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What does it take to build original deep tech in India, get some of the country's largest companies to adopt it, and eventually take the business to a ₹1,000+ crore IPO?In 2007, Professor Shashikanth Suryanarayanan started @SEDEMAC Mechatronics out of an IIT Bombay lab. Nearly two decades later, SEDEMAC has become one of India's standout deep-tech success stories. The company crossed ₹1,000 crore in annual revenue, ships around 1 million motor controllers every quarter, and its ISG (Integrated Starter Generator) technology is now on an estimated 12 to 13 million vehicles on the road.It also reached a milestone very few Indian deep-tech companies do: the public markets, through a ₹1,087 crore IPO that was entirely an Offer for Sale, with no fresh capital raised by the company.In this episode of the Prime Venture Partners Podcast, Jerome Manuel sits down with Shashikanth to explore how SEDEMAC went from building proprietary control technologies to creating products adopted by major two-wheeler and generator manufacturers.00:00 Introduction00:59 What Does a Motor Controller Do?03:53 What Is Control Technology?08:43 The Sensorless Commutation Problem16:55 How Technology Creates New Markets22:44 How Sedemac Reached Millions of Vehicles27:33 Why India Needs More Original Technology31:34 “You Will Not Produce a Virat Kohli in Spain”41:50 What Made Sedemac Work?47:40 Building a Technical Team54:53 From Professor to Founder1:00:27 Getting OEMs to Adopt Deep Tech1:09:19 ₹36 Crore to ₹1,058 Crore1:20:08 Competitive Advantage, Profitability & ROCE1:22:44 The Road AheadShashikanth explains SEDEMAC's work in sensorless commutation and Integrated Starter Generators, but the bigger story is how a technology moves from an engineering breakthrough to something millions of people actually use. SEDEMAC had to demonstrate something customers were not asking for, convince large OEMs to test it, validate it over years, and gradually earn adoption across multiple vehicle models.That leads to one of the central ideas of the conversation: technology creators do not always enter existing markets. Sometimes they create the market itself.Finally, Shashikanth breaks down SEDEMAC's growth from ₹36 crore in revenue in 2016 to ₹1,058 crore in FY26, and makes a provocative argument: if a technology company has genuinely created something differentiated and reached scale, that advantage should eventually show up in pricing power, profitability and capital efficiency.A rare look at what it takes to turn deep-tech innovation into a scaled business in India.Connect with Professor Shashikant LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashikanth-suryanarayanan-6ba85010/Follow Jerome ManuelX (Twitter):https://x.com/JeromeAndManuelLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeromermanuelRead the transcript for the entire podcast here: https://bit.ly/SEDEMAC-Mechatronics About Prime Venture PartnersPrime Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders building category-defining technology companies across SaaS, fintech, AI, healthcare, consumer internet and enterprise software.Learn more: Prime Venture PartnersFollow Prime Venture Partners:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2780448/admin/dashboard/X (Twitter): https://x.com/Primevp_inInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/primevp_in/Learn more about:Website: https://www.sedemac.com/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/company/sedemac-mechatronics#DeepTech #OEM #Innovation #Entrepreneurship

How do you go from seeing the Google website load for the first time on a campus computer screen in Mumbai to building and exiting three tech ventures, writing The Golden Tap, and buying back your company from VCs — all while navigating the rapid rise of AI?In this episode of TRUST ME I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, host Dr. Abhay Dandekar sits down with serial entrepreneur, investor, author, and HyperTrack Founder & CEO Kashyap Deorah. Kashyap shares his journey across changing tech cycles, from falling in love with the internet at IIT Bombay to building and exiting three tech ventures, capturing the Indian tech ecosystem in his bestselling book The Golden Tap, and making the bold decision to buy back HyperTrack from venture capital investors to become a management-owned company.  Kashyap also breaks down his philosophy on why "technology accelerates human behavior rather than equalizing opportunity," how startup scaling accelerated from 0-to-1M in 18 months to 0-to-100M in 18 months, why high school dropouts building AI-native tools are outperforming legacy pivots, and why deep emotional connection and empathy remain the core operating system for tech leaders.  If you enjoy deep conversations on entrepreneurship, venture capital, technology, and identity across the global South Asian community, please LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE! --------------------------⏱️ CHAPTERS / TIMESTAMPS00:00 - Teaser: Why Technology Accelerates Human Behavior01:46 - IIT Bombay, Google & Falling in Love with Entrepreneurship06:32 - The Accelerated Startup Pace: AI-Native Founders vs. Legacy Pivots09:53 - Building HyperTrack: Gig Workforce Logistics & Field Automation15:54 - Sponsor Break: TRAVELOPOD and Lotus Lane Coffee16:52 - Capital Concentration & Shifting Venture Capital Dynamics19:53 - Why We Bought Back Our Startup From VCs24:35 - Hard Truths for Founders: M&A Realities, Valuations & Misalignment28:58 - Sponsor Break: Timberdog Ruffrest29:25 - Tech Polarization, Vipassana Meditation & Consciousness36:00 - Reconnecting Feeling with Thinking in Tech Leadership43:32 - Outro & Diaspora Community Shoutouts  --------------------------EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS & KEY TAKEAWAYS:• The Core Operating System: Why human relationship building, empathy, and active listening remain constant anchors despite hyper-accelerating tech cycles.• Buying Back Your Startup: How HyperTrack realigned with investors to buy back VCs/PEs and transition to a profitable, management-owned business.• Tech Accelerates Human Behavior: Why technology doesn't automatically equalize opportunity, but rather accelerates existing human tendencies and polarization.• Leading with Feeling: How Vipassana meditation and connecting at an emotional level help founders make better decisions in an AI-driven world.GUEST & HOST RESOURCES:

Dinakara Nagalla spent two decades building mission-critical software for airlines, then sold EmpowerMX to Swedish enterprise giant IFS. His next act is Menthra, an AI-powered emotional wellbeing platform that hit 50,000 downloads in under two months in India.In this episode he explains why he walked away from aviation, how Menthra's memory layer works differently from ChatGPT or Gemini, why he refuses to call it just a chatbot, and how the platform hands you over to a real human therapist the moment AI stops being the right answer.Dinakara began his career as a research engineer at IIT Bombay in 1995 before moving into aviation technology at American Airlines and EDS. He went on to found EmpowerMX, the first cloud-based MRO platform for aviation, which IFS acquired in 2024. He is the author of "Becoming Human: Embracing Imperfection and Finding Purpose" and the speaker behind the TEDx talk "The Algorithm That Broke Me". Menthra is headquartered in Frisco, Texas, with Indian operations through Menthra India Private Limited.Chapters:00:00 - Introduction00:51 - From IIT Bombay to Aviation: The Early Years03:20 - American Airlines, EDS and Deciding to Leave04:22 - Building EmpowerMX: Cloud for Aircraft Maintenance05:26 - The Name "Menthra": Where Mind Meets Heart06:52 - Why Should Everyday Problems Take Years to Solve?07:34 - More Than a Chatbot: AI, Therapists and Coaching10:04 - How Menthra's Memory Differs from ChatGPT12:37 - The User Journey and the Free Tier14:25 - Conversation Styles: Oracle, Best Friend, Therapist16:11 - When the AI Hands You Over to a Human16:53 - Pricing an Expensive AI Product19:21 - Go-To-Market: Digital, Campus Events and CHROs20:28 - 50,000 Downloads in Under Two Months23:36 - The 18-Month Roadmap: Workplaces and Universities26:05 - Going Global: 18 Countries by Year End27:29 - India's Mental Health Gap and the Stigma Problem28:34 - Building a Credentialed Clinician Network29:37 - Closing Thoughts---About ELI Podcast:ELI (Entrepreneur's Live Interviews) brings you inspiring stories from India's startup ecosystem. Real founders, real journeys, real insights.Website: https://eli-podcast.com

