Kicking off Season 2 of The Indian Dream with Satish Shukla, Co-Founder of Addverb Technologies! They build Robots (a lot of them) & make a few hundred crores by selling them all over the world! From transforming Indian warehouses to going global —and now building India's first humanoids — their story is incredible! We dive deep into automation, manufacturing mindset, R&D, hiring & more! This was one of the most fascinating conversations I’ve had about India’s future in automation, r...
Mar 11, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Masterclass on how investing in Research & Development (R&D) can lead to compounding... I sat down with Mr. Rishi Aggarwal, Managing Director at JCBL Limited to talk about the multi-decade journey of expanding the manufacturing business. From Buses to Trucks, from Tractors to Defense Armored Vehicles, JCBL is now a key manufacturer of all types of vehicles. From starting out as a contract manufacturer of bus bodies to manufacturing bus bodies under their own brand name to diversifying th...
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 2
We're back with Season 2 of The Indian Dream Podcast This season going to be all about talking to founders who have built manufacturing or manufacturing related businesses in India! On this episode, we have Swagatika Das, the founder of Nat Habit joining us to talk to us about how they built a Manufacturing & D2C business together! Nat Habit is a beauty and personal care brand that took a different approach to building this business from Day 1. From investing in R&D to create new and inn...
Oct 09, 2024•55 min•Season 1Ep. 169
Make In India. The three words that will define the future of the country. We have a trade deficit of close to $100 Bn with China. That's Rs. 83,000 Crores that leaves the country and isn't used for our own development. Virtuoso Optoelectronics is a manufacturing company that started in 2015 with the idea of making electronic products in India. Started with circuit boards, then manufactured LEDs and now for the last three years, they've been manufacturing Air Conditioners. I talk to Sukrit about...
Sep 16, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 168
Movie Production. It's something that most of us don't know much about. I host Ashi Dua, Founder of Flying Unicorn Entertainment to talk about her work in producing movies like Lust Stories, Bombay Talkies, Paava Kadhaigal and More! Episode Timeline: (01:09) - Introduction of Ashi Dua (03:39) - Why did Ashi move to Bombay? (07:12) - Ashi’s introduction to movie production (10:10) - Anurag’s role in Ashi’s career (11:53) - Anurag’s style of making movies (14:42) - What does production entail? (17...
Sep 04, 2023•45 min•Season 1Ep. 167
India has 64 Million Micro, Small & Mid Sized Businesses (MSMEs) in India. However, only 12% of them have access to formal credit. There's a massive $530 Billion Credit Gap in this market. In simpler terms, the total demand for formal loans by MSMEs in $819 Billion, out of which $530 Billion is unmet. The problem is that banks don't have the right products and the right business model to serve the MSMEs. That's where Indifi is revolutionizing the market with its Digital Loans made based on A...
Aug 27, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 166
Influencer Marketing. A rapidly growing Industry. I sit down with Pranav, Founder of OpraahFx, one of the first Influencer Marketing Agencies in the country to talk about the rise and evolution of Influencer Marketing. We talk about how Influencer Marketing campaigns get executed, how much do creators get paid, his decision to focus on Gaming Creators and the future of creator led brands! If you like the Indian Dream's content, please subscribe to the channel! Episode Timeline: (00:00) Influence...
Aug 20, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 165
About time that Indian Direct to Consumer Brands make a global impact... I talk to Akshay Ghulati - Co-Founder of Shiprocket, who is currently working with many Indian D2C Brands to help them go global! Episode Timeline: (00:00) - Introduction to ShiprocketX & Indian D2C brands going global (03:01) - Why should Indian brands go global now? (07:21) - Experience of taking a Indian brand global. (19:13) - The product market fit on successful Indian brands in the global market (24:08) - How to s...
Aug 07, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 164
Artificial Intelligence will change the way our food is grown. Want to know how? In this fascinating conversation with Dr. Pratik Desai, a Computer Scientist and Artificial Intelligence Expert, we talk about his startup KissanAI and how it's helping the farmers in India get much needed information about all aspects of farming - from fertilisers to crop diseases to ideal crop to grow given soil conditions. If you want to know about the future of humanity powered by AI, this episode is a must list...
Jul 23, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 163
Artificial Intelligence will change the way how we live. In this episode, I host Prayank Swaroop, Partner at Venture Capital firm Accel, who invests in AI startups in India. We talk about how AI will have a massive impact on Agriculture, Education, Healthcare, Infrastructure Development and more and fuel India's journey towards a $10 Trillion GDP. This isn't a technical episode, it's an episode focus on the use cases and about the startups that are being built in India. Episode Timeline: 3:12 - ...
