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This is the HIGHLIGHTS episode of our conversation with Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group is at the very core a trek into the mind of a carpe diemist – one who lives in the moment, unfazed, unrattled be it tackling unforeseen situations on his trekking expeditions or helping scores of mammoth companies tackle the unexpected. In this episode Ayon speaks to me about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year in spite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight. Stay tuned! Happy listening and thank you for your support.

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! In this unbridled fun segment you’ll know Ayon’s favourite holiday experience, a scary traveling incident and what a wild elephant and Ayon have in common among other lesser known aspects of Ayon.

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year in spite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-Covid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! In this concluding segment Ayon shares tips on how one can follow a passion even with an extremely demanding career.

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! Ayon speaks about his first love – photography - in this segment which began as a teen. He loves to capture landscapes and has some 5000 neatly catalogued slide photos he often watches with his family whenever possible.

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! Ayon shares how it feels to live on the edge by recounting a thrilling trekking expedition. This is all about the mountains preserving its sanctity and exploring it with humility.

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-Covid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! In this segment, we speak of how Ayon began trekking 22 years ago in the US and how discovering that thrill made him commit himself to an annual Himalayan high elevation trek, a 3-4 month personal parallel project every year.

Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group speaks to Sunayana Nair about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-Covid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight! Digital tools notwithstanding, we speak of the missing human element in this Covid-disruption segment from the inability to subtly gauge body language, to the void of being unable to huddle and problem solve together in a room – we discuss the new normal.

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. Now, given his stellar credentials and his simple, no-nonsense bespectacled look one might presume he is the stereotypically serious IT nerd. Hmm.. But appearances are known to be deceptive of course. This conversation with Anindo unravels not only his grit and focus as we track his journey from living an unhealthy lifestyle to transforming into a besotted runner or the way he tackled challenges leading large teams across continents during the lockdown but it also reveals his funny, humorous and playful side. This is the highlights episode.

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. In this CXOfunfacts segment Get acquainted with the impish side of Anindo who was a notorious young lad in his neighborhoo; gorged on every Movie which released; who Loves quizzes and solving sudokus and whose only fear is not being able to run!

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. We speak about Anindo’s next favourite R – reading and how he picked it up from his early years since his entire family was into it. Anindo also discusses his formative years and the aspirations he nursed as a young lad. We conclude our conversation with Anindo’s perspective on success and the indisputable role running has played in his success story.

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. In segment 5, We go down a slightly philosophical road as we discuss how running has helped Anindo and how in turn it has also helped others around him – colleagues and family – discover a passion beyond work.

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. This segment is enriched with lots of tips and learnings from Anindo’s journey as a runner. He shares why he hasn’t felt the inspiration to run any of the world majors. We discuss virtual runs and ponder about how running might evolve in the future.

This is the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. Now, every runner has a story about how it all began. And how could we not have spoken about that with Anindo who ran his first full marathon within 3 years of him staring running in 2008 with the Cauvery trail marathon?! We also touch upon, in this segment several personal experiences as Anindo shares how working on Strength and flexibility are as critical as building stamina for a runner.

Hello there! Since we began TalkCXOLife series around three years ago, it’s been our endeavour to get you stories celebrating the smallest joys which when nurtured, grow to yield a treasure trove of happiness. To trace euphoria to its initial moments of trepidation or plain oblivion. To crack the code of maintaining a fine line between consistently working on a passion (‘coz it does require work) and infusing passion into work. Celebrating the journey rather than only the destination. And as we approach the season finale of TalkCXOlife podcasts as we’ve known it, my conversation with Ayon Banerjee, Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group is at the very core a trek into the mind of a carpe diemist – one who lives in the moment, unfazed, unrattled be it tackling unforeseen situations on his trekking expeditions or helping scores of mammoth companies tackle the unexpected. In this episode Ayon speaks to Sunayana Nair, Editor, CXO Life about his love for the mountains and how since 2006 he’s almost always kept up his ritual of doing a Himalayan High Elevation Trek a year inspite of his crazy hectic schedule. We also speak of his first love – slide photography apart from conversing about some things fun in the Funfacts section, some stuff serious like pandemic lessons and outlook of consulting in the post-COvid era and some musings like taking the road less traveled. In fact to keep going undeterred even when there’s no road in sight. Stay tuned! Happy listening and thank you for your support.

In this TalkCXOLife edition we are featuring the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. In this segment we speak about what work-life balance means in the current times of WFH. Anindo Ganguly shares how his running has helped him stay strong and how he has managed to not only keep track of his running goals, but in fact ace it during the lockdown.

