In episode 21, the Vision-Nari is Richa Shrivastava. Richa is the managing partner at Maker’s Asylum, a collaborative makerspace and innovation hub. During the covid crisis, when businesses were struggling to survive, the team of Maker’s Asylum self isolated at the space to find solutions for the crisis. That’s when the idea of face shields came up. They quickly made a prototype and tested various versions with doctors and finally arrived at a design which was cheap, easy to scale, and could be ...
May 13, 2020•31 min•Season 1Ep. 21
In twentieth episode, the Vision-Nari is Sneha Satheendran. Sneha is the founder of Lend An Ear , an initiative working towards providing free listening space to anyone who wants to express, talk and share. Sneha is an integrative counseling psychologist and a holistic therapist with an unparalleled devotion towards making lives better one day at a time. Tune in as Sneha talks about Lend an Ear and also shares few pointers on how you can take care of your mental health under the current lockdown...
Apr 16, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 20
List of NGOs providing relief during Covid-19 - Link This is a special episode on Covid-19 and what we know about this novel coronavirus. My guest on this episode is Dr. Poornima Bajwa, a resident physician at UC Davis Medical Centre in California. I spoke with her on March 29 through a video call to ask her about what she’s seeing on the ground at the hospital, what her experience been going through all of this, and how is she along with her fellow doctors dealing with this crisis. The doctors,...
Apr 05, 2020•40 min•Season 1Ep. 19
In eighteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Ragini Das. Ragini is the co-founder of Leap, a powerful network of rising women leaders. Ragini along with her co-founder created this private network for women that fosters growth through impactful networking, coaching, mental wellness, and learning as well as up-skilling. Tune in as Ragini and I talk about her professional journey, why she started leap, and what’s her vision for it. If you’d like to know more about leap, visit leap.club ....
Mar 30, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 18
In seventeenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Swati Rustagi, Human Resource Director at Amazon. In this Women’s Day special episode, Swati and I talk about inclusion and diversity at workplace. Swati shares her personal journey and talks about Amazon India’s carefully curated initiatives which are creating employment opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds. Tune in as Swati Rustagi shares her thoughts on measures that people can take to encourage inclusion and diversity in their workplace....
Mar 07, 2020•32 min•Season 1Ep. 17
In sixteenth episode, the vision-nari is Upma Kapoor, founder of Teal and Terra , an organic beauty and healthcare brand. Teal and Terra is Upma’s second entrepreneurial venture and being an organic beauty start-up it claims to use all natural ingredients. What is also unique about this start-up is its team which comprises of only women who all work from home. Losing both her parents to a terrible accident as a child and becoming a single mother, Upma has faced challenges with grit and strength....
Feb 01, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 16
In a world where technology is now donning the hat of cupid, how do you trust matchmaking? In fifteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Naina Hiranandani, COO at Sirf Coffee, a platform that’s revolutionising dating for global Indians. Born in Mumbai, Naina studied master’s in English literature and was working with prominent luxury and fashion publications before starting the entrepreneurial journey. Tune in as Naina talks about her childhood influences, her vision with Sirf Coffee, and how it’s su...
Dec 22, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In fourteenth episode, The Vision-Nari is Dipika Singh. Deepika is the Founder of Life is More and runs a Youtube Channel called She Means Business where she features content that promotes personal and professional growth of women. She also has an interview series called, She Means Business Chat Show, where she talks to women doing fantastic work as an attempt to build more stories of women role models. Since the vision of She Means Business aligns so much with Vision-Nari’s, Swati Rawat talks t...
Nov 03, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In thirteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Silvy Kalra, a communications professional, activist, and a journalist. Silvy’s the founder of FightHer - An initiative that conducts workshops to teach girls and women including domestic workers basic self defense techniques. Being a journalist she often worked at odd hours and felt anxious traveling back home alone at night in cabs. That was when she first realised she wanted to learn self defense. She started organising self-defence classes which were...
Oct 18, 2019•23 min•Season 1Ep. 13
(To avail the Harappa offer, send a mail to ceo@harappa.education.) In twelfth episode, the Vision-Nari is Shreyasi Singh. She’s the Founder and CEO of Harappa Education - an online learning institution that helps people build foundational Habits critical to achieve professional success and personal meaning. Shreyasi has 15 years of combined experience across broadcast and print journalism. Now, through her entrepreneurial journey with Harappa, she’s working towards her vision of building an edu...
Oct 08, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Eleventh episode continues the story of Captain Shalini Singh. In this episode, she talks about her life post serving in the army and her career shift into the private sector. She shares about her recovery from a terrible road accident which left her bed ridden for a year and opens up about her personal life and how she fell victim to domestic violence when she remarried. Tune in as Captain Shalini shares her perspective towards life and how she’s helping others to overcome adversities.
