In this episode, the founder of Agrighar Dr Sowmini Sunkara, shares about her personal and professional journey in setting up the organization and how they are providing various services in the agri-sector across India and the world. About the company: Agrighar Services Pvt Ltd, is a social enterprise to foster and promote rural & urban livelihoods through entrepreneurship development programs and skill development programs, specifically in Agriculture and allied sectors Agrighar aims to be ...
Jun 13, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Jaipur, 14 May 2024 – Dr. SP Mishra , a renowned figure in the field of the Construction Equipment Sector and a celebrated author, recently graced the airwaves of Radio 90.8 FM hosted by JECRC University. In a candid interview, Dr. Mishra shared his profound experiences and insights on parenting, professional development, and the evolving landscape of education and career counselling in India. Supporting Underrepresented Groups Dr. Mishra recounted his involvement in empowering underprivileged c...
May 26, 2024•46 min
This is the Episode # 50 on the India Career Centre Podcast. I hosted Mr. Naveen Badrinarayan on the show to talk about "Role of Swabhav & Swadharma in Professional Careers." Swabhav (Innate Nature): Swabhav refers to an individual’s inherent nature, traits, and capacities. It encompasses a person’s unique qualities, tendencies, and inclinations. Swabhav guides how a person naturally thinks, behaves, and responds to various situations. Understanding one’s Swabhav is crucial for self-awarenes...
May 24, 2024•34 min•Season 1Ep. 50
This is EP # 49. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is a United Nations agency that helps 193 countries cooperate and share their skies to their mutual benefit. The current projection of global passenger volume in 2023 is approximately 8.7 billion passengers, which is 95% of the 2019 level, or 31% year-on-year (YoY) growth from the 2022 volume. There are more than 5,000 airlines in the world. There are an average of 9,728 planes carrying 1,270,406 passengers in the sky at any g...
May 21, 2024•43 min
What do you perceive as your greatest professional asset? – I have had the opportunity to travel across the length and breadth of India. I have travelled extensively to over 100+ town and cities within India and to over 25 cities in abroad. When you travel extensively, you expand the horizon and world view. Amongst all other things, I value this aspect of my professional career as the greatest asset. Could you provide a concise overview of your professional history? – Yes, certainly. My entire p...
May 13, 2024•46 min
This is Ep. 48. In this episode, I hosted the cofounder of CTQ (Choose To Thinq) a Pune-based organization, that has a very unique product called the CTQ Compound. At Choose To Thinq, they champion the idea that the world needs all of us to be future-relevant. 🚀 🔗 The Treadmill of Today: Stagnation on this treadmill can hinder growth and diminish relevance. But fear not! They’ve got a solution. 🔑 CTQ Compounds: These empower individuals to take charge of their future relevance. One can stay a...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 48
This is Ep # 47. In 2023, the demand for overseas education surged, with a substantial increase in the number of Indian students choosing to pursue higher education abroad. Recent data indicates that approximately 8,50,000 Indian students are enrolled in universities and colleges across the “big four” destinations: the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia. Breaking down this enrollment further, it is observed that the following is the distribution: Postgraduate Programs: Postgraduate courses accoun...
Apr 05, 2024•47 min•Season 1Ep. 47
This is Ep # 46. SP Jain School of Global Management is a multinational business school that provides modern, relevant, and practical global business education. With campuses in the dynamic business hubs of Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, and Sydney, SP Jain is renowned for offering multi-city undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Their innovative approach includes the world’s first tri-city undergraduate and postgraduate programs3. Graduates from SP Jain are globally intelligent and culturally agi...
Feb 09, 2024•51 min•Season 1Ep. 46
The Ep # 45. In this episode, I had a freewheeling conversation with Aayan Banerjee, who is also the host of two Podcasts, called Bastalk and Aayanisms. We talked about various topics starting from his early life, his professional career, his experiment with entrepreneurship, and his Podcasting Journey. Found the conversation very enriching, with a lot of philosophical insights into his life and work. Here are some of the recommendations by Aayan Banerjee for the viewers and listeners. Recommend...
Jan 22, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 45
This is Ep# 44. Learning from professionals from similar fields is a great way to learn more and fast. Hence I hosted Kaushik Bose recently on my podcast to learn about his professional journey and podcasting journey. Hope my followers and Kashik's followers will like this conversation. Kaushik has 14 years of B2B Sales experience with IT behemoths in India & Dubai after passing out of MDI Gurgaon. In 2017, he went on to found & successfully exit "GadgetsKare" with a 15-franchise netwo...