The conversation opens with a useful baseline on both countries. Australia has world-class mining equipment, technology, and services capabilities, and its mining sector contributes roughly 10 to 15 percent of GDP, yet it remains predominantly a raw material exporter with limited domestic demand. India has a large and growing demand for minerals to fuel its manufacturing ambitions, a vast talent pool, and competitive labour and energy costs, but has historically underinvested in systematic exploration, reserve creation, and processing relative to its long-term needs. The complementarity is clear, but Professor Yellishetty is equally clear about what is missing: while government-to-government and university-to-university engagement is working well through mechanisms such as the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, the Ministry of Mines MoU, and KABIL's engagement with Australia's Critical Minerals Facilitation Office, the business-to-business piece  On the Australia-India Critical Minerals Research Hub (AICMRH), the conversation traces its origins to a community of practice that came together during the COVID-19 lockdown, eventually growing to around 150 researchers. The Hub has since hosted national symposiums, submitted recommendations to ministries on both sides, and facilitated student exchanges, with institutional partnerships including Monash University's collaborations with IIT Bombay and IIT Hyderabad. Professor Yellishetty notes that the Hub's policy recommendations fed into discussions around India's first critical minerals list and the announcement of Centres of Excellence (CoE) under the National Critical Minerals Mission, launched in 2025. The next step, he argues, is institutionalising this through a Joint Centre of Excellence that can anchor commercial outcomes alongside research, including moving promising technologies such as environmentally benign processing methods like deep eutectic solvents from laboratory to pilot scale and eventually to commercial deployment. Looking ahead, Professor Yellishetty organises the India-Australia opportunity into five buckets: policy and trade, technology research and development, investment and financing, skills and capacity building, and ESG learning. He sees particular promise in co-developing processing technologies rather than simply transferring them, spanning rare earth extraction, lithium value chains, and environmentally safer processing, as well as co-investing in third countries like Indonesia and Vietnam that hold significant mineral reserves. He also situates the bilateral relationship within the wider Quad framework, where Australia contributes mining and ESG expertise, Japan brings capital and downstream processing experience, and the United States offers technology and intellectual property, alongside India's scale and human capital. The ambition, ultimately, is to build India into not just a consumer of critical minerals but a processing hub capable of serving western markets. Every two weeks, Interpreting India brings you diverse voices from India and around the world to explore the critical questions shaping the nation's future. We delve into how technology, the economy, and foreign policy intertwine to influence India's relationship with the global stage.As a Carnegie India production, hosted by Carnegie scholars, Interpreting India, a Carnegie India production, provides insightful perspectives and cutting-edge by tackling the defining questions that chart India's course through the next decade.Stay tuned for thought-provoking discussions, expert insights, and a deeper understanding of India's place in the world.Don't forget to subscribe, share, and leave a review to join the conversation and be part of Interpreting India's journey.

You've heard about my 4-hour sleep cycle, but you don't know the full story. In this candid ART #199, I reveal the immense, unyielding pressure of the competitive exams and coaching world that drove this extreme path. It wasn't a choice—it was a necessary survival strategy. I break down the intense mindset and mental strategies I had to forge to truly outperform the competition and navigate that reality. This is the unvarnished truth of the aspirant's journey.

Most founders chase venture capital like oxygen, but the man who pulled off India's first major dot-com exit built a bootstrapped SaaS company to over $100M in revenue without a single growth round. He also argues that $500 billion of global ad spend is being set on fire every year, and that marketing as we know it is quietly broken. The man behind India's first internet portal, Rajesh Jain sold IndiaWorld to Sify for $115 million in 1999, a deal he closed in 15 days at 166 times revenue, just before the dot-com bubble burst. He then spent nearly a decade failing at everything before turning Netcore Cloud into a full-stack MarTech platform now serving 6,500+ brands across 40 countries, helping them retain customers across email, WhatsApp, and AI-driven personalization. Across this conversation with host Akshay Datt, Rajesh explains why 90% of marketing budgets go to acquisition while customers quietly churn, why he runs his company like an autocracy rather than a democracy, and how MarTech AI agents and "AI twins" will reshape customer retention marketing. As the AI boom draws constant comparisons to 1999, hearing from a founder who survived one bubble and is now betting on the next makes this especially timely.

Most Indians, when they get a job at Microsoft in Seattle, never look back. Rishi Bal did look back. He left a comfortable engineering career in the US — at one of the world's most valuable tech companies — and came home to build something India doesn't yet have: its own AI. Today, Rishi is the CEO of BharatGen — India's first government-funded sovereign AI initiative, anchored at IIT Bombay, supported by the Department of Science & Technology. Under his leadership, the team has just released Param 2 — a 17 billion parameter foundation model, built "from first byte to final model," entirely in India, across 22 Indian languages. This is a Swades story. For the AI age. In this conversation with Roshan Cariappa on Bharatvaarta, Rishi unpacks why sovereign AI isn't a buzzword — it's the difference between India having control over its own digital future, or being shut off by a foreign company tomorrow. What we cover: - Why he walked away from Microsoft and came home - What "sovereign AI" really means — the 3 layers nobody explains - The engine-and-steering-wheel metaphor for AI - The aircraft analogy: application layer vs ground floor - BharatGen, Param 2, and the 22-language project - Why India stands the most to lose from AI disruption - The "free isn't really free" problem with foreign AI - Why the biggest bottleneck is talent, not technology - India's "find the India model" approach ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction: Why India Could Lose the AI Race 00:35 Meet Rishi Bal: Building India's Sovereign AI 01:07 What Does AI Sovereignty Actually Mean? 02:47 Why India Cannot Depend on Foreign AI Forever 04:02 Should India Build Its Own AI Stack? 07:00 Building AI vs Just Using AI 08:00 USA Model vs China Model vs India Model 10:14 India's Biggest AI Opportunity 12:52 The Hidden Challenge: AI Doesn't Understand India 14:29 Inside India's Sovereign AI Mission 16:38 Can India Really Build World-Class AI? 18:15 AI Will Transform Education, Law & Healthcare 21:24 The Hardest Problem in Indian AI 22:39 India's Biggest AI Bottleneck: Talent 24:07 Advice for Every Student Entering the AI Era 25:24 The Real Cost of Free Technology 27:30 Can Indian AI Compete With OpenAI? 29:18 The UPI Playbook for AI 31:50 Why Ecosystems Matter More Than Startups 33:00 Digitising India's Knowledge & Manuscripts 34:02 Brain Drain: Why Talent Still Leaves India 35:50 How Governments Are Preparing For AI 37:49 What Rishi Learned Moving From Microsoft To Government 39:15 Why Global Talent Is Looking At India Again 41:00 India's AI Future: Optimism vs Reality 43:30 What Happens If India Misses This AI Moment? 46:50 Why India Must Become an AI Creator, Not Just a User 47:21 How You Can Contribute To India's AI Mission 48:15 Final Thoughts

This week on Catalyst, Tammy is joined by Abhijit Sunil, Senior Analyst at Forrester Research, where he leads flagship research programs on IT sustainability, sustainability management, and climate risk. Abhijit traces his remarkable journey from designing robotics labs at IIT Bombay to consulting at Ericsson and McKinsey, before landing at Forrester where a flood of client questions about data center efficiency set him on the path to sustainability research. He shares how volunteering as a teacher in Mumbai's slums profoundly shaped his worldview—giving him a lens for seeing optimization and sustainability as deeply human issues, not just technical ones. Tammy and Abhijit also dig into the double-edged nature of AI, from its staggering energy demands to its extraordinary potential to democratize access, and why the answer to almost every big question in sustainability lives somewhere in the Goldilocks zone between extremes.Please note that the views expressed may not necessarily be those of NTT DATA.Links: Abhijit Sunil Learn more about Launch by NTT DATASee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

