SHRIPAD’s Insights: Right from childhood – Shripad is interested in trekking, hiking etc. converted passion to profession Adventures help in boosting confidence, leadership skills, self-concept, and improved self-esteem. His experience in climbing world’s toughest peaks Few adventure sports that beginners can adopt – rappelling, zip lining etc. Do’s and Don’t during adventures Kind of equipment – certified harnesses etc. to be used Choosing the Agencies for embarking on adventure sports Witty an...
Oct 26, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 155
SENTHIL’s Insights: Summary of his career journey Overview of Startup eco system in India – is now comparable with valley of 10 years ago Unicorn culture in India – How startups have gone into the mindset of becoming a unicorn Startups should add value to the domain or problem they are solving, they should make money from customers before getting investors money? Organizations should focus on generating profitable revenue by understanding the market well, find customers who can buy, make them bu...
Oct 23, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Arvind’s Insights: Summary of his career journey Organizational debt (OD) is the result of all the decisions and actions that should have been done to ensure an organization is operating atpeak health and efficiency – but weren't. How Technical debt and organizational debt are different? What happens if OD accrues for a long term? How great organizations are dealing with OD well. Witty answers to rapid-fire questions 1 piece of advice to those aspiring to make BIG in their careers and LIVES Triv...
Oct 20, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Social Media Marketing and Entrepreneurship. Is startup experience mandatory in the IT world? In this episode: https://youtu.be/10XXb6j9DWM , the guest Parul Gupta tells us about how she got the idea of a startup in her college days and how an idea should be carried forward and executed on the ground. We got to know what goes into implementing your ideas, either you will succeed or you will fail, but you will not regret it. Insights per timeline: Why are Internships important in college days? (5...
Oct 19, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 152
When we talk about - leadership in technology companies – generally people think that only a technology specialist can become a leader in tech companies. But, his view is different. He feels if you are a specialist, you become a specialist but for leadership you need to be a generalist, humane and able to withstand any pressure. His views on self development is based on how a leader makes himself Let us talk to Dr. Chandran or Chandy to know more about this intriguing topic - Specialists Vs. Gen...
Oct 13, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Shakti’s Insights: Summary of Professional Journey – major milestones in his career Is education linked to career growth? Top 3 things that contributed to career GROWTH TIPS ABOUT PEOPLE MANAGEMENT, MANAGING UPWARDS, DOWNWARDS AND PEERS THINGS EVERY professional must do to grow in their career THINGS EVERY professional must NOT do to grow in their career Witty answers to rapid-fire questions 1 piece of advice to those aspiring to make BIG in their careers and LIVES Trivia about google About Shak...
Oct 11, 2021•39 min•Season 1Ep. 150
He is known for simplifying complexity A software engineer with experience & expertise in Analytics and automation scripting He is passionate about machine intelligence and human behaviour analytics He is pursuing M.Tech degree from Indian Institute of Science and also earned certification in Human Centered Design 201: from IDEO(world renowned organization for Design Thinking) Arkadip is currently associated as Automation Engineer with a major international retail giant Let us know more abou...
Oct 07, 2021•14 min•Season 1Ep. 149
He is an accomplished professional with two and half decades of multi-functional-combined-experience. He, earlier served in various roles and responsibilities across the verticals and climbed the career ladder. He is currently serving as a Vice President - Corporate Affairs at RA CHEM PHARMA LIMITED. He has been instrumental in conferring the Global HRD`s "OVERALL OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE [Mfg Sector] AWARD-2019" to the RA CHEM PHARMA LIMITED. He has been conferred with the HMA`s “MEMBER OF THE YE...
Oct 05, 2021•40 min•Season 1Ep. 148
He has over 25+ years of rich insightful years of experience with a progressive career in Information Technology working at various Fortune 100 clients across the Globe covering Government, State, Health Care, Auto, Pharmaceutical, Telecom and Retail verticals and touching end to end solutions. He has in-depth knowledge in Security, Cloud and Oracle Technologies and ITSM framework. Is he an author, mentor and a speaker He is working as a senior director with a renowned microprocessor company He ...
Oct 02, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 147
Sanjeev is a Machine Learning Engineer who has worked in startups throughout his career. He has worked in domains of Data Engineering, Computer Vision and Speech Processing. Currently he is leading AI practices at FIS Clouds which is a cloud transformation startup based out of Hyderabad. Sanjeev’s Insights: Sanjeev’s CAREER JOURNEY IN BRIEF Why he joined startups 😊 Things that he likes and dislikes most about startups Challenges working for startups Advise to those aspiring to work for startups...