In this TalkCXOLife edition we are featuring the story of a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. Get set to meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Now, Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. In this segment, we speak about the challenges Anindo faced in terms of leading and managing teams across continents especially India during the initial months of the pandemic. He shares his thoughts on the changes the IT industry will undergo and how the world (as we know it) is set for a massive transformation in the coming decade.

In this edition of TalkCXOLife, we are looking at a CXO who refused to rely on 'magic pills' to bail him out of a health crisis but instead claimed his freedom by putting his legs (and his will) to good use. By running! He not only disproved his physician's outlook but transformed into an avid marathoner and is now a runner for life. So, Get set and meet Anindo Ganguly, Director & Delivery Leader, DXC Technology (UK). Anindo has worked with some of the biggest IT giants in leadership roles with Infosys (UK), Sasken, Wipro Technologies among others. Now, given his stellar credentials and his simple, no-nonsense bespectacled look one might presume he is the stereotypically serious IT nerd. But appearances are known to be deceptive of course. In this conversation with Sunayana Nair, Editor CXO Life, Anindo unravels not only his grit and focus as we track his journey from living an unhealthy lifestyle to transforming into a besotted runner or the way he tackled challenges leading large teams across continents during the lockdown but it also reveals his funny, humorous and playful side. Anindo’s passion for running is evident as we discuss almost every factor related to running and though it is the longest we’ve dwelled on running, yet it is one of the breeziest conversations! It’s also quite special as we soon near the season finale of the TalkCXOLife series. So, go on, grab those pair of shoes. Quite sure you’ll be motivated to go for that run once you listen to this!

This is the highlights of Sunayana's conversation with Zac Hollis, Director Sales, Service, and Marketing, SKODA India.

Zac is Simply Clever as he obliges us with his spontaneity and wit in this CXO Fun Facts segment as we unravel so many layers of his wonderful personality.

We speak of Zac’s rather interesting venture as an erstwhile sports bar owner in Prague and the lessons it taught him. His meaning of success and why it is so important for this zesty leader-on-the-go to enjoy himself at any given time.

We couldn’t not have had a segment on Cars with Zac Hollis of course and here it is! We dwell on Skoda’s GreenFuture strategy, Elon Musk & attempt to demystify Cars rather our relationship with it (OMG did I just say that) in the Post-pandemic world.

Zac speaks about his love for cricket and fondly recalls his formative years raised on a poultry farm in England. He shares his experience of having been able to work from his home in England whilst helping his father with the bees on their farm and spending a day fly fishing with his dad after years.

Zac shares how he has maintained his runs, bike rides and his biking dates with friends checking all his fitness goals during this pandemic. He speaks of his initiation into running, his most memorable run which is running the London Marathon and doing the Ironman. And you don’t want to miss his formula of accomplishing every goal he sets.

Zac speaks on leading and managing one of the biggest auto players and keeping on track the Volkswagen India 2.0 strategy amidst the pandemic. He speaks about the many initiatives undertaken by Skoda to ensure the mental and physical wellbeing of the employees, taking tough decisions, working-from-home and dealing with the work-life balance conundrum during the pandemic.

In this latest edition of TalkCXOLife, we present to you an automotive leader credited with leading the Skoda brand to record market share & profit in Ireland and in a subsequent role, almost doubling Skoda's business in China within 3 years. Currently leading one of the most critical markets for Skoda - India at a crucial juncture, backed by his three-decade-rich worldwide experience with the Volkswagen group, Zac Hollis, Director Sales, Service, and Marketing, SKODA India is also an active sportsperson, a marathoner, an Ironman, a proud dad, an erstwhile clay pigeon shooting champion, and was a show-quality-chicken breeder as a young boy, raised on a poultry farm in England! Well, we did save some of the best for our last episode for this year and so hop on for a delightful ride wherein we explore so many work-life facets of this witty leader - From the perspectives he garnered during this pandemic; taking tough business decisions over Skype; the importance of work-life balance; cars & cricket; his success mantras which includes having a passion beyond the cubicle; his very interesting sports-bar venture which he exited during the lockdown & the secret of acing every goal set, be it selling 100 million cars or doing an Ironman – we’ve discussed it all.

In the concluding segment, Geoff Meyer MD Ironman Asia speaks of the ways he managed to remain fit during lockdown and shares some key lessons he learned through his experience of being at the helm of the Asian operations of the largest sports participation events platform in the world.

In this fourth segment, Geoff Meyer MD Ironman Asia speaks in-depth regarding the changes implemented across stages for ensuring physical races and events organized by Ironman, although few and far between, are safe and adhere to all the relevant government protocols. We also discuss the physical Ironman races which are scheduled to happen in the near future. Fingers crossed!

