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Send us a textDr. Deepa Nagarajan, a celebrated authority on Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), joins us in unraveling the secrets behind aligning personal and professional goals for a fulfilling life. With insights from her remarkable journey and her enlightening interaction with leadership guru Dr. Marshall Goldsmith, Dr. Nagarajan offers a treasure trove of strategies to overcome self-imposed limitations—particularly for women in leadership roles. Her inspiring narrative lays the foundation for our conversation, which also touches on the essence of her book "Women on Board" and the transformative power of clear, purpose-driven objectives.This episode goes beyond the conventional work-life balance debate, venturing into the realm of work-life harmonization. We narrate personal sagas of juggling professional ambitions with family responsibilities, shedding light on the pivotal role of a supportive network and a well-defined sense of purpose. Spirituality and philosophical teachings take center stage as we discuss the underestimated value of spiritual quotient (SQ) in guiding life choices that bolster health, happiness, and personal success. It's about weaving work into the fabric of life seamlessly rather than keeping them at odds.Finally, we unlock OKRs' potential to revolutionize organizational growth. Dr. Nagarajan demystifies common misconceptions and highlights real-world examples that showcase OKRs' adaptability across industries and cultural landscapes. The conversation underscores the necessity of leadership involvement and tackles myths surrounding OKRs, urging organizations to adopt a leader-driven approach. Whether you're an entrepreneur seeking lessons in focus, collaboration, and humility or a listener eager to embrace growth in 2025, this episode is packed with actionable insights and wisdom to fuel your journey. Available on all podcast platforms, including, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Spotify
In this episode, we are joined by Mr. K.R. Nagarajan, the visionary Culturepreneur and Founder & Chairman of the Ramraj Group of Companies, whose passion for tradition and innovation has redefined Indian ethnic wear on a global scale. From his humble beginnings in Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, Mr. Nagarajan's relentless pursuit of excellence has transformed Ramraj Cotton into a cultural symbol of pride and quality, known particularly for elevating the dhoti to iconic status. The podcast delves deep into Mr. Nagarajan's journey, starting from the foundation of Ramraj Cotton in 1983, with the mission to offer high-quality men's ethnic wear to South India. What began as a small store has now grown into an empire of over 300 outlets worldwide, supporting more than 50,000 weavers and families. His efforts have not only preserved traditional Indian attire but also infused it with modern conveniences, making it relevant and appealing to today's youth. Through innovative branding, including partnerships with celebrities like Venkatesh and Shreyas Iyer, Mr. Nagarajan has made Ramraj synonymous with style, tradition, and quality. One of the standout moments in Mr. Nagarajan's story is how he turned an instance of being denied entry to a five-star hotel because of his traditional attire into a defining moment for Ramraj. This experience inspired him to promote the dhoti with a renewed focus on pride and dignity, further establishing Ramraj Cotton's identity in the market. His vision for the brand was never just about selling clothes but about building a cultural movement that honors Indian heritage while embracing modernity. As Mr. Nagarajan shares in this conversation, his journey is also a story of passion and perseverance. From running a small store to creating a network of over 300 outlets across the globe, his leadership has turned Ramraj into a global phenomenon. His commitment to preserving traditional weaving techniques, providing economic opportunities for weavers, and championing social causes like education and environmental conservation exemplifies his belief in holistic community development. In this episode, you'll learn about: The evolution of traditional wear and how Ramraj has made the dhoti fashionable for the modern generation. The power of branding and how Mr. Nagarajan created a unique narrative that connects with people from all walks of life. The journey from a small village in Tamil Nadu to building an empire, with over 300 stores across the globe, and the deep values that drive Ramraj Cotton forward. But it's not just business that drives Mr. Nagarajan. His dedication to empowering 50,000+ weavers and supporting traditional craftsmen is a testament to his belief in economic empowerment and social responsibility. His efforts go beyond the fabric of Ramraj, as he advocates for education, supports yoga, and even founded the TENEERA initiative, which helps coconut farmers thrive. Mr. Nagarajan also reaches communities through Venmai, a monthly magazine that touches over 18,000 subscribers with stories of culture, inspiration, and self-betterment. His influence extends beyond fashion into fostering connections, uplifting communities, and advocating for sustainable living. The conversation with Mr. K.R. Nagarajan is a masterclass in entrepreneurship, leadership, and cultural preservation. He offers invaluable lessons on the importance of staying grounded in tradition while embracing change and innovation. For anyone looking for inspiration or practical business insights, this episode is a must-watch. Mr. Nagarajan's journey reminds us that true success comes from passion, perseverance, and a deep commitment to values. Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur, a business leader, or simply someone interested in stories of cultural pride, this podcast will leave you feeling inspired and motivated to pursue your dreams.
In conversation with Chitra Nagarajan In this episode, Africa Rights Talk podcast sits down with Chitra Nagarajan to delve into her compelling book, The World Was in Our Hands: Voices from the Boko Haram Conflict. Chitra discusses the personal and professional journey behind the book. She shares insights into her approach to compiling the anthology, focusing on the voices of diverse individuals profoundly impacted by the Boko Haram insurgency. The conversation explores how she navigated the challenges of capturing their stories, and the themes of patriarchy, economic hardship, and climate change intertwined with the conflict. Chitra also reflects on how the book presents a different perspective from mainstream media narratives, shedding light on the ongoing repercussions of the Chibok girls' abduction and aiming to influence global understanding and response. This episode highlights the importance of human stories that underpin the broader issues of violence and advocacy in the region. Chitra Nagarajan is an award-wining author, journalist, researcher and activist with a rich background in conflict analysis, climate change, feminism, foreign policy, migration, Nigeria and the wider Lake Chad region, race and sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. She has written for The Guardian, New Humanist, New Internationalist, This is Africa and Ventures Africa. With a LLM degree in Human Rights, Conflict and Justice and extensive experience working with various international and grassroots organisations, she has dedicated her career to addressing issues of conflict and displacement. Her work focuses on the impact of violence on marginalised communities, particularly women and children. She is also known for her ground breaking collection She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak, co-edited with Azeenarh Mohammed and Rafeeat Aliyu. This conversation was recorded on 19 August 2024. Youtube: https://youtu.be/MpQFogU6lns Music and news extracts: Inner Peace by Mike Chino https://soundcloud.com/mike-chinoCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported — CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/0nI6qJeqFcc imitless https://stock.adobe.com/za/search/audio?k=452592386
How does your organization get started with AI? How does an organization develop deep AI expertise in AI, which arguably is the most transformative technology we will see in our lifetimes?In this episode of Associations Thrive, host Joanna Pineda interviews Amith Nagarajan, Chairman of Blue Cypress. Amith discusses:His ecosystem of companies that is focused on helping associations transform digitally through positive disruption.How he stumbled across associations 30 years ago and never looked back.How the people in the association market care deeply about their mission and members.How there are two types of innovation: customer-led innovation and inspiration that comes from other sources, including outside the industry.How, as a leader, he allocates a couple of days a week to experimentation.When to kill ideas that don't make sense, even if those products are in flight.What leaders need to do is create more free time for themselves to think.How most of his time is spent being a cheerleader for AI to associations. In his opinion, AI is the most transformative technology that any of us will experience in our lifetimes.When it comes to AI, doing something is better than nothing. Start by allocating 15 minutes a week. By the end of the year, you will have developed deep AI expertise, especially when you dedicate time company-wide.How AI is here, and whether we ride the wave or are crushed by it, it will continue to accelerate and evolve for decades to come.Blue Cypress has several events coming up about associations and AI (see links in the show notes).References:Blue CypressSidecar GlobalBlue Cypress Events
Dr. N.Ramakrishnan is a Healthcare Entrepreneur who is American Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine & Sleep Medicine and also has a Master's degree in Medical Management from University of Southern California. He is currently the Director of Critical Care Services at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and is a Senior Consultant in Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He was the first Board Certified Sleep Specialist to practice in India and established Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences in 2004. He was also invited to meet the then honourable president of India, Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam who appreciated his contributions in the field of Critical Care & Sleep Medicine. What are female specific sleep disorders? How can women navigate sleep challenges at different stage of life? When should women reach out to an expert for sleep disorders? For more on Dr Ramakrishnan, you can follow him: Website: www.nithra.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NithraSleep Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnramakrishnan/ -For more on Deepa: Deepa is an Allied Functional Medicine Practitioner, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Author and a Yogini at OHA Health. Having a son with a rare adrenal disorder gave her insight into the working of the adrenals. Her articles have been shared by Dr Mark Hyman, MD, a 17 times NY Times Bestselling Author. She also gave the opening speech on Health Hacks at Amazon Web Services & YourStory HeathTech 2019 to heads of healthcare start-ups in India. She is in the YourStory100 Digital Influencers Of 2020. She is the author of the book How To Sleep Better-The Miraculous 10-Step Protocol To Recharge Your Mind & Body by HarperCollins with a foreword by Dr Mark Hyman which HarperCollins said was one of the most promising debut voices of 2023 and a superb debut book that you must read and Cosmopolitan referred to as one of the five books you must pick up. She has been featured in Femina, Scroll, Mint Lounge, the award winning podcast 15-Minute Matrixand UK Health Radio discussing sleep.
In this episode of The Luke Coutinho Show, I am honored to bring you an insightful discussion with one of India's leading cancer surgeons, Dr. Ganesh Nagarajan. With a remarkable career spanning over 22 years, he currently serves as the Director of Surgical Oncology (Hepatobiliary, Pancreatic, and Gastrointestinal Cancers) at Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai. Join me as we uncover: Lifestyle changes, including westernization, contribute to the rise in certain cancers in urban India Changing patterns of gastric and colorectal cancer and the prevalence of H. pylori infection The incidence of acid reflux among patients due to late-night meals, overeating, and unhealthy lifestyles The rise of fatty liver cases, including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and its progression to cirrhosis The role of gut microbiome in GI health and its potential link to cancer development The importance of screenings and stool tests for various types of cancers And much more…
In this episode of the Epigenetics Podcast, we talked with Mark Parthun from Ohio State University about his work on the role of Hat1p in chromatin assembly. Mark Parthun shares insights into his pivotal paper in 2004 that explored the link between type B histone acetyltransferases and chromatin assembly, setting the stage for his current research interests in epigenetics. He highlights the role of HAT1 in acetylating lysines on newly synthesized histones, its involvement in double-strand break repair, and the search for phenotypes associated with HAT1 mutations. The discussion expands to a collaborative research project between two scientists uncovering the roles of HAT1 and NASP as chaperones in chromatin assembly. Transitioning from yeast to mouse models, the team investigated the effects of HAT1 knockout on mouse phenotypes, particularly in lung development and craniofacial morphogenesis. They also explored the impact of histone acetylation on chromatin dynamics and its influence on lifespan, aging processes, and longevity. References Parthun, M. R., Widom, J., & Gottschling, D. E. (1996). The Major Cytoplasmic Histone Acetyltransferase in Yeast: Links to Chromatin Replication and Histone Metabolism. Cell, 87(1), 85–94. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81325-2 Kelly, T. J., Qin, S., Gottschling, D. E., & Parthun, M. R. (2000). Type B histone acetyltransferase Hat1p participates in telomeric silencing. Molecular and cellular biology, 20(19), 7051–7058. https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.20.19.7051-7058.2000 Ai, X., & Parthun, M. R. (2004). The nuclear Hat1p/Hat2p complex: a molecular link between type B histone acetyltransferases and chromatin assembly. Molecular cell, 14(2), 195–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1097-2765(04)00184-4 Nagarajan, P., Ge, Z., Sirbu, B., Doughty, C., Agudelo Garcia, P. A., Schlederer, M., Annunziato, A. T., Cortez, D., Kenner, L., & Parthun, M. R. (2013). Histone acetyl transferase 1 is essential for mammalian development, genome stability, and the processing of newly synthesized histones H3 and H4. PLoS genetics, 9(6), e1003518. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003518 Agudelo Garcia, P. A., Hoover, M. E., Zhang, P., Nagarajan, P., Freitas, M. A., & Parthun, M. R. (2017). Identification of multiple roles for histone acetyltransferase 1 in replication-coupled chromatin assembly. Nucleic Acids Research, 45(16), 9319–9335. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkx545 Popova, L. V., Nagarajan, P., Lovejoy, C. M., Sunkel, B. D., Gardner, M. L., Wang, M., Freitas, M. A., Stanton, B. Z., & Parthun, M. R. (2021). Epigenetic regulation of nuclear lamina-associated heterochromatin by HAT1 and the acetylation of newly synthesized histones. Nucleic Acids Research, 49(21), 12136–12151. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkab1044 Related Episodes Regulation of Chromatin Organization by Histone Chaperones (Geneviève Almouzni) Effects of Non-Enzymatic Covalent Histone Modifications on Chromatin (Yael David) scDamID, EpiDamID and Lamina Associated Domains (Jop Kind) Contact Epigenetics Podcast on X Epigenetics Podcast on Instagram Epigenetics Podcast on Mastodon Epigenetics Podcast on Bluesky Epigenetics Podcast on Threads Active Motif on X Active Motif on LinkedIn Email: podcast@activemotif.com
Bavathayini Nagarajan is a singer from the Kollywood Music Industry in India. She has given a kick start to her career by giving auditions in SaReGaMaPa, season 3. She is from Vannarpannai, Sri Lanka., living in Chennai. Bavathayini has created a beautiful journey in this TV show broadcasted on ZeeTamil. She will be visiting Sydney 2nd time, this time to the Jaffna Vembadi OGA's Music Show. Segment produced by Praba Maheswaran. - சிட்னி வருகைதரும் ஈழத்துப் பின்னணியுடைய சரிகமப புகழ் பாடகி பவதாயினி இனிய பாடல்களுடன் எமக்கு வழங்கிய செவ்வி. வேம்படி பழைய மாணவிகளின் இசை மழை 2024 எனும் நிகழ்ச்சி மார்ச் மாதம் 9ம் திகதி சனிக்கிழமை மாலை 6 மணிக்கு C3 Church Hall, Silverwaterஇல் நடைபெறவுள்ளது. இந்நிகழ்ச்சியில் பாடகி பவதாயினி, பிரபல பாடகர் சத்யப்பிரகாஷ், பாடகி ரக்க்ஷிதா மற்றும் உள்ளூர் பாடகர் ஜதுஷன் ஜெயராசா ஆகியோர் சிட்னி சப்தஸ்வராஸ் இசைக்குழுவின் பின்னணி இசையில் பாடல்களை வழங்கவுள்ளனர். நிகழ்ச்சியாக்கம்: மகேஸ்வரன் பிரபாகரன்.
