Today we have Ashish Avikunthak with us on Audiogyan. Ashish has been making films for the past 25 years. His films have been showcased worldwide in film festivals, galleries and museums. He holds Ph.D. in Cultural and Social Anthropology from Stanford University and has earlier taught at Yale University. He is now an Associate Professor in Film/Media at Harrington School of Communication, University of Rhode Island. In this episode, Ashish talks about filmmakers and film artists. Kedar also thr...
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 32 min
In this episode, we have Ganesh Devy with us. Ganesh is a thinker, cultural activist, institution builder, linguist, literary critic and a former professor of English who undertook the project of surveying Indian languages in 2010. You will find many of his work links on gndevy.in . Follow on Ganesh Devy Twitter - https://twitter.com/ganeshdevy Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twitter https://twitter.com/nimkarkedar Follow Audiogyan on Twitter- https://twitter.com/audiogyan You can listen to this show and...
Oct 27, 2021•50 min•Season 5Ep. 221
'Where are the designers?' is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips and tricks for young designers. We are happy to introduce Abhinit Tiwari, co-host for this series. He is a designer at Gojek. Today we have Hrush Bhatt back with us on Audiogyan. He had come in episode number 47 back in December 2017. He is one of the senior-most designers in the Indian ecos...
Oct 20, 2021•49 min
'Where are the designers?' is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips and tricks for young designers. We are happy to introduce Abhinit Tiwari, co-host for this series. He is a designer at Gojek. We have Aditi Kulkarni with us on Audiogyan. She is a UX manager at Shopify. Previously worked at Indeed, Referral Candy, Postman and more. Formally trained in print ...
Oct 13, 2021•1 hr
'Where are the designers?' is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips and tricks for young designers. We are happy to introduce Abhinit Tiwari, co-host for this series. He is a designer at Gojek. In this episode, we have Shreyas Satish with us. Shreyas is the founder and CEO of Ownpath. It is dedicated to helping professionals grow in their careers through lif...
Oct 06, 2021•1 hr 2 min
"Where are the designers?" is an Audiogyan series that features the top 12 influential Design leaders wherein they talk about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips and tricks for young designers. We are happy to introduce Abhinit Tiwari, co-host for this series. He is a designer at Gojek. In this episode, we have Rahul Gonsalves with us on Audiogyan. Rahul "One of the faces of New India" as Forbes called him, is the co-founder of Obvious. Obvious is a ...
Sep 29, 2021•1 hr 7 min
"**Where are the designers?"** A series that features, top 12 influential Design leaders, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips and tricks for young designers. We are happy to introduce Abhinit Tiwari, co-host for this series. He is a designer at Gojek. In this episode, we have Shaheena Attarwala with us. She is an Experience Design Manager at Microsoft and previously head of design at Zoomcar and Wigzo. Shaheena has over 10 years of expe...
Sep 22, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Welcome to Audiogyan - **Where are the designers?** It is a 12 part series featuring few of the top influential Design leaders in India, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips for young designers to make a cut after they apply. We are delighted and proud to introduce our hosts, Kedar Nimkar and Abhinit Tiwari, who will be sharing their 360-degree design perspectives. Today we have Navneet Nair with us on Audiogyan. He currently heads desig...
Sep 15, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to a brand new series of Audiogyan - **Where are the designers?** It is a 12 part series featuring few of the top influential Design leaders in India, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent and some tips for young designers to make a cut after they apply. We are delighted and proud to introduce our hosts, Kedar Nimkar and Abhinit Tiwari, who will be sharing their 360-degree design perspectives. Today we have Vandana Abraham with us on the show. ...
Sep 08, 2021•1 hr 10 min
Welcome to Audiogyan - This is a part of series, "Where are the designers?" A series which features, top 12 influential Design leaders, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining talent, and some tips and tricks for young designers. We are delighted and proud to introduce our hosts, Kedar Nimkar and Abhinit Tiwari, who will be sharing their 360-degree design perspectives. Today we have Srinath Rangamani with us on Audiogyan. He has been a guest on Audiogyan back i...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Welcome to the 12 part series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?", featuring a few of the top influential Design leaders, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining the talents, and some tips for young designers to make a cut after they apply. We are delighted and proud to introduce our hosts, Kedar Nimkar and Abhinit Tiwari, who will be sharing their 360-degree design perspectives. In today's episode our hosts talks to Vasudha Chandak, who is a well-known n...