Sep 29, 2019•48 min•Season 1Ep. 11
In tenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Captain Shalini Singh. She has served in the Indian army for six years and at present she’s a motivational speaker, life coach, and a social activist. Captain Shalini’s story is that of grit and strength. She got married at 19 to an army officer, lost him in war when she was just 23, decided to enrol herself in the army, and served until she moved to the private sector. Tune in to the first part as Captain Shalini shares her story of transition from being a n...
Sep 22, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 10
In ninth episode, the Vision-Nari is Anushree Bishnoi. She’s the founder of Unfound News - A news platform that uses AI to remove biases by providing diverse perspective to news while also giving appropriate context. Anushree founded this organisation along with her husband where they’re driven to kill the misinformation epidemic. Tune in as Anushree talks about her motivation to start Unfound and how they use tech to battle fake news. If you like to read multiple viewpoints on a news article, g...
Sep 08, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 9
In the eighth episode, the Vision-Nari is Aditi Banerjee. She is the co-founder of Magic Billion , a global talent management firm which bridges the demand/supply gap for skilled workers. Before embarking on her entrepreneurial journey, Aditi worked for over 10 years in multilateral financial institutions, venture philanthropy, and management consulting. Tune in as Aditi shares her experience working with The World Bank, being a part of founding team of Malcolm Gladwell’s Surgo Foundation, and t...
Sep 01, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 8
In the seventh episode, the Vision-Nari is Puneeta Roy. She is the Managing Trustee of The Yuva Ekta Foundation and a Reiki practitioner. Puneeta is a media professional with over 30 years of experience and has been working on self empowerment and healing with young people from marginalized as well as privileged backgrounds for over a decade, using Theatre and the Arts. In this episode, I sit down with Puneeta as we talk about her journey, her beliefs, her experience with Reiki and meditation, a...
Aug 23, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 7
In the sixth episode, the Vision-Nari is Astha Mittal. She’s an engineer by degree, a writer by passion, and an artist by profession. Her artwork has been celebrated and displayed at the Indian Habitat Centre and she is also a proud published writer of two books (‘She and He’ and ‘Diary Of A Young Artist’). Astha has travelled extensively across India and moved to Delhi for her absolute love for Theatre. She has a dream to open up a Cafe for which she also worked in the kitchen of one of the fin...
Aug 07, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 6
In the fifth episode, the Vision-Nari is Prerna Mukharya. She’s the founder of Outline India- a data firm working in the development sector providing strategic advisory services and policy support to relevant stakeholders. Prerna, along with her team, has visited 8000+ villages across 26 states to collect social-impact data with nearly 4.5 million interactions. Prerna is a 2018 Chevening fellow at Oxford University and was part of the Fortune 40 under 40 list in 2017. For her vision and work, sh...
Jul 31, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In the fourth episode, the Vision-Nari is Divya Anand. She’s the author of the book Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizarre Foods from Around the World , which explores her and her husband’s journey to eat every species on earth, at least once. From eating insects, crocodile, and even puffer fish this book has covered it all for curious gastronomical travellers. The food adventures in her book pretty much qualify as a challenge in the fear factor series. Divya is an avid reader, traveller, blogger, a ...
Jul 24, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
In the third episode, the Vision-Nari is Sulakshana Bhattacharya. She’s one of the first Indian female woodworker who not only teaches her craft but also runs a woodworking company called MistooMade. After spending over 15 years in the public sector across three countries, when she moved back to India she decided to pursue her passion full time into woodworking. Sulakshana literally carved her way through a male dominated space and the only thing more impressive than her journey is her fierce pe...
Jul 17, 2019•32 min•Season 1Ep. 3
In the second episode, the Vision-Nari is Nirupma Singh. She’s a Runner, Zumba Instructor, Fitness and Marathon Trainer. Her journey into fitness began in her 30s and at the age of 42, she started training for long distance running. She is a podium finisher in major national running events (Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, Bengaluru Tougher 10 k Challenge) while also being a mother of two boys and dealing with typical household challenges. Nirupama has also qualifi...
Jul 09, 2019•38 min•Season 1Ep. 2
In the first episode, the Vision-Nari is Upasana Makati who’s the founder of White Print - India’s first English lifestyle magazine for the visually impaired in Braille and Upasana Makati is the founder, editor, publisher and owner of White Print. For her work and contribution, Upasana Makati is awarded the First Lady Award by the President of India and the Woman and Child Ministry , She was on the 40 Under 40 list of Fortune India , and the 30 under 30 list by Forbes India in 2016....
Jun 19, 2019•36 min•Season 1Ep. 1
