In this podcast you will learn the following: 1. The art of pivoting your career. Silvana went from being a lawyer to the founder of a deep tech company after MIT 2. What it takes to conduct experiments with your professional goals and arrive at a journey that matters to you and makes a difference 3. Nuances of diversity of all kinds Silvana López is the CEO & Co-founder of The Blockchain Challenge Inc., a Boston-based startup with technology and methodology inspired at MIT and focused on buildi...
Jan 26, 2020•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast you will learn: 1. How to break into VC without having prior experience 2. Honing the art of learning - reading, writing, thinking - on the job and outside 3. Nuances of pitching effectively Aviral helps lead Guild's India investments. He has led Guild's investments into Wink&Nod, MegaExams, Qrius, NurseryLive etc. Aviral graduated with an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad (Director's List for top 3%) and IIT Bombay. He runs a fascinating blog ajuniorvc.com focused on startup and investing ...
Jan 05, 2020•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast you will learn: 1. Mental models for building a career across technology, finance and public policy 2. Principles of institution building 3. Understanding nuances of working in the government Arnab Kumar is Program Director at NITI Aayog, and drives NITI Aayog's strategy, policy and implementation initiatives in Artificial Intelligence, FinTech, Blockchain and Digital Economy. Arnab has contributed to India's Strategy for Artificial Intelligence (released in 2018) and has been dr...
Dec 26, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast you can expect to learn the following: 1.Art of following your curiosity 2.Core challenges plaguing the policy landscape 3.Shaping meaningful careers in public policy Arunabha Ghosh is a public policy professional, adviser, author, columnist, and institution builder. As the founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water, since 2010, he has led CEEW to the top ranks as one of South Asia’s leading policy research institutions (six years in a row); and among the world’s...
Dec 20, 2019•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast you can expect to learn the following: 1. The philosophy of the Young India Fellowship and how it prepares students for careers of tomorrow 2. The art of applying for specialized Masters such as the one at Harvard Graduate School of Education 3. How to commit oneself to solving a complex problem long-term Karan Bhola is a higher education, leadership development and institution building professional. He is currently the Director of Graduate (YIF) Outreach and Admissions at Ashoka...
Dec 19, 2019•56 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast, you will learn: 1. Principles of career pivoting: fire-fighting to law to investing 2. Actionable advice for cracking Harvard Business School MBA admissions 3. Art of reaching out and writing effectively Chia Jeng Yang 谢征阳 is a Principal at Saison Capital, a Japanese-backed fintech-focused fund (early-late stage, debt, fund of funds) that invests globally and in any vertical, but especially in emerging markets: Southeast Asia, India, LATAM, etc. Previously, he was the 5th employ...
Dec 16, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast, you can expect to learn: 1. What Stanford looks for in their MBA applicants and what distinguishes successful applications 2. Framework for formulating career goals 3. Art of decision making and the importance of saying no Rohan is a student at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to Stanford, Rohan was on secondment to the Government of India, working at the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation. A chemical engineering graduate from BITS Pilani, Rohan worked with Acc...
Dec 15, 2019•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast, you will learn: 1. Principles of investing that optimizes both market returns and social impact 2. Constructs of building meaningful partnerships 3. Core elements of innovative organizational cultures Manoj’s three decade long career has included roles as an entrepreneur, an investor, as well as a corporate leader spanning multiple sectors and geographies. Manoj is the Founder and Chairman of Social Alpha, a unique initiative to strengthen the Science and Technology start-up eco...
Dec 12, 2019•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this Network Capital podcast, you can expect to learn the following: 1. The pros and cons of a career plan, especially a deep-dive on whether you need an overarching plan to succeed 2. The principles of risk taking when it comes to career choices 3. The art of following curiosity with diligence and a sense of wonder Siddharth Jhawar works at Disney. He was a management consultant at Bain and a former Director at the Government of India, He is an alumnus of IIT Delhi, a CFA charter holder and ...
Dec 09, 2019•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast, you will learn: 1. Principles of building a sustainable, financially viable social enterprise 2. Mental models for building a homegrown business to consumer fashion brand 3. Stories of personal transformation Fashion entrepreneur Gayatri Jolly’s brainchild MasterG, is a design and skill development eco system based out of Delhi, UP and Haryana. She is a qualified Fashion Designer from Parsons, New York and a Business Graduate from Babson College, Boston. She worked for two years...