"Under the Tree" is an initiative to re - live the child hood and our lives by relating to stories by great writers of yesteryears. The objective is to rekindle the interest of reading and showcase the Indian authors work which give rebirth to the tradition, culture. Spiritual series that is rich in Indian ethos along with Management aspects increase positivity which is much needed always..
Dr. N.Ramakrishnan is a Healthcare Entrepreneur who is American Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine & Sleep Medicine and also has a Master's degree in Medical Management from University of Southern California. He is currently the Director of Critical Care Services at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai and is a Senior Consultant in Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. He was the first Board Certified Sleep Specialist to practice in India and established Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences in 2004. He was also invited to meet the then honourable president of India, Dr.A.P.J Abdul Kalam who appreciated his contributions in the field of Critical Care & Sleep Medicine. What are male specific sleep disorders? Are there sleeping medications that can increase symptoms that further imbalance sleep? When should men reach out to an expert for sleep disorders? For more on Dr Ramakrishnan, you can follow him: Website: www.nithra.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NithraSleep Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnramakrishnan/ -For more on Deepa: Deepa is an Allied Functional Medicine Practitioner, Ayurvedic Practitioner, Author and a Yogini at OHA Health. Having a son with a rare adrenal disorder gave her insight into the working of the adrenals. Her articles have been shared by Dr Mark Hyman, MD, a 17 times NY Times Bestselling Author. She also gave the opening speech on Health Hacks at Amazon Web Services & YourStory HeathTech 2019 to heads of healthcare start-ups in India. She is in the YourStory100 Digital Influencers Of 2020. She is the author of the book How To Sleep Better-The Miraculous 10-Step Protocol To Recharge Your Mind & Body by HarperCollins. She has been featured on the award winning podcast 15-Minute Matrixand UK Health Radio discussing sleep.
This episode is produced by Anywhere Consulting. At Anywhere, we help companies grow with better distributed operations. To learn more, visit anywhere.consulting.This episode's guest was Shyam Nagarajan.To follow the Leadership Anywhere podcast, subscribe to future episodes, and check out older ones, visit our podcast page at anywhere.show. We provide more information and deeper background to each episode on our podcast site.
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In episode 85 of Mission: Impact, Carol Hamilton and Mala Nagarajan discuss organizational development, compensation structures, and critical discussions within nonprofit organizations. They explore the limitations of market-based compensation, the concept of a thriving wage, and the importance of aligning organizational values with employee compensation. Mala emphasizes the need for transparent and comprehensive approaches to compensation, touching on various factors such as areas of responsibility, risk assessment, and the significance of understanding one's relationship with money. In addition they explore how to integrate compensating for the emotional labor required in a role. They discuss the complexities of legal considerations and highlight the need for organizations to reevaluate traditional practices to foster a more equitable and holistic work environment. Highlights: 02:27: Creating equitable compensation models for organizations 04:50: Principles underpinning the work 08:16: The importance of interdependence 13:08- Transparency in compensation 16:21 Emotional labor and compensation 26:00 - Recognizing individual strengths and aligning them with organizational roles beyond just financial incentives 32:00 - Biases and values embedded in market-based compensation structures 37:00 - Implementing a thriving wage, distinct from a living wage 45:00 - The "conditions for readiness" necessary for successful implementation 53:00 - Assessing risk tolerance Guest Bio: Mala Nagarajan is a senior HR consultant who works with nonprofit organizations rooted in racial and social justice values. She is driven by a vision of strong organizations working collaboratively toward a common purpose and approaches her HR work with a values-aligned, people-centered, and movement-oriented lens. Mala is a consultant with RoadMap, a national network of consultants who work with social justice organizations. She helped organize RoadMap's HR/RJ (racial justice) working group. Mala has developed an innovative Compensation Equity Process and Calculator™ that reverse-engineers supremacy out and re-engineers equity in. It's an evolving approach accompanied with a custom tool that organizations can use to shift from a market-based to an anti-racist compensation model that centers those living at the intersections of multiple marginalized communities. Important Links and Resources: Mala Nagarajan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/malanagarajan/ Vega Mala Consulting | www.vegamala.com Marilyn Waring TED talk on what the GDP misses -- https://www.tedxchristchurch.com/marilyn-waring Polarities: https://www.polaritypartnerships.com/ The MIT Living Wage Calculator: https://livingwage.mit.edu/ Hidden Brain episodes on budgets: https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/money-2-0-why-we-bust-our-budgets/ Learn more about Mala's compensation work here: Fund the People: Compensation Philosophy, NPQ-Compensation Equity: A Values-Based Framework & Implementation Guide, Top Tips to Stop Widening the Wealth Gap, Why Radical Human Resources is Critical for Movement Organizations, Equitable Compensation is a Risk Worth Taking, Brave Questions: Recalculating Pay Equity, Don't Put Metal in the Microwave and other Compensation Myths, Transforming the Workplace: HR Innovations, Pay Scale Equity Process and Calculator. HR resources: RoadMap Consulting: Human Resources and Justice: Addressing Racism and Sexism in the Workplace. Washington Nonprofits: Workers in Nonprofits. The Management Center: Making Compensation More Equitable. ✉️ Subscribe to Carol's newsletter at Grace Social Sector Consulting
For many thousands of years, ancient civilizations understood the significance and importance of sound with sacred instruments being integral for healing. Now science confirms that certain type of sounds have positive impact on our brain, mind and body helping us to relax and unwind. Supriya Nagarajan is a singer, composer and musician. From the daily ritual of closing the temple door in India to micro-sounds in the city of York, Supriya takes us on the journey of sound healing and soundscapes. Tune in to learn what sound healing is, how it works and how we can utilise it to relax and stimulate deep rest.
Chennai native Shreya Nagarajan Singh launched SNS Arts Development Consultancy to offer strategic guidance and management to artists in the Indian arts landscape after an extraordinarily accomplished career as a performing artist as a Bharatnatyam Dancer, academic credentials that include a Masters's Degree in Arts Management at Columbia College on a Fullbright Scholarship, delegation in the Asia Pacific Leadership Program in the The East-West Centre in Hawaii, and a 6month solo-travel stint in a pre-Google Maps era still left her looking for a way to fulfill her true calling: make an impact on the Indian arts landscape that addresses some of its biggest loopholes that include archaic pedagogical methods, patriarchal power dynamics, casteism, informal economies and an eco-system that struggles to decipher accountability. This long-form conversation turned interview aims to explore the journey that has been since. All details on: www.tapasyaloading.com/snsarts
From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Amith is the founder of rasa.io - a company that makes it incredibly easy for any business to send a great newsletter. Rasa.io is a platform that is easy to use and automates the steps in creating a newsletter to allow anyone to send a fantastic newsletter on a frequent basis. In addition to making it easy, rasa.io uses AI to personalize the content for every reader automatically, which results in much better performance. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. The problem companies have today, no matter your brand, is that people forget you. It's extremely easy in the world we live in today to be forgotten. 2. Curation is getting the best possible content together - not just about your product or your company - but also circles surrounding your topic. 3. Every business needs to be connected on a high frequency basis or else you'll be forgotten. Rasa.io – Visit Amith's website for his special offer for Fire Nation! (Sorry! This link was active when this episode was first published in 2019 but is no longer an active offer.) Sponsor HubSpot HubSpot's AI- powered tools are changing the way you create content and communicate with your customers! Find out more about how to use AI to grow your business at HubSpot.com/artificial-intelligence
From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Amith is the founder of rasa.io - a company that makes it incredibly easy for any business to send a great newsletter. Rasa.io is a platform that is easy to use and automates the steps in creating a newsletter to allow anyone to send a fantastic newsletter on a frequent basis. In addition to making it easy, rasa.io uses AI to personalize the content for every reader automatically, which results in much better performance. Top 3 Value Bombs 1. The problem companies have today, no matter your brand, is that people forget you. It's extremely easy in the world we live in today to be forgotten. 2. Curation is getting the best possible content together - not just about your product or your company - but also circles surrounding your topic. 3. Every business needs to be connected on a high frequency basis or else you'll be forgotten. Rasa.io – Visit Amith's website for his special offer for Fire Nation! (Sorry! This link was active when this episode was first published in 2019 but is no longer an active offer.) Sponsor HubSpot HubSpot's AI- powered tools are changing the way you create content and communicate with your customers! Find out more about how to use AI to grow your business at HubSpot.com/artificial-intelligence
Omkar Chaudhary, Dhirendra Pundir, Nagarajan Sundaram and Abhishek Tiwary join Sanjay Dixit to analyse the Karnataka Elections Results and UP local bodies results. What would be the impact on 2024 Lok Sabha Elections?
The famous Chintamani-JDS Opinion Poll is here to assess the Karnataka Elections 2023. Analysis regionwise, dividing Karnataka into 6 regions. Nagarajan Sundaram and Abhishek Tiwary join to discuss the findings.
So many nonprofits right now are experiencing challenges with recruitment, burnout, retention, and internal conflict around issues of equity and compensation. Sometimes we don't know where to start. Sometimes we don't have a vision for where to go on these issues. So we've got an important, helpful, and mind-expanding conversation for you today. The brilliant consultant and thought-leader Mala Nagarajan returns to our podcast to share six practices that nonprofits can use to de-link privilege (or, on the other side of the coin, marginalization) from salaries, and reconstruct compensation in a way that is more equitable than it has traditionally been in our sector. These practices are drawn from the Compensation Scale Equity Process and Calculator™ developed by Vega Mala Consulting, of which our guest is Cofounder and Principal. We introduce this resource in the episode, and discuss how nonprofits and other consultants can utilize it. We also discuss what nonprofits can do right away even if they are unable to work with consultants to address equity in their compensation structure. From Fund the People's 8 Practices of Talent-Investing, this episode explores Practice #2: Lead with Respect, Practice #3: Build People-Systems, and Practice #4: Advance Talent Justice. To learn about these, and all 8 Practices of Talent-Investing, listen to Season 4 Episode 1. Go to the Show Notes Page on our website for a transcript of the episode, links to the resources discussed in the episode, guest bio, and more. You can find all the episodes of this podcast plus our blog, toolkit and other resources on our website, fundthepeople.org To hear Mala's previous appearance on the show, listen to Season 3 Episode 9, where she discusses what it means for nonprofits to develop a “compensation philosophy.”