Imagine managing & conducting a globally renowned sporting event in a foreign country from the confines of your home. Geoff Meyer, MD Ironman Asia speaks of the challenges and initiatives undertaken to keep Ironman employees engaged & motivated, the support provided to local vendors in these trying times while we also touch upon the recent takeover of Ironman by Advance.

In this second segment, Geoff speaks about the various cost-intensive virtual races & training programmes having been developed and conducted by Ironman, provided for engaging and motivating Ironman athletes across the world.

In this first segment with we dive into the measures taken by Ironman globally for conducting the handful of physical races worldwide, the learnings from these very few Ironman events conducted so far & the status of the Ironman races to be held in the immediate future.

Hey! you are listening to TalkCXOLife. We bring to you a brand new conversation with Geoff Meyer, MD - Ironman, Asia. Happy Listening!

Hey! you are listening to TalkCXOLife. Enjoy our Full Conversation with Padmakar Kappagantula. Chairman, MD & Director HR, Bharat Petroleum (BPCL). Happy Listening!

Chances are you wouldn’t but did you know that – Padmakar’s greatest fear if of being lost in a room without any openings. Well, not surprising for the man who loves his light and his colors. Listen to some more fun facts on Padmakar in this unmissable CXO Fun Facts segment!

So, what is success? In this segment Padmakar shares how for him, it is about sleeping well without regrets and helping at least a few understand themselves better. He also shares how he moved past his difficulty of receiving, why that is important and his gratitude to God for his imperfections.

In this brief segment, we step into the play of light and darkness as we explore Padmakar’s love for photography, especially black and white stills. A passion inherited from his uncles, Padmakar shares how one’s hands need to be strong to capture shots and how he still doesn’t feel the need to use tripods. Street photography and nature, enthuse him the most. So let’s click away.

In continuation with my conversation with Padmakar on art and his love for painting, we touch upon, in this segment, an artist’s quest, influence of art on professional sphere, pearls of wisdom he received from an art connoisseur decades ago which he still abides by when painting, his post-retirement plans of traveling the world and perhaps setting up a studio.

In this segment, we unravel the mind of an artist. Padmakar speaks on how painting helps to process one’s experiences and the world around. How art bridges the gap between pragmatism and the utopian world one lives within as an artist. A self-taught painter, Padmakar speaks about the brief but significant training he received some years ago from Kashinath Salve, retired dean of JJ School of Art and how it helped him learn some technical rules, which he is prone to disregard. While Padmakar has participated in art exhibitions and shows, including in Paris and UK, they have been largely group shows. So we bring great news when we announce that he is currently working on his first solo exhibition on theme “Framework & Phenomena “ which will be exhibited in Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai in October 2020.

In the second segment, we briefly delve into Padmakar’s academic and career trajectory: from graduating in an unusual and interesting discipline - agriculture – to studying human resources in the renowned TISS (Tata Institute of Social Sciences) to working with Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) for over three decades. He reflects how one mustn’t typecast people and the importance of recognising the passions and interests of employees and encouraging them. BTW, if you haven’t yet already, do check our earlier released Keep it Alive podcast with Padmakar and his stellar initiative of rolling out iPassion platform at BPCL for building passion-based communities within the organisation and even the industry.

This is the Highlights segment of our full conversation with Salil Murthy.  Visit www.cxolife.com to catch the full conversation. Happy Listening!

In this first segment, we delve into Padmakar’s childhood – a wonderful world of imagination as he puts it, surrounded by his favourite books and illustrations which provided a painfully shy boy a cocoon to discover and nourish his artistic skills as a young child. He speaks of his growing years in Secunderabad & Chennai, his first painting of a blue elephant as a young kid, the role of his immediate and extended family in influencing his perspectives and rooting his artistic frame of mind. Happy listening.

Is Salil superstitious before a run? What is his favourite comfort food? Did you know that Salil had interviewed Sir Arthur C Clarke as a journalist?! Find out more such interesting titbits on Salil through this CXO FunFacts segment!

Listen to Salil share how his biggest commitment is to keep alive the curiosity within him and his son. It's this that led him to understand what he loves to do and presented to him a myriad opportunities. Even though Salil applied this simple and diligent approach with the intent of only ‘achieving certain local maxima’, he amazed himself at the way it magically led him to constantly reinvent his own potential, without planning or obsessing over any particular outcome.

In this segment, Salil shares the importance of having a positive work culture that promotes bringing one’s most ‘authentic self’ to work, the tone for which, Salil ascertains, is set at the top. He shares numerous initiatives undertaken at General Mills to encourage and empower its 500 employees, whom Salil feels most accountable towards.  Happy Listening!

This segment is about Salil’s love for golf. He had won quite a few corporate tournaments in Singapore before winning the Turkish Airlines World Golf Cup for Bombay in 2016. He has represented India at the World Amateur finals in Turkey. More recently, in 2018, he also won the Indo American Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament at ITC Classic, Delhi. Salil shares how what began as hitting a grounder a decade ago, became a joy for Salil that now comes close only to him spending time with his family. 