Jun 30, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 162
Learn how DrinkPrime, an innovative water purifier company in India, is tackling the country's water crisis. With millions suffering from waterborne diseases, DrinkPrime offers IoT-enabled purifiers that adapt to varying water quality. Trusted by over 200,000 households in three cities, they are scaling profitably with support from leading investors Alteria Capital, Surge, and Omidyar Network India. Timestamps for Easy Listening: 1 (00:30) - Intro to DrinkPrime and Water Purifier Market (02:54) ...
Jun 17, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 161
If you're building a D2C Brand or want to build one, do NOT miss this episode! Take my word for it, this will be time well spent! In the last 5-7 Years, we've seen some great D2C Brands scale up to become large profitable businesses. One such brand is Pilgrim, that operates in the Beauty and Personal Care segment, which is estimated to be $25 Billion Dollar Market in India. I speak to Anurag Kedia, Co-Founder at Pilgrim, to talk about how the scaled to Rs. 180 Cr Annual Revenue Run-rate in 3 Yea...
May 18, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 160
The Pet Care Industry in India... It is estimated to be a Rs. 4000 Crores Market in India, growing annually at about 20% which makes it a great industry to start a new business as there is double digit growth! The industry can be roughly broken down into Pet Foods which is about 60% of the market, Pet HealthCare (20% of the market), Pet Toys and Accessories (15%) and Pet Day Cares and Hostels about 5% Currently there are about 30 million pets in the country, which growing at 10-11% annually. And...
May 02, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 159
On this episode, we talk to Prateek Shukla, Co-Founder and CEO at Masai School Prateek is an IIT Kanpur Graduate, a Teach for India Alum and Ex-Founder of Grabhouse, a real-estate tech startup that was acquired by Commonfloor and subsequently by Quikr. He’s a second time entrepreneur who is picking up his first love of teaching. India has 444 Million People that are in the 0-18 Years Age Bracket. That’s 400 Million people coming into the workforce over the next 15 to 20 years. For them to be con...
Dec 18, 2022•56 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Mysore Deep Perfumery House (MDPH), popularly known for their brand Zed Black has built an Rs. 800 Crore+ Agarbatti Business from India. We talk to Ankit Agarwal, Partner at MDPH about how he has scaled the business profitably over the last 17 years on this episode of The Indian Dream Podcast. We talk about the following things on the Podcast: (00:22) - Agarbatti or Incense Sticks Market in India & Policy Changes of 2019 (05:05) - Start of MDPH in 1992 after 7 Failed Businesses (08:26) - How...
Nov 29, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 157
In this episode, we talk to Mathew Joseph. He's a 3rd Generation Entrepreneur who was the Marketing Director at Duroflex before he started a D2C Mattress Brand called Sleepyhead. So, mattresses. It’s one of those ‘boring’ and ‘unsexy’ industries and as we’ve often discussed on the podcast, it’s perfect for building a large, profitable business. The mattress industry in India is estimated to be 12,000 Crores Industry of which 60% is still Unorganized. Traditionally, 3 players dominated the indust...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 156
In this episode, we host Kavita & Anand (Co-Founders at Voiro ) to talk about Ad-Tech Industry. Technology has fundamentally changed how we can consume and interact with Sports Content. And that has resulted in a meteoric rise in the value of Sports Leagues and Sports Celebrities. IPL, Formula 1, NBA, NFL, all these leagues have seen tremendous growth in their revenues over the last decade thanks to rising media rights, new ways of monetisation and fan connects! All of this comes down to the...
Oct 15, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 155
In this episode, we host Kavita & Anand (Co-Founders at Voiro ) to talk about Ad-Tech Industry. We’re all familiar with how big the Digital Ads market has grown over the last decade. To put some numbers, in 2012, the Global Digital Ad spend was close to $100 Billion. Today, that stands at more than 600 Billion dollars - a healthy 20% growth every year. In the next few years, $1 Trillion dollars will be spent on Digital Ads globally. With the rise of Ad Spends, the technology that supports th...
Oct 01, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 154
This is Part 2 of the series where we discuss India's Digital Infrastructure. Here are our Research Notes for the episode. Open Network for Digital Commerce or ONDC has been in the news lately. Currently, online marketplaces (Amazon, Flipkart, Snapdeal) follow a platform model. In this model, they have end-to-end control over the entire e-commerce transaction process, right from seller on-boarding, customer acquisition, order fulfilment, complaint redressal, and managing payments. Right now, all...
Sep 11, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 153
The Indian Education System needs an overhaul, especially college education. The current system produces students that barely have the necessary employable skills. In this episode, we talk to Aditya and Raj of Stoa School to talk about the Indian Education System, the problems that exist, how they can be solved and their insights from building Stoa over the last two years. If you haven't already, do subscribe to Stoa Daily . This is one of the best newsletters if you're interested in business an...
