The Early Twenties Podcast

In this episode we talk to Rahul, Pilani'05 and ex tennis team captain! He has been an umpire in 9 Wimbledons and holds the unofficial record of highest time spent on the Wimbledon court as a married couple. We discussed his computer vision hawk eye project in college, hawk eye in tennis, how top players act in tough moments and much more.. Tune in!

Apr 24 2022 Creators of Early Twenties podcast got together after a hiatus of a year only to realise that they are aging beyond their early twenties! Bids for takeover might be considered. Lot has changed since we recorded last- we've moved across continents, startups and relationships have been shut, personalities have shifted, jobs have been switched and ankles have been broken. Tune into this e...

On this episode of the Early Twenties podcast, the four of us sit down to do a review on 2020(as they say, Hindsight is 20/20), and discuss goals for the new year. We discuss finance, relationships, work and martial arts - along with the usual bakchodi that comes with our episodes.  Tune in and let us know whether you like these free-flowing conversations better than the scripted ones? Well,...

If we don’t take responsibility of weeding out unwanted societal elements, it will eventually come back and bite us! — Abhishek On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast we learn about Abhishek’s journey of navigating from the helm of capitalism to an agent of change.  He sold a startup right after college and now runs Navgurukul, a foundation that enables youngsters from under privileged...

Be the jack of all trades. It's being looked down upon, but that's not actually true. It's good to be the jack of all trades when you're 19 -- Aayush On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast, we talk to Aayush Jain and talk about his journey from Kota to Pilani to London & Indore, and also about the story behind his transition from a finance job to leading Greendeck as CEO.  We go in...

Life imitates art more than art imitates life. On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast, we sit down with the founders of a brand new podcast series - "Cut to Scene", where Aditya & Devansh critique films with their unique perspectives. Their recent episodes had us hooked, and we decided to dive deeper into the mindset of someone who watches cinema with a critical eye. Lots to unpack in t...

On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast we geek out over sports & fitness with Mishti Khatri, an ACSM certified trainer, pacer at Nike Run Club, currently pursuing her MSc in Sports Nutrition at the University of Huddersfield, UK. We talk about Mishti's motivations to work in the fitness industry, her transformation story, how she curates her Instagram content and much much more!  O...

We're back with yet another free flowing podcast where the three of us catch up on life and discuss about current affairs. We talk about mental models required to think about meta questions, and we also break down Sodhi's time-table in the pursuit of progress. Let us know feedback from the episode!  Oh, and also, don't forget to get some.  Show notes: 32 minutes: The drawing advice that...

Kaafi banter! This was super fun for us to record and listen to. Hope y'all enjoy this too! Keep slaying, people!

" All wounds are self-inflicted. " -- Abhishek Nayak On this episode of the Early Twenties Podcast, we have with us serial entrepreneur & fellow Bitsian, founder of Gharpay, ClinkNow, Mobshow, BicycleAI, the one & only, Abhishek Nayak! This episode is packed with inspiring stories -- from arriving in Pilani one week early to get good internet, getting ACBs in four semesters, to founding mu...

"You'll get a lot of rejections, and you'll eventually become good at handling them -- and they sometime suck, but that's the way to live life. You put yourself out there!" -- Gargi Sharma On the latest episode of the Early Twenties Podcast, we sit down with Gargi Sharma and dive real real deep into everything under the sun! No seriously, we talk about Systems Programming, Universal Basic Income,...

We have with us Dhairik Fuletra, the founder and CEO of Befikar.  Learn how a BITS Pilani Alum, former consultant at BCG is going head to head with the biggest food brands in India in this episode. Befikar is a food company based out of Rajkot in India. They are working on the perfect trio -- food that is tasty, healthy and affordable! If you are based out of Pune or Mumbai they'll be in a st...

When you’re gone would you rather have your gravestone say, ‘He never missed a meeting.’ Or one that said, ‘He was a great father.’ - Steve Blank On this episode of the Early Twenties podcast, the three of us sit down to have a conversation around work-life balance -- we discuss our personal definitions of balance, what we think about on Friday evenings, and also get in an interesting discussion a...

