusing on a single vision: empowering people through knowledge.

He had a lot on his plate and never had time for himself and always missed exploring places. So he came up with an idea to carry his work along with him for a vacation also called as Workation. On a workation, one enjoys himself and works to maintain a perfect balance between professional and personal life.

Sumit has visited 29 countries so far, each one providing him with a unique experience. From the streets of Paris to treks of Himachal Pradesh, everything about these visits have been enjoyable for him. He believes travelling is more than merely visiting a location to see and then returning; it is more than that. He is someone who enjoys travelling to different regions of the globe. If you encounter him, he will always be carrying his lonely planet guide to the country or city he is visiting because he enjoys learning about a place and its history.

Talking about his travelling he said, "Traveling gives me joy to this day and I can never get tired of it or the experiences I get through these trips. I am a traveller, not a tourist."

His aim is to promote workation culture so that people could have a relaxing life without getting their work being disturbed. Nor does he have extensive knowledge about travelling; he has also been providing guidance to many people to prepare for entrance exams like CAT, GMAT and so on.

His organisation has received numerous awards for its efforts, including ‘Best Online CAT Coaching in India 2020,' ‘Management Coaching Institute of the Year - Entrepreneur India Education Congress 2018,' ‘Coaching Institute Of The Year 2017 - Higher Education Review,' and others.

He himself has won many awards ‘Leader in Digital Engagement Strategy Consulting (Engage7x) 2019', ‘ Digital Entrepreneur of the Year Awarded for Skill Development & Employability by Times Network, Digital India Summit 2016' and so on. He has been a TEDx Speaker at IIM Calcutta and NMIMS inspiring young minds on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership. And panellist at NASSCOM Product Conclave, Social Media Summit by US Embassy and the Tech-Innovation Summit by MET Hyderabad.

In the future, he hopes to be included on popular travel websites such as Outlook, Condenast Traveller, and Lonely Planet. With a huge following of 24.7K followers on Instagram and 1L subscribers on YouTube, he is inspiring individuals for work vacation and study for examinations.

Speaking about the bloggers he said, "There are a lot of travel bloggers in the market right now trying to outstand each other by creating different or unique content and I feel really happy to see that. Everybody is an inspiration regardless of how many followers they have. I am just happy to see people doing what they love to do."

Currently, he is involved in a covid relief project where they are trying to raise funds to help people out. Observing Sumit's life, it will undoubtedly motivate you to take a work holiday where you may work while having exciting adventures.