Archive · 31 Dec 2025
Uber Founder Celebrates 10th Birthday of Baby Born in Uber Cab
A baby named Uber Sharma was born in the backseat of an Uber cab in Delhi, India, on December 31, 2015.
His mother, Babli, couldn't find an ambulance, so she took an Uber instead.
The Uber driver, Shahnawaz Khan, helped during the emergency.
The baby was named Uber after the ride-hailing app.
Uber's co-founder, Travis Kalanick, visited the family on the baby's first birthday and set up a scholarship fund.
Ten years later, Kalanick tweeted to celebrate the baby's 10th birthday, bringing attention to this remarkable story.
A baby named Uber Sharma was born in the backseat of an Uber cab in Delhi on December 31, 2015.
The mother, Babli, couldn't find an ambulance and took an Uber instead.
Uber driver Shahnawaz Khan helped during the emergency birth.
The baby was named Uber after the ride-hailing app, following Khan's suggestion.
Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick visited the family on the baby's first birthday and established a $12,000 scholarship fund.
- Who
- Travis Kalanick (Uber co-founder), Uber Sharma (baby), Shahnawaz Khan (Uber driver), Babli (mother)
- What
- Celebration of the 10th birthday of a baby born in an Uber cab
- When
- December 31, 2015 (birth), December 30, 2025 (anniversary tweet)
- Where
- Delhi, India (birth location), Social media (anniversary tweet)
- Why
- To mark the 10th birthday of a baby named after the Uber ride-hailing app, born in an Uber cab due to unavailability of an ambulance
- Baby's Name
- Uber Sharma (Nitansh Sharma)
- Birth Date
- December 31, 2015
- Birth Location
- Backseat of an Uber cab in Delhi
- Uber Driver
- Shahnawaz Khan
- Scholarship Amount
- $12,000 (Rs 8.14 lakh)
- Anniversary Tweet
- December 30, 2025