I went to the hospital for six days straight, and i thought there was something physically wrong with me. I couldn't breathe -- Nirant Kasliwal On this episode of the Early Twenties podcast, where we are joined by our very own Bitsian senior, Nirant Kasliwal! For all of us Bitsians, this name shouldn't be new to the ears -- you might like him, you may not like him, but you can't ignore him! A semi...

"I was this skinny kid, with thick eyebrows and nerdy glasses. I used to look at the floor while walking -- Nikita Tanwani" Nikita, recently crowned Femina Miss India Andhra Pradesh, and previously TGPC Miss India came by on the Early Twenties Podcast! She pursued engineering and graduated in 2017 from BITS Pilani, & has been working as an engineer at Oracle since. She's now a finalist in Miss...

You have got to move forward with what you have! -- Shamoly Khera  Dr. Shamoly Khera(@ shamoly.khera ) is a multi-faceted speaker, a TV presenter, producer, and speaking coach -- and very interestingly, a MBBS and Cosmetologist by training!  Founder of her Content Production company 'One Take Media', & previously a TV Presenter on UTV & Zee TV, Shamoly takes us through the insecu...

 Yo Yo Yo! On this episode of the Early Twenties podcast, we sit down with our favourite senior from Pilani, Siddharth Seth!  This episode is the second part in a 2-part series, one where we time-travel through his journey -- from a 19 year old Seth in Kota, through his university days, running his own startup for two years in Bombay, and now as Director of Products at Koinex!  In t...

Baahubali!!! What's up guys, on this episode of the Early Twenties podcast, we invite Ramsri Goutham on the microphone! Ramsri is one of the most optimistic entreprenuers I've met here in Singapore, and that goes back to his previous life in India and the States. Ramsri had a really good lifestyle in Silicon Valley where he drove a Porsche Panamera to work, but gave up all of that and came back to...

Welcome to the 9th episode of the podcast! In this episode we talk about jobs, the transition from university to our first jobs and what we learnt in that exercise. The episode was made to be a shorter one and we'd love your feedback on how do you think that went!! Show Notes: CTR: Click through Rate (Shubhankar talking about optimizing CTR at Myntra) (at 4:00) Clean Code by Robert Martin is a ver...

On this episode we talk about traveling. What we like and dislike, our love for travel, what we pack and our dream destinations. All of us share some travel stories! Here are the show notes :- Joe Rogans Podcast   Youtube The Thousand Dollar Challenge Gyanis Blog Early Twenties Instagram Early Twenties Twitter Early Twenties Website Mr Fisherman Arugam Bay TripAdvisor Shubhankar Vlogs Youtube

On this episode of the showwww, we get into Mental Strength & how to go about building it in our day-to-day lives. We talk about self-talk, social media depression, and listen to Djokovic's on-court interview! Oh, and also, power poses & pushups before an interview ;) Shownotes: Djokovic in the post-match interview with Jim Courier Power poses: Ted Talk Open by Andre Agassi Headspace : The...

In the sixth episode of the early twenties podcast, we move towards a more conversational format and explore topics ranging from  Collateralized loan obligations to Underground communities for music and other things with Siddhant Bhardwaj. Siddhant, graduated out of BITS Pilani in 2015 and has since been working at Credit Suisse. He is currently based out of New York and loves composing music...

In our first guest episode, we have Aditya Vijaykumar, our batch mate from Pilani, currently pursuing a PhD in Physics, talk about Decision Making and how he goes about it. We talk about the various decisions we all have made right from our undergraduate, to career choices and to more recent, company shifts. As always,   Tell us what you liked, and what you didn't! What would you like to list...

Show notes!   - https://alexvermeer.com/getmotivated/    -https://www.ted.com/talks/tim_urban_inside_the_mind_of_a_master_procrastinator?language=en    - https://www.ted.com/talks/adam_grant_the_surprising_habits_of_original_thinkers?language=en   - https://www.lifehack.org/668261/best-habit-tracking-apps   - https://thefabulous.co/ ...

On this episode of the Early Twenties hosted by Gyani, we discuss about the things we are grateful for in 2018 & our biggest hits/misses of the year. We then steer the discussion towards Artificial General Intelligence, Ageing and Universal Basic Income. Oh, and we talk about spaceships! Tell us what you liked, and what you didn't! What would you like to listen about? Anybody in the early twen...