Welcome to a cutting-edge episode of the "Association Chat Podcast" hosted by KiKi L'Italien! In this exhilarating conversation with Amith Nagarajan, Chairman of Blue Cypress, we'll uncover the transformative power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in the world of associations and nonprofits. Are you intrigued by how technology can revolutionize member engagement, streamline operations, and drive groundbreaking innovation in the association space? Look no further! With nearly 30 years of entrepreneurial success and a rich background as an early-stage investor in B2B SaaS companies, Amith offers invaluable insights into these disruptive technologies. In this episode, you'll learn: - How AI and ML are not just buzzwords but vital tools in shaping the future of associations. - The latest advancements in generative AI that are setting new benchmarks in operational efficiency. - Real-world examples of AI-driven success in engaging members and fostering long-term, sustainable growth. Blue Cypress, a family of purpose-driven companies led by Amith, is renowned for supporting associations and nonprofits to thrive in today's competitive landscape. This conversation taps into his wealth of experience to bring you actionable strategies to leverage AI and ML for your organization's success. Whether you're a tech enthusiast or an association professional looking to stay ahead of the curve, this episode is your gateway to the intersection of technology and associations. Dive in and discover the future with Association Chat's KiKi L'Italien! Keywords: Association Chat Podcast, KiKi L'Italien, Amith Nagarajan, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blue Cypress, Associations, Nonprofits, B2B SaaS, Member Engagement, Generative AI, Operational Efficiency, Sustainable Growth, Technology and Associations
The video features Sameer Nagarajan, the Global Chief People Officer of Erba Mannheim, who has previously worked with Unilever, Dabur, and Cadilla. Sameer talks about his journey and how he spent a lot of time in factories, which is his first love. He has either created or reinvented the function throughout his career. The discussion then shifts to the evolution of the human resources function, which Sameer describes as dramatic. Sameer also talks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the function, leading to responses that empathize with employees and focus on higher productivity and engagement. He also acknowledges the challenges of measuring productivity in white-collar jobs and the job losses that have occurred during the pandemic. 00:34- About Sameer Nagarajan Sameer is the Global Chief People Officer of Erba Mannheim. He was earlier with Unilever, Dabur, and Cadillac. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tbcy/support
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.03.09.531813v1?rss=1 Authors: van Woerkom, A., Harney, D. J., Nagarajan, S. R., Hakeem-Sanni, M. F., Lin, J., Hooke, M., Pulpitel, T., Cooney, G. J., Larance, M., Saunders, D. N., Brandon, A. E., Hoy, A. J. Abstract: Fatty liver is characterised by the expansion of lipid droplets and is associated with the development of many metabolic diseases, including insulin resistance, dyslipidaemia and cardiovascular disease. We assessed the morphology of hepatic lipid droplets and performed quantitative proteomics in lean, glucose-tolerant mice compared to high-fat diet (HFD) fed mice that displayed hepatic steatosis and glucose intolerance as well as high-starch diet (HStD) fed mice who exhibited similar levels of hepatic steatosis but remained glucose tolerant. Both HFD and HStD-fed mice had more and larger lipid droplets than Chow-fed animals. We observed striking differences in liver lipid droplet proteomes of HFD and HStD-fed mice compared to Chow-fed mice, with fewer differences between HFD and HStD. Taking advantage of our diet strategy, we identified a fatty liver lipid droplet proteome consisting of proteins common in HFD- and HStD-fed mice. Likewise, a proteome associated with glucose tolerance that included proteins common in Chow and HStD but not HFD-fed mice was identified. Notably, glucose intolerance was associated with changes in the ratio of adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) to perilipin 5 (PLIN5) in the lipid droplet proteome, suggesting dysregulation of neutral lipid homeostasis in glucose-intolerant fatty liver, which supports bioactive lipid synthesis and impairs hepatic insulin action. We conclude that our novel dietary approach uncouples ectopic lipid burden from insulin resistance-associated changes in the hepatic lipid droplet proteome. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.03.01.530704v1?rss=1 Authors: Jin, H., Verma, P., Jiang, F., Nagarajan, S., Raj, A. Abstract: The relationship between brain functional connectivity and structural connectivity has caught extensive attention of the neuroscience community, commonly inferred using mathematical modeling. Among many modeling approaches, spectral graph model (SGM) is distinctive as it has a closed-form solution of the wide-band frequency spectra of brain oscillations, requiring only global biophysically interpretable parameters. While SGM is parsimonious in parameters, the determination of SGM parameters is non- trivial. Prior works on SGM determine the parameters through a computational intensive annealing algorithm, which only provides a point estimate with no confidence intervals for parameter estimates. To fill this gap, we incorporate the simulation-based inference (SBI) algorithm and develop a Bayesian procedure for inferring the posterior distribution of the SGM parameters. Furthermore, using SBI dramatically reduces the computational burden for inferring the SGM parameters. We evaluate the proposed SBI-SGM framework on the resting-state magnetoencephalography recordings from healthy subjects and show that the proposed procedure has similar performance to the annealing algorithm in recovering power spectra and the spatial distribution of the alpha frequency band. In addition, we also analyze the correlations among the parameters and their uncertainty with the posterior distribution which can not be done with annealing inference. These analyses provide a richer understanding of the interactions among biophysical parameters of the SGM. In general, the use of simulation-based Bayesian inference enables robust and efficient computations of generative model parameter uncertainties and may pave the way for the use of generative models in clinical translation applications. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2023.02.23.529813v1?rss=1 Authors: Jin, H., Ranasinghe, K., Prahu, P., Dale, C., Gao, Y., Kudo, K., Vossel, K., Raj, A., Nagarajan, S., Jiang, F. Abstract: Dynamic resting state functional connectivity (RSFC) characterizes time-varying fluctuations of functional brain network activity. While many studies have investigated static functional connectivity, it has been unclear whether features of dynamic functional connectivity are associated with neurodegenerative diseases. Popular sliding-window and clustering methods for extracting dynamic RSFC have various limitations that prevent extracting reliable features to address this question. Here, we use a novel and robust time-varying dynamic network (TVDN) approach to extract the dynamic RSFC features from high resolution magnetoencephalography (MEG) data of participants with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and matched controls. The TVDN algorithm automatically and adaptively learns the low-dimensional spatiotemporal manifold of dynamic RSFC and detects dynamic state transitions in data. We show that amongst all the functional features we investigated, the dynamic manifold features are the most predictive of AD. These include: the temporal complexity of the brain network, given by the number of state transitions and their dwell times, and the spatial complexity of the brain network, given by the number of eigenmodes. These dynamic features have high sensitivity and specificity in distinguishing AD from healthy subjects. Intriguingly, we found that AD patients generally have higher spatial complexity but lower temporal complexity compared with healthy controls. We also show that graph theoretic metrics of dynamic component of TVDN are significantly different in AD versus controls, while static graph metrics are not statistically different. These results indicate that dynamic RSFC features are impacted in neurodegenerative disease like Alzheimer's disease, and may be crucial to understanding the pathophysiological trajectory of these diseases. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by Paper Player, LLC
In this episode, we're joined by Vijay Nagarajan, VP, Wireless Connectivity Division at Broadcom, to discuss Wi-Fi 7's Multi-Link Operation (MLO) feature. Vijay shares that each generation of Wi-Fi® has evolved to support the current consumer needs and use cases, and Wi-Fi 7 is no exception. With demand for media-rich, immersive experiences growing every day, Wi-Fi 7's core offering of MLO will deliver ultra-low latency and high speeds. Listen to learn about MLO's functionality and how Wi-Fi 7 will enable complex applications like AR/VR/XR, video, and more.For Wi-Fi Alliance: www.wi-fi.orgFor Membership Info: https://www.wi-fi.org/membershipGeneral Contact: https://www.wi-fi.org/contact-us
JD-Chintamani Elections.in preliminary survey results are out. Nagarajan Sundaram and Abhishek Tiwary join Sanjay Dixit to discuss the results of this preliminary survey that throws up som really surprising results.
This episode features the brilliant Ranjani Nagarajan. Ranjani is a Marketing Manager around Email Strategy at HubSpot. Ranjani first talks about her career in digital marketing working for digital agencies before landing her current role at Hubspot. We look at different opportunities in Hubspot's Marketing Hub and Ranjani explains a large part of a business's success is around segmentation and creating lists for different audiences. Personalisation is key and Hubspot allows users to communicate with their audience in several ways. When asked, Ranjani said one of the most successful ways to build automated journeys is via the customer's pipeline status or lifecycle stage. In terms of additional software, Canva is Ranjani's number one suggestion something she'd recommend to all marketers. This is a good episode to understand Hubspot Marketing Hubs and email marketing.
In this episode, you'll learn about developing a compensation philosophy on which you can build human resources and compensation systems that are in keeping with values of equity and justice. Consultant Mala Nagarajan sits down with host Rusty Stahl to talk about the ideas that undergird equitable salaries and benefits in social justice and social change workplaces. Mala brings deep experience in nonprofit human resources through her work with Vega Mala Consulting and RoadMap Consulting. She is now developing resources specifically to help nonprofits establish compensation practices grounded in racial equity. This is Season 3, Episode 9. Throughout this conversation, we explore several of the Principles of Talent-Investing: Principle 1: Nonprofit People Are Awesome Principle 2: Nonprofit People are the Bedrock of Organizational Effectiveness Principle 4: Talent Justice is Essential, and Principle 6: It Takes Significant Time and Money to Invest in the Nonprofit Workforce To learn about the Eight Principles of Talent-Investing, listen to Episode One of this season. And we invite you to learn from all the amazing past guests of Fund the People - A Podcast with Rusty Stahl. All resources & links mentioned in the show can be found on our episode show notes page or at fundthepeople.org/ftp_podcast. Find all the episodes of this podcast and other resources on our website, fundthepeople.org.
Nithya Nagarajan is a contemporary performance maker and curator who works across Australia and the Asia pacific. And she holds a PhD in performance studies. With 12 years of experience in programming, creative producing, international engagement, and transformative justice in the arts industry. Her artistic practice adopts movement as a system of inquiry into the sacred, the sensual and the decolonial. Nithya currently serves as a co-artistic director at Melbourne's Art House, and a board member at Theatre Network Australia. Nithya is the assistant director for the upcoming production “The Jungle and the Sea” which opens on the 12th of November at Belvoir St Theatre, Surry Hill Sydney. Nithya Nagarajan The Jungle and The Sea. Belvoir St Theatr Facebook | Asian Bitches Down Under Instagram | Asian Bitches Down Under Buy Me A Coffee | Asian Bitches Down Under BUTTER BUTTER active wear - use code ABDU10 for $10 off Real Mandarin in Taiwan Bundle with the code ABDU for a 10% off special! Email: asianbdownunder@gmail.com
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2022.10.05.511002v1?rss=1 Authors: Lyu, J., Nagarajan, R., Kambali, M., Wang, M., Rudolph, U. Abstract: The cellular basis of age-related impairments of hippocampal function is not fully understood. In order to evaluate the role of somatostatin-positive (Sst+) interneurons in the dentate gyrus hilus in this process, we chemogenetically inhibited Sst+ interneurons in the dentate gyrus (DG) hilus. Chronic chemogenetic inhibition (CCI) of these neurons resulted in increased c-Fos staining in the DG hilus, a decrease in the percentage of Gad67- and of Sst-expressing neurons in the DG, and increased microglial activation in DG, CA3, and CA1. Total dendritic length and spine density were reduced in DG and CA1, suggesting reduced dendritic complexity. Behaviorally, the recognition index in an object recognition task and the percentage of spontaneous alternations in the Y maze were decreased, while in both initial and reversal learning in the Morris water maze the latencies to find the hidden platform were increased, suggesting cognitive dysfunction. Our findings establish a causal role for a reduced function of Sst+ interneurons in the DG hilus for cognitive decline and suggest that this reduced function may contribute to age-related impairments of learning and memory. Our CCI mice may represent a cellularly defined model of hippocampal aging. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info Podcast created by PaperPlayer
Finding quality Indian food in St. Louis is made easy with the help of Sauce Magazine Executive Editor Meera Nagarajan. Nagarajan gave us the rundown of her favorite Indian spots to find staples like naan and samosas.
Coming to you from Davos Switzerland during the World Economic Forum 2022 conference, the Edge of NFT team brings you engaging interviews with key players in Web3 and beyond. This episode they chat with Nitin Gaur of State Street Digital, Matthias Ruch of CV VC, and Shyam Nagarajan of IBM Consulting. We cover the important transitions happening in digital finance, market use cases, decentralization, and tokenization of patents, to name a few. The world of crypto is continually evolving at break-neck speed. Tune in and learn more from industry experts about what's coming and what to look out for next!More from Edge of NFT:
Coming to you from Davos Switzerland during the World Economic Forum 2022 conference, the Edge of NFT team brings you engaging interviews with key players in Web3 and beyond. This episode they chat with Nitin Gaur of State Street Digital, Matthias Ruch of CV VC, and Shyam Nagarajan of IBM Consulting. We cover the important transitions happening in digital finance, market use cases, decentralization, and tokenization of patents, to name a few. The world of crypto is continually evolving at break-neck speed. Tune in and learn more from industry experts about what's coming and what to look out for next!
Episode70-Cathery Yeh and Janaki Nagarajan, "Resetting with Culturally Relevant Practices"
In this latest installment, Prof. Anu Nagarajan, Professor of Strategy at the Ross School of Business, joins me to discuss the supply chain crisis, as we dive into gas prices and the future of electric vehicles.