Dec 04, 2019•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast Through this podcast, you can learn the following: 1. Mental models for addressing the climate change challenge 2. Insights on building meaningful careers in public policy 3. Connecting the career dots, especially if you are interested in pursuing multiple things Shloka Nath currently leads the Sustainability and Special Projects portfolio at the Tata Trusts, one of India’s leading philanthropic foundations. In this role she is focused on the organization’s work on climate, energy and environmen...
Dec 03, 2019•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast, we will learn about Pranav's path to Harvard Business School and explore why he decided to repivot his career after consulting, private equity and an MBA. Pranav is the Domain Architect and Vice President of the Large Scale Education Programmes at Educational Initiatives. He was a member of the development team of the Mindspark product, which is a technology-based, personalized and adaptive learning tool for Mathematics and Language. He led the operations of the Mindspark Centre...
Nov 17, 2019•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast Learn how Dr. Albert Lin collaborated with his mentor Dr. Ramesh to transform a personal tragedy into a viable solution for more than 40 million amputees. INK talks played a major role. Listen on Today, the majority of the world’s 40 million amputees live without access to a prosthesis. Albert Lin, a materials scientist and researcher with the Qualcomm Institute (QI) at UC San Diego, has created a project to change that. With the help of students and multidisciplinary experts at QI, Lin launched...
Nov 17, 2019•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast Jennifer Petriglieri is an Associate Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD and the author of Couples That Work: How Dual-Career Couples Can Thrive In Love and Work. Jennifer was shortlisted for the Thinkers50 New Thinker and Talent awards and named one of the world’s best 40 business school professors under 40 by Poets & Quants. Jennifer earned a PhD in Organisational Behaviour from INSEAD. She also holds an MBA from IMD, Switzerland, and a BSc in genetics from Nottingham University, U...
Nov 12, 2019•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Benjamin F. Jones is the Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, a Professor of Strategy, and the faculty director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative. An economist by training, Professor Jones studies the sources of economic growth in advanced economies, with an emphasis innovation, entrepreneurship, and scientific progress. He also studies global economic development, including the roles of education, climate, and national leadership in explaining the ...
Nov 09, 2019•29 min•Transcript available on Metacast UPSC is probably the world's most competitive examination. Athar Aamir Khan got All India Rank 2 in UPSC and serves as an IAS officer. He graduated from IIT Mandi and a pivotal conversation with his grandfather in the final year changed the course of his entire career. This podcast is divided into three parts. In the first section, Athar shares about growing up in Kashmir, his school and journey to IIT. In the second section, he discusses how and why he prepared for UPSC and talks at length abou...
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 19 min•Transcript available on Metacast Mihir Dalal is an long-form writer with Mint who recently wrote The Big Billion Startup: The Untold Flipkart Story. In this Network Capital podcast, Mihir reflects on how and why he started working on the book, how he researched such a complex subject and how he balanced his demanding job at Mint with the rigors of writing a book.
Nov 07, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this Network Capital podcast, Ronnie Screwvala, the founder of Upgrad, discusses how to grapple with failure and reinvent oneself. He talks about the role of serendipity in his life and what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Ronnie is a first generation entrepreneur who failed his Bachelor of Commerce in college but that did not deter his intent to start up on his own at a time where there was no eco-system for PE Funding or bank debt to start ups. His first foray was Cable TV in In...
Nov 04, 2019•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast Dr Maha Hosain Aziz is an NYU professor (MA International Relations Program) and LSE fellow (Institute of Globe Affairs) focused on global risk & prediction. In this podcast, she shares how to build meaningful careers in international relations. Her points of view on the new global order bring to bare key questions on identity, politics and technology. Check out her new book - Future World Order - here http://www.futureworldorder.org/...
Nov 02, 2019•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast Aditi Gupta is a social entrepreneur and co-founder of Menstrupedia, working towards spreading awareness about menstruation. While studying at the National Institute of Design, as a Ford Foundation research Scholar she has conducted extensive research in understanding the scenario of menstrual unawareness in India and its impact on a girl’s life. She has designed effective educational tools for girls and schools using storytelling and sequential art for educating young girls about periods in a s...