India's GPU footprint is on track to grow 40x by 2030, from ~50,000 today to a couple of million. That number is bigger than any public forecast. Sharad Sanghi has the unusual standing to make it: he built Netmagic into India's most significant datacenter business, and he's now running Neysa, the only neo cloud in India that Semi Analysis has rated, backed by Blackstone.In this episode of Intelligent Indians, Rajinder Balaraman and Sharad cover:1. Why neo clouds exist as a category, and what hyperscalers structurally can't do for one market 2. The ITQ case study: how to define ROI before infrastructure 3. The three infra mistakes that quietly cost AI teams 10x their compute spend 4. Why power, not GPUs, is the real bottleneck, and why 50% of India's data centre capacity sits in one city 5. What  India's AI Mission could actually unlock in the next phaseIf you're building AI infrastructure in India, tracking the space as an investor, or working on policy in the area, this is the operator view. From someone whose entire balance sheet depends on getting the call right.Chapters 00:00 India's AI Moment The Big Picture02:00 Welcome Introducing Sharath of Neysa03:30 How He Built India's First Data Centre with NetMagic06:00 How ChatGPT Sparked the Idea for Neysa18:00 India is 2nd Largest AI Consumer 21:00 50,000 GPUs Today. 2 Million by 2028 24:30 Neysa vs AWS, GCP, Azure 28:00 Why Indian Banks Are Early AI Adopters31:30 Financial Services, Healthcare, Manufacturing 35:00 PhonePe, Perfios, Hungama - Real AI Use Cases in India38:30 Why Most AI Projects Stay in Pilot and Never Reach Production52:30 GPU Obsolescence Risk — How Neysa Manages It55:00 Healthcare, Education, Agriculture — Where Founders Should Build58:30 IIT Bombay and the Bharat Gyan Project1:01:00 Why India Needs to Keep Its AI Talent at Home1:04:00 Why He Refused to Flip the Company Outside India1:06:30 What It Takes to Make India the AI Research Capital of the World

Dr Anil Kakodkar is one of the senior-most living architects of India's atomic energy programme and a Padma Vibhushan awardee. He joined the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre in 1964. He served as Director of BARC from 1996 to 2000 and as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, from 2000 to 2009.He was among the small group of scientists at Pokhran for India's first nuclear test — Smiling Buddha — on 18 May 1974, and played a central role a quarter-century later in the five Pokhran-II nuclear tests in May 1998 that established India as a declared nuclear weapons state.As a working engineer through the long sanctions era, he designed and built the Dhruva research reactor entirely indigenously, led the development of pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) systems that today form the backbone of India's civilian fleet, and rehabilitated Units 1 and 2 of the Madras Atomic Power Station after the 1989 failure of their moderator inlet manifolds — both reactors had been on the verge of being written off. He conceptualised the Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), a 300 MW thorium-fuelled design that remains central to India's three-stage nuclear power programme.His team at BARC designed the miniaturised 83 MW pressurised light water reactor that powers INS Arihant, completing India's nuclear triad. Between 2005 and 2008, he was the technical anchor of the Indian negotiating team — alongside Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Shivshankar Menon and Shyam Saran — that delivered the 123 Agreement with the United States, the India-IAEA safeguards agreement, and the September 2008 Nuclear Suppliers Group waiver that ended three decades of India's nuclear isolation.A lifelong champion of thorium as the foundation of India's long-term energy sovereignty — India holds roughly a quarter of the world's known thorium reserves — he has continued to argue, well into his eighties, that abandoning the thorium path would be a serious strategic error. Beyond nuclear, he has chaired the Board of Governors of IIT Bombay, led high-level committees on Indian Railways safety and Maharashtra higher education, helped establish NISER and the Homi Bhabha National Institute, and currently chairs Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited.

This is about How BJP Pulled Off The Biggest Political Comeback Of Our Generation! Behind the historic BJP victory wasn't just a charismatic leader — it was a small group of professionals who quietly built India's first real digital election machine. Shashi Shekhar Vempati was one of them. A decade later, he became the first non-bureaucrat CEO of Prasar Bharati, took on India's biggest media reform challenge, and is now one of the most important voices on India's AI future — co-founding AI4India and recently appointed Chairperson of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). This isn't a political conversation. It's a conversation about power — how it's won, how it's lost, and what it'll take for India to hold its own in the next decade. In this conversation with Roshan Cariappa on Bharatvaarta, Shashi takes us inside the digital war room that helped propel PM Modi to power in 2014 —We cover: - How a small group of techies helped BJP win 2014 - Why digital became the new battleground for elections - The dark side of social media — deepfakes, algorithms, influence operations - Why India has no BBC or Al-Jazeera equivalent - The "lost decade" inside Indian bureaucracy (2004-2014) - Why we don't have an Indian ChatGPT (yet) - AI for India: language, voice, sovereignty - The "lag and leap" theory of Indian tech - Modi as a leader — what makes him different - Advice for young Indians who want to contribute

India is in the middle of one of the largest energy transitions in human history. Who shapes it, and how, will have consequences that stretch well beyond the country. On this episode of Unusual Suspects, host Gaurav Choudhury speaks with Shruti Deorah, Founding Executive Director of the India Energy and Climate Center at UC Berkeley, to understand how philanthropy can play a role in getting that transition right.Shruti's path to this work is anything but accidental. An electrical engineer from IIT Bombay, she has spent her career moving between institutions—the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission, the Observer Research Foundation, the Clinton Climate Initiative, each step a deliberate choice to build public goods. In 2021, she and her husband formalized a personal philanthropy practice focused on education, climate, and gender equity. In this episode, Shruti traces that journey and makes the case that what the diaspora has to offer goes well beyond funding—into expertise, institutional access, and the willingness to stay with problems that won't resolve within neat timelines.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Rachana Agrawal (Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur) about the early stages of space exploration — where missions are imagined, analysed, and designed long before launch. We discuss what goes into planning planetary missions, including renewed interest in Venus, and then turn to her journey into aerospace, from IIT Bombay […] The post #37 The Science Behind Planning Space Missions appeared first on Kanal K.

Nalin Agrawal, Co-founder of SnapMint, is a three-time entrepreneur and IIT Bombay alumnus who has quietly built one of India's most efficient consumer financing platforms, scaling from a tiny ₹5 crore revenue to ₹350 crores while serving 7 million monthly users across 23,000 pin codes. In this candid, wide-ranging conversation with host Akshay Datt, Nalin reveals the contrarian principles behind SnapMint's success: why they have never charged a single rupee in late fees, how their data science moat achieves industry-beating credit loss rates, and why they believe India will leapfrog credit cards entirely and go straight to EMI on UPI. What you will learn in this episode:

What drives someone to leave Imperial College, Oxford, and IBM Research to return to India in the 1990s—when few dared—and build a robotics movement from scratch? In this episode of 3 Techies Banter, we sit down with Kavi Arya, the visionary behind e-Yantra and India's pioneering robotics education initiatives. From the challenges of returning to a liberalizing India, to creating robotic kits that empowered thousands of students, to scaling innovation for a nation of 1.4 billion - this conversation is a masterclass in resilience, risk‑taking, and reimagining engineering education. 00:00 – Highlights of the Episode 04:09 – Intro of Kavi Arya 06:40 – Returning to India in the 1990s 11:20 – Tata Research & Family Business 15:30 – Joining IIT Bombay 20:45 – Building Entrepreneurial Culture at IIT 26:10 – Teaching Embedded Systems & Robotics Kits 31:00 – National Mission for Education Using ICT 36:25 – Industry Experience at Mahindra & Mahindra 42:50 – Founding Iyantra 49:15 – Student Projects & Breakthroughs 55:40 – Scaling Robotics Education 01:02:00 – Advanced Training: Drones & Control Systems 01:08:30 – Innovation, Scale & Culture 01:15:00 – Closing Thoughts Discover how: A PhD in embedded systems met India's scarcity mindset. IIT Bombay became the birthplace of hands‑on robotics learning. Students built lemon‑sorting robots, drones, and even autonomous snakes. Scale, culture, and confidence are the true engines of innovation. If you've ever wondered how India can leapfrog into the future of technology, this episode is your blueprint.

