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The Gyaan Project

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The Gyaan Project (formerly Audiogyan) is a podcast exploring creative wisdom. Since 2016, it has chronicled ideas, philosophies, and stories of Indian luminaries—bridging the past with the present to inspire the future.

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Designing Green events with Indraja Khare and Aishwarya Lonial

There are some 16 events / rituals which are performed in a life of an individual. From birth to death. If we calculate with 140Cr people, I am sure, it’s of a number. Well, worry not, we have Nose to Tail - Designing celebrations which are beautiful inside and out. Founded by Indraja Khare and Aishwarya Lonial. They design Green events and a strong believer and proponent of up-cycling and sustainability. What started as a College project at MIT has now become a successful venture going strong f...

Oct 12, 202254 min

Generalists vs Specialists with Itu & Lisa

We have Itu Chaudhuri and Lisa Rath with us on Audiogyan. They don’t need any formal introduction to the world of design. Just for our record, Itu and Lisa a Principals at Itu Chaudhuri Design, a full-stack design agency bringing powerful design and original thinking to business problems and opportunities. They have engaged in branding, packaging, communication, and editorial design for clients all around. To name a few, Indian Express, Outlook Traveller, Nestle, Haldiram, Dr. Reddy, and more… T...

Sep 28, 20221 hr 28 min

Language of Kabir with Mandar Karanjkar (Marathi)

One of the sakhi of Kabir goes like this "Boli hamari purab ki, hami likhai nahi koyi. hama ko to so lakhai, dhura purab hoy." "My language is of the east, none understands me, he only understands me who is from the farthest east." We’ll try and document Kabir’s language or should we say languages. Today we have Mandar Karanjkar, once again on Audiogyan. I had him in Episode, 238 with Dakshayani Athalye where we spoke about their Baithak Foundation where he is a co-founder. Mandar is a believer ...

Sep 21, 202255 min

Ep. 249 Intangible architecture with Durganand Balsavar

This Audiogyan is in association with The Drawing Board. The Drawing Board is an international architecture platform based in India where students can test their understanding and skills in shaping the way communities live and thrive while preserving local heritage. TDB has been actively running Architecture competitions for undergraduate students since 2016. It was conceptualized by Mindspace Architects and Rohan Builders. This year, they are back in action with a live event. Architecture under...

Sep 14, 20221 hr 33 min

Ep. 248 - Learning to see with Sachin Agshikar

This year, they are back in action with a live event. Architecture undergrad students can submit their project ideas on the theme of designing a “Memorial for Charles Correa”. The last date to submit your concepts is 1st October 2022. More details in show notes and thedrawingboard.in We have one of the Jury members with us on Audiogyan - Architect, Sachin Agashikar. Sachin studied Architecture from J.J. and was awarded Gold Medal in 1991 for his final year design thesis. Before setting up his ow...

Sep 07, 202240 min

Ep. 247 - Minimalist Architecture with Henri Comrie

This Audiogyan is in association with The Drawing Board. The Drawing Board is an international architecture platform based in India where students can test their understanding and skills in shaping the way communities live and thrive while preserving local heritage. TDB has been actively running an Architecture competition for undergraduate students since 2016. It was conceptualised by Mindspace Architects and Rohan Builders. This year, they are back in action with a live event. Architecture und...

Aug 31, 20221 hr 11 min

rk/rkay & film making with Rajat Kapoor

Our today's guest has been a guest in episode # 34 in Oct 2017, where we discussed Independent cinema but he particularly mentioned the Auteur Theory which I could see in most of the films that he has written and directed. Mithya, Ankhon Dekhi, and recently released, rk/rkay where the protagonist is typically in search of truth, obsessively or at least taking the audience in the zone of question about existence. Today we have Rajat Kapoor back with us on Audiogyan. We ended our conversation by a...

