Outliers: Meet the people who made their own way

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A weekly podcast that brings you freewheeling conversations with those who challenge the status quo, and who make a difference.

Pankaj Mishra


    • Sep 14, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    Episode 18: The entrepreneur Facebook shut down

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 75:08


    Vinay Singhal co-founded Wittyfeed, a viral news site. Fondly known as ‘Indore ka Google', the company was flying high. Till Facebook shut it down.

    Episode 17: An eye surgeon who sees beyond the possible

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 42:00


    He didn't get into medical school at first try, but luckily for ophthalmic research in India, Dr Virender Sangwan decided to try again.

    Episode 16: ‘Venture investing is art, not science'

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2021 51:08


    Meet Aviral Bhatnagar, startup investor. In this conversation, he talks about everything from engineering to seed capital to founders who build to last.

    Episode 15: Helping kids learn to help them earn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2021 35:26


    Bullied in school, Abhishek Gupta turned to math as an anchor. He's now helping underprivileged kids land jobs by teaching them programming

    Episode 14: Meet India's young water crusader

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 33:28


    At school, Garvita Gulhati learnt how gallons of water were wasted daily. Now 21, she's on a mission to conserve water through her startup, Why Waste?

    Episode 13: Putting people at the heart of software

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2021 39:36


    Never forget tech is built by people, says Mike-Cannon Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian, makers of the hugely popular Trello team collaboration tool.

    Episode 12: Ensuring education for girls in 20000 villages

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2021 34:36


    For Safeena Husain, it's been quite a ride from a Delhi tenement to the Amazon jungles to making sure girls in thousands of Indian villages go to school.

    Episode 11: The woman driving change in UP

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2021 34:46


    Teaching women to drive in small-town Uttar Pradesh is Pawani Khandelwal's way of empowering women in some of India's most conservative societies.

    Episode 10: Teacher to the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2021 43:46


    Sal Khan and Khan Academy need little introduction. Here's the origin story, the successes, the failures, and the importance of learning.

    Episode 9: Making mental wellbeing accessible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2021 37:04


    Indians often confuse mental wellness with mental illness. Co-founder and CEO of YourDost Richa Singh explains how she's been trying to change that.

    Episode 8: The importance of building lasting things

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 52:24


    Meet developer icon David Heinemeier Hansson, aka DHH, who explains the need to build lasting products and why he doesn't always listen to customers.

    Episode 7: How to change lives and protect the wild

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 33:49


    Meet Dr Krithi Karanth, the “wild innovator” who is also a wildlife conservationist, author, professor, and documentary filmmaker.

    Episode 6: How to responsibly recycle e-waste

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 36:36


    We all contribute to the 30 lakh tonnes of e-waste India generates every year. Meet Pranshu Singhal, who is trying to reduce our e-waste landfills.

    Episode 5: The teenager tackling bias in textbooks

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 31:55


    Meet Ananya Gupta, the student who has developed an AI app to identify gender bias in textbooks. She's now working on getting the textbooks changed.

    Episode 4: MapMyIndia - Digitising the real world

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 52:44


    Rohan, Rakesh, and Rashmi Verma talk about MapMyIndia -- its roots, how it stood up to Google, and how it plans to use technology to change the world.

    Episode 3: Chetan Solanki, the sun man

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 49:56


    An NGO once said he was overqualified for a job. Now, he's called ‘Solar Gandhi' as he goes cross-country in a solar-powered bus, promoting solar energy.

    Episode 2: Kris Gopalakrishnan, the value creator

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 43:16


    The Infosys co-founder talks about hard work, resilience, and the role of luck. What keeps him going? Curiosity and a desire to do things better.

    Episode 1: Supriya Sahu, a free-spirited crusader

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 34:01


    A civil servant who believes in humanity, this bureaucrat says she chose the civil services to work at the grassroots. Her motto: Make things work

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