In this episode of the Finish Big Podcast, Host Mark Dorman sits down with serial entrepreneur Dee Vaidya. Born in Bombay and raised in Pune, Dee's journey spans continents, industries, and decades — from rubber and plastics to electronics, Dell manufacturing, geospatial intelligence, and building a $50M+ government contractor before a successful exit. From starting with just $5,000 and a dream in Mary's family home, to winning a $200M global geospatial intelligence contract for the U.S. government, Dee's story is a masterclass in resilience, reinvention, and long-term thinking. This is a powerful conversation about immigration, entrepreneurship, family, culture, federal contracting, scaling, and giving back. Mark and Dee discuss: Early Roots & Education – Growing up in India, IIT Bombay, and following his father's entrepreneurial path. Family & Partnership – Building businesses with Mary and raising three children through multiple relocations. Reinvention – Moving from rubber & plastics into electronics, then into digital mapping and defence work. The Dell Years – Building PCs for Michael Dell in the early days of Dell Computer. Technographics Growth – From a small acquisition to a $50M+ company and 400+ employees. Geospatial Intelligence – Mapping the world for defence, navigation, and national security. Advisors & Mentors – The impact of Don Noble and building a world-class advisory team. The Exit – Selling Technographics to CACI and navigating a complex data room process. Giving Back – Launching the Wayne County Economic Forum to bring world-class speakers to Wooster. Life After Exit – Golf, table tennis, community leadership, and staying active. Connect with Mark Dorman: Succession Plus US LinkedIn: Mark Dorman LinkedIn: Succession Plus Facebook: Succession Plus (330)-416-9271 mdorman@succession.plus About the Guest: Dee Vaidya is a serial entrepreneur who has built, scaled, and sold multiple businesses across manufacturing, electronics, and geospatial intelligence. Born in India and educated at IIT Bombay, the University of Akron, and Purdue University, Dee moved to the U.S. to pursue entrepreneurship and the free-market system. He is best known for founding and growing Technographics, a geospatial intelligence company that won a $200M global contract and grew to over 400 employees before being sold to CACI. Dee is also the founder of the Wayne County Economic Forum and a recipient of the Wooster Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Award for his contributions to the community.  

Join us as we talk to Shantanu Gangal, the CEO of Prodigal about their story.Shantanu earned his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Bombay in 2009 and an MBA from The Wharton School in 2013. He then worked at BCG, Blackstone, and Fundbox before founding Prodigal in 2018.

Has it always been the Anthropocene? Do you care about the ‘powerless' Nicobar? How old is biodiversity? Why does anyone want to be a conservationist? What is the kind of variety that we wish to preserve? What is a unit of diversity? Do different parts of the world think differently today about the ‘species vs habitat' question? Is agency distributed throughout nature? What did Tibbles do? Are there variations even within individuals (of a taxonomic group) in an environment? What purpose do sacred groves serve? Is conservation always great for local communities? Must conservation efforts also be calibrated? Can diversity be ‘understood' via experience? How do diversification, adaptation and extinction contribute to evolution? Do the (internal) processes of organic life themselves lead to diversity? What is it like to lose things without knowing about them? How do differing aesthetic and moral impulses influence us? Are you afraid of change? Do you like manicured lawns? What does natural selection act on? How do we classify the world? What choices do we have? What is diversity for? &, could one even think a 1000 years into the future? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using ideas from evolutionary biology (Dr. Anand Krishnan, JNCASR, Bangalore), philosophy & biology (Prof. Sahotra Sarkar, UT Austin, Austin) & conservation studies (Dr. Pankaj Sekhsaria, IIT Bombay, Mumbai). Listen in...

In this heartfelt and intergenerational episode, host Dr. Payal Patel Ghayal sits down with Ranjani Saigal, the creator of the viral platform @thehindugrandma, to explore how South Asian women can rediscover spiritual depth beyond cultural conditioning. Together they unpack what it means to pass down Hindu wisdom to the next generation without passing down guilt, perfectionism, or pressure. They reflect on how tradition, feminism, and identity can coexist—and how women can finally release the “good girl” expectations to embrace joy, freedom, and self-love. This episode blends laughter, storytelling, and truth bombs—reminding listeners that honoring our roots and honoring ourselves can, and must, go hand in hand. Ranjani Saigal is the founder of @thehindugrandma, a social media platform with over 200K followers dedicated to sharing Hindu wisdom with the next generation. Raised in a deeply religious family and trained in Sanskrit and the Gayatri Pariwar lineage as a qualified Purohita, she has conducted Hindu weddings and authored the children's book My First Om.As Executive Director of the Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation USA, she leads efforts supporting over 100,000 rural schools serving 2.8 million children across India and pioneered Ekal on Wheels mobile computer labs. An IIT Bombay graduate and lifelong arts advocate, Ranjani has been honored by multiple governors and the Commonwealth's Asian American Commission with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Connect with Ranjani: Instagram: @thehindugrandma Website: Ekal Vidyalaya Foundation USA If this episode reminded you of your own cultural tug-of-war, share it with another woman reclaiming her story. Subscribe, leave a review, and join the Brown and Happy community at payalghayal.com .

Send us a textWhat does it take to transform India's higher education system? Professor V. Ramgopal Rao brings a unique authority to this question, having journeyed from a Telugu-medium school in rural Telangana to leading IIT Delhi and now serving as Group Vice Chancellor at BITS Pilani.Professor Rao's remarkable story begins in a region known for poverty, where educational resources were scarce. Despite studying in Telugu medium throughout school, he excelled academically and eventually found his way to IIT Bombay for his Master's degree—a pivotal moment that revealed his exceptional talent for research. "I discovered myself at IIT Bombay," he reflects, acknowledging how this opportunity opened doors he never knew existed.Throughout our conversation, Professor Rao emphasizes adaptation as the cornerstone of success. His ability to form meaningful relationships, remain humble, and adapt to new environments propelled him forward at each stage of his journey. This quality, combined with his intellectual curiosity, has resulted in over 500 publications, more than 50 patents, and global recognition in nanoelectronics.The most compelling portion of our discussion focuses on Professor Rao's passionate call for structural reforms in Indian higher education. He articulates specific problems holding back our institutions: the absence of outcome-linked funding models, insufficient administrative autonomy, and inadequate incentives for philanthropy and research. "We need 1991-style reforms in the higher education sector," he declares, drawing a parallel to India's economic liberalization.His leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrates what's possible when institutions have clear priorities. Under his direction, IIT Delhi developed technologies that helped 15 million people, including affordable RT-PCR kits that dramatically reduced testing costs nationwide. This success story exemplifies his conviction that Indian institutions possess tremendous untapped potential, waiting to be unleashed through thoughtful reform.Ready to hear more about transforming education and unleashing institutional excellence? Subscribe now and join the conversation about reimagining India's academic future.Have you purchased the copy of Inspire Someone Today, yet - Give it a go geni.us/istbook Available on all podcast platforms, including, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify

Send us a textIn this special interview edition of Sidecar Sync, Mallory Mejias sits down with Shekar Sivasubramanian, Head of the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence, to explore how AI can be deployed at scale for social good. Shekar shares powerful stories of AI in action—from an oral reading fluency assistant helping millions of Indian children, to smartphone-powered pest detection for rural farmers. This episode dives into designing for deployment (not just innovation), building trust with limited data, and why humility and human-centered thinking are vital for transformative impact. It's a conversation full of heart, hope, and hard-earned wisdom. Shekar Sivasubramanian brings nearly four decades of experience in technology and business leadership, having scaled multiple startups to billion-dollar valuations. Now Head of the Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence, he leads a team delivering AI solutions in agriculture, healthcare, and education to underserved populations across India. An alum of IIT Bombay and the University of Missouri–Kansas City, Shekar also maintains deep technical expertise and a research affiliation with Carnegie Mellon University. 

In today's Tech3 from Moneycontrol, we unpack India's big AI push as the government selects eight new players, including IIT Bombay, Tech Mahindra, and Fractal, to build sovereign Large Language Models (LLMs). We also bring you Infra. Market's Rs 730 crore funding round led by Nikhil Kamath ahead of its IPO, Gameskraft's 120 job cuts amid regulatory heat and financial scandal, and MeitY's takedown orders for over 3,000 apps from the Google Play Store.

Is going to college still the best way to succeed, or is it time to rethink the traditional career routes?In this week's episode of The Bridge, Shantanu sits down with a diverse group of leaders to explore one of today's most debated topics: The true value of college education in a fast-evolving world.On one side, we have seasoned entrepreneurs who have led the way in shaping businesses and brands. Abhijeet Dabas, Executive VP & Business Head at Nykaafashion, and Ankush Grover, Co-Founder & CEO at Rebel Foods, share their insights on how formal education played a role in their success stories and whether it's still essential in today's business landscape.On the other side, we hear from the next generation of leaders: Akansha Padmane, a final-year undergraduate at IIT Bombay, and Vidit Dugar, Chief of Staff at Bombay Shaving Company. They provide a fresh perspective on the evolving role of education, career-building, and how new-age skills and experiences are reshaping what success looks like for Gen Z.In this episode, we dive into:Is a degree still essential for career success, or is it a barrier?How are Gen Zs navigating their educational journeys in a world dominated by digital transformation?The rise of alternative career pathways and the new ways of learning that are gaining momentum.This conversation challenges the conventional thinking about education and explores what the future of learning looks like for the next generation. Don't miss this compelling discussion to truly thrive in today's competitive world!