Aug 17, 202250 min

Crafting moving visuals

Yashoda Parthasarthy and Vijesh Rajan both are directors, animators, and motion designers. They are team Plexus. Plexus has worked on projects like making title sequences, music videos, trailers, and animated movies. A few names to their credit are…Gangs of Wasseypur, Angry India Goddesses, Double Barrel, Raman Raghav 2.0, Made in Heaven, Sacred Games, and more… This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegyaanp...

Aug 03, 20221 hr 16 min

History of Ghatam with Sumana Chandrashekar

Sumana is a ghatam player. She has been studying the ghatam for over a decade under Vidushi Sukanya Ramgopal. She has also trained in Carnatic vocal music under Vidushi Rupa Sridhar. Sumana is an independent researcher pursuing her inquiry into the ghatam and other aspects of Carnatic music. She has also worked in the area of music education. She currently serves as Programme Lead at India Foundation for the Arts.With Sumana’s diverse body of work, I thought I will intentionally confine it to Gh...

Jul 20, 202251 min

Power of editing with Nitin Baid

Jean-Luc Godard once said, "Every Edit Is A Lie". Well in today’s episode, let’s explore the different dimensions and layers of editing. Nitin Baid joins us on Audiogyan. He is a film editor and a director in making. Nitin has worked for films like Masaan, Trapped, Gully Boy, 83, Raazi, Gangs of Wasseypur, Gunjan Saxena and many more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegyaanproject.com...

Jul 06, 202250 min

Printmaking at Atelier Prati with Jayasimha Chandrashekhar

In this episode, we have Jayasimha Chandrashekhar on Audiogyan. Jayasimha is the founder of Atelier Prati . Atelier Prati is a growing arts collective and a community space based out of Bangalore. Along with tracing print histories and looking at infrastructural innovations in manufacturing printmaking equipment; prati, as a space also hosts residencies, conduct workshops, curate and initiate cross-disciplinary collaborations to propose new approaches to the idea of the print. Tune into the epis...

Jun 29, 202257 min

O Gaanewali with Avanti Patel

In this episode, we have Avanti Patel on Audiogyan. Avanti Patel is a versatile artist based out of Mumbai and Bangalore. A Hindustani classical vocalist, playback singer, composer, and innovator. Her areas of passion include Thumri and Ghazal Gayki , as well as recreating classics using a vocal dominant arrangement style. Among her most recent projects is O Gaanewali , a show based on the lives and music of Tawaifs and Women performers in India. This show was produced by Harkat Studios with the...

Jun 22, 202239 min

Game Design with Poornima Seetharaman

In this episode, we have Poornima Seetharaman with us on Audiogyan . Poornima has been part of the gaming industry for 16+ years. She is currently a Director of Design at Zynga . She has worked on franchises like BioShock Mobile, How to Train your Dragons, Neopets, and FarmVille 2: Country Escape to name a few. She is a Women in Games Ambassador at WIGJ and the founder of Women in Games India (WIGIN) , multi-award winner and a Hall of Fame Inductee at the Global WIG Awards 2020, making her the f...

May 25, 20221 hr 3 min

Ep. 239 - Designing Boundaries with Fernando Velho

In this episode, we have Fernando Velho on Audiogyan. He is a Goa-based architect, researcher and visiting professor of urban design at the Goa College of Architecture. He is a part of Goa Collective - A group of professionals working towards better urban spaces and public life in Goa. Tune in to the episode as Fernando enlightens us about designing maps and the future of Maps in this digital world. Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twitter https://twitter.com/nimkarkedar Follow Audiogyan on Twitter- https...

May 11, 202259 min

Baithak Foundation Case Study with Mandar & Dakshayani

In this episode, we have Dakshayani Athalye and Mandar Karanjkar with us on Audiogyan to discuss ' Baithak Foundation ' as a case study. Mandar is a passionate believer in the power of music. He is a communication consultant, conducts corporate training, and more! Currently, he is a student at Indian Classical Music and learned from the late Pt. Vijay Sardeshmukh. Dakshayani is a law graduate from Pune University and later pursued her higher education at the Tata Institute Of Social Sciences in ...

