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In this masterclass, we cover - 1. Understanding BAAS and it’s market landscape 2. Solving high stake problem statements using first principles 3. Art of pivoting and finding product market fit Priyanka is on a mission to build accessible, secure, and modern finance solutions for the new digital economy. She is the co-founder of Falcon, a BaaS startup based in Delhi and Bangalore in India. She’s b...

In this podcast we cover - 1. Nuances of trust in the Indian society 2. Frameworks for understanding institutions and actively engaging in public discourse 3. The journey of writing a deeply researched non-fiction book Subhashish Bhadra is an economist by training. He received an MPhil in economics from the University of Oxford on the Rhodes Scholarship and a BA in economics from St. Stephen's...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. Art and science of self-discovery 2. Becoming a deep-generalist 3. Meaningful career transitions with a growth mindset Pramath Raj Sinha has earned the tag of an institution builder, a profession that neither existed, nor could he ever have imagined for himself, when growing up in Patna, Bihar. What is perhaps less widely known is that as a Partner at McKinsey &...

In this masterclass, you will learn - 1. The art of following your curiosity to build a portfolio of careers 2. Insights on geopolitics, the end of history and public deliberation 3. Mental models on personal productivity Brian is a geopolitical strategist and advisor publishing extensively on Sino-American relations, statecraft in Asia, and the intersection of nascent technologies, political phil...

In this podcast we cover -  1. Mukesh’s early career and adventures as an entrepreneur 2. The journey of tracing the story of our relationship with our body 3. Actionable advice on building a meaningful career keeping health and curiosity at the core Mukesh Bansal  is a computer science engineer from IIT Kanpur and a technology entrepreneur. He founded India's largest fashion retailer My...

This podcast covers -  1. Philosophical underpinnings of meritocracy in China and India 2. Contemporary debates about how to overcome obstacles to meritocracy and prognoses for the future 3. Actionable insights on building more equitable and meritocratic organisations and institutions Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School. For almost three decades, he...

In this podcast we cover -  1. The evolution of tech platforms from utopian marketplaces to cloud empires  2. Lessons from history of economic power and collective action for democratisation 3. The role of entrepreneurs and small business in making tech platforms democratic and accountable.  Vili Lehdonvirta is Professor of Economic Sociology and Digital Social Research at the Oxfor...

Simon Munzert  is Professor of Data Science and Public Policy at the Hertie School and part of the Hertie School Data Science Lab . His research interests include opinion formation in the digital age, public opinion, and the use of online data in social research. He is the principal investigator of an international cooperation project funded by the VolkswagenStiftung entitled "Paying Attentio...

In this podcast we cover -  1. Framework for understanding the evolving web3 landspace 2. Insights on value distribution on the internet 3. Experience as an investor in the web3 and crypto ecosystem Stefano Bury has over fifteen years of experience in the business world. Stefano started their career as a Sales & Trading at BHP and then moved on to various boutique consulting firms before...

In this podcast, we cover -  1. Dr. Prasad’s global career in International Relations and the importance of interdisciplinary thinking.  2. The Hertie School experience and pedagogy of discussion for a cohort of global students. 3. The art of debate and engaging with diverse ideas Shubha Kamala Prasad is an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the Hertie School. Her research...

In this podcast we cover -  1. Insights from the Indian technological revolution of 1990s and 2000s. 2. Nurturing talent and building anti-fragile profitable businesses for the long-term. 3. Happy accidents and finding meaningful partnerships This is the story of a young man who steps out of the precincts of IIT Kanpur in 1974 with a dream in his heart – to become an entrepreneur and contribu...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. Interpreting Ambedkar for India today and in 2050 2. Understanding Ambedkar on gender, caste and his relationship with Gandhi 3. The intellectual history and multitudes of Ambedkar’s work and writings Babasaheb Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, MA, MSc, PhD, DSc, DLitt, Bar-at-Law, is today among the most revered of Indians, his statues across the country second only in number...