Stephanie Wong and Debi Cabrera host a special episode highlighting the amazing accomplishments of our guest Vidya Nagarajan Raman as we celebrate Women's History Month! With her more than 20 years of experience fostering growth and monetization in enterprise and education platforms, investing and working in the holistic lifestyle space, and earning her MBA while raising her two children, Vidya has certainly done a lot! Vidya tells us about her latest blog post stressing the importance of being an event-driven organization. In this business structure, reactions to events are planned in advance and developers consider how services are integrated for maximum efficiency. With synchronous extensions, projects retain flexibility in existing applications as they work with Cloud Functions to extend to new areas. Vidya gives our listeners examples of how this works. The journey from engineer to Head of Product Management was an interesting one for Vidya, and she describes how she got started in computer engineering. Her passion for connecting with users later pushed her to product management. She tells us about her contributions to Chromebooks for Education as well as other milestones during her time with Google. Vidya talks about the support system she credits with helping her along the way and gives our listeners advice for finding mentors in their fields. She touches on the challenges she faced, describes what it was like for a woman in the industry when she first started, and offers encouragement to women getting started now. Balancing work, continuing her education, and raising children was tough, but Vidya says that, along with her incredible professional and personal support systems, defining priorities is vital. Vidya offers our listeners the insights she's gained as she's watched Google and workplace teams change and adapt over the years. Building an inclusive team, encouraging diverse perspectives, and defining a framework for settling disagreements are some of the pieces of advice she shares. Don't be afraid to fail and be a risk-taker, Vidya says, because that promotes growth and learning. If you learn something new every day and have fun doing it, then you will be successful. In her spare time, Vidya leads a charitable foundation that partners with organizations in countries like India and Peru to further education, build orphanages and libraries, and provide medical care for women. She is an angel investor and runs workshops on creating a holistic lifestyle to help others lead well-rounded, fulfilling lives. Vidya Nagarajan Raman Vidya Nagarajan Raman is the Head of Product Management for Serverless at Google Cloud. She is also an angel investor, advisor, and co-founder of a holistic lifestyle platform that empowers people to grow and transform their lives. Cool things of the week Ready to solve for the future? Data Cloud Summit ‘22 is coming April 6 blog Visualizing Google Cloud: 101 Illustrated References for Cloud Engineers and Architects site Interview Evolving to a programmable cloud blog Cloud Functions site Cloud Run site Eventarc docs Work Flows site Chromebook site What's something cool you're working on? Debi is working on Apache Beam series with Mark Mirchandani. Stephanie is working on scripts for a series about getting into a career in cloud. Hosts Stephanie Wong and Debi Cabrera
This conversation you're about to hear is a part of BusinessLine's Table Talk series, conversations with leaders on their life and times and businesses. In this episode, the vivacious new MD and CEO of United Spirits, Hina Nagarajan, speaks to BusinessLine. For the uninitiated, Hina Nagarajan is the first woman to lead a liquor company of such a large scale in the country. She talks about how the pandemic stoked demand for premium liquor, the growth in in-home consumption, and the company's new marketing strategy to meet the needs of a changing India in a freewheeling chat. She also opens up about the IIM Ahmedabad experience and her interests beyond corporate life. Listen in! Read more: Diageo embraces the spirit of digital transformation Also read: How Diageo India is shaking it up --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/business-line/message
TDC Podcast is a show focused to bring the spotlight on rising artists, extremely talented but still not getting the hype and attention they deserve. A platform to help them reach the audience and entertain people at the same time through conversations with the artists. instagram.com/tdcpublication www.tdcpublication.com E-mail - tdcpublication@gmail.com Title : goal Voice by : N.Bharathi Lyrics : N.Bharathi Author bio : My name is Bharathi . I am 33 years old. I am from S.Kolathur in Kallakurichi district tamilnadu I was born in the village as the daughter of the Perumal Indira couple. My Qualification is D.ted, MA (English) Dtp, PGDCA. I am currently writing Indian Civil Service Examinations. My husband's name is Nagarajan and I have a 7 year old son named Praneeth Verma. My father has been working as a porter in the New tharagupet market in Bangalore. Growing up watching it, I felt that I should study well and progress in this society while at the same time having the feeling that it should be an achievement for a long time and for many years. My other skills. Reading, cooking, singing, writing poetry Rangoli drawing. I have been struggling with life for 10 years without being able to express my full potential without knowing the site for myself and my goal journey that started at the age of 23 did not return until I was 33 years old. The pain caused by family circumstances and some relationships to push the environment aside is not insignificant. I get frustrated when some people make fun of my ias target. Because of my self-doubt about the wrong perspective of others every day I have won. I have carved out my life for 10 years due to the economic crisis and pain. The first book I wrote was peace in heaven, beginning my journey as an associate author of books of English poetry on July 10, 2021. I have written 76 books in 5 months. I have won 18 trophies and 18 medals for that. I have participated in 3 national tournaments. I have won first and second places in the daily poetry competitions conducted by Sarvat Sabha. I have received over 150 certificates. I've published the 228-page book Love Trails on amazon I am compiling a book called Mother's Sacrifice. I have typed all these books on my mobile phone without using a computer. Completing all of these in a 5 month period is a record in the magic book record. Mail id : bharathi14p@gmail.com
It's just another technologically challenged day for Cyrus today! On this episode, Cyrus is joined by Karthik Nagarajan. They talk about three generations of bashing that Cyrus went through at home, Karthik's The Filter Koffee Podcast', the role the podcast plays in Karthik's life, why Jet Airways failed and why people don't want to start an airline business anymore, and more. They also talk about whether the world overreacted to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fear that has formed in everyone's mind around it, and tons more. Karthik also talks about the LBW decision in the IND vs SA test match, why Virat Kohli's actions have been termed 'childish', why Karthik feels test cricket is more relevant in today's time and what kind of marketing activity will Karthik do, given a chance, to hype test cricket. Karthik also reveals an ingenious method of coughing while hitting the ball with the bat so as to avoid getting out (tune in for this!) and Cyrus christens Karthik as 'KL Guru'. Further they talk about how did Karthik get two top level jobs at different companies. This and lots more madness on this episode. Do tune in Listen to The Filter Koffee Podcast: Website: http://www.filterkoffee.com IVM Podcasts: https://shows.ivmpodcasts.com/show/the-filter-koffee-podcast-REzRDso5YvWdg9XE Follow Karthik Nagarajan on social media: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karthiknagarajan/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_Karthik Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/filter_koffee/ Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmY4iMGgEa49b7-NH94p1BQ Also, subscribe to Cyrus' YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/channel/UCHAb9jLYk0TwkWsCxom4q8A You can follow Amit on Instagram & Twitter @DoshiAmit: https://twitter.com/doshiamit and https://instagram.com/doshiamit You can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antariksht Do send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.com Don't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @BoredBroacha (https://www.instagram.com/boredbroacha) In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussays You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios
Welcome to the fourth of CCA Derry~Londonderry's Round Tables where we bring together artists to talk about their work and experiences. In conversation in this episode are artists Priya Mistry, Nithya Nagarajan and Hetain Patel. The artists discuss their practices, working across disciplines, collaborations, family, diaspora and identity. A full transcript will be available to read soon. You can read more about the artists at their websites: Priya Mistry - whatsthebigmistry.com Nithya Nagarajan - nithyanagarajan.com Hetain Patel - hetainpatel.com With thanks to: Arts Council of Northern Ireland Derry City & Strabane District Council Art Fund CCA Derry~Londonderry | CCADLD.org | @CCADLD
Life Leadership with Leila Singh: All things... Coaching, Career & Personal Brand!
In today's episode of the mi-brand HQ podcast, I am speaking to Kavya Nagarajan Kavya is a senior data engineering consultant working in an advanced analytics firm QuantumBlack, part of McKinsey & Company based out of London. She is passionate about large-scale data processing to solve real-world problems using machine learning. Her technical expertise includes data wrangling using Python, Spark, and solution architecture on cloud computing services such as Azure, AWS, and Databricks. She has overall 6.5+ years of experience and has worked in a plethora of sectors from building robust data pipelines for predictive maintenance of jet engines in Rolls-Royce Aerospace to fuelling data for ship intelligence platform in their Marine division (acquired by Kongsberg Maritime in 2019). In her current role, she works on scaling impact through advanced analytics in the banking and insurance sectors. Outside of work, she volunteers to coach young individuals of age 16-18 on choosing their career journeys and helping them achieve professional goals with a fulfilling first internship and eventual employment. The opinions expressed in this podcast are Kavya's own and not necessarily those of her current or past employers. In today's session, Kavya shares – How she transitioned from being a bio-technologist to a self-taught computer programmer The importance of being intentional in your career and speaking up about what you want Why continuous honing and development of your self-awareness is foundational to your success How to cultivate a growth mindset through consistent self-reflection and overcome imposter syndrome Why showing vulnerability and asking for help is a sign of strength How stepping outside your comfort zone and challenging yourself can be your greatest learning You can connect with Kavya on LinkedIn at – https://www.linkedin.com/in/kavya-nag/ The Life Leadership Podcast – with Leila Singh, is all things Coaching, Career & Personal Branding! This podcast is for ambitious career professionals, especially aspiring executives, working in the technology industry, wanting to uncover your real potential, create new possibilities and accelerate your career - to BE DO & HAVE more, whilst redefining your success, in work, relationships, health and much more. Life Leadership: Creating a life and career of choice, fulfilment and new possibilities! As well as discussing common coaching topics and challenges that my clients overcome, I will also explore aspects of career advancement and personal branding in the workplace. And of course, continue to interview high-achieving leaders and execs in the tech space, who have carved out a successful career in their field, overcome challenges, and are openly willing to share their career journey, learnings and insights with you. Please SUBSCRIBE to this podcast, leave a REVIEW and SHARE with those that may benefit from this content. If you would like to learn more about working with me, Direct Message me on LinkedIn or email me at hello@leilasingh.com Connect directly with me here - www.linkedin.com/in/leila-singh/ Register here to receive your copy of The mi-brand Personal Brand Playbook - www.leilasingh.com/go/playbook And check out - >>> This article by https://BestPodcasts.co.uk, who curated a list of the Best Career Podcasts of 2023, offering unique and actionable insights to help you achieve your career goals - https://www.bestpodcasts.co.uk/best-career-podcasts/ with our podcast ‘Life Leadership' featuring in the Top 5! >>> https://blog.Feedspot.com whose editorial team extensively researched and curated a list of the Top 15 Life Leadership Podcasts across all platforms, featuring 'Life Leadership' in the Top 3! With ranking based on factors including - Podcast content quality - Episode consistency - Age of podcast - Engagement & shares of the podcast across social platforms. 15 Best Life Leadership Podcasts You Must Follow in 2023 (feedspot.com)
On this episode of our “Reinventing Customer Experience” podcast, ZS principals Arun Shastri and Gopi Vikranth chat with Meenakshi Nagarajan, SVP, recurring revenue and loyalty at Panera.Listen as they discuss the role of personalization, creating a true omnichannel experience and prioritizing leading-edge initiatives. Meenakshi also shares more around the launch of its loyalty program and how Panera keeps its consumers not only engaged but empowered through digital and in-person interactions. Some results or numbers have increased since the recording of this podcast.
Jake Billingham, BEIS, discusses Climate Security with Chitra Nagarajan. Chitra focuses on civilian protection, climate change, conflict analysis and sensitivity, peacebuilding, and human rights, particularly those of women and girls. She has worked across West Africa for over a decade, including examining climate security in the Lake Chad basin region and in Mali. She takes intersectional feminist approaches, integrating gender and social inclusion throughout all her work. She Called Me Woman: Nigeria's Queer Women Speak, a collection of narratives which she co-edited, was published by Cassava Republic Press in 2018 and she is currently working on a book on the violence in the Lake Chad Basin. She tweets @chitranagarajan.
Today's guest is Arun Nagarajan, Chief Technology Officer at BigSpring in New York. Founded in 2017, BigSpring is a mobile lifelong skilling platform with a mission to provide a direct path to employment for everyone. They empower people with the market-relevant skills they need to be gainfully employed and enjoy a high quality of life, and enable employers to measure ROI from learning to establish it as a core business driver and not a discretionary expense. BigSpring's reach extends globally across over a million learners with customers such as Google, Facebook, Uber, Samsung and AXA Insurance to name a few. The platform offers lifelong skilling for every worker and every job, with use cases including enhancing consumer financial literacy and driving sales channel productivity. BigSpring was rewarded with the "Technology Pioneer 2020" by the World Economic Forum for their cutting-edge technology and impact. In the episode, Arun will discuss: His background and current work with BigSpring, What attracted him to join BigSpring, Use cases of the interesting projects they work on, Building a data-driven culture at BigSpring, How they are embracing AI and Machine Learning & What excites him for the future
Why did Nagarajan prefer government employees over others for his daughter? Whom did Revathi wish to get married to? Who came to Revathi's house for lunch and what is the purpose behind it? Why did Senthil run away from Revathi's house? Whom did Revathi get married to?நாகராஜன் தன்னுடைய மகளுக்கு ஏன் அரசாங்க வேலையில் இருக்கும் மாப்பிள்ளையை பார்த்தார்? ரேவதிக்கு யாரை திருமணம் செய்ய விருப்பம் இருந்தது? ரேவதியின் வீட்டுக்கு யார் விருந்துக்கு வந்தது? விருந்தின் நோக்கம் என்ன? செந்தில் ஏன் தப்பி ஓடினார்? ரேவதிக்கு யாருடன் திருமணம் நடந்தது?Youtube Story Link: https://youtu.be/7jeVLt4Hh1I You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/androidor iOS: https://ivm.today/iosYou can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com
After 4 long years of fan outcry and demand, Warner Bros. and HBO Max have finally released the Snyder Cut. The 4-hour long epic delivers Zack Snyder's original vision for the Justice League film that we should have gotten back in 2017. After building hype for all this time, was it worth the wait? Join us in today's episode as we dive into Zack Snyder's Justice League. Recorded March 26, 2021. NerdCraft Nation is a partner of PubSquare Media, and is hosted by Austin Hall (@ADWAustin), Jose Lopez (@Sh1tJayLowSays), Brandon Kesselly (@bckesso), and Chris Walker (@cwlkr20). Our theme music was composed by Daniel Faris (@RadiantXellos on SoundCloud). If you would like to keep up with the show, please follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nerdcraftnation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nerdcraft-nation/message
In this episode, I talk with Hari Nagarajan - currently the Senior Engineer at Blue Origin. Hari shares his rise from a child in India to one of the top separation analysis engineers in the aerospace industry. Hari has an amazing resume' working with Lockheed Martin, SpaceX, Blue Origin and many other amazing aerospace companies. Come join our convo as we see the current and future aerospace industry through Hari's eyes. Enjoy!