Is Startup a real problem-solver or just a way out of toxic jobs?For next-gen, it's the real escape from 9-to-5s and societal expectations. But as startup culture grows louder, are the deeper motivations being overlooked?In this episode of The Bridge, Shantanu hosts a multi-generational roundtable with industry veterans, Abhijeet Dabas (Nykaafashion Executive VP & Business Head - Fashion) and Ankush Grover (Rebel Foods - Co-Founder & CEO), who unpack what decades in finance and leadership have taught them. From the other side, Vidit Dugar (Chief of Staff at Bombay Shaving Company), and Akansha Padmane (Final-year Undergraduate at IIT Bombay), representing the Gen Z lens, question whether the facade of hustle culture hides the harsher reality.Together, they debate on:1.⁠ ⁠If startups are driven by purpose or frustration2.⁠ ⁠Why bad jobs often spark better ideas, Gen Z redefines3.⁠ ⁠How ‘act like an owner' mindset wins the game, with zero funding4.⁠ ⁠Why failure might open more doors than success, Founders decoded.If you've ever thought, “Should I just leave everything and start up?”, this conversation is a must-watch.

What happens when AI stops reacting and starts anticipating? In this episode, Shirish Nimgaonkar joins us to explore the power of predictive, self-healing AI in transforming enterprise infrastructure, minimizing downtime, and personalizing IT support like never before. Shirish is the Founder and CEO of eBliss, an autonomous AI platform built to revolutionize the digital workplace. By integrating predictive analytics and intelligent automation, eBliss delivers a new standard of operational performance, reducing friction between users and technology. Tune in to discover: How AI-based personalization can dramatically reduce enterprise IT costs. What “self-healing AI” really means for everyday device management. Where predictive tech is making the biggest impact across industries. Why autonomous AI platforms are key to the next wave of enterprise innovation. With decades of experience scaling high-growth software companies and advising global startups, Shirish brings rare insight into the future of AI for business. He currently serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and holds degrees from IIT Bombay, Stanford, and Harvard. Click here to learn more about Shirish's groundbreaking work and where SmartTech is heading next! Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/38oMlMr

What is “self-healing AI?” How do prediction and personalization deliver a superior ROI and enhanced user experience? In this episode, we are joined by Shirish Nimgaonkar to dive into this intriguing and revolutionary topic… Shirish is an entrepreneur, advisor, and investor who focuses his skills on software and AI. He is currently the Founder and CEO of eBliss, a revolutionary AI-driven autonomous end-user computing platform dedicated to streamlining the digital workplace – boosting operational performance, anticipating and resolving IT issues, and elevating both productivity and user satisfaction. Hit play to find out: How businesses can reduce operational costs using personalized AI. The problems that exist within different categories of devices. The ways that predictive analytics can improve productivity.  Industries that benefit from AI solutions. Shirish is a seasoned tech leader who has led and scaled high-growth software companies. He has held leadership roles at several PE and VC-backed tech firms and previously founded and led the South Asia group at a global investment bank, where he oversaw over 30 client acquisitions. Currently, he serves as an Entrepreneur in Residence at Harvard Business School and advises multiple startups. Shirish holds degrees from IIT Bombay, Stanford, and Harvard Business School. You can find out more about Shirish and his work here! Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/30PvU9C

Nivedan Rathi is the founder of Future & AI, a community of over 200,000 followers that is centered around creating insightful content about Generative AI. He is also an IIT Bombay alumnus, an ex-founding member of several tech startups, and a responsible AI adoption evangelist.In this episode, we talk about the impact of AI on jobs, human psychology and culture, best AI tools for content creation, relationship between AI bots & humans and so much more.Recorded December 27, 2024Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelabyrinth.podcast/Podcaster: Pratham Padav | Telegram: ProjectionistGuest: Nivedan Rathu | YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@nivedan.ai25 | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nivedan.ai/ | Website: https://www.futureandai.in/Chapters:0:00 Intro0:56 Artificial Intelligence Is Revolutionary10:11 Risks Of Artificial Intelligence19:13 Should AI Replace Auto Drivers22:00 Job Losses From AI27:32 Best AI Tools32:27 Relationships With AI Girlfriends40:44 Is AI Empathetic & Sentient?45:19 Exciting Future With AI52:30 Upskilling For AI Jobs1:00:26 Elon Musk's Craziness1:01:53 Open AI, Sam Altman & Suchir Balaji1:04:08 Is Zuckerberg Likable?1:04:59 AI's Impact On Nivedan

Gauranga Das is a Btech graduate from IIT Bombay and the Director of Govardhan Ecovillage, a United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) award-winning eco-village community accredited by multiple UN bodies. He is a great chef who has set up mega kitchens and personally cooked over 3.5 million meals. During the recent Kumbha mela event, he and his team cooked over 5 million meals and served the pilgrims in a short period of one month. He leads multiple rural development initiatives with his team to uplift the community's social, economic, and ecological well-being. Gauranga Das is an accomplished author. He has written three books: “The Art of Resilience,” “The Art of Focus,” and “The Art of Habits.” He recently released his fourth book, “Legacy of Community Building in the Bhakti Tradition: Principles of Community Development from Sri Caitanya's Philosophy and Life.” He is also an inspirational speaker, having presented at various conferences, including TEDx and corporate events for companies such as Intel, Salesforce, and Google. Through his multifaceted roles and initiatives, Gauranga Das continues to promote sustainable living and spiritual education, integrating traditional Vedic wisdom with modern practices. These have garnered international recognition, including various awards for the Govardhan Ecovillage. Title of Session: Recreating the Ancient Temple Town Model of India via S3 Impact: Spirituality, Sustainability, and Social Impact. The case study of Govardhan Ecovillage, Palghar District, Maharashtra, India Connect with Gauranga Das: INSTAGRAM: @officialgaurangadas GEV WEBSITE: https://www.ecovillage.org.in/ EMAIL: gaurangadas@ecovillage.org.in This event is hosted by ✨ Happy Jack Yoga University ✨ www.happyjackyoga.com ➡️ Facebook: /happyjackyoga ➡️ Instagram: @happyjackyoga Bhakti Yoga Conference at Harvard Divinity School Experience a one-of-a-kind online opportunity with 40+ renowned scholars, monks, yogis, and thought leaders! REGISTER FOR FREE: www.happyjackyoga.com/bhakti-... This conference is your opportunity to immerse yourself in the wisdom of sincere practitioners as they address the questions and challenges faced by us all. Expect thought-provoking discussions, actionable insights, and a deeper understanding of cultivating Grace in an Age of Distraction and incorporating Bhakti Yoga into your daily life.