Sep 30, 2021•13 min•Season 1Ep. 146
A mechanical engineer by degree, an operations manager by work experience, a business analyst by choice and an entrepreneur at heart, Nimish had done justice to each of his roles. In his college time he designed EVs solving problems for the environment, now he is solving problems for the artists. His newest venture HTTP://BookThatStudio.com helps content creators by providing them quality spaces for their content creation. NIMISH’S TIPS: Nimish’s CAREER JOURNEY IN BRIEF Interesting things that h...
Sep 28, 2021•35 min•Season 1Ep. 145
ANAND HELPS STARTUPS come up with a product market strategy. ANAND’S TIPS: ANAND’S CAREER JOURNEY IN BRIEF, HIS STARTUP AND HOW HE HELPS ON PRODUCT STRATEGY? DESIGN THINKING in a NUTSHELL LEAN STARTUP DEFINITION HOW LEAN STATRUP AND DESIGN THINKING HELPS ENTREPRENEURS AND INTRAPRENEURS HOW TO CREATE A PRODUCT VISION FINDING THE PRODUCT MARKET FITMENT? EXAMPLES OF GREAT COMPANIES WHO DID WELL ON ABOVE TOPICS Witty Answers to Rapid Fire questions Trivia about CD RECORDER Connect with ANAND on Link...
Sep 23, 2021•37 min•Season 1Ep. 144
She is a creative writer, artist, TEDx speaker, global marketing communications and branding professional. She has been passionate about writing since 8, and her first book Orenda stands taller as a milestone, starting her literary journey as an author. She has been honored with the Women Disruptors Award this year for driving excellence in branding She has a Masters in marketing and an advanced certification in neuromarketing. Shalaka Kulkarni strongly believes in the spirit of giving back and ...
Sep 20, 2021•43 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Ravi Motwani is currently working as Vice President & India MD at Sincro, an Ansira company. Sincro is a leading provider of local marketing services and technologies for automotive clients in North America. Ravi is joining the show in his personal capacity and his views are personal too. Ravi is a passionate Operations and Strategy leader with 20+ years of diverse experience in leadership, organization development and client management roles. Proven track record of building highly motivated...
Sep 16, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 142
He is a Postgraduate in Physics from IIT Kanpur. He is a data scientist with a keen interest in creating data-driven organizations. He is currently working on helping companies use data to create products that serve humanity at large. His interests are philosophy and practical Vedanta. He is Krishna Chaitanya...a person who dealt with very serious things in life and fought back with pride… let us learn from his journey and also get his insights on how it is okay to fail!! In this episode #141, t...
Sep 13, 2021•21 min•Season 1Ep. 141
A Mechanical Engineer working in Finance, Charu Datta helps Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises MSMEs transform their business and mentors Start-ups. He has authored 2 books. He participates in various industrial forums to share his knowledge. Professionally, he is the Managing Partner of Suhrud Consultants and CEO of Groples Solutions In this episode #140, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with CHARU CHARUDATTA’S & Tips: CHARUDATTA’S CAREER JOURNEY Transitioning f...
Sep 09, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 140
He is a generalist at heart. While he loves to do anything and everything, his core passion still lies in coding. He started his career with an MNC, moved to a startup which was in the IoT space Moved to Rentomojo for an year and half and is currently working in a US based Agency on full time and he is currently enjoying building Bilzo in his free time. Bilzo is in to paperless bills and digital receipts He is Saras Arya and let us know more about him and his startup journey with Bilzo in today’...
Sep 06, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 139
In this episode #138, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with CHAITANYA A masters in computer science from Old Dominion University, Chaitanya Guntur is the Chief engineer at Demandbridge, a software company that builds ERP and Accounting software for the Promotional and Print Distributorship industry. Joined this company from campus and for the past 21 years, Chaitanya has been instrumental in architecting the new products for DemandBridge. Chaitanya is extremely passiona...
Sep 02, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Nimisha has been passionate about relationships and human connections, as well as psychology and human behaviour. She is a Global HR professional / leader with 12 + years of experience working in various industries - Retail, Healthcare BPO, IT . She has been associated with TATA Group, PVR Group, Pulse Secure. As a global HR Professional, she loves to collaborate with people to create a learning organization, and drive a culture of collaboration through employee experience moments in various HR ...
Aug 30, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 137
In this episode #135, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with OMKAR A Technical and business leader with consistent success with an emphasis on continuous improvement across people, processes and engineering. Omkar Avasarala is an Electronics Engineer with an MBA in marketing & systems. His passion is to create exponential impact with his influence on driving business and technology. Omkar strives for excellence with his focus on strategic initiatives involving long t...