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Today's guest:Shyam Sundar Nagarajan, Founder & CEO (GoFloaters)Website: https://gofloaters.com/ You will learn:01:47Background - studies, early career days, and thoughts on entrepreneurship04:09Gofloaters - Who are they?. Office for distributed and remote teams across 21 indian cities since 2017.08:19Idea & Spark moment behind the start of Gofloaters.16:05True believers in remote work; remote management & remote business19:36How pricing models are thought through and experimented with multiple coffee shops.24:20Customer adoption and trends with co-working space & evolutions around31:10Tech ecosystem involved & experiential contribution to the ecosystem33:14Foundation team - pillars behind the business. Combination of Full time and freelancers37:46Decision making challenges and overcoming with “word of mouth” recognitions, and scaling plans44:14Bootstrapping & Fundings managed to see the profit realization47:58Sales and marketing formula worked50:44Thoughts on scaling business with customer expansion55:29Rapid fire roundStay tuned! Be motivated! Thank you!!Streaming from https://indianstartupstories.com/podcast-episodes/ and in other Podcast appsSocial Media handles:Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Indian-Startup-Stories-105427574797700LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/indian-startup-stories-b4b385202Twitter:https://twitter.com/IndianStartupS2Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC38w7euU6JpLjyRb4Am7ugwInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/theindianstartupstories/Music credit: The Right Direction by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth. Created by hand with great skill, artistry, and mathematical precision, the kolam disappears in a few hours, borne away by passing footsteps and hungry insects. This is the first comprehensive study of the kolam in the English language. It examines its significance in historical, mathematical, ecological, anthropological, and literary contexts. The culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India--an Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford UP, 2018) celebrates the experiences, thoughts, and voices of the Tamil women who keep this tradition alive. You can visit the book's website here. Vijaya Nagarajan is currently the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, educator, consultant, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth. Created by hand with great skill, artistry, and mathematical precision, the kolam disappears in a few hours, borne away by passing footsteps and hungry insects. This is the first comprehensive study of the kolam in the English language. It examines its significance in historical, mathematical, ecological, anthropological, and literary contexts. The culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India--an Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford UP, 2018) celebrates the experiences, thoughts, and voices of the Tamil women who keep this tradition alive. You can visit the book's website here. Vijaya Nagarajan is currently the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, educator, consultant, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. 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
Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth. Created by hand with great skill, artistry, and mathematical precision, the kolam disappears in a few hours, borne away by passing footsteps and hungry insects. This is the first comprehensive study of the kolam in the English language. It examines its significance in historical, mathematical, ecological, anthropological, and literary contexts. The culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India--an Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford UP, 2018) celebrates the experiences, thoughts, and voices of the Tamil women who keep this tradition alive. You can visit the book's website here. Vijaya Nagarajan is currently the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, educator, consultant, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies
Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth. Created by hand with great skill, artistry, and mathematical precision, the kolam disappears in a few hours, borne away by passing footsteps and hungry insects. This is the first comprehensive study of the kolam in the English language. It examines its significance in historical, mathematical, ecological, anthropological, and literary contexts. The culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India--an Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford UP, 2018) celebrates the experiences, thoughts, and voices of the Tamil women who keep this tradition alive. You can visit the book's website here. Vijaya Nagarajan is currently the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, educator, consultant, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology
Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth. Created by hand with great skill, artistry, and mathematical precision, the kolam disappears in a few hours, borne away by passing footsteps and hungry insects. This is the first comprehensive study of the kolam in the English language. It examines its significance in historical, mathematical, ecological, anthropological, and literary contexts. The culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India--an Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford UP, 2018) celebrates the experiences, thoughts, and voices of the Tamil women who keep this tradition alive. You can visit the book's website here. Vijaya Nagarajan is currently the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, educator, consultant, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. 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
Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth. Created by hand with great skill, artistry, and mathematical precision, the kolam disappears in a few hours, borne away by passing footsteps and hungry insects. This is the first comprehensive study of the kolam in the English language. It examines its significance in historical, mathematical, ecological, anthropological, and literary contexts. The culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India--an Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford UP, 2018) celebrates the experiences, thoughts, and voices of the Tamil women who keep this tradition alive. You can visit the book's website here. Vijaya Nagarajan is currently the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, educator, consultant, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/religion
Every day millions of Tamil women in southeast India wake up before dawn to create a kolam, an ephemeral ritual design made with rice flour, on the thresholds of homes, businesses and temples. This thousand-year-old ritual welcomes and honors Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and alertness, and Bhudevi, the goddess of the earth. Created by hand with great skill, artistry, and mathematical precision, the kolam disappears in a few hours, borne away by passing footsteps and hungry insects. This is the first comprehensive study of the kolam in the English language. It examines its significance in historical, mathematical, ecological, anthropological, and literary contexts. The culmination of Vijaya Nagarajan's many years of research and writing on this exacting ritual practice, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India--an Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford UP, 2018) celebrates the experiences, thoughts, and voices of the Tamil women who keep this tradition alive. You can visit the book's website here. Vijaya Nagarajan is currently the Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. Raj Balkaran is a scholar, educator, consultant, and life coach. For information see rajbalkaran.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/indian-religions
Tune in as Ganesh Nagarajan talks about LyondellBasell's approach on Sustainability and the power of Circularity (circle of life in plastics). Find out how Ganesh and his team are creating solutions to reduce, recycle, renew and how this will help with emissions and climate change. Brought to you by the Economic Alliance Houston Port Region Produced in the Shell Deer Park Studio For more information log on to www.allianceportregion.com Feedback? Email our marketing team at amanda@allianceportregion.com
After the loss of her parents, her brother Pietro, and her lover Vision, Wanda Maximoff reached her breaking point. Retreating to the town of Westview, New Jersey, the grief-stricken Avenger constructs a false sitcom-inspired reality, with the town's citizens as its supporting cast. Today, we dive into Marvel's WandaVision. NerdCraft Nation is a partner of PubSquare Media, and is hosted by Austin Hall (@ADWAustin), Jose Lopez (@Sh1tJayLowSays), Brandon Kesselly (@bckesso), and Chris Walker (@cwlkr20). Our theme music was composed by Daniel Faris (@RadiantXellos on SoundCloud). If you would like to keep up with the show, please follow us on Twitter and Instagram @nerdcraftnation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nerdcraft-nation/message
In this episode, Springworks Product Manager, Nisarg Shah talks to Sameer Nagarajan, Global President of Human Resources at Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited. Sameer has experience working with major brands such as Dabur International, Unilever, AstraZeneca, Microland & Novartis all over the world.He is also known to write religiously about Leadership and HR on Linkedin and has had his articles published in several magazines and newspapers. He talks to us about how the role of HR has changed across organisations with the pandemic and how managers and leaders should think about work-life balance in the remote work environment.Will the companies revert back to their previous working style?After giving some important highlights of his personal and professional life, he throws light on the pandemic and how massively it changed the working style of organizations. The role of HR in changing the entire work setting has been extremely significant. When asked whether the organizations would want to look back to their previous style of working after the pandemic, Sameer disagrees. He explains that one of the main reasons behind this is the mutation of virus. Multiple variants have been formed and this is making the pandemic lengthier. Moreover, he explains that with the shift in the way of work, the mindsets of people have changed as well. The way they plan the work for the day, the way they balance it, and so on- all of this has taken a huge shift. This might require a lot of adjustment if they go back to their previous method of work. The ‘work from home' strategy has allowed companies to hire people irrespective of their locations. Additionally, it is resulting in reduced costs as most of the office expenses borne by the company are not needed anymore. Can we ensure productivity with Employee Engagement tools?Discussing employee engagement, Sameer says that employee engagement is only effective when the entire purpose behind it is clarified. Employee engagement tools do not necessarily ensure productivity, just by being fun and exciting. These tools and the goals to be achieved out of them should have a clear linkage between them. In order to do this, proper efforts and thought process needs to be undertaken while designing the tool. Proper analysis needs to be done in order to actually yield the desired productivity out of it.The importance of humility in leadership:“Humility is the essence of leadership. They should be able to take accountability for the results but especially, when the results are bad, they should be able to stand up and say sorry. And if the results are good, very often, they allow the team to go in front and say, ‘Yeah! We did it.'”Some valuable advice for the passionate future HRs:Before ending the podcast, Sameer gives an advice for the budding HR professionals:“I've always personally believed in pursuing your passion in life, however it is. I also do believe it takes some time to discover your passion. It's very tempting and easy to say that this is what you are very passionate about right now. And you might be right, if that's the case. But I always suggest the first five to 10 years of you career to experiment. See what drives, what fuels your passion, and then chase it”Follow Sameer Nagarajan on LinkedIn.Produced by: Priya BhattPodcast host: Nisarg ShahBONUS: We understand that the sudden shift to remote working is not an easy job. Hence, we are offering The Ultimate Guide to Remote Work In 2021 for making this new way of working less challenging for you.
Alice is here with special guest Kalyani Nagarajan chatting about her show, 'Inhospitable.' Catch it this week at Basement Theatre, along with some other thespian goodness. Whakarongo mai!
Vijaya Nagarajan is an Associate Professor and former Chair in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is also a contributor to the American Academy of Religion, an environmental activist, and has written extensively on Hinduism, gender, ritual, ecology and the commons. Vijaya wrote the first in-depth publication in English on the kolam. Kolam, the Tamil word for beauty, is the name given to the intricate rice flour designs that are created by women at dawn on the thresholds of millions of homes in South India. Her book, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India, An Exploration of the Kolam, explores this 1000-year-old (at least) art form and its multifaceted significance through the lenses of history, anthropology, mathematics, ecology and more. The book is the manifestation of a lifetime quest -- a quest in which intellectual rigor is blended with embodied ethics. In Vijaya's work, personal history and particularities of place intertwine with universal constants. Assumptions are tested, interpretations are multiplied, and the boundaries between disciplines begin to shimmer and shift. Born the eldest of three daughters in rural Tamil Nadu, Vijaya’s was a distinctly bicultural upbringing. During her formative years, the family triangulated between her ancestral village, New Delhi and Washington D.C. The early exposure to profound contrasts in landscape and culture perhaps seeded in her deep questions on economics, ecology, gender and religion that she would pursue with such vibrancy in adulthood. In the late 1970s, her innate affinity with the natural world led Vijaya to spend two and a half years as an engineering student at the University of Maryland. She was eager to explore the impact of engineering design on social equity and the environment, and the influence of social equity and the environment on engineering design. Her enthusiasm was ahead of her times. Such interests, she was told, lay outside the engineering discipline. Partway through the program, she transferred to UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources, and later traveled to India to study the energy efficiency of cow dung and biogas plants. The experience was deeply transformative and laid a foundation for what was to follow. Soon after graduating from Berkeley, Vijaya began alternating manual labor stints (including working at a yeast factory, in a furniture-making business, and as a house painter,) with research jobs for environmental organizations. One of her roles, with the non-profit Friends of the Ganges, involved raising public awareness about the pollution of one of India’s most revered rivers. It was in this period that she began inquiring deeply into the contradictions that exist between religion and ecology, and recognized that when a religion frames the environment as sacred, this does not always extrapolate to environmentalism in the culture. “The materiality of the river couldn’t be protected by that mythic layer,” she says,"The mythic belief [of the river as goddess, in fact] often prevented confronting the intense pollution.” In 1984, inspired by their friend and mentor Ivan Illich, Vijaya and her husband, Lee Swenson, founded a non-profit called the Recovery of the Commons Project. Their vision was to create a community space for exploratory conversations on ecology, literature and power. Over a period of twenty years, they hosted a slew of workshops, seminars, international learning trips, and intimate circles. Their work brought together dazzling environmental writers like Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams with renowned activists like Vandana Shiva from India and Gustavo Esteva from Mexico. In 1986, the couple founded the Institute for the Study of Natural and Cultural Resources. Founded while Vijaya was between undergraduate and graduate school, the work of these two organizations continued throughout her graduate program, and beyond. “I was always working two jobs,” she remarks. "It is the energy of youth, I suppose, where working over a hundred hours a week felt as nothing special." Feeding A Thousand Souls, Vijaya’s book on kolam published in 2018, is a shining example of that brand of dedication. The title refers to the belief in Hindu mythology that householders have a karmic obligation to “feed a thousand souls.” By creating the kolam out of rice flour, a woman provides food for birds, ants and other tiny life forms. In this way, each day is greeted with “a ritual of generosity.” Traditionally created on the ground outside of the home, kolam are implicitly a dual offering to Mother Earth and the commons. Created by hand with a combination of skilled artistry, mathematical precision, and spontaneity, the kolam is a deliberately transient form of art. Each day’s kolam disappears underfoot, and by the next dawn a new one will take its place. Today an estimated 20 million women across Tamil Nadu keep this daily, devotional art form alive. Vijaya’s book surfaces thought-provoking belief systems and questions: "In a context where suffering, death, illness, and poverty are everyday realities, a woman's positive intentionalities are believed to actually make a difference in people's lives. The power of her hands is fluid, and the female personification of energy, or shakti, moves from the women's active, creative hands to the kolam, to be picked up by the feet and transported throughout the day. The kolam appears on the streets day after day - the visual signs of a woman's blessings in the vicinity, "fluid signs." In this world, women's blessings are believed to have an effect. I often wonder: are women's blessings themselves a kind of commons?” Join us in conversation with this interdisciplinary thinker, teacher, author and activist!