CoinDCX Website: https://bit.ly/4hsVrZNEpisode 85 of The Prakhar Gupta Xperience features Sumit Gupta, CoinDCX Co-founder and IIT Bombay alum, talking with Prakhar about his college days and path to crypto. We dig into Bitcoin's ups and downs, Web 3.0's potential, and what makes ideas click.Recording Date: 1st March, 2025Time Stamps of Sumit Gupta00:00 - Sumit Gupta & IIT Bombay: The Game Changer14:52 - What is Bitcoin? Why Does Bitcoin Have High Value?24:08 - How Crypto Is Not a Currency but a New Asset Class32:55 - Why Crypto Is More Trustworthy Than Traditional Currencies47:50 - Can Crypto Dethrone the Dollar?54:08 - Challenges in the Adoption of Crypto & NFTs1:06:53 - How India Can Win the Information War1:15:48 - How to Find Million-Dollar Ideas & Make Them Successful1:28:03 - How Web 3.0 Will Change the World

NPL's Daniel Sarno and IIT Bombay's Bhaskaran Muralidharan are our guests

Professor Rohit Srivastava shares his vision of transforming India through a 10X innovation mindset, prioritizing patents over papers, and building product-focused ecosystems that turn academic research into market solutions.5-point Episode SummaryThe 10X Impact Framework: Prof. Srivastava's approach to creating 10 times more value through patents, startups, and reaching more patients than conventional academic labs.Patents Over Papers: How filing 250+ patents and co-founding 15 startups is transforming academic research into market solutions for India.Building Innovation Ecosystems: Creating bio-clusters across India to connect universities and accelerate product development through interdisciplinary collaboration.Product-First Thinking: Training students to identify market needs and develop solutions that can reduce India's ₹90,000 crore medical device import bill.From Innovation to Impact: The vision to create thousands of "innovation builders" who will transform India from a service economy to a product powerhouse by 2047.Timestamps00:03:37 - 00:05:56 Mentors Who Shaped My Vision for India 00:05:56 - 00:08:55 India's Forward-Thinking Academic Leaders 00:08:55 - 00:11:47 Making Maximum Impact with Minimum Resources00:11:47 - 00:15:00 Patents vs Papers: The Future of Innovation 00:15:00 - 00:18:03 Why Product-First Thinking Changes Everything 00:18:03 - 00:21:39 The Product-First Mindset Behind Innovation 00:21:39 - 00:25:25 The 10X Impact Framework for Success 00:25:25 - 00:28:47 Building NanoBIOS - an Innovation Ecosystem in Academia 00:28:47 - 00:35:02 Transforming Students into Innovators 00:35:02 - 00:38:52 Why Interdisciplinary Thinking Creates Better Products 00:38:52 - 00:42:04 Cross-Pollinating Innovation with Bioclusters Across Universities00:42:04 - 00:45:02 How Patents Create a Virtuous Cycle of Innovation 00:45:02 - 00:49:08 Advice for Young Academics: Be Innovation Builders 00:49:08 - 00:49:43 Can India Create Its Own Philips or Siemens? 00:49:43 - 00:50:08 What is Success? 00:50:08 - 00:50:29 Advice for 18-Year-Olds in University Today 00:50:29 - 00:51:01 The Best Advice I've Ever Received 00:51:01 - 00:51:54 My Dream Dinner with Innovation Giants 00:51:54 - 00:52:27 The 10X Thinking That People Find Hard to AcceptSelected Links and Show NotesSubscribe to our Weekly NewsletterAbout Prof. Rohit SrivastavaProfessor Rohit Srivastava is a pioneering academic entrepreneur who holds the Himanshu Patel Chair at IIT Bombay's Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering. Known for his revolutionary "10X impact" philosophy and "patents over papers" approach, he has filed over 250 patents and co-founded more than 15 startups in just 19 years. His Nanobios Lab has commercialized numerous affordable medical technologies including UChek (a mobile urine analysis system) and Suchek (an indigenous low-cost glucometer), helping reduce India's dependence on imported medical devices.Honored with the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (2021) and the inaugural Vigyan Shri Award (2024), Prof. Srivastava is transforming how academic research translates to market solutions. This episode was made possible by the great folks at Effortless.Effortless has been designed to be user-friendly, aiding you in your journey to streamline financial tasks. Experience the convenience of achieving e-Invoicing and E-way Bill Generation in just a couple of clicks, simplifying your business processes.#10xImpact, #InnovationIndia, #PatentsOverPapers, #ProductFirstThinking, #StartupEcosystem, #MedicalInnovation, #MakeInIndia, #FrugalInnovation, #IITBombay, #HealthTech, #BioTech, #AcademicEntrepreneurship, #IndianInnovation, #ViksitBharat, #TechForHealth

Over the past few years, public universities here in India have been stuck in a rather difficult position. For decades, they were almost entirely dependent on state funding to keep the lights on.But now the state funding has steadily been drying up. So now, they have no choice but to fend for themselves. But legacy institutes like IIT Bombay, IIT Madras and IIT Delhi have found a workaround. They are all taking a page out of the Ivy league playbook and setting up their own endowment funds. In this episode we delve into what that means and why it isn't as easy as it may sound. Stay tuned. Daybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India's first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.

Welcome to the ‘Crack The MBA' show. My name is Nupur Gupta, and I am your host. Our guest today is Meghna Sreenivasan who graduated with an MBA degree from Wharton in 2020. Meghna holds a BTech and MTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay. Post college, Meghna worked as a consultant with Bain & Company for three years and as a product manager with Bajaj Finserv for a year. At Wharton, Meghna served as VP, Education – Wharton Fintech Club, and VP, Community – India Club. Meghna has been working with Google as a product manager in the four years since she graduated. Meghna builds great software experiences for people – most recently as a product manager at Google on Google Chat and Search. Meghna is a crossword nerd and loves walks with her daughter. 00:00:00        Episode Highlights00:01:04          Introduction00:01:53          Fun Fact00:02:33         Childhood & Influences00:07:39         Experience with CTM00:11:29          MBA Admissions Process00:16:21          Teamwork & Leadership Anecdotes00:18:25          Wharton Team-Based Discussion00:24:34         Why Wharton00:27:58         Experience Living in Philadelphia00:31:33          Wharton: Semester in San Francisco00:41:16          Wharton: Fintech Club00:43:59        Wharton: India Club00:44:59        Wharton: Tech Club00:46:35        Recruiting Process for Big Tech00:52:07        Product Management Interview Process01:00:21          Thriving in Big Tech01:04:09         Post-MBA Life in San Francisco01:07:39          Advice for Incoming MBA Students  Thank you for watching! — Nupur Gupta is the founder of Crack The MBA (https://crackthemba.com), India's leading MBA admissions consulting firm. Every year, Crack The MBA's clients attend ivy league, M7 and other top MBA programs globally. Nupur is a graduate of the full-time MBA program at The Wharton School. She has been recognized by Economic Times among the 'MostPromising Women Leaders', by Business Insider among the 'World's Leading Admissions Consultants', along with other honors. Nupur served two terms as president and two terms on the board of the Association of International Graduate Admissions Consultants (AIGAC) - the primary industry association in MBA admissions.  Follow Nupur and ‘Crack The MBA' on our social media platforms for more updates: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nupurgupt/https://www.facebook.com/CrackTheMBA/https://www.instagram.com/crackthemba/ Disclaimer: The opinions shared by guests in this video in no way, shape or form represent advisory provided by Crack The MBA. Each candidate's circumstances may vary, and our advice is always provided specifically based on an applicant's specific profile.

Join us as we talk to Sachin Agarwal, the Co-founder of Bizongo about their story. This is yet another episode with a Bizongo co-founder! Last time, in March 2022, we had Ankit Deb. Today, we have Sachin, who completed his B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2012. He went on to work with leading companies like PepsiCo and Biocon before serving as a Risk Manager at Gravitas. In 2014, he co-founded Bizongo.