Aug 25, 2021•1 hr 38 min
Welcome to the brand new series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?" It is a 12 part series featuring a few of the top influential Design leaders, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining the talents, and some tips for young designers to make a cut after they apply. We are delighted and proud to introduce our hosts, Kedar Nimkar and Abhinit Tiwari, who will be sharing their 360-degree design perspectives. In today's episode, Kedar and Abhinit talks to Haris...
Aug 18, 2021•1 hr 20 min
Welcome to the brand new series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?" It is a 12 part series featuring a few of the top influential Design leaders, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining the talents, and some tips for young designers to make a cut after they apply. We are delighted and proud to introduce our hosts, Kedar Nimkar and Abhinit Tiwari, who will be sharing their 360-degree design perspectives. In this Episode, our hosts talks to Fatema Raja, who...
Aug 11, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to the brand new series of Audiogyan - "Where are the designers?" It is a 12 part series featuring few of the top influential Design leaders, talking about their process of hiring, challenges in finding and retaining the talents and some tips for young designers to make a cut after they apply. We are delighted and proud to introduce our hosts, Kedar Nimkar and Abhinit Tiwari, who will be sharing their 360-degree design perspectives. We begin the series with Jay Dutta, Design Head at Make...
Aug 04, 2021•1 hr 11 min
This week Audiogyan turns 4. On this anniversary episode, I would like to thank all listeners for tuning in and all the guests who have spent their valuable time & effort for this show. This episode is brought to you by MUBI, a curated streaming service showing exceptional films from around the globe. Get a whole month free! - at mubi.com/audiogyan . Well, we have 3 films on MUBI made by today's guest. Right here, right now. The continuum and The insignificant man which is exclusive on MUBI....
Dec 29, 2020•36 min
This is episode # 207, second last of this crazy year, 2020. Today on Audiogyan we have one of the most well known, influential and senior Graphic designers of our time. Sujata Keshavan. She is the founder of Ray and Keshavan and Varnaworld. Sujata graduated from the National Institute of Design in 1984. She did her Master of Fine Arts in graphic design from the School of Art, Yale University 1987. At Yale, Sujata studied under designers Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson and Armin Hofmann. And today ...
Dec 22, 2020•59 min
Dhawal Ashar is a Manager in the Urban Transport and Road Safety team at the World Resources Institute India. His work integrates transport engineering and urban design to improve safety and sustainability in cities. Dhawal manages road safety projects in Mumbai, Bandung, Bangkok, to name a few. Today we are here to discuss design of last 2 decades of transport in Mumbai and some brilliant insights from Dhawal Questions We can't start from the wheel but can you give us a brief history of transpo...
Dec 16, 2020•1 hr 3 min
Crafts is an integral part of experiential creativity and the conduit for imagination of forms. Today I have Devika Krishnan with us on Audiogyan; She is a founder of Studio sattva and Arthouse. Devika graduate in ceramics from NID and did MBA from ISB —- and since then has been working relentlessly in varied areas of design and empowerment. She continues to work for Dastkar Ranthambhore where she trains new groups of artisans. One of the topics which we will be discussing in this episode is her...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 5 min
Prof. Neelkanth Chhaya - Architect, academician, and thinker, Neelkanth Chhaya has researched and worked extensively in the domain of appropriate architecture for India. He has documented places of historic significance and authored numerous critical papers. He retired in 2013 as the Dean of the Faculty of Architecture, at CEPT, Ahmedabad after a 24-year teaching sojourn at the School. Before we begin, a quick shout out to Ruturaj Parikh from Matter in Goa for introducing me to these brilliant m...
Dec 01, 2020•57 min
Today I have, a Writer, traveller, and photographer; Shivaji Das with us on Audiogyan. He has authored few books like, ‘Off the Beaten Track: Collecting Stories of Unheard Lives,’ ‘Journeys with the caterpillar: Travelling through the islands of Flores and Sumba, Indonesia,’ and most recently, "The other Shangri-la". Shivaji’s writings and work with migrants have been published in journals such as TIME, The Economist, BBC and more... He was born and brought up in the north-eastern province of As...