In this podcast we cover -  1. The art and science of building no-code products 2. Business models and monetisation strategies for online products and software  3. Louis' journey of becoming an internet entrepreneur  Louis in his own words -  "I live a dual life. During the day, I work with my family to run an offline-first business in my hometown – the coastal state of Goa, lo...

Mark-Anthony Falzon is a social anthropologist. He is a professor at the University of Malta and a life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge. His books include Cosmopolitan Connections (Oxford, 2005), Multi-Sited Ethnography (Ashgate, 2009), The Examined Life (2019), The University of Malta (2020) and Birds of Passage (Berghahn, 2020). His book examines the social and cultural infrastructure that susta...

In this podcast we cover - 1. Mental models on bad jobs and great careers. 2. Nuances of ethnographic study when you are both the subject and the researcher. 3. The experience economy and bodily capital in the world of night clubs. Dr. Ashley Mears in her own words -  "Working primarily at the intersections of economic and cultural sociology and gender, I study how societies value people and...

In this podcast we cover - 1. Mental models for career pivots 2. The art of thinking like a contrarian  3. Navigating the investment spectrum and breaking into private equity. Sahil Bloom in his own words -  "Every week, I create content that reaches over 1 million people around the world across Twitter (@SahilBloom), a newsletter (The Curiosity Chronicle), a podcast (Where It Happens),...

Prateek Jain, is our friendly Network Capital Rocket Scientist. He designed Business jets for years before, two tech startups and an MBA at Columbia Business School led him to Product Management. He now lives in San Francisco, and does Product Management at the Hypergrowth company - Twilio. Prateek is passionate about building technology, writing, and simplifying complex ideas to make an...

Catherine Yeo is a creator, entrepreneur, and investor studying Computer Science and English at Harvard University. By the age of fifteen, she accumulated a following of hundreds of thousands for her online content and turned content creation into a business. Over the years, her writing has spanned fiction, technical blog posts, personal essays and, now, The Creator Revolution: How Today’s Creativ...

Manjari Jaruhar  is one of the first five women police officers in India and the first from the state of Bihar. Manjari Jaruhar was selected for the Indian Police Service (IPS), the elite crime prevention and law enforcement cadre of the Indian Civil Service, in 1976 and has held positions in the State Governments of Bihar and Jharkhand, the National Police Academy (NPA), the CISF and the Cen...

Srikant Gopal joined ETS in February 2018 as the new Senior Director for TOEFL Brand Marketing and was appointed to the position of Executive Director of the TOEFL Program in October 2018, in which he is responsible for the strategy, performance and growth of the TOEFL portfolio of products. His team, based in Princeton, NJ, USA and around the world, is focused on understanding and meeting the nee...

Saumya Saxena’s research focused on family law and religion in India. She is interested in the interface between law, policy, and society and was part of the Law Commission of India (2016-2018) where she researched on amendments to religious personal laws in India. She was part of the research team that assisted the Justice Verma Committee (2013) on amendments to rape laws in India. She has t...

Tripurdaman Singh is a historian of South Asia and currently a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. Born in Agra, India, Tripurdaman read politics and international studies at the University of Warwick, and subsequently earned an MPhil in modern South Asian studies and a PhD in history from the University of Cambridge. He has been a Vi...

Director of Research , Cambridge Central Asia Forum; Lecturer in Development Studies , and Fellow of Jesus College at University of Cambridge Dr. Shailaja Fennell is Director of Research at Cambridge Central Asia Forum and a University Lecturer in Development Studies. She is also a Fellow of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. Since 2004, Dr. Fennell has been researching the linkages bet...

D. Shivakumar, or Shiv as he is popularly known, is a Bangalore born leader and a management thinker. He is currently the Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group. Previously, Shiv was the Chairperson & Chief Executive Officer at PepsiCo Holdings Private Limited, India. Prior to that he was CEO for emerging markets at Nokia. Shiv started his career as a management tr...

Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and the Economics Department, and a Fellow of Jesus College. He is also Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies. He combines his academic career with work as a policy advisor, providing strategic economic and development advice, and promoting the use of evidence in decision making. Between 2011 an...