Vijaya Nagarajan is an Associate Professor and former Chair in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is also a contributor to the American Academy of Religion, an environmental activist, and has written extensively on Hinduism, gender, ritual, ecology and the commons. Vijaya wrote the first in-depth publication in English on the kolam. Kolam, the Tamil word for beauty, is the name given to the intricate rice flour designs that are created by women at dawn on the thresholds of millions of homes in South India. Her book, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India, An Exploration of the Kolam, explores this 1000-year-old (at least) art form and its multifaceted significance through the lenses of history, anthropology, mathematics, ecology and more. The book is the manifestation of a lifetime quest -- a quest in which intellectual rigor is blended with embodied ethics. In Vijaya's work, personal history and particularities of place intertwine with universal constants. Assumptions are tested, interpretations are multiplied, and the boundaries between disciplines begin to shimmer and shift. Born the eldest of three daughters in rural Tamil Nadu, Vijaya’s was a distinctly bicultural upbringing. During her formative years, the family triangulated between her ancestral village, New Delhi and Washington D.C. The early exposure to profound contrasts in landscape and culture perhaps seeded in her deep questions on economics, ecology, gender and religion that she would pursue with such vibrancy in adulthood. In the late 1970s, her innate affinity with the natural world led Vijaya to spend two and a half years as an engineering student at the University of Maryland. She was eager to explore the impact of engineering design on social equity and the environment, and the influence of social equity and the environment on engineering design. Her enthusiasm was ahead of her times. Such interests, she was told, lay outside the engineering discipline. Partway through the program, she transferred to UC Berkeley’s College of Natural Resources, and later traveled to India to study the energy efficiency of cow dung and biogas plants. The experience was deeply transformative and laid a foundation for what was to follow. Soon after graduating from Berkeley, Vijaya began alternating manual labor stints (including working at a yeast factory, in a furniture-making business, and as a house painter,) with research jobs for environmental organizations. One of her roles, with the non-profit Friends of the Ganges, involved raising public awareness about the pollution of one of India’s most revered rivers. It was in this period that she began inquiring deeply into the contradictions that exist between religion and ecology, and recognized that when a religion frames the environment as sacred, this does not always extrapolate to environmentalism in the culture. “The materiality of the river couldn’t be protected by that mythic layer,” she says,"The mythic belief [of the river as goddess, in fact] often prevented confronting the intense pollution.” In 1984, inspired by their friend and mentor Ivan Illich, Vijaya and her husband, Lee Swenson, founded a non-profit called the Recovery of the Commons Project. Their vision was to create a community space for exploratory conversations on ecology, literature and power. Over a period of twenty years, they hosted a slew of workshops, seminars, international learning trips, and intimate circles. Their work brought together dazzling environmental writers like Barry Lopez and Terry Tempest Williams with renowned activists like Vandana Shiva from India and Gustavo Esteva from Mexico. In 1986, the couple founded the Institute for the Study of Natural and Cultural Resources. Founded while Vijaya was between undergraduate and graduate school, the work of these two organizations continued throughout her graduate program, and beyond. “I was always working two jobs,” she remarks. "It is the energy of youth, I suppose, where working over a hundred hours a week felt as nothing special." Feeding A Thousand Souls, Vijaya’s book on kolam published in 2018, is a shining example of that brand of dedication. The title refers to the belief in Hindu mythology that householders have a karmic obligation to “feed a thousand souls.” By creating the kolam out of rice flour, a woman provides food for birds, ants and other tiny life forms. In this way, each day is greeted with “a ritual of generosity.” Traditionally created on the ground outside of the home, kolam are implicitly a dual offering to Mother Earth and the commons. Created by hand with a combination of skilled artistry, mathematical precision, and spontaneity, the kolam is a deliberately transient form of art. Each day’s kolam disappears underfoot, and by the next dawn a new one will take its place. Today an estimated 20 million women across Tamil Nadu keep this daily, devotional art form alive. Vijaya’s book surfaces thought-provoking belief systems and questions: "In a context where suffering, death, illness, and poverty are everyday realities, a woman's positive intentionalities are believed to actually make a difference in people's lives. The power of her hands is fluid, and the female personification of energy, or shakti, moves from the women's active, creative hands to the kolam, to be picked up by the feet and transported throughout the day. The kolam appears on the streets day after day - the visual signs of a woman's blessings in the vicinity, "fluid signs." In this world, women's blessings are believed to have an effect. I often wonder: are women's blessings themselves a kind of commons?” Join us in conversation with this interdisciplinary thinker, teacher, author and activist!
No vigésimo nono BlockTalks a gente conversa com Shyam Nagarajan, Líder de Go To Market em Serviços de Blockchain na IBM, que conta pra gente sobre diversos casos de Enterprise Blockchain já em produção .. Instagram.com/blockdropspodcast .. Twitter.com/blockdropspod .. blockdropspodcast@gmail.com .. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blockdropspodcast/message
In this episode #75, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Sameer Sameer Nagarajan is currently serving as a Global President, Human Resources with Cadila Pharma. This interaction will be based on his overall professional industry experience spanning over 3 decades with prominent brands like Stanford Seed, Dabur, Unilever Srilanka, AstraZeneca, Hindustan Lever Limited, Microland & Novartis Sameer Nagarajan has a proven track record in Strategic Business Partnering to deliver organizational outcomes. He is driven by a passion for people and performance and particularly interested in Organisation Efficiency and Talent Management. Sameer's Specific areas of interest include Personal Growth, Leadership Development, Learning, and Employee Relations. He has Wide intercultural experience spanning Asia, Europe, Africa, and the US. Sameer's Insights: Sameer's Career journey and the rising of a corporate leader! Employment situation POST COVID Remote work, Gig economy and its global implications Diversity & Inclusion – Role in Shaping the economy What should the job aspirants DO differently to be employable? Future of Jobs in POST COVID market Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER Enjoy the episode! Vidyadhar's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sameer-nagarajan-6709635/ Dear #TGV Audience…Here is a chance to broadcast yourself
Listen to Harish Nagarajan, product manager at ROI Hunter, talk about his journey from technical writing to product management. In this episode, Harish talks about the qualities of a product manager, the benefits of having a master's degree, what one should do while transitioning into the role of a product manager, and the benefits of speaking with customers.
This week's episode of Spotlights features Vijaya Nagarajan, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. She talks about her teaching, research, and activism at the intersection of Hinduism and ecology, with particular attention to her book, Feeding A Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual and Ecology in India—An Exploration of the Kōlam (Oxford University Press, 2018). You can learn more about her book HERE.More information about Hinduism and ecology can be found on the Forum website.You can watch this episode HERE.
What a year it's been for us all! We could all use a nice way to finish it off in high spirits (both literally and figuratively).So, to round it off, we have got a banger of a year ender for you!Come join Karthik Nagarajan (The Filter Koffee Podcast), Varun Duggirala (Advertising is Dead) and Vineet Kanabar (StoryTellers & StorySellers) for the ultimate podcast crossover as they round up 2020 in a fun and thoughtful way - by reviewing the year on the basis of advertising, branding, content and entertainment. They talk about the year that has gone by, their learnings and realisations from it, answer questions from listeners and hand out fun awards to deserving winners. What was the most average ad of the year? Which was the best campaign of 2020? How should advertisers be looking at podcasting and the audio medium going forward? All this and much more on this Unprecedented Episode. Do listen in.Follow Karthik on Twitter & Instagram: https://twitter.com/The_Karthik and https://instagram.com/filter_koffeeFollow Varun on Twitter & Instagram: https://twitter.com/varunduggi and https://instagram.com/varunduggiFollow Vineet on Twitter & Instagram: https://twitter.com/ashcharyafuckit and https://instagram.com/ashcharyafuckitYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.You can also check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.10.07.329698v1?rss=1 Authors: Borghesani, V., Dale, C. L., Lukic, S., Hinkley, L. B. N., Lauricella, M., Shwe, W., Miziuri, D., Honma, S., Miller, Z., Miller, B. L., Houde, J., Gorno-Tempini, M. L., Nagarajan, S. Abstract: Awake humans constantly extract conceptual information from a flow of perceptual inputs. Category membership (e.g., is it an animate or inanimate thing?) is a critical semantic feature used to determine the appropriate response to a stimulus. Semantic representations are thought to be processed along a posterior-to-anterior gradient reflecting a shift from perceptual (e.g., it has eight legs) to conceptual (e.g., venomous spiders are rare) information. One critical region is the anterior temporal lobe (ATL): patients with semantic variant primary progressive aphasia (svPPA), a clinical syndrome associated with ATL neurodegeneration, manifest a deep loss of semantic knowledge. Here, we test the hypothesis that svPPA patients, in the absence of an intact ATL, perform semantic tasks by over-recruiting areas implicated in perceptual processing. We acquired MEG recordings of 18 svPPA patients and 18 healthy controls during a semantic categorization task. While behavioral performance did not differ, svPPA patients showed greater activation over bilateral occipital cortices and superior temporal gyrus, and inconsistent engagement of frontal regions. These findings indicate a pervasive reorganization of brain networks in response to ATL neurodegeneration: the loss of this critical hub leads to a dysregulated (semantic) control system, and defective semantic representations are compensated via enhanced perceptual processing. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.09.16.300384v1?rss=1 Authors: Xie, X., Cai, C., Damasceno, P. F., Nagarajan, S., Raj, A. Abstract: How do functional brain networks emerge from the underlying wiring of the brain? We examine how resting-state functional activation patterns emerge from the underlying connectivity and length of white matter fibers that constitute its "structural connectome". By introducing realistic signal transmission delays along fiber projections, we obtain a complex-valued graph Laplacian matrix that depends on two parameters: coupling strength and oscillation frequency. This complex Laplacian admits a complex-valued eigen-basis in the frequency domain that is highly tunable and capable of reproducing the spatial patterns of canonical functional networks without requiring any detailed neural activity modeling. Specific canonical functional networks can be predicted using linear superposition of small subsets of complex eigenmodes. Using a novel parameter inference procedure we show that the complex Laplacian outperforms the real-valued Laplacian in predicting functional networks. The complex Laplacian eigenmodes therefore constitute a tunable yet parsimonious substrate on which a rich repertoire of realistic functional patterns can emerge. Although brain activity is governed by highly complex nonlinear processes and dense connections, our work suggests that simple extensions of linear models to the complex domain effectively approximate rich macroscopic spatial patterns observable on BOLD fMRI. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.09.06.283481v1?rss=1 Authors: Kambeitz-Ilankovic, L., Vinogradov, S., Wenzel, J., Fisher, M., Haas, S., Betz, L., Penzel, N., Nagarajan, S., Koutsouleris, N., Subramaniam, K. Abstract: Background: Cognitive gains following cognitive training interventions (CT) are associated with improved functioning in people with schizophrenia (SCZ). However, considerable inter-individual variability is observed. Here, we evaluate the sensitivity of brain structural features to predict functional response to auditory-based cognitive training (ABCT) at a single subject level. Methods: We employed whole-brain multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA) with support vector machine (SVM) modeling to identify grey matter (GM) patterns that predicted higher vs. lower functioning after 40 hours of ABCT at the single subject level in SCZ patients. The generalization capacity of the SVM model was evaluated by applying the original model through an Out-Of-Sample Cross Validation analysis (OOCV) to unseen SCZ patients from an independent sample that underwent 50 hours of ABCT. Results: The whole-brain GM volume-based pattern classification predicted higher vs. lower functioning at follow-up with a balanced accuracy (BAC) of 69.4% (sensitivity 72.2%, specificity 66.7%) as determined by nested cross-validation. The neuroanatomical model was generalizable to an independent cohort with a BAC of 62.1% (sensitivity 90.9%, specificity 33.3%). Conclusions: In particular, greater baseline GM volume in regions within superior temporal gyrus, thalamus, anterior cingulate and cerebellum -- predicted improved functioning at the single-subject level following ABCT in SCZ participants. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info
This episode I speak with Karthik Nagarajan about the advantages of running roleplaying games for teams, look at computer user groups, fraud, and a JavaScript version of Civilisation 6. https://chrischinchilla.com/podcasts --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/theweeklysqueak/message
Link to bioRxiv paper: http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.08.10.243774v1?rss=1 Authors: Hashemi, A., Cai, C., Kutyniok, G., Mueller, K.-r., Nagarajan, S., Haufe, S. Abstract: Methods for electro- or magnetoencephalography (EEG/MEG) based brain source imaging (BSI) using sparse Bayesian learning (SBL) have been demonstrated to achieve excellent performance in situations with low numbers of distinct active sources, such as event-related designs. This paper extends the theory and practice of SBL in three important ways. First, we reformulate three existing SBL algorithms under the majorization-minimization (MM) framework. This unification perspective not only provides a useful theoretical framework for comparing different algorithms in terms of their convergence behavior, but also provides a principled recipe for constructing novel algorithms with specific properties by designing appropriate bounds of the Bayesian marginal likelihood function. Second, building on the MM principle, we propose a novel method called LowSNR-BSI that achieves favorable source reconstruction performance in low signal-to-noise-ratio settings. Third, precise knowledge of the noise level is a crucial requirement for accurate source reconstruction. Here we present a novel principled technique to accurately learn the noise variance from the data either jointly within the source reconstruction procedure or using one of two proposed cross-validation strategies. Empirically, we could show that the monotonous convergence behavior predicted from MM theory is confirmed in numerical experiments. Using simulations, we further demonstrate the advantage of LowSNR-BSI over conventional SBL in low-SNR regimes, and the advantage of learned noise levels over estimates derived from baseline data. To demonstrate the usefulness of our novel approach we show neurophysiologically plausible source reconstructions on averaged auditory evoked potential data. Copy rights belong to original authors. Visit the link for more info
Family Businesses series. Today in our ‘Family Businesses' series, we talk to an MBA graduate who has taken a slightly different direction. Instead of using his MBA to transition from a family business to a corporate role, Gautam Nagarajan went in the other direction, leveraging his knowledge and skills gained on the course to move from a corporate role to his family firm. We discussed why he made the decision, how he uses his MBA in his new role, and what it's like working with your family 24/7.About Us Many students come to an MBA from banking, consulting, or MNC backgrounds, but what about those that don't? The Modern MBA podcast with Marie Kirwan and Kristen Rossi shares the stories of those transitioning from or using their MBAs in unorthodox MBA sectors including the arts, healthcare, not-for-profit, academia, and more.Website: http://www.themodernmba.co.ukSubscribe: Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google PodcastsFollow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram and TwitterPodcast Music Credit:Limit 70, courtesy of Kevin MacleodSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Themodernmba)
Composers Richard Rijnvos, Cassandra Miller, and Supriya Nagarajan share their music and thoughts exploring the theme of Inspiration. From gardening, cheesecakes and lullabies, to listening to our own bodies as a source of inspiration, join our CEO Susanna Eastburn MBE and composer Des Oliver for a unique insight into composing This podcast was produced by Michael Umney (Resonance FM) and mixed by Chris Bartholomew, with the theme tune composed by Rob Bentall. Our recommendation at the end is for record label another timbre. In this episode, you listen to the following music and sounds: Richard Rijnvos (b.1964) fuoco e fumo (2013), performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and released on their own label Riflesso sullo spazio (2019), performed by the Ives Ensemble, courtesy of Richard Thomas Foundation Recordings and Wyastone Estate Cassandra Miller (b.1976) Tracery: Lazy, Rocking (2017) by Cassandra Miller, performed by Juliet Fraser courtesy of all that dust records Duet for Cello and Orchestra (2015), performed by Charles Curtis (cello) and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov; released by another timbre records Supriya Nagarajan Lullaby — Sonic Cradle (2018/19), recorded in the Hepworth Gallery in Yorkshire and Oslo Central Station Our heartfelt thanks to the record labels, performers, composers and organisations who allowed us to include excerpts of these recordings on the podcast.