Aug 28, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 152
The business of Drones is one of the most exciting themes to look out for in the next 5-10 Years. With wide ranging applications, Drones are set to be a Rs. 15,000 Crore industry by 2026. We have with us, Vipul Singh, Founder of Aarav Unmanned Systems. They manufacture drones and provides integrated services for Geo Surveys. They recently bagged a Rs. 15 Crore contract from Survey of India to map out entire Haryana. Vipul is also the founding member of the Drone Federation of India and has had a...
Aug 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 151
On this episode of Quick Takes, we talk about the USD 100 Bn B2B E-Commerce Market in India and the recent entry of Grasim into this market. ------------------------------------------------------ This episode is brought to you by PushOwl . PushOwl is a web push marketing app built for e-commerce busiensses. Trusted by more than 25000 brands across the globe, PushOwl lets you turn one-time store visitors into subscribers, send highly-visible web push notifications, and increase customer retention...
Aug 12, 2022•19 min•Season 1Ep. 150
This is Part 2 of two part episode on Wine Industry in India and Sula's impending IPO. In the previous episode, we discuss about the Business of Wines in India and a brief history about Sula. In this episode, we take a deeper look at the business of Sula Wines based on the IPO prospectus that they filed. Sula is a ~Rs. 450 Crore business with ~Rs. 52 Crore in Profits. It's been built over the last 20+ years by Mr. Rajeev Samant and the stellar team. We discuss how Sula has been able to dominate ...
Aug 01, 2022•52 min•Season 1Ep. 149
This is Part 1 of two part episode on Wine Industry in India and Sula's impending IPO. Wine is a Rs. 1500 Cr ($200 Million) market in India that's growing fast. Sula's DRHP filings are a great read to understand about this market and what it takes to operate in complex alco-beverage sector in India. In this episode, we focus on the market as it stands today, talk about the global trends that might shape trends within India and what the future could look like. ------------------------------------...
Jul 28, 2022•23 min•Season 1Ep. 148
This is Part 1 of the series where we discuss India's Digital Infrastructure. Over the last few years, the Indian Government along with the support of iSpirt, have build India Stack. We're now close to seeing the full potential of India Stack with the recent launch of Account Aggregator, which will soon be followed by Open Credit Enablement Network. In today's episode, we deep-dive into the world of OCEN and discuss how it has the potential to unlock the $300 Billion MSME Lending market. -------...
Jul 22, 2022•49 min•Season 1Ep. 147
On this episode of Quick Takes, we talk about the ban on Single Use Plastic by the Indian Government and the investments that are happening in the alternatives of these products. ------------------------------------------------------ This episode is brought to you by PushOwl . PushOwl is a web push marketing app built for e-commerce busiensses. Trusted by more than 25000 brands across the globe, PushOwl lets you turn one-time store visitors into subscribers, send highly-visible web push notifica...
Jul 19, 2022•17 min•Season 1Ep. 146
On the episode today, we have with us Amit Khatri, Co-Founder of Noise Checkout our Youtube Channel and Subscribe! A couple of themes I’ve tried to focus on in the discussion: Ofcourse, we speak at length about bootstrapping. The decision to bootstrap, and how it impacted the journey of Noise We also talk about Product Differentiation and how important it is to focus on Customer Needs to launch products Lastly, we talk about Manufacturing of Electronic Goods within in India This is a fun episode...
Jul 06, 2022•51 min•Season 1Ep. 145
In this episode of Business Munchies, we talk about Battery Swapping & The Business of Petrol Pumps . Battery Swapping Research Business of Petrol Pumps Research If you like the content we create, I need 30 seconds of your time to help us reach more people. Do one or more of the following, depending on how much you love The Indian Dream. Subscribe on Youtube (Posting 5 Videos every week) Follow us on Instagram (Posting 3 Reels every week) Follow us on Twitter @sahil071 & @sidbetala (Tryi...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 144
Very excited to launch the first episode of a new segment that we'll be experimenting with on the podcast. These Quick Takes are going to be less than 15 minutes where we discuss all the interesting market trends, government policies or anything that we believe could be interesting for people who are interested in all things business! In this episode, we discuss the Resurgence of the Toy Industry in India. Here's the link previous episode where we predicted the resurgence of the Toy Industry: Fe...
Jun 24, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 143
In this episode of Business Munchies, we talk about the Sneaker Reselling Market in India and the state of the Mental Health market in India. We also do a quick take on the Ethanol Market in India. Sneaker Reselling Research Mental Health Research If you like the content we create, I need 30 seconds of your time to help us reach more people. Do one or more of the following, depending on how much you love The Indian Dream. Subscribe on Youtube (Posting 5 Videos every week) Follow us on Instagram ...
Jun 15, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 142
