Clearing The BLUR

With capital, a bad call can usually be corrected. With culture, once it breaks, it rarely comes back the same way. That asymmetry sits at the heart of this conversation with KVS Manian, Managing Director and CEO of Federal Bank. In this episode of Clearing the BLUR podcast, hosts Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma speak with Manian about what it means to take over a 95-year-old institution after t...

India has a 30-to-40x GPU infrastructure gap to close by 2030. The companies and leaders who understand what that actually means and what it will take are a rare breed. Sharad Sanghi is one of them. In this episode of Clearing the BLUR podcast, hosts Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma sit down with Sharad Sanghi, CEO of Neysa. Sharad brings the perspective of someone who has been present at two def...

What Happens When Millions Share Their Deepest Pain with AI? In this episode of 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥 podcast presented by KNOLSKAPE, Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma speak with Ramakant Vempati, Co-founder of Wysa, on mental health, AI, empathy, safety, privacy, workplace wellbeing, and what it takes to build technology for deeply human moments. Ramakant reflects on Wysa’s journey from an elder care...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗼𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿? In this episode of 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥 podcast presented by KNOLSKAPE, Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma speak with Subroto Bagchi, Co-founder of Mindtree, author, and public servant, on entrepreneurship, culture, AI, ethics, skill development, and what it takes to build institutions with a long view of time. Subroto reflects...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀? In this episode of 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥 podcast presented by KNOLSKAPE, Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma speak with Sanjeev Bikhchandani, Founder and Executive Vice Chairman, Info Edge (naukri.com, jeevansathi.com, 99acres.com, shiksha.com, naukrigulf.com) on what it really takes to build enduring businesses. Sanjeev bre...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆? In this episode of 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥 podcast presented by KNOLSKAPE, Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma speak with Madan Padaki on a bold reframe of how we think about jobs, opportunity, and economic growth. Madan challenges some of the most accepted ideas around employability, entrepreneurship, and AI. From rural India to global systems,...

Big ideas are everywhere. The hard part is knowing which ones will actually matter next. In this Special Episode of 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 presented by KNOLSKAPE, hosts Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma rewind the first ten episodes and pull out the patterns that keep repeating: where AI is truly reshaping work, what leaders are getting wrong about adoption, and why capability, context, and jud...

AI is rewriting the rules of advantage and the winners won't be the ones with more tools. They'll be the ones with more context . In this episode of Clearing the BLUR presented by KNOLSKAPE , Rajiv Jayaraman and Deepak Sharma speak with Nitin Seth on why domain understanding is becoming the real differentiator, what "human above the loop" could look like, and why India's next...

What if the smartest move in disruption is not chasing the headline trend, but building what the trend makes inevitable? In this episode of Clearing the BLUR podcast presented by KNOLSKAPE, hosts Rajiv Jayaraman, Founder & CEO, KNOLSKAPE, and Deepak Sharma, Founder-CEO, Venture Studios, speak with Ganesh Krishnan, serial entrepreneur and venture builder behind some of India’s most iconic consu...

What if the biggest risk in the AI era isn’t job loss — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗜?And what if the real shift isn’t “humans vs AI” — but 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 + 𝗔𝗜, where 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲? In this episode of ‘𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥’ 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗦𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗘, hosts 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘃 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻, Founder & CEO, 𝗞𝗡𝗢𝗟𝗦𝗞𝗔𝗣𝗘, and 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗸 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮, Founder–CEO, 𝗩𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘀, s...

What if the biggest threat to 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 isn’t technology — but 𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁? And what if the real fix isn’t “more OTPs” — but 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 working together? In this episode of ‘𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥’ presented by KNOLSKAPE, hosts 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘃 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻, Founder & CEO, KNOLSKAPE, and 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗸 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮, Founder–CEO, Venture Studios, sit down with 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝗥 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗱𝘆, F...

What if 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 — 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗱? And what if 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝘅 𝗶𝘁? In this episode of ‘𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥’ presented by KNOLSKAPE, hosts 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘃 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻, Founder & CEO, KNOLSKAPE, and 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗸 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮, Founder–CEO, Venture Studios, sit down with 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗝𝗮𝗶𝗻 — serial entrepreneur, Netcore Founder, author, and one of India’s sharpest thinkers on AI...

What happens when 𝗔𝗜, 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗲? Can India build the technological backbone that defines the next century? In this episode of ‘𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥’ presented by KNOLSKAPE, hosts 𝗥𝗮𝗷𝗶𝘃 𝗝𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗻, Founder & CEO, KNOLSKAPE, and 𝗗𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗸 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗮, Founder–CEO, Venture Studios, sit down with 𝗔𝗷𝗮𝗶 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗱𝗵𝗿𝘆 — Co-Founder of HCL, Chair of the National Quantum Mission, and on...

What happens when 𝗔𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗡𝗔? Can technology decode the human blueprint — and maybe even help us live longer? In this episode of 'Clearing the BLUR' presented by KNOLSKAPE, hosts Rajiv Jayaraman, Founder & CEO, KNOLSKAPE and Deepak Sharma, Founder-CEO, Venture Studios, sit down with 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘃 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗺, Founder & CEO of The Gene Box , to explore the powerful intersection of 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻...

Why do 𝟵𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹 even as tools like 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗚𝗣𝗧 and 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗜 reach billions of users every month? In this episode of 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗟𝗨𝗥, we sit down with 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗩𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶 — Co-Founder, Group Chief Executive & Vice-Chairman of 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, and Vice Chair at 𝗡𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗠 — to decode the real reasons behind the global AI adoption gap. From 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗔𝗜’𝘀 $𝟭𝟬𝟬𝗕 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗜𝗻...

In this episode, hosts Rajiv Jayaraman (Founder & CEO, KNOLSKAPE) and Deepak Sharma (Board Member, Digital Leader & Founder-CEO, Venture Studios) are joined by Sharad Sharma (Co-Founder, iSpirt). They explore the transformative potential of AI, emphasizing the need for a humanity-first approach in its development. The discussion covers the evolution of AI from generative models to agentic...

In the first episode of Clearing the BLUR, hosts Rajiv Jayaraman (Founder & CEO, KNOLSKAPE) and Deepak Sharma (Board Member, Digital Leader & Founder-CEO, Venture Studios) are joined by Umakant Soni (Co-Founder & CEO, ARTPARK | Founding Partner, pi Ventures) to unpack the transformational future of AI. The conversation explores why futurization without humanization is unsustainable, th...

AI is everywhere; clarity isn’t. In this teaser for  Clearing the BLUR , hosts  Deepak Sharma  and  Rajiv Jayaraman  set the stage for Episode 1 with  Umakant Soni  (AI Foundry / ARTPARK). Expect straight talk on turning AI from pilots into production, balancing  technology, talent, and trust , and building “rainforest” innovation ecosystems. We touch on India’s AI strategy, data quality and gover...