Nov 01, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast with the International Innovation Corps, we discuss what the unique fellowship entails, the experience of being an IIC fellow and how can you be a part of the social impact fellowship in India. The International Innovation Corps (IIC) is a social impact program of the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy that operates out of the University of Chicago Trust in India. As an IIC Fellow, you will work directly with the government, address gaps in development policy ...
Oct 30, 2019•19 min•Transcript available on Metacast This is a very special podcast with Harvard Business School alums, Shruti and Azeez. Both of them met each other through debating at IIT Delhi. They have been inspiring and supporting each other to push the contours of excellence and impact ever since. Shruti is an entrepreneur launching Sair, a venture in the travel-tech and heritage space. She graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School and the Director's Gold Medal from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. She worked at Bain and Omid...
Oct 18, 2019•54 min•Transcript available on Metacast Bindi works as the Deputy Director with the Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University. Prior to that she worked with Tata Trusts leading their Grant Relationship Management and with the Piramal Foundation for Education Leadership as their program director for Technology. She graduated from Harvard Business School, with a focus in social enterprise. Her experience before HBS is with ArcelorMittal in the space of engineering and operations. She also has an engineering masters ...
Oct 13, 2019•2 hr 34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Nicole Schwab is author of The Heart of the Labyrinth, an evocative spiritual parable; and co-founder of EDGE Certified Foundation, a global certification system for gender equality at work. She works with National Geographic and her book is now being made into a movie. A Swiss native with a rigorous scientific background (degrees from Cambridge University and Harvard Kennedy School), Nicole spent several years working on public health in the Andes, before returning to Geneva to co-found The For...
Oct 05, 2019•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this podcast, Azeez shares his journey to Harvard Business School and explains why he decided to come back to Pratham (one of India's most reputed non-profits) after graduation. Among other things we discuss career intelligence, diversity quotient and committing to solving problems over the long term. Take notes as you listen! This is a bit about Azeez Azeez Gupta is the National Head of Strategic Initiatives at Pratham, one of India's most reputed education non-profits impacting 5 million ch...
Sep 07, 2019•58 min•Transcript available on Metacast Rich Horgan is the Founder and President of Cure Rare Disease. Rich is also a Blavatnik Fellow at Harvard Business School with a deep passion for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and other rare diseases. With a younger brother impacted by the disease, Rich has a strong interest in accelerating promising treatments for the disease. He formed a collaboration with world-class researchers and clinicians to pioneer the development of customized therapies for Duchenne and other rare diseases. He also...
Sep 01, 2019•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast Arjun Vaidya is the CEO at Dr. Vaidya's: New Age Ayurveda. Prior to his entrepreneurial stint, Arjun graduated from Brown University, USA with a BA in International Relations and Economics. He then worked in private equity at a consumer sector focused fund, L Capital Asia (the private equity arm of the Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy Group). In October 2016, Arjun quit his job to take on his 150-year-old family legacy of Ayurvedic formulations that his grandfather left behind. Dr. Vaidya’s aims to t...
Sep 01, 2019•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast This episode is brought to you by World Economic Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution which is a hub for global, multistakeholder cooperation to develop policy frameworks and advance collaborations that accelerate the benefits of science and technology. Aaina Agarwal is an AI specialist at the World Economic Forum and Amanda Russo is the Public Engagement Lead, World Economic Forum Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Through this association with the World Economic Forum ...
Aug 28, 2019•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast Sanjay Kumar currently serves as the India Country Director of The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University. It is an entity dedicated to connecting the University with all the countries of South Asia, prompting two-way intellectual exchange and knowledge creation. Prior to this, he was involved at leadership positions with SEWA Movement for about two decades that organizes poor self-employed women workers in the informal economy in India. Handling twin task of establis...
Aug 28, 2019•57 min•Transcript available on Metacast Being a knowledge-driven generalist with a passion for cultural exchange, Jakob is currently Trade and Invest Advisor at Business Sweden c/o Embassy of Sweden in New Delhi. In his professional capacity, Jakob is driving market-oriented R&D-projects together with leading Swedish Industry and institutional Indian partners. Holding a double degree in engineering and international business, Jakob is working in the intersection of business development, technological transformation and international r...
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