Jan 22, 2024•52 min•Season 1Ep. 44
This is Ep # 43. As per AISHE, Total enrolment in higher education has increased to nearly 4.13 crore in 2020-21 and the total number of pass-outs has increased to 95.4 Lakh in 2020-21, compared to the previous year. About 1 million young Indians are getting into the formal job market every month. The formal job sector in India and across the world is under constant change, thanks to the advancement of technology in every field. The future of work will be very different by 2030 and beyond. To co...
Jan 17, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 43
This is Ep# 42. Learning Challenges amongst Indian children is a grey area. As per some industry estimates around 10% of our young children are having this condition. There is very little focused knowledge about the subject amongst the parents and the teachers. And also there are no formal assessment systems in most of the schools in India. To discuss about this topic, I am delighted to host Dr. G Senthilkumar, Chairman of Helikx Public School, Salem. Dr. Senthilkumar has been working in this ar...
Jan 13, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Think and Grow Rich is a book written by Napoleon Hill and Rosa Lee Beeland released in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. He claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. However, there is no evidence that the two ever met. The book is considered a classic in the personal development genre and has been widely influential in shaping the way people think about success and wealth. The main theme of the boo...
Oct 28, 2023•38 min
This was a post on my LinkedIn profile a few days back in Sep 2023: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/drspmi... THE PERFECT STRANGER Have you realized in our lives we succeed in many things because of the perfect strangers we meet, who positively impact our lives? As per different dictionaries, the definitions of the word stranger are as under; • a person with whom one has had no personal acquaintance • is someone who has never been there before • a person that you do not know; a person not known o...
Sep 30, 2023•6 min•Season 1Ep. 5
The English version of the article can be found here. https://indiacareercentre.blogspot.com/2023/09/welcome-to-world-of-desires-and-how-to.html
Sep 22, 2023•12 min•Season 1Ep. 1
This is Ep # 41. 95% of the time, our subconscious mind is driving us, and the conscious mind is active for only 5% of the time. The subconscious mind is like a hard drive in a computer, where all the data and programs are stored, and whenever we need something, it provides that data or program. The programs and data on the subconscious mind are stored through our learned experiences from childhood, both good and bad. It simply stores data/information, or programs and can not differentiate betwe...
Aug 11, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 41
This is Ep # 40. As per the All India Survey on Higher Education 2020-21. 4.13 Crore students enrolled into higher education in 2020-21. 2.12 Crore male and 2.01 Crore female. Based on actual responses at the undergraduate level, enrolment is highest in Arts (33.5%), Science (15.5%), Commerce (13.9%) Engineering & Technology (11.9%) The total number of pass-out were 95.4 Lakh in 2020-21(only 20~25% of actual enrolment) Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with 20.5 Lakh BA 20 L, BSc 11 L, BCom 10 L, Eng ...
Apr 22, 2023•58 min
This is EP#40. As per the All-India Survey on Higher Education 2020-21. 4.13 Crore students enrolled into higher education in 2020-21. 2.12 Crore male and 2.01 Crore female. Based on actual responses at the undergraduate level, enrolment is highest in Arts (33.5%), Science (15.5%), Commerce (13.9%) Engineering & Technology (11.9%) The total number of pass-out were 95.4 Lakh in 2020-21(only 20~25% of actual enrolment) Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with 20.5 Lakh BA 20 L, BSc 11 L, BCom 10 L, Eng 8....
Apr 22, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 40
This is EP # 39. In this episode, the guest speaker, Dr. Tristha Ramamurthy, Vice President of the CMR Group of Institutions, Founder of Ekya Schools, and Provost of CMR University, Bangalore discussed the subject and explained how the CMR group has adopted the concept in their schools and higher education institutions. CMR Group is an educational conglomerate established in 1991 in Bangalore with nearly 20,000 students from Montessori to post-doctoral scholars. You can follow the guest speaker ...
Mar 13, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 39
This is Ep#38. In India as per a study, the average data consumption per user per month across 3G and 4G networks in India was 17 gigabytes. 4G data traffic contributes to 99 per cent of the overall data traffic. The compound annual growth rate of data consumption was 31 per cent over the five years. Increased online education, remote working for professionals, and higher OTT viewership contributed to the data traffic growth. If these parameters are about the individuals, then the organization a...