Business schools are among the most coveted higher educational institutions. Students go through some of the most competitive exams and pay significant fees because they hope that at the end of their degree, they will get a great job.Yet, the onerous process of finding, soliciting and bringing dozens of companies to campuses each year falls mostly on final-year students, who are part of elected/selected placement committees.For as long as we can remember, these committees have always been accused of bias, arrogance and powerplay by other students.Yet, the fact also remains that those on the placement committees sacrifice a significant part of their education and grades in order to run a great job-matching process for their entire batch.Should they, though?In the US, for instance, most leading B-schools have their professional teams that run the entire campus hiring process instead of students. Finding quality jobs for hundreds of students each year is a full-time job.In India, too, many colleges are gradually coming around to the same POV.IIM Kozhikode has transitioned the process from students to faculty. This model aims to instil transparency and professionalism in what vice-chancellor V Ramgopal Rao calls “a crucial rite of passage marking the end of academic life.”BITS Pilani has adopted a system where HR professionals employed by the institute handle placements.IIT Bombay set up a committee under a senior computer science faculty professor Uday Khedkar, with one of its aims being “setting up a clean and transparent placement process system”. Sources at IIT-B said the panel was set up after students brought to light instances of the biases some faced and how this had hampered their careers.Our guest for the episode is Professor Varun Nagaraj, Dean and Professor of Information Management & Analytics at S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. He holds a Ph.D. in Management: Designing Sustainable Systems from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. He also holds an MBA from Boston University, an MS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay. His career spanning over three decades in digital products reflects his passion for product management, development, and innovation.Over the course of the discussion, the professor and hosts Rohin Dharmakumar and Praveen Gopal Krishnan discuss how placements have evolved since their MBA days, their misgivings about the current system, and what institutes have to get better at.Perhaps the larger question is, how should we think about matching employers and graduates? Is a compressed “placements” process the best way?Welcome to episode 25 of Two by Two.—Additional reading:Bias, lack of transparency trips job hunts in premier schoolsWhy are IIT placements failing to deliver jobs? Former IIT Director explainsShiv Shivakumar's LinkedIn post —This is an edited 30-minute version of the discussion hosted by Praveen Gopal Krishnan and Rohin Dharmakumar with the guest. To listen to the full episode, consider getting a Premium subscription to The Ken, which, in addition to Two by Two, will get you access to all our long-form stories, newsletters, visual stories and the rest of the podcasts we produce.But if you just want to sample full episodes of Two by Two, you can do that by getting a Premium subscription on Apple Podcasts at a great monthly price.This episode of Two by Two was produced by Hari Krishna. Rajiv CN, our resident sound engineer, mixed and mastered this episode.If you liked this episode of Two by Two, please share it with like-minded individuals who would be interested in listening to the episode. And if you have more thoughts on the discussion, we'd love to hear your arguments as well. You can write to us at twobytwo@the-ken.com

Business schools are among the most coveted higher educational institutions. Students go through some of the most competitive exams and pay significant fees because they hope that at the end of their degree, they will get a great job.Yet, the onerous process of finding, soliciting and bringing dozens of companies to campuses each year falls mostly on final-year students, who are part of elected/selected placement committees.For as long as we can remember, these committees have always been accused of bias, arrogance and powerplay by other students.Yet, the fact also remains that those on the placement committees sacrifice a significant part of their education and grades in order to run a great job-matching process for their entire batch.Should they, though?In the US, for instance, most leading B-schools have their professional teams that run the entire campus hiring process instead of students. Finding quality jobs for hundreds of students each year is a full-time job.In India, too, many colleges are gradually coming around to the same POV.IIM Kozhikode has transitioned the process from students to faculty. This model aims to instil transparency and professionalism in what vice-chancellor V Ramgopal Rao calls “a crucial rite of passage marking the end of academic life.”BITS Pilani has adopted a system where HR professionals employed by the institute handle placements.IIT Bombay set up a committee under a senior computer science faculty professor Uday Khedkar, with one of its aims being “setting up a clean and transparent placement process system”. Sources at IIT-B said the panel was set up after students brought to light instances of the biases some faced and how this had hampered their careers.Our guest for the episode is Professor Varun Nagaraj, Dean and Professor of Information Management & Analytics at S P Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai. He holds a Ph.D. in Management: Designing Sustainable Systems from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management. He also holds an MBA from Boston University, an MS in Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, and a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT, Bombay. His career spanning over three decades in digital products reflects his passion for product management, development, and innovation.Over the course of the discussion, the professor and hosts Rohin Dharmakumar and Praveen Gopal Krishnan discuss how placements have evolved since their MBA days, their misgivings about the current system, and what institutes have to get better at.Perhaps the larger question is, how should we think about matching employers and graduates? Is a compressed “placements” process the best way?Welcome to episode 25 of Two by Two.—Additional reading:Bias, lack of transparency trips job hunts in premier schoolsWhy are IIT placements failing to deliver jobs? Former IIT Director explainsShiv Shivakumar's LinkedIn post —This is a shorter '10-minute trailer' cut from the hour-long discussion hosts Praveen Gopal Krishnan and Rohin Dharmakumar had with the guests. If you would like to listen to the full episode, you can do that by getting a Premium subscription to The Ken, which, in addition to Two by Two, will get you access to all our long-form stories, newsletters, visual stories and the rest of the podcasts we produce.But if you just want to sample full episodes of Two by Two, you can do that by getting a Premium subscription on Apple Podcasts at a great monthly price.This episode of Two by Two was produced by Hari Krishna. Rajiv CN, our resident sound engineer, mixed and mastered this episode.If you liked this episode of Two by Two, please share it with like-minded individuals who would be interested in listening to the episode. And if you have more thoughts on the discussion, we'd love to hear your arguments as well. You can write to us at twobytwo@the-ken.com

Join us as we talk with Aviral Bhatnagar, the Founder and Managing Partner of A Junior VC, as he shares his predictions for the startup ecosystem in 2025. Aviral Bhatnagar is the founder and managing partner at A Junior VC. He has spearheaded investments across SaaS, consumer, and AI sectors while also managing and expanding the student venture program at Venture Highway. Previously, he played a pivotal role in establishing Guild Capital's India investing practice, leading investments and serving on the boards of companies in edtech, D2C, and SaaS. Aviral holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, where he was recognized on the Director's List (top 3% of the class), and a BTech in Engineering Physics from IIT Bombay. Notably, he ranked 9th nationally out of over 200,000 applicants in the prestigious Common Admission Test (CAT).

Imagine a world where energy is clean, abundant, and accessible to all. A world where communities are empowered to generate and manage their own energy, breaking free from the shackles of fossil fuels and mitigating the devastating impacts of climate change. In this episode, we're honored to host Dr. Chetan Singh Solanki, a renowned solar scientist, professor at IIT Bombay, and founder of the Energy Swaraj Foundation. Dr. Solanki's visionary work is redefining our relationship with energy. Through Energy Swaraj, he's empowering communities to take control of their energy needs, promoting a transition towards 100% solar-powered lives. His inspiring journey, including an 11-year Energy Swaraj Yatra across India in a solar-powered bus, is a testament to his dedication and passion. Discussion Highlights: Debunking misconceptions about solar energy Principles of Energy Swaraj: limiting consumption and localizing production Inspiring stories from Dr. Solanki's 11-year Energy Swaraj Yatra Integrating sustainable principles into daily life Overcoming challenges in promoting Energy Swaraj If your organisation is dedicated to driving positive social change, we want to hear from you. Reach out to us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Good Sight⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ by emailing us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠contact@thegoodsight.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ with a brief description of your work and achievements, or give us a call at 9696399931.

Join us as we talk to Aviral Bhatnagar, the Founder and Managing Partner of A Junior VC about their story. Aviral Bhatnagar is the founder and managing partner at A Junior VC. He has spearheaded investments across SaaS, consumer, and AI sectors while also managing and expanding the student venture program at Venture Highway. Previously, he played a pivotal role in establishing Guild Capital's India investing practice, leading investments and serving on the boards of companies in edtech, D2C, and SaaS.  Aviral holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, where he was recognized on the Director's List (top 3% of the class), and a BTech in Engineering Physics from IIT Bombay. Notably, he ranked 9th nationally out of over 200,000 applicants in the prestigious Common Admission Test (CAT).

This episode is for those who are celebrating Diwali or interested in learning more about the Festival of Lights.Your host Aasheekaa sits down in conversation with @thehindugrandma, Ranjani Saigal. She is going viral on the internet for sharing more about Hinduism in an easy to understand way for the modern Hindu. Ranjanihi is a Hindu Priest, content creator and a children's book author. She has studied engineering at IIT Bombay and is a trained Bharat Natyam dancer. She truly is multi-faceted and incredibly inspirational!In this episode, we talk about the 5 Days of Diwali, what each day signifies, how you can celebrate each day and how to do an at home Laxmi pooja in the simplest of way.Let this episode remind you the true essence of Diwali - gratitude, love, family and the time to connect with your own inner light.TimeStamps15:57: What does it mean to be Hindu?18:35: What is Diwali?19:10: Day 1 of Diwali - Dhanteras22:50: New Age Spirituality and Hinduism Parallels29:00: Day 2 of Diwali - Naraka Chaturdashi32:00: How to Observe Day 1 and Day 239:00: Day 3 - Laxmi Pooja / 8 Forms of Laxmi40:50: Why do we do Laxmi Pooja and Ganesh Pooja together?43:10: Philanthropy and Diwali44:30: How to do Laxmi Pooja52:20: Day 4 - Govardhan Pooja53:50: Day 5 - Bhai DoomFollow The Hindu Grandma on Instagram or TikTokCheck out her Children's Book, My First OmFor full Video Episode on YouTube - Click HereFrom my family to yours, Shush Deepavali!Love & Light,Aasheekaa--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Aasheekaa on Instagram Subscribe to the Always Aligning Podcast on AppleRate & Review the ShowPlease share it with a loved one! Connect on InstagramSubscribe to Always Aligning the Pod - AppleSubscribe to Always Aligning the Pod - Spotify