Aug 26, 2021•30 min•Season 1Ep. 135
In this episode #134, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with SMILY Smily Muktha is a Gogreen Passionpreneur. Inspired by the Heritage & ayurvedic traditions, she created #1 Natural beauty products ……...that are completely chemical-free. She has won multiple awards across global forums and spoke at various conferences across the geography SMILY’s Tips: Go Green passionpreneurship Secret sauce about multitasking Time management tips for busy entrepreneurs What keeps Sm...
Aug 24, 2021•17 min•Season 1Ep. 134
In this episode #133, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with SAM Sam Wadekar is a Techno-Sales passionate leader; leading the Digital Smart #Manufacturing vertical at Tata Technologies Europe - managing Europe and North American geographies. He is based in Warwick, the UK in the city of the Royal Leamington Spa. He is an Entrepreneur, Executive, Advisor with a passion in building ‘connected’ products, services, and businesses in manufacturing. An engineer by training, a ...
Aug 19, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 133
In this episode #132, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with SMILY With over a decade of corporate experience, Neha Pant Tewari is a corporate warrior turned Youth Mentor & Happiness Coach. She’s an internationally certified NLP practitioner and Happiness Coach certified by The Berkeley Well-being Institute, UC Berkeley. Neha trains students & young professionals who are all set to begin their corporate innings, and also mentors professionals across ranks who fee...
Aug 16, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 132
In this episode #136, part of Global CXO Series, the hosts Naveen Samala & Kiran Gudimetla interacted with Sandeep Sandeep Sharma has 20 years of rich management experience, all through in technology operations, new initiative management, transformational large deals, business and sales operations, account management, delivery and business development in products, services, solution selling for the mature and emerging markets Sandeep’s Powerful Tips: Sandeep’s CAREER JOURNEY How he transform...
Aug 14, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 136
In this episode #131, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with Ben Ben Preston's career past wasn't a solid line. He moved from billion-dollar conglomerates to nonprofits, to start-ups looking for meaning in what the "right" role was for him. What he discovered along the way are the game-changing questions that could cut down years of "wrong jobs." He now consults with young professions and businesses on career-strengthening strategies and his new book Harness Your Butterf...
Aug 12, 2021•25 min•Season 1Ep. 131
In this episode #130, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with MARCIA The Rev. Dr. Marcia Ledford is a civil rights attorney representing society’s most marginalized. An Anglican priest, she earned her Doctor of Ministry in political theology from Pacific School of Religion. Dr. Ledford founded Political Theology Matters, LLC, to help the faithful develop public theology missions for greater social justice Marcia’s Insights: Summary of Professional Journey Ethics in the pr...
Aug 09, 2021•24 min•Season 1Ep. 130
In this episode #127, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with SUBRAMANYA H S Senior software professional with 18+ years of expertise in planning, design and development of Enterprise software. Sound experience in IT Service and Infrastructure management. Proven track record includes successful releases of Software, Conducting competitive research and analysis of technical solutions, and mentoring development teams Subramanya’s Insights: Career Journey – Becoming a SOLUTI...
Aug 05, 2021•19 min•Season 1Ep. 129
In this episode #128, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with UMA ARUN Umaa Arun has been an entrepreneur for the last three decades. She likes to call herself a Multipotentialite as she has a wide range of interests and believes that like her, anyone can unlock & unleash their potential and explore varied possibilities in life. Her entrepreneurship journey began with a joint venture with her husband in car rentals, in the 90’s. They were instrumental in bringing abou...
Aug 03, 2021•28 min•Season 1Ep. 128
In this episode #127, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with Akash D P Akash eats, breathes, and drinks DevOps. In the last decade, Akash D P worked for companies like Suksh, IBM, Oracle, and Checkpoint in different capacities. In all these companies, his experience was in the DevOps area. His hobbies include reading, writing blogs, Volunteering at Leadership forums. During his free time, which is of course very limited, Akash loves to watch movies. Akash’s Insights: Car...
Jul 29, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 127
In this episode #126, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with Branded Kavita Branded Kavita is a woman who always loved to write & be under the spotlight. In her childhood, she wrote poems, something that resonates with her name. And, when she got her degree in English, she started writing commercially. All along she had one desire-to make a difference & be popular. After gaining a mix of corporate & freelancing experience, she thought it was the right time to...
Jul 26, 2021•26 min•Season 1Ep. 126
