Geet is an Indian motivational speaker, educator, social activist and former lawyer. She rose to prominence through social media platforms, and gained popularity on the platforms

TikTok TikTok, known in China as Douyin (), is a short-form video hosting service owned by the Chinese company ByteDance. It hosts user-submitted videos, which can range in duration from 15 seconds to 10 minutes. TikTok is an international version ...

and

Facebook Facebook is an online social media and social networking service owned by American company Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin M ...

. She is one of the most prominent TikTok users in India, with over 6 million followers. She is known for her social work, helping children from the slums.

Biography

Geet was born in Delhi to a traditional Indian family and was raised in

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

. She suffered a major spinal cord injury at the age of 10 in a car accident which left her paralysed. She had initially dreamt of becoming a film actress, but the accident seemed to have dashed those hopes. However, despite her disability, she took part in a reality television show called ''

India's Best Cinestars Ki Khoj ''India's Best Cinestar Ki Khoj'' is an Indian television series that premiered on Zee TV in 2004. It is a talent show for aspiring actors, and the first prize is the lead role in a film. Two winners, one male and one female, are crowned at the ...

'' on

Zee TV Zee TV (stylised as ZEE TV) is a Hindi general entertainment pay television channel in India. It was launched on 2 October 1992, as the first privately owned TV channel in the country. It is owned by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Zee TV also ...

. While she did not make it to the final round, she gained the confidence to reignite her dreams of acting.

Career

Having studied

engineering Engineering is the use of scientific method, scientific principles to design and build machines, structures, and other items, including bridges, tunnels, roads, vehicles, and buildings. The discipline of engineering encompasses a broad rang ...

and obtained a doctorate degree in law, Geet worked as a practising lawyer in a law firm in the US before moving to New Delhi with her parents to engage in social service. Quitting her job as a lawyer before the move, she started up an NGO in India focused on helping slum children. In August 2015, she started posting inspirational motivational stories through her official Facebook account, before venturing into other social media platforms. Geet opened her official TikTok account in February 2019, and started making 15-second videos related to relationships, love, and life. She goes by the name Geet on TikTok. She also started to teach spoken

American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lan ...

to her followers through one of the channels on her TikTok account during the lockdown imposed due to the

COVID-19 pandemic in India The COVID-19 pandemic in India is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). As of , according to Indian government figures, India has the second-highest n ...

. In June 2020, the

Indian government The Government of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the Government, national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy lo ...

banned the use of TikTok in the country due to ongoing tensions with China. As of December 2020, Geet is no longer active on the platform. However, She is active on other social platforms like YouTube and Facebook.

References

External links

Instagram page - deargeetInstagram page - theofficialgeetTikTok likes, followers and views
{{DEFAULTSORT:Geet Living people Indian TikTokers 21st-century Indian women lawyers 21st-century Indian lawyers Indian motivational speakers Indian women educators Indian women activists People from New Delhi Indian people with disabilities Indian amputees Indian emigrants to the United States Indian expatriates in the United States Year of birth missing (living people)