In this segment, we discuss running. Salil is an avid runner, having participated in numerous marathons across the globe, including four Abbot World Majors. He ran his fourth world major in Berlin in September 2018 (a few months before the interview).  From struggling to complete a kilometer on a treadmill to running races around the world, backed by his competitive spirit, discover how Salil surprised people around him including himself with his self-driven, feisty flight. 

In this segment, Listen to Salil share key life milestones encircling the roles he identifies himself with primarily - of a husband and father, a leader at work, a runner and a golfer. Want to crack the code on work-life balance? Salil, simply boils it down to gaining clarity about what one likes to do, is good at doing and what gives one satisfaction and well.. then focusing on those aspects. 

Hey! you are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In this conversation we speak of his foray into employee engagement, his perspectives on the subject, why he believes the HR has been inappropriately perceived to be responsible for this function which actually forays into marketing, how fun proved to be a business game-changer, how easy/difficult and important it is to infuse fun into engagement and how clarity regarding engagement objectives matter in the long run. We also speak about some of the unique service propositions offered by engage4more including CTC - Corporate Talent Championship - a one-of-a-kind corporate reality show, judging employee talent on music, acting, singing and dancing for companies across the length and breadth of India, how technology remains the solution for the problems it is set to pose in engaging with employees increasingly in a gig economy or with a scattered workforce and three engage4more apps suitably designed to address these concerns, and also Nishant’s future plans. We also delve briefly into a bit of his background while also having fun listening to him beatbox and sharing his experiences on a past love, standup routines. Ok! That’s it for now. Stay tuned for this fun conversation! Happy Listening! Stay safe!

Hey! you are listening to the KIA series by TalkCXOLife and before I introduce our next guest, I hope and pray you and your loved ones are healthy, safe and sound and continue to be so during these very trying times! We are in this together and so may our commitment to ensure the wellbeing of ourselves and the society at large prevail! Alright, no preaching now coz it isn’t fun at all is it. But you know what is? Imagine playing the drums or snakes and ladders or cuddling a pet or whipping up a dish whilst at work. No, we aren’t talking about working from home which is what offices the world over have had to adhere to, almost overnight. But about actually playing and having fun at work. Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In this conversation we speak of his foray into employee engagement, his perspectives on the subject, why he believes the HR has been inappropriately perceived to be responsible for this function which actually forays into marketing, how fun proved to be a business game-changer, how easy/difficult and important it is to infuse fun into engagement and how clarity regarding engagement objectives matter in the long run. We also speak about some of the unique service propositions offered by engage4more including CTC - Corporate Talent Championship - a one-of-a-kind corporate reality show, judging employee talent on music, acting, singing and dancing for companies across the length and breadth of India, how technology remains the solution for the problems it is set to pose in engaging with employees increasingly in a gig economy or with a scattered workforce and three engage4more apps suitably designed to address these concerns, and also Nishant’s future plans. We also delve briefly into a bit of his background while also having fun listening to him beatbox and sharing his experiences on a past love, standup routines. Ok! That’s it for now. Stay tuned for this fun conversation! Happy Listening! Stay safe!

Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. In the concluding segment of our conversation with Nishant Parashar we speak of his love for beatboxing, stand up routines and running. Nishant also shares how he is committed to keep alive the curiosity spark within him forever.  We also have some fun when Nishant beatboxes to one of his favourite songs ‘Kabhi kabhi mere dil mai’ and one of my favourite Rafi Sahab hits – Likhe jo khat tujhe.  Happy listening. 

Meet Nishant Parashar, Founder of engage4more, a leading employee engagement firm in Mumbai. Nishant who was also awarded the Business World Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2010, within about a year of setting up engage4more, shares how engaging with people and eliciting a response from them through events, activities have driven him since young. The seventh segment is all about taking a trip down the memory lanes. We speak about Nishant’s formative years and his personal milestones. Nishant reveals how he acquired a defined direction in life only when he started college. Hostel life proved to be a major transformative part of his life. It was in college where in spite of his reticent nature he discovered his love for organizing events, connecting with people and enjoying the thrill of evoking responses and handling them, since events don’t always go as planned now, do they?  Stay tuned.

In this segment, Nishant shares how employee engagement is relevant and important across industries, regardless of the organisation’s size. He associates this with the changes in corporate culture marked by open workplaces, relaxed work attire and even the startup era.  We also speak about the underestimated power of a genuine conversation within the context of engagement and Nishant’s future plans of expanding his services to a million offices across India and of building an authentic Indian brand globally.  Stay Tuned.