“Women and men face very different risks and challenges,” said Chitra Nagarajan, a writer and journalist who covers climate change, conflict, and gender. She spoke in this week’s podcast about what’s changed in the Lake Chad region. In the last few years the combination of profound climate change and high levels of insecurity have made life harder for the local population. To get a sense of how recent changes have affected Lake Chad’s residents, Nagarajan interviewed more than 250 people. These are some of her findings. “It’s very clear and we know this from other contexts as well,” she said, “that the people who face the most risk and who have been affected the most are those who were already vulnerable and marginalized beforehand or people who acquired vulnerabilities.” As a result, the conflict has impacted men and women differently. Men are much more likely to be viewed with suspicion by all parties to the conflict, more likely to be in detention, more likely to experience extrajudicial killing, and more likely to be recruited by force. Women, on the other hand, face high levels of gender-based violence like sexual abuse and exploitation, forced sex work, increased early marriage, and domestic violence. Despite the harms that women have faced in this conflict, some are newly empowered, taking on roles previously off limits. With men gone, women are heading households and finding ways to sustain families and communities. They wield the decision-making power in their households and communities. “And you really see how women have transformed their own understanding of what they are capable of and also their desires for what they want for their children,” said Nagarajan. This desire to be self-sufficient has in turn increased girls’ education. I want my daughter to have education, to have access to opportunities, so that she will not suffer the way that I have or the way I am, Nagarajan recalled one woman told her. But gender-based violence persists in the region. Due to an underfunded humanitarian response, many gaps exist. In addition, not enough services are provided to change attitudes about stigma and prevent violence. “It is good to provide services to survivors of gender-based violence, but even better than doing that is preventing the violence from taking place in the first place,” she said. “And we have seen very little truly preventative programing on the ground.” Policymakers ignore the impacts of conflict on women’s reproductive health. Women and girls are not able to control their reproduction. And men do not want their wives to have access to contraceptives. “I do think that this is an issue of masculine ego and thinking I am a real man if I have lots of children,” said Nagarajan. Because women and girls who are not married find it hard to access contraceptives, demand for highly unsafe methods to terminate pregnancies has increased. Women wish to end pregnancies for many reasons. They may not be able to take care of so many children. Other reasons include high levels of sexual violence, absence of men, and high levels of victim blaming and stigmatization if the pregnancy is a result of sexual violence. One young woman Nagarajan met was the sole survivor of her family. A soldier forced the woman to have sex in exchange for shelter, then left the area. The young woman relies on the goodwill of neighbors in an informal settlement in Nigeria. When I met her, said Nagarajan, her top priority was to end her pregnancy, because she feared neighbors would stop supporting her due to the extramarital nature of her pregnancy. But she had no access to help to end it. Many people who live around Lake Chad get no support from governments or politicians. “Lack of governance and lack of effective services have been one of the biggest barriers both in terms of being a driver of violence but also in terms of providing services and support to the affected population,” said Nagarajan. A more holistic approach needs to be taken into consideration to focus on civilian protection and reduce harm. “A lot more can be done,” she said, “to put these words into action.”
A weekly magazine-style radio show featuring the voices and stories of Asians and Pacific Islanders from all corners of our community. The show is produced by a collective of media makers, deejays, and activists. On today's South Asia spotlight, we bring you an insightful discussion between scholar Aniruddhan Vasudevan, who is pursuing a PhD in cultural anthropology at the University of Texas, Austin, and Dr. Vijaya Nagarajan, associate professor of religious studies at the University of San Francisco. They discuss Professor Nagarajan's recently published book, Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India- An Exploration of the Kolam. This book, which is the culmination of over three decades of research, is an in-depth account of the art of kolam in southern India, especially in Tamil Nadu. The practice of decorating home, temple, and ritual spaces with ephemeral designs in widespread across South Asia, known variously as kolam, alpana, rangoli, mandala, and more. Nagarajan focuses on kolam as it is practiced primarily by the women of the Tamil region. For more details about the author and her work, visit: Feeding A Thousand Souls. Show hosted and produced by Preeti Mangala Shekar with editorial support from Uma Nagarajan. The post APEX Express – September 19, 2019 appeared first on KPFA.
In Greek mythology, the Pierian Spring was a sacred source of knowledge believed to inspire those who drank from it. Driven to create a similar collective source of information in the quickly evolving field of precision medicine, Dr. Rakesh Nagarajan and his team at PierianDx have integrated technology, content, and human medical expertise to help provide insights for the treatment and management of complex medical conditions. Click play to learn more about PierianDx's unique software and hear examples of how sequencing is already being used to help some conditions. PierianDx works with some of the most advanced cancer centers, medical centers, laboratories, and health systems; visit PierianDx.com to learn more.
Stand-up comedian Karthik Kumar joins Karthik Nagarajan to talk about co-founding Evam, an art-based start-up company and how he trained himself to become a stand-up comic. He also shares his respect and admiration for Mani Ratnam and how performance arts have the power to change behaviour. Tweet to Karthik Nagarajan @The_Karthik and follow his WordPress handle here. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/
A conversation with Vandana Shiva and Vijaya Nagarajan about climate change, women of the world, religious rituals, and how they all go together. Guest: Vijaya Nagarajan is an associate professor in the Department of Theology/Religious Studies and in the Program of Environmental Studies at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of the book Feeding a Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual, and Ecology in India- An Exploration of the Kolam. Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and alter-globalization author. Currently based in Delhi, she has authored more than twenty books, Including Who Really Feeds the World?, The Failures of Agribusiness and the Promise of Agroecology and Making Peace with the Earth. She is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization and a figure of the global solidarity movement known as the alter-globalization movement. The post Vandana Shiva and Vijaya Nagarajan: Women, Ritual and Ecology in India appeared first on KPFA.
On this episode of Face the Music, Aakriti, Sukanya, Nagarajan and Meghana discuss how certain actors like Emraan Hashmi, Ayushmann Khurana, Dulquer Salman and others have become synonymous with good music. We also talk about why we couldn't think of many female actors that fall in the same category, and how that may be rooted in a deeper cause.
In July, A Humming Heart took out three half-yearly reports - 15 best songs to have come out in the independent, Tamil and Malayalam music industries. We attempted to take one out for Bollywood songs as well, but realised that there is a serious scarcity of good musical content there. In this podcast, our team - Sukanya, Aakriti, Nagarajan and our guest Tanika, talk about the curious case of the decline of Bollywood music.
A Humming Heart team - Joseph, Sukanya, Nagarajan and Aakriti - take a look back at the special albums turning ten this year.
Flaminia Catteruccia discusses the molecular basis of mating and reproduction in Anopheles gambiae mosquito. Her research provides insight into the mosquito reproductive biology to better develop vector control. Catteruccia is Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard School of Public Health.TranscriptSpeaker 1: Spectrum's next. Speaker 2: [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] Speaker 3: [inaudible].Speaker 2: [inaudible].Speaker 1: [00:00:30] Welcome to spectrum the science and technology show on k a l x Berkeley, a biweekly 30 minute program bringing you interviews, featuring bay area scientists and technologists as well as a calendar of local events and news. Speaker 4: Good afternoon. My name is Brad swift and I'm the host of today's show. Our interview is with Dr Flaminia cutthroat Chia associate professor of immunology and infectious [00:01:00] diseases in the department of the same name at the Harvard School of Public Health. She is also an associate professor at the University of [inaudible] in Italy. Malaria is a leading cause of death in tropical and subtropical regions. The plasmodium parasite that causes malaria is transmitted by the biting of female [inaudible] mosquitoes. Dr Cutthroat Chias group studies the molecular basis of mating and reproduction in both the female and male of [00:01:30] four species of mosquito. They are looking for the most effective and robust strategies to frustrate mosquito reproduction. Overall, they aim to provide insight into the reproductive biology of this malaria vector, which until recently remained largely unstudied. So the new targets for vector control can be developed. And Dr Cutolo Chia was in the bay area recently for a conference and I was able to arrange an interview Flaminia Katja, welcome to spectrum. [00:02:00] Thank you. What'd you give us an overview of your current Speaker 3: object? Yes, sure. So my research group is based at the Harvard School of Public Health, uh, is working on, uh, the biology of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria in Africa. And mother is still a massive problem for tropical and subtropical countries, but in particular for Africa as it scales almost a million people every year and infects not 200 million people [00:02:30] every year. So it's a massive social and economical problem and malaria is transmitted by mosquitoes. So we believe that if we can stop mosquitoes from transmitting malaria, then we can solve a big problem for the countries that are affected. Three particular, my group focuses on studying some aspects of the mosquito biology that are important for malaria transmission and will focus on reproduction on how mosquitoes reproduce, what makes them fertile. Because [00:03:00] at the end of the day, our goal is to develop novel methods to control mosquito populations. And we think that we could control them by introducing sturdy to international populations as an alternative to what's already been done now, which is mainly based on the use of insecticides to kill them. Speaker 3: And, but they have to be quite targeted ways to use the insecticides by pushing these insecticides on mosquito nets. So that mosquitoes that try to bite on night while people are asleep and the nets get killed [00:03:30] or through sprays or insecticides inside and house walls to kill mosquitoes at arresting indoors. But these methods are not sufficient to stop moderate transmission. And also mosquitoes are becoming resistant to the action of insecticides, which means they're not killed anymore and they change their behavior rather than biting at night inside houses to start by the outdoor and during the day so that insecticides can not get to them anymore. So our thought is our instead is on the idea that, uh, rather than killing [00:04:00] mosquitoes, we can sterilize them so that then there'll be fewer mosquitoes out there. They can transmit malaria and then eventually malaria transmission will stop. Speaker 3: And so we study how mosquitoes reproduce, what's important for their reproductive biology. And we have three major avenues or research. The first one is we try to understand what's important for reproduction because one tracking aspects of reproduction in the malaria mosquitoes is that the females have sex only once in their lives and after that they [00:04:30] completely switch off. They're not interested in more. And so this is quite a vulnerable step in the life cycle of our mosquito because it happens on once. So we are very much interested in understanding what is it that happens to females, what's the switch that completely abolishes that their receptivity to compilation. Because in principle, if we could understand what are the refactoring is as a call to further copulation, then we could induce the same mechanisms in variant females [00:05:00] and trick them into thinking that they've made it. And so they would make any model contributed to the next generations. Speaker 3: So that's a big area of our research where we try to understand what happens to females after copulation after sex so that we can identify what are those factors that change that behavior so that we can induce them. The second area or research and studies is a more translational side. We are interested in developing tools to induce the reality [00:05:30] in male mosquitoes. One idea of control is based on the release of males that are sterile. This males will of course try to find females to have sex with them and eventually those fund them. But there'd be no project coming out of these compilations. And so if we keep doing this over and over again, if you keep releasing sterile males, then we can sterilize most of the females that are natural populations and so the population will crush. And so with malaria [00:06:00] transmission, and so we are trying to find ways to serialize males in a genetic way, introduce genetic stability rather than using irrigations or chemo sterilizations as it's done for other insects. Speaker 3: Because it's important that whatever we do to fertility, it doesn't affect biology. The general biology of this mosquitoes and their behavior and also their fitness and that of competitiveness in terms of meeting and normally irritation or chemo sterilizations, those [00:06:30] can cause severe fitness costs to these mosquitoes. And so we got a little more subtle than we tried to study. So the mosquito DNA and understand what are the factors that are important for my facility so that we can interfere specifically with those factors. And so develop a male mosquito that is sterile and then we can release in the field. So that's our second area of research. And then a newer area research that we're interested in is in understanding what's the impact of what we do in terms of malaria transmission in particular, in terms [00:07:00] of what would be the impact of these measures on the ability of the female to transmit malaria. Speaker 3: Because if we introduce sterility in a population, how does that effect the partial development within those females? We don't want to develop mosquitoes that are sterile, but at the same time that are better at transmitting malaria. And so one new aspect of our research is trying to understand what's the link between reproduction and mosquitoes and Parkside development inside the female. So this [00:07:30] is broadly what our love is doing. Why is it that malaria is so lethal? Well, the mother has been eradicated from large parts of the world, has been eradicated from the u s from Europe and we are actually quite close already getting malaria in Africa as well in the fifties and sixties with the use of insecticides use a queening. And so drugs to kill the precise insecticides to kill mosquitoes. But unfortunately [00:08:00] those programs were stopped because of a number of reasons. And within a few years the number of Americans really went back to what it was before these programs were even started. Speaker 3: So one of the problems with malaria said it's a very dynamic disease from one single case, you can have tens and hundreds of secondary cases that can spread very quickly. So it's very difficult to control. So the synergy between the mosquito and the malaria [00:08:30] is the enabling factor in principle is a preventable and curable disease. It shouldn't be so deadly. However, our ability to control it in the countries where it's presence at the moment is limited by logistic reasons, lack of hospitals, lack of resources, and the fact that the mosquitoes are very efficient at transmitting the parasite. [inaudible] Speaker 4: [00:09:00] you were listening to spectrum on KALX Berkeley. Our guest today is Flaminia Qatari Chia molecular entomologist at the Harvard School of Public Health, researching mosquito reproduction as a way to combat malaria. How long has your project been going? We've been working on it for six [00:09:30] years. So that's kind of new. Yeah. And does it have a length of time or is it pretty open ended? Speaker 3: It's open-ended until I get funded. It's the funding. Yes, yes. Always is, isn't it? Yes. And of course, until it's relevant release, I think the funding will be there until this was a breakthrough. Yeah. A solution. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. And Udall, was that a completely empty niche? No one was doing that. So we are really the first ones looking at reproductive biology in this mosquitoes from a molecular [00:10:00] and genetic point of view. Most of the studies before us were performed at the ecological level. So there's actually quite a lot knowing about the ecology of reproduction, but not much known about genetic factors and the pathways that are important for fertility. That's something that is completely new. So whatever we find is novel. So it's exciting for us, but at the same time, we have to do everything you know, is, we have to start from scratch. So it's more challenging maybe Speaker 4: once [00:10:30] the mosquito has ingested the parasite, the malaria parasite from a human, how does it interact with the mosquito? Speaker 5: Okay. Speaker 3: The parasite has a complex life cycle inside the mosquito vector, and it takes a few days to complete from when the mosquito ingests the parasite. When the mosquito can inject the parasite into the next person, it takes about 12 days. And that's the time that the press site needs to go through different developmental stages. [00:11:00] And so once some mosquito takes sliders infected, then the process will have to leave the blood environments. There'll be a stage that happens inside the mosquito midgut and then the prosight will have to leave as quick as possible. Uh, the makeup before he, it gets killed by the mosquito enzymes, digestive enzymes particular, and then it'll have to find its way to the salivary glands, which are these tissues where saliva is produced by the mosquito. And once it reaches the Salami Glands, then [00:11:30] it can be injected into the next person because during blood feeding, the female will inject a little bit of saliva into the team of the person that is this biting. Speaker 3: And so during that process the process can be transmitted. Actually most mosquitoes don't even live long enough for the proceeds to develop. So that's a major roadblock or process in development. Is there any thought to trying to alter the parasite itself? There's a lot of research on modifying [00:12:00] the mosquito so that rather than allowing person development, they'll kill the parasite. And of course there's a lot of research on finding drugs that can kill across sites in people that are infected. And there is research on malaria vaccines as well. We don't have a vaccine yet. There is a vaccine that is now in Stage three trials that could be promising in combination with other control measures. It's quite clear that malaria will not be defeated by using a single measure. So [00:12:30] the use of insecticides, possibly the use of sterile males, hopefully combined with the use of drugs to confirm [inaudible] in people and hopefully also without, without vaccine that could be effective for awhile. We will need all these measures to control the spread of the disease. Speaker 4: How large your group is, is the group that's working on your project. Speaker 5: Okay. Speaker 3: My group is composed by about 10 people at the moment. Speaker 4: And what are the different scientific disciplines you've brought together [00:13:00] with that group? Speaker 5: Yeah, Speaker 3: well it's a combination of molecular biology and genetics and biochemistry. Also evolutionary biology, big of ecology as well. Speaker 5: Okay, Speaker 4: and within the group, how do you orchestrate the workflow of all that? How do you decide which thing you're going to focus on at what point in time Speaker 3: to go ahead and go forward with the research? Oh yeah, those are actually tough decisions sometimes because there is so much [00:13:30] that we can be doing, just so many different ideas. It's circulated in the lab and sometimes it's difficult to prioritize them. So in general, we do discuss ideas all together. I can come up with some ideas and then we discuss, uh, with the group and some we like the brainstorming and then more ideas emerge. And then we focus on what's more important according to our priorities. We always have to make choices. We tried to have projects that are most solid in a way that we [00:14:00] know will give us results quite quickly. And then at the same time also establish longer term projects for maybe bigger goals. So it's a combination of all the two. Speaker 4: What is the life cycle of this mosquito? Speaker 3: So the mosquitoes we work on, um, anopheles mosquitoes that, that are not fillings are the only mosquito, second trust mates, uh, malaria to humans and draw about 30, 40 and awful in species that transmit malaria. And we study in particular, um, our mosquitoes called [00:14:30] Anopheles Gambiae and that's the most important vector in Africa and therefore the most important actor in the world. But we also start in some other mosquitoes out important vectors in other parts of the world. We are now interested in southern American vectors, Asian vectors. So we have four different mosquito species in our lab for comparative studies and Life Cycle is from a female that is, I've been intimidated by a male. Then this female will need to feed them blog to develop eggs. And that's the step that is exploited [00:15:00] by the plasmodium parasite of malaria to be transmitted. And so the female will feed on blood preferentially on, on men, on humans. Speaker 3: She will develop her eggs and then the eggs will be fertilized by the sperm that is transferred from the male. The eggs will be laid water, so the eggs will hatch and give larvae. And then a pupa will with form that doesn't feed. And then after two days and adult will emerge from the PUPA. And so our, as a, as that [00:15:30] little step, males and females will have to find each other for copulation and then the female will have to block feed again. And so that the cycle can start all over again. So overall from egg to egg is about a couple of weeks. The Life Cycle Speaker 2: [inaudible]Speaker 6: this is k a l x Berkeley. The show is spectrum. Our guest is Flaminia [00:16:00] [inaudible]. She's working to eradicate malaria. Speaker 2: [inaudible].Speaker 3: Is there a side effect to affecting the mosquito population so thoroughly? Yeah, that's a very good question. What are the possible effect on the ecosystem of mosquitoes? Useful for anything? Do we need mosquitoes in this world? And these are very good concerns, very reasonable concerns. [00:16:30] However, the Fallon sets targeting fertility is a very specious Pacific control measure. Unlike the use of insecticides where you kill everything that comes in contact with insecticide, if you use mosquitoes to eradicate mosquitoes, that's a very selective way to do that. It's a very specific way to do that. So I think that the effects on the ecosystem will be very marginal, but of course that's something that will have to be followed and would have to be monitored, will be a very insane eco-friendly way to reduce monitor transmission because you would, [00:17:00] we would only target those pieces that cosmic me [inaudible] thousands of mosquitoes species on the planet and only 20 or 30 I at transmitting malaria so we wouldn't kill all mosquitoes and we would only have to target those that ugly at transmitting the disease. Speaker 3: With the mosquitoes that you're growing in the lab, how are you feeding them? We feed them differently depending on their developmental stage, so we, the larval stages, the early stages, we feed them with fish food or cat food and for the adults [00:17:30] we feed them with sugar solutions that both the male and the female will feed on. So it's water mixed with sugar and then the females, we have to feed them on bloods for egg developments, we feed them with blood that we buy from blood banks. So we've completely eliminated the use of animals for that, which is we are very pleased with. Speaker 4: Do you feel you're close with the sterilized male part of the project and do you have plans to try to take it to the next level? Speaker 3: Yeah, we, we are thinking [00:18:00] a lot now about how we can make our system more effective because the way we in use steroids in this males, it's very inefficient in the lab. We need more than a day's work to get 20 or 30 males that are sterile to how do we scale this up. We really need to push and hopefully we can work with engineers and find the best way to scale this up and do the automated way that can be much more effective. Speaker 4: [00:18:30] You're continuing to pursue the female side of it. Speaker 3: The female side of it is what's more exciting for us in a way because there's more biology behind it, but we're also very much interested in understanding what are the determinants of fitness in the males because when we make them sterile, we'll still need to make sure that there will be competitive for meetings with feel females. And so apart from studying the biology of reproduction in females, we're also very much interested in that in what makes a meal good [00:19:00] meal, a fit meal that will have good chance of success once it's released. So yeah, that's why we are studying both male and female reproductive biology. We are not just selling waist to induce 30 but also what are the determinants of fertility? Speaker 4: If you succeed in creating a sterilized male or a female that doesn't lay eggs, do you have a plan or is there a plan for how to introduce them into the wild [00:19:30] or is that something that would need to be developed when the time comes? Speaker 3: We don't have a plan as such, but we are starting to think about a plan in terms of the logistics of it. There is a lot of know how that comes from the release of sterile males for targeting other insects, species, insects, pieces that are mainly agricultural pests like fruit flies, Milo flies, school worms, potato. We will do that. Old insects that cause the via damage [00:20:00] to the agriculture. It's a drug programs and based on the release of millions of sterile flies all over the world really. And so all the issues concerning the mass production of these insects, the packaging and the distribution of these stallions, six to the places where they're needed and then the release, all those issues have already been sorted out for other insects and so in principle shouldn't be too difficult to transfer that expertise onto mosquito work. It [00:20:30] should be feasible. We don't have the expertise in ourselves, but working in collaboration with the people that have it, that should be possible. I'm optimistic that that could be done without huge efforts. Speaker 4: Are you teaching as well as doing your research? Speaker 3: Yeah, I have some teaching to do is not massive. I mainly teach postgraduate students and I teach while they work on, so it's infectious diseases. My teaching load is not very big. Maybe it will get bigger in the next few years because [00:21:00] I've just started a year ago and I'm enjoying it. I enjoy teaching postgraduate students very much because they're small groups and normally they're very interested, very dedicated and also they ask amazing questions. So it's actually quite fulfilling. I know that some of the Harvard students are just brilliant, so it's a different experience from what was used before. I like it very much. Yeah. But I really prefer doing research. You know, it's, it's like that's my first, uh, my [00:21:30] top priority is to do good research, but of course we have a mission to encourage the next generations to get into science and getting into research. I like the idea of contributing to that. Flaminia Katya, thank you very much for coming on spectrum. Welcome. Good luck. Thank you. Speaker 7: I'm gonna [inaudible] Speaker 3: um, Speaker 6: if you would like to hear a previous [00:22:00] spectrum show, they are archived on iTunes university, go to the calyx website, calix.berkeley.edu. Click on programming, select news, scroll down to spectrum and that section. There's a link to podcasts or send us an email@spectrumdotcalyxatyahoo.com and I'll send you the link. Speaker 2: [inaudible]Speaker 8: [00:22:30] a feature of spectrum is to present news stories we find interesting. When the news are Renee Rao and Rick Karnofsky, Speaker 9: the UC Berkeley habitus will play host to the first ever dreambox a three d printing bending machine. By the end of this month, the machine will allow users to take advantage of three d printing technology without paying steep up front costs for the machinery [00:23:00] to use. The machine users will first choose an item model within Dream Boxes Catalog upload one of their own via the web. Next, the print command is given and the order is sent to a cloud based print queue before being directed to the vending machine. Once the item has been created, it is put into a locker with a unique unlock code that is texted to the users. The creators estimate that each use of the printer will range from two to $15 on average depending on the complexity of the object and the materials used. Speaker 8: [00:23:30] A team from New Castle University reported in science that honeybees are three times more likely to remember a learn floral scent when they are rewarded with caffeine. Caffeine occurs in coffea and citrus species and to be pharmacologically Speaker 9: active but not repellent to the bees in higher concentrations. It is known to be toxic and repellent due in part to the bitter taste, but in lower concentrations that occur in nature. It offers a reward. [00:24:00] The team also applied caffeine to the brains of the insects and observed that it increased activity aiding the formation of longterm memories. Speaker 2: [inaudible].Speaker 9: A [00:24:30] regular feature of spectrum is dimension. A few of the science and technology events happening locally over the next few weeks. Rick and Renee present the calendar this March nerd night. East Bay will feature UCB associate Professor Matt Walker on Sleeping Memory Guy Branum on the invasion of Canada and the Chabot space and science centers. Jonathan Bradman on the night sky. This will happen Monday, March 25th at the new Parkway Theater in Oakland. Doors will open at seven show begins at eight. [00:25:00] Tickets are available online for $8 and all ages are welcome. Past spectrum guests, Michael Isen will be speaking to the Commonwealth club on the subject of reinventing scientific communication. While most scientific literature is now online, it remains as inaccessible to the public as it was centuries ago. With the physical limitations of print journals replaced by expensive publisher paywalls, [inaudible] who cofounded the Public Library of science. [00:25:30] We'll discuss the scientific journals and new open access models. Tickets are $20 or $7 for students with valid id. Speaker 9: The talk is on Wednesday, March 27th in San Francisco. There is a reception@fivethirtyandthetalkstartsatsixpmvisitcommonwealthclub.org for tickets and more info this April 2nd the ASCA scientist lecture series. We'll discuss tiny creatures with the ability to invade your body, [00:26:00] hijack your cells, change your DNA, and modify you physically and behaviorally to suit their own devious goals. Jack Mackarel, director of the Center for discovery and innovation in parasitic diseases will lead the talk on the parasitic organisms that live among and inside us. Some of the world's most pernicious diseases are caused by these supreme sophisticated organisms, but according to evolutionary biologist, parasites have also played a significant role in shaping the human species. The event will be held Tuesday, April 2nd [00:26:30] at 7:00 PM in Soma Street food park near the corner of 11th and Harrison. Leonardo art science evening rendezvous or laser has several talks this month. Speaker 8: Jess holding explains the use of light and other natural phenomenon to explore perception. NASA is Chris McKay will speak about the curiosity. Mars mission, USF Vagina and Nagarajan presents embedded mathematics in women's ritual [00:27:00] art designs in southern India. She'll talk about the geometry of rice powder paintings. Finally, Nikki, you Layla will discuss the mechanics and construction of marionettes. Laser takes place@stanforduniversityonaprilfourthfromsevenpmtoninepmmoreinformationaboutthelaserseriescanbefoundonthewebatleonardo.info.Speaker 9: That's pretty good. Tuesday, April 16th in the Tuscher African Hall, Mary Roach [00:27:30] will lead an unforgettable tour of the human insides. Questions inspired by our insides are taboo in their own ways. Why is crunchy food so appealing? Why doesn't the stomach digest itself? How much can you eat before your stomach burst? Can Constipation kill you? Did it kill Elvis? Roche will introduce her audience to the scientist who tackle these questions. She will then take the audience through her experiences in a pet food taste test, lab of bacterial [00:28:00] transplant and alive stomach. This lecture will take place Tuesday, April 16th at 7:00 PM in San Francisco for more information and to get tickets in advance, go online to cal academy.org Speaker 2: [inaudible] [inaudible] [00:28:30] music card during the show is by Lasonna David from his album folk and acoustic made available by a creative Commons license 3.0 attribution. Special thanks [00:29:00] to David Dropkin for helping set up the interview. [inaudible] thank you for listening to spectrum. If you have comments about the show, please send them to us via our email address is spectrum dot klx@yahoo.com join us in two [00:29:30] weeks at this same time. The [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible]. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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