Apr 27, 20221 hr 4 min

Honest Structures with Hemmant Jha

In this episode, we have Hemmant Jha with us on Audiogyan. Hemmant is the Principal and Founder of Honest Structures , which makes the cleanest, most responsible line of modern modular furniture and organization systems in the world. Modest yet highly functional & aesthetically pleasing products for both living & working. HS is based in Goa and Chicago. Previously, Hemmant was Chief Design Officer at Godrej and has taught at IIT Institute of Design and Kellogg School of Management in the...

Apr 13, 202243 min

Happy Horizons Trust with Kshitiz Anand

In this episode, we have Kshitiz Anand with us on Audiogyan. He wears many hats. On the professional front, he works at Paytm as Associate Vice President-Design. He is an investor and founder of Soochak, an EdTech startup. He also co-founded Karekeba Ventures along with a few others to invest in the startup ecosystem in Bihar. He also has a cohort-based course on System thinking for product builders. On a personal front, he is an educator and has been teaching in multiple colleges and schools. T...

Mar 30, 202254 min

Template is Dead with Mohor Ray

In this episode, we have Mohor Ray with us on Audiogyan . Mohor is the cofounder of Codesign —an independent brand identity design practice. She has served as a jury member at the D&AD Awards and is active in writing about people, culture, design and branding. Mohor is an editor of Dekho, an award-winning anthology of inspirational conversations with designers in India- one of the self-initiated projects. Other such projects by Mohor and Codesign include The Unbox Festival and Project Rising...

Mar 02, 20221 hr 2 min

Designing Bottoms Up for India with Dharmesh Ba

In this episode, we have Dharmesh Ba with us on Audiogyan. He is a product designer turned user researcher committed to building delightful digital services for India through research and design. He is currently building a research team for Udaan and Thousand faces Club. Tune in to the episode as Kedar and Dharmesh talk about the significance of a user researcher in an organisation and how research and insights help an organisation. Follow Dharmesh Ba on LinkedIn- https://in.linkedin.com/in/dhar...

Feb 16, 202251 min

Bombaywalla Historical Works with Simin Patel (Case study)

The New York Times: The Parsis kept their promise to the Gujaratis. In the 17th century, they started settling in Bombay, when it was still just seven islands. They spearheaded the Indian industrial revolution by building the first steel mills and textile factories; they built ships and launched the country’s first airline; they used their wealth to endow hospitals, laboratories and schools. They were also the first to adopt the British game of cricket, and their extravagant musical theater prod...

Feb 02, 202240 min

Designing Home Appliance with Sharad Chauhan

In this episode, we have Sharad Chauhan with us on Audiogyan. Sharad is a partner and chief designer at GDD which is an India-based design studio founded in 2015. He is an industrial designer with over 13 years of experience. Having worked with Whirlpool, Samsung, he now has his own venture. Tune in to the episode as Kedar discusses with Sharad the process behind designing home appliances, how engineers play an important role while designing a product and a lot more about product designing! Foll...

Jan 19, 202252 min

Ep 231 - Design of Wells with S Vishwanath

In this episode, we have S Vishwanath on Audiogyan. He is a water activist, the mind behind Bengaluru-based NGO, Rainwater Club, a visiting faculty at the School of Development at Azim Premji University. He is a Civil Engineer and Urban Regional Planner by training and has been working in the field of water and sanitation sector for over 35 years. Tune in to the episode as S Vishwanath and Kedar talk about the wells in India and their significance. Further, they also talk about the community of ...

Jan 05, 202252 min

Theatre and education with Manjima Chatterjee

In this episode, we have Manjima Chatterjee with us on Audiogyan. She is a drama explorer, educator and occasional writer. She has won The Hindu Metro Plus Playwright Award in 2013. Manjima teaches drama and has served as the head of the Arts program at the Shiv Nadar School in Noida. Tune in this episode as Kedar and Manjima talk about the new education policy, Bengali plays and more! Follow Manjima Chatterjee on Linkedin: https://in.linkedin.com/in/manjima-chatterjee Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twi...