Feb 23, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 38
This is EP#37. In this master class Mr. Vipin Sondhi shares his life lessons from his school days up till his professional career spanning over three and half decades across very reputed industrial organizations both national and multi-national. The episode is conversational. Timelines: 00:00 Start 03:05 Learnings from School Days 06:00 Learnings from IIT Delhi Days 08:56 Learnings from IIM A Days 16:40 Learnings from the first phase of professional career 25:11 Learnings of the second phase of ...
Feb 14, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 37
This is EP # 36. In this episode, we're talking about the sustainable and green finance career path. We're discussing the different options available to you, what skills you'll need, and what challenges you'll face along the way. If you're interested in a career in sustainable and green finance, then this episode is for you! I am joined by Surya Tomar a student pursuing his master's in Sustainable and Green Finance at NU Singapore Business School. We'll discuss the different aspects of the subje...
Jan 29, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 35
This is Ep#35. Are you interested in an aviation career? Then the CPL (Commercial Pilots License) program is the perfect opportunity for you! In this podcast, we discuss the CPL program in India and abroad and give you a taste of what the program is like. If you're interested in an aviation career, the CPL program is a great way to start your journey. With a CPL in hand, you have a solid foundation on which to build a successful aviation career. In this video, we'll give you a taste of the CPL p...
Jan 11, 2023•29 min
This is Ep # 34. Are you wondering why you should study management? In this video, Prof. Selvaraj Vadivelu, of TAPMI answers those questions and shares some of the benefits of studying management. Studying management is a great way to improve your skills in business and organizational management. It's also a great way to gain a better understanding of how businesses work and to develop skills in problem-solving and management. So why not give it a try? You might be surprised at the benefits! You...
Jan 03, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 34
This is EP#33. Futurist Gerd Leonhard is an optimist and says, “The future is good”. We just have to spend enough time every day in the future to make it happen. Gerd also often points out that the future is already here – we just haven’t paid enough attention to it! In conversation with Mr Sanjeev Arora, we discussed the technology trends of the future, many of which have already made their presence felt already somewhere in the world. It can be safely said the tech trends like, energy transiti...
Nov 25, 2022•58 min•Season 1Ep. 33
This is Ep #32 As per a report by Forbes India, women entrepreneurs constitute about 14% of the total number of business owners by Nov 2021. Progress made in the last few years is great, but there is still a lot to achieve. On this very interesting topic, I spoke to a very successful entrepreneur herself Ms Rupa Patil, who has not only transformed herself in her life but now is on a mission to transform the lives of many aspiring professionals who live their new life of being an Owner/Entreprene...
Nov 18, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 32
This is EP#31. I Wrote an article on the subject of how to build a Personal Brand: https://bit.ly/3NtrnzW Now I am happy to host Mr. ATUL RAJA, the Career Marketer & Brand guru, to talk about the subject on my podcast. We had a great conversation, and I learned a lot from the Guru and, in the process, shared it with the world. I am sure, a lot of young listeners (students and professionals) will get value from this episode). Timelines. 00:00 Start 00:00:30 Introduction to the topic 00:03:30 ...
Nov 15, 2022•36 min•Season 1Ep. 31
This is EP#30. In this episode, you will learn about the different facets of the gig world and hear from an industry specialist about how to find, book, and promote your next gig. In this video, you'll learn about the different types of gigs available, the different levels of commitment, and the dos and don'ts of booking a gig. Finally, you'll hear from Sushmita Biswas, an industry specialist who will share her insights and advice about the gig world. Sushmita Biswas, a gig in the field of graph...
Oct 30, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 30
This is EP#29. Choosing the right School can be very difficult and taxing process. In this episode, we are trying to address the different types of Schooling Systems in India, teaching methodologies, and assessment systems and also provide you with the top 5 tips that can help you to decide on the board of school you would want to choose. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction 00:35 Setting the context of the episode 04:50 Teaching Methodology and Assessment Systems in Indian Schools 26:40 Importance of ...
Sep 21, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 29
This is Ep#28. In this episode, Biren Anshu, CHRO, The HiTec Robotics Systemz Ltd., shared his insight on How to be Future-ready (fit) in the 21st Century. for young students, professionals, parents, and organizations of varied sizes, from start-ups to Big Corporates. During the conversation, many interesting topics were discussed; Chasing the right problem Builder profile vs maintainer profile Side Hustle, Gig Economy, how organizations have to adapt How students, professionals and individuals ...
Sep 01, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 28