Nov 24, 2020•50 min
Daniel Kahneman in his book, "Thinking fast and slow", mentions that people are innately irrational when it comes to making decisions. Same goes with how they consume everyday products. In the book "Design of everyday things" Don Norman speaks about how people blame themselves if they are not able to pull the drawer rather than blaming the designer. Well, there definitely seems to be a pattern. Lets explore few of them and more importantly a designers role in this setup. Being a Digital product ...
Nov 17, 2020•51 min•Season 4Ep. 202
Dr. A. Srivathsan is an architectural scholar with more than twenty-five years of experience in teaching, architectural and developmental research, and professional practice. Before joining his role as the Executive Director of CAU, Srivathsan served as the Academic Director of CEPT University for five years. He holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology along with a Master’s degree in Urban Design, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. Today we are here to document how are ...
Nov 10, 2020•51 min
This is the 200th episode of Audiogyan. Today I have Sudhir Patwardhan with us on Audiogyan. I celebrated 100th episode with India's design Hero, B.V. Doshi, and I am equally thrilled and excited to celebrate this 200th episode with another legend - Sudhir Patwardhan - one of India’s finest painters. Thank you Sudhir sir for giving your time and it's a real honor to have you on Audiogyan. Questions Most legendary musicians talk about having emptied the mind to reach a higher state of consciousne...
Nov 03, 2020•50 min
This episode is brought to you by MUBI, a curated streaming service showing exceptional films from around the globe. Every day, MUBI premieres a new film. Whether it's a timeless classic, a cult favorite, or an acclaimed masterpiece — a movie you’ve been dying to see or one you’ve never heard of before — there is always something new to discover. Try MUBI free for 30 days at MUBI dot com, slash Audiogyan, that’s MUBI.com/audiogyan for a whole month of great cinema for free. The concept of brand ...
Oct 27, 2020•55 min
Today I have Tarun Deep Girdher on Audiogyan. Tarun is a Activity chairperson at NID. He is passionate about and also teaches Type Design, Typography, Printing Technology, Illustration, Visual Narratives, and Environmental Perception. Tarun's professional projects include socially relevant communication projects, he has deep concerns about inclusive design, disability, gender sensitization, etc. He has designed more than two dozen publications. Apart from such a huge body of work, Tarun has also...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 15 min
Recently in Puliyabaazi podcast from IVM, I heard a nice answer to a classic question, "what is the difference between language an dialect?" The answer was, "A language is a dialect with a gun in hand". All though the conversation had political and historical bend, i was super fascinated it. To discuss what is translation and how is it done and other smaller nuances of language, I have none other than Jayashree Hari Joshi with us on Audiogyan. Jayashree studied German at the JNU in New Delhi and...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 9 min
Martin Scorsese once said, "Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out." I guess, MUBI also has a similar viewpoint. They are particular of which movie is on the platform and which is out. Svetlana Naudiyal joins us Audiogyan. She is a Director of content at MUBI India. Svetlana has a rich background in cinema, content, and curation. She has worked previously in different capacities for NFDC, MAMI, Drishyam Films to name a few. We will try and understand how curation happens at MUB...
Oct 06, 2020•40 min
Trust, privacy, security, and many such words have got a different meaning in the coming decades as we moved from chawls to high-rises. Well, to discuss more about chawls and urban culture and their design, Today I have Rupali Gupte with us on Audiogyan. Rupali is an architect and a co-founder of Bard Studio in Mumbai. Her works include research on Indian urbanism with focus on architecture, urban culture, urban economy, property, housing, urban form, entrepreneurial and tactical practices. Rupa...
Sep 29, 2020•50 min•Season 4Ep. 195
As a tradition that began over 2500 years ago, India remains one of the world's largest exporters of handmade carpets. In fact, I recently read somewhere about why Mahatma Gandhi decided to use Charkha as a symbol of independence. Because the Britishers invaded India for our textile capabilities, quality and over all output. Gandhiji wanted to symbolize the freedom movement through one of the attributes of textiles - Charkha - But thats a story for some other time. For ages, until 1978, exports ...
Sep 22, 2020•58 min
Geetanjali Kulkarni is an actor, who has been performing for theatre, films, and the web. She has been always ahead of her time. Her quest to do something unconventional always paved a different way for her and the people around her. Geetanjali's dedication is contagious and has given certain meaning to the most uncertain profession called Acting... Today we are here to discuss one of my favorite topics, education, but through theatre and acting or should I say performing arts. This Audiogyan wi...
Sep 15, 2020•52 min