Dec 29, 20211 hr 1 min

Publishing a Poem with Dibyajyoti Sarma

In this episode, we have Dibyajyoti Sarma with us on Audiogyan. Dibyajyoti is a writer, poet and book reviewer, a translator. He has published 50 poetry books through Red River. Currently, he is an associate editor of Print Week Magazine. Red River is an independent poetry publishing venture that publishes good poetry collections and encourages new poets. Tune in to this episode as Dibyajyothi walks you through the journey of publishing a poetry book and many more interesting insights. Follow Ke...

Dec 22, 202150 min

Project87 with Himali Kothari (case study)

In this episode, we have Himali Kothari with us on Audiogyan. She is a writer, creative editor of Readings in the shed. Tune into this episode as Kedar and Himali talk about Project 87 - which focuses on the richness of The English language plays originating from India in the last 20 years. Follow on Himali Kothari Twitter - https://twitter.com/short_byte Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twitter https://twitter.com/nimkarkedar Follow Audiogyan on Twitter- https://twitter.com/audiogyan You can listen to th...

Dec 15, 202149 min

Blurring Lines between Product Design & Product Management with Nishant Choudhary

In this episode, we have Nishant Choudhary with us on Audiogyan. He is a Senior Product Manager. Currently, he is heading the product for Freight Tiger, previously at BookMyShow. Tune in to the episode as Kedar talks to Nishat about Vipassana center, Product management and more. Follow Nishant Choudhary on Twitter https://twitter.com/linktonishant Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twitter https://twitter.com/nimkarkedar Follow Audiogyan on Twitter- https://twitter.com/audiogyan You can listen to this show ...

Dec 08, 202136 min

Colour of freedom with Siddhesh Gautam

In this episode, we have Siddhesh Gautam with us on Audiogyan. Also known as Bakery Prasad on Instagram. He is a multidisciplinary artist, visual designer, researcher, educator, storyteller, Ambedkarite, Surrealist and Postmodernist. Tune in to the episode, where Kedar talks to Siddhesh about his aesthetics and the kind of colors he uses in his artworks and more! Follow Siddhesh Gautam on Twitter https://twitter.com/siddheshgautam Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twitter https://twitter.com/nimkarkedar Fo...

Dec 01, 202154 min

Conversation on theatre with Satish Alekar

In this episode, we have Satish Alekar. He is a Marathi playwright, actor, and theatre director. Alekar is known for his masterpiece plays- Mahanirvan, Mahapoor, Atirekee, Pidhijat, Mickey ani Memsahib, and Begum Barve. Tune in to this episode, as Kedar is documenting Satish Alekar's understanding of theatre and art . This Audiogyan will be in Marathi. Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twitter https://twitter.com/nimkarkedar Follow Audiogyan on Twitter- https://twitter.com/audiogyan You can listen to this ...

Nov 24, 20211 hr 3 min

Alag Angle case study with Tanul Vikamshi (Marathi)

In this episode, we have Tanul Vikamshi with us. Tanul is an artist, sculptor and educator. He studied Modelling and Sculpture from J.J. School of Arts but unfortunately in the 3rd year, met with an accident and lost sensation of his lower body. He believed that education has to start from roots so he started Alag Angle along with his brother Lalit Vikamshi and Milli Vikamshi. Alag Angle community art and design center induce a vibrant art and design environment in Central India by setting up op...

Nov 17, 20211 hr 2 min

Readings in the Shed

In this episode, we have Nikhil Katara and Himali Kothari. Nikhil is a writer and the founder and artistic director of 'Readings in the Shed' and Himali is the creative director. This week, Kedar discusses about the journey of the project 'Readings in the shed' Follow on Nikhil Katara Twitter - https://twitter.com/ink_decoction Follow on Himali Kothari Twitter - https://twitter.com/short_byte Follow Kedar Nimkar on Twitter https://twitter.com/nimkarkedar Follow Audiogyan on Twitter- https://twit...

Nov 10, 20211 hr 1 min
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