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Anirudh Suri is a venture capitalist, technology entrepreneur and policy advisor. He is the managing partner of India Internet Fund, a US and India-based technology venture capital fund, and author of  The Great Tech Game: Shaping Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations  (HarperCollins, 2022). Previously, he worked with the Government of India in Delhi, McKinsey and Co. in New York, the Carnegie...

In this pathbreaking work, Shrayana Bhattacharya maps the economic and personal trajectories--the jobs, desires, prayers, love affairs and rivalries--of a diverse group of women. Divided by class but united in fandom, they remain steadfast in their search for intimacy, independence and fun. Embracing Hindi film idol Shah Rukh Khan allows them a small respite from an oppressive culture, a fillip to...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. How giving advice to others helps us more than it helps them 2. The importance of setting ‘flexible’ goals. 3. Forgetfulness and the art of avoiding everyday errors. Katy Milkman is the James G. Dinan Professor at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, host of Charles Schwab’s popular behavioral economics podcast Choiceology, and the former president o...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. The art and science of curating interesting conversations 2. Nuances of productising serendipity 3. Anyone’s technology and philosophy suite Introducing Alfred Malmros Currently building Anyone, an app that makes it easier to get and give advice through 5-minute phone calls. Get in touch for early access. Previously worked at Google's Jigsaw, that builds technolo...

Dr. Anamika is a prominent contemporary Indian poet, social worker and novelist writing in Hindi, and a critic writing in English. She has eight collections of poetry, five novels and four works of criticism in her credit. Currently, she is Reader at the Department of English, Satyawati College, University of Delhi.   Anamika was born on 17 August 1961 in Muzaffarpur, Bihar. Her father Shyamnandan...

A.S. Panneerselvan is fellow at Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai and head of its Centre for Study in Public Sphere. Earlier, he was the Readers' Editor (an independent internal news ombudsman) of The Hindu, for nearly a decade. Apart from being a regular columnist, he is also an adjunct faculty member of the prestigious Asian College of Journalism,Chennai. Panneerselvan is the author of...

Shashi Tharoor is a member of the Indian Parliament from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency in Kerala. He previously served as the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Communications and Public Information and as the Indian Minister of State for External Affairs. He is also a prolific author, columnist, journalist and a