Bangalore, Bengaluru to locals, is known as India鈥檚 Silicon Valley. A myriad of successful digital companies were founded here and continue to thrive in the subcontinents鈥� most famous innovation hub.聽
It therefore should not come as a surprise that one of its most lauded and progressive daughters who left India 15 years ago has made a name for herself, here in the UK.聽
Meet Shivvy Jervis, an innovation forecaster and world-class scenario planner called on by the United Nations, the Mayor of London and Microsoft to name a few, and accumulating no less than along the way.
Yet a career in technology broadcasting was her first ambition. And one that was fulfilled. Notching up for the likes of CNN Asia, Reuters and the Discovery Channel, Shivvy unlocked access to fascinating 鈥榯ech-for-good鈥� advances for millions.聽
Eight years in, Shivvy was headhunted by the world鈥檚 third largest telco to run their digital content like a newsroom, and went on to create two swift, successive wins (video series鈥� Digital Futures and The Trailblazers).
In extensively studying human-centred advances and presenting her view at over 300 events, many peers flagged to Shivvy that she had an innate talent to identify the forces and themes that would have a global impact in both the near and long term.聽
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Fuelled by a fire in the belly to go it alone, in 2017 she struck out as a solo female founder, setting up forecasting lab and advisory . The venture would go on to triple growth and see Shivvy invited by over 85 organisations to craft video insights, reports and headline high-octane keynotes at sold-out stadiums.
And what of the broadcasting roots? Shivvy wants to make sense of – and lift the lid on – the untold breakthroughs lesser known to the public and has developed her research into a factual, documentary series proposal.聽
鈥淎 movement to elevate humanity is coming to life,鈥� she explains. 鈥淔rom our basements and bedrooms, astounding possibilities are taking shape. These potentially powerful, yet little known, discoveries stem from not just digital technology but the firepower of science, sociology and psychology. They鈥檒l take on some of the most pressing challenges of our time – preserving our health, steadying our financial security, democratising learning, protecting the environment and elevating our mental stability.鈥澛�
As a BAME, immigrant storyteller, Shivvy acknowledges coming up against a challenging media ecosystem that 鈥渄oes not easily let new, diverse voices in. But if just one television commissioner champions the project, it will soar.鈥�
Shivvy continues to hit the heights, producing the report for the Mayor of London and taking the same stage as Barack Obama at the Oslo Business Forum. Her keynotes and broadcasts have seen her earn a Britain鈥檚 Asian Woman of Achievement award and voted one of the UK鈥檚 female Role Models for 2020.聽
Bruno Giussani, Curator of TED Talks Global has said of her: 鈥淪hivvy exhibits a remarkable capacity to uncouple the relevant from the mere buzz”.聽And Britain鈥檚 former Digital Minister Ed Vaizey lauded: 鈥淪hivvy is a future Brian Cox or Bear Grylls – a rare combination of subject matter pro with extraordinary storytelling ability鈥�.聽
We sense that the girl from Bengaluru鈥檚 own story is only just coming up to the boil.