Suresh Shenoy is a Senior business executive and philanthropist. He is a Founder Director and current Vice Chairman of WHEELS Global Foundation that provides technology driven solutions for potable Water, affordable Healthcare, renewable Energy, Education, Livelihoods and Sustainability. He served as Chairman of the American Red Cross in the National Capital Region, was inducted as a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Bombay, and into the new Science Museum Board of advisors that is under construction in Virginia. Here are some key insights from this week's show: Constantly staying relevant is a key motivator to keep one going. When we give time and talent, we make a huge difference. Apply technology for transformation to accelerate the scaling of philanthropy. For any philanthropy to sustain its success, the recipient must have an economic interest in the success of that project. When you ask for the time, you don't want to know how the watch is made. Learn to be content without losing your ambition. Impact every part of a community, as the whole world is wide canvas.

Send us a textIt's well known that hospitals struggle with capacity issues, but could the real culprit be poor optimization?Making matters worse, consistent financial pressure and aging populations are driving demand to an all-time high. In this episode of HealthBiz Briefs, Mohan Giridharadas, Founder and CEO of LeanTaaS, discusses the challenges facing medical providers and how advanced algorithms and AI solutions can streamline efficiency for better results.This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at https://betterhelp.com/caretalk and get on your way to being your best self.As a BetterHelp affiliate, we may receive compensation from BetterHelp if you purchase products or services through the links provided.

Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda's novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She's newly single, her net worth steadily rising in the booming India of the 2000s. She has a cushy, if slightly unfulfilling, job in academia. But she struggles: She wants to write, but can't summon the energy to do so. She juggles several relationships, each one slowly imploding as the novel continues. And she butts heads with an oblivious and pompous bureaucrat, nicknamed “The Pontiff.” Rohit Manchanda is a professor at IIT Bombay where he teaches and researches computational neurophysiology. His first novel won a Betty Trask Award, was published with the title In the Light of the Black Sun and was republished in 2024 titled A Speck of Coal Dust. The Enclave is Rohit Manchanda's second novel, coming decades after his first published work. In this episode, Rohit and I talk about his writing career, the themes of The Enclave, and the very real struggle of wanting, but not having the energy, to write. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Enclave. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda's novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She's newly single, her net worth steadily rising in the booming India of the 2000s. She has a cushy, if slightly unfulfilling, job in academia. But she struggles: She wants to write, but can't summon the energy to do so. She juggles several relationships, each one slowly imploding as the novel continues. And she butts heads with an oblivious and pompous bureaucrat, nicknamed “The Pontiff.” Rohit Manchanda is a professor at IIT Bombay where he teaches and researches computational neurophysiology. His first novel won a Betty Trask Award, was published with the title In the Light of the Black Sun and was republished in 2024 titled A Speck of Coal Dust. The Enclave is Rohit Manchanda's second novel, coming decades after his first published work. In this episode, Rohit and I talk about his writing career, the themes of The Enclave, and the very real struggle of wanting, but not having the energy, to write. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Enclave. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda's novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She's newly single, her net worth steadily rising in the booming India of the 2000s. She has a cushy, if slightly unfulfilling, job in academia. But she struggles: She wants to write, but can't summon the energy to do so. She juggles several relationships, each one slowly imploding as the novel continues. And she butts heads with an oblivious and pompous bureaucrat, nicknamed “The Pontiff.” Rohit Manchanda is a professor at IIT Bombay where he teaches and researches computational neurophysiology. His first novel won a Betty Trask Award, was published with the title In the Light of the Black Sun and was republished in 2024 titled A Speck of Coal Dust. The Enclave is Rohit Manchanda's second novel, coming decades after his first published work. In this episode, Rohit and I talk about his writing career, the themes of The Enclave, and the very real struggle of wanting, but not having the energy, to write. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Enclave. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literature

Maya, the protagonist of Rohit Manchanda's novel The Enclave (Fourth Estate: 2024), should be happy with her life. She's newly single, her net worth steadily rising in the booming India of the 2000s. She has a cushy, if slightly unfulfilling, job in academia. But she struggles: She wants to write, but can't summon the energy to do so. She juggles several relationships, each one slowly imploding as the novel continues. And she butts heads with an oblivious and pompous bureaucrat, nicknamed “The Pontiff.” Rohit Manchanda is a professor at IIT Bombay where he teaches and researches computational neurophysiology. His first novel won a Betty Trask Award, was published with the title In the Light of the Black Sun and was republished in 2024 titled A Speck of Coal Dust. The Enclave is Rohit Manchanda's second novel, coming decades after his first published work. In this episode, Rohit and I talk about his writing career, the themes of The Enclave, and the very real struggle of wanting, but not having the energy, to write. You can find more reviews, excerpts, interviews, and essays at The Asian Review of Books, including its review of The Enclave. Follow on Twitter at @BookReviewsAsia. Nicholas Gordon is an editor for a global magazine, and a reviewer for the Asian Review of Books. He can be found on Twitter at @nickrigordon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

What do you expect to see on windy islands? Can you soar? Are there a finite number of ways of flying? Did we glide before flying? Do birds & insects fly like planes, & vice versa? How are the lift-off forces and moments generated? Was the Wright Flyer I (which made the first sustained manned flight in 1903) actually a very bad design? Do flies fly merely by seeing? Are wings thermo-regulatory devices? Why has flying evolved several times across different species? How many times of its own weight can flying structures take? How should flying carpets be made? Does it matter to the moth what the value of ‘g' is? How might dragonfly wingspan change with atmospheric oxygen content? Can airplanes fly like sharks swim? Why shiver? How are/would the helicopters that fly on Mars (be) different? How will a balloon inflate on Venus? Are biological flyers far more efficient than the human engineered ones – how? Are the birds and insects of the same size fly similarly? How are unmanned and manned systems different? Why don't we have faster commercial flights (given they are possible)? Can one expect to see new ways and manners of flying? Will we ‘fly' to Mars at some point? &, is there still a lot of ground to cover? SynTalk thinks about these & more questions using ideas from aeronautical engineering (Prof. Rajkumar Pant, IIT Bombay, Mumbai), & neurobiology & physiology (Prof. Sanjay Sane, NCBS, Bangalore). Listen in...

Join us as we talk to Mahesh Kumar, the Founder & CEO, and Pradeep Gulipalli, the Co-founder and CEO (India) of Tiger Analytics about their story. Mahesh completed his B.Tech in Computer Science from IIT Bombay in 1999, followed by a PhD from MIT in 2003. He began his career as a summer associate intern at McKinsey & Company, then went on to serve as an assistant professor at the R.H. Smith School of Business and Rutgers Business School, as well as a faculty research associate at MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2011, he founded Tiger Analytics. Pradeep completed his B.Tech from IIT Madras in 2003, followed by an MS from The University of Texas at Austin. He began his career as a Data Scientist at Marketing and Planning Systems in Boston. In June 2012, he co-founded Tiger Analytics and became the India CEO.

Sadhguru was at IIT Bombay as part of the Youth and Truth movement. Listen to the vibrant QnA session that followed as Sadhguru answered students' questions on a wide range of topics. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.org Sadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Sep 20, Sadhguru was at IIT Bombay as part of the Youth and Truth movement. Watch the vibrant QnA session that followed as Sadhguru answered students' questions on a wide range of topics Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org Sadhguru App (Download): https://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: https://isha.sadhguru.org Sadhguru Exclusive: https://isha.sadhguru.org/in/en/sadhguru-exclusive Inner Engineering Link: isha.co/ieo-podcast Yogi, mystic and visionary, Sadhguru is a spiritual master with a difference. An arresting blend of profundity and pragmatism, his life and work serves as a reminder that yoga is a contemporary science, vitally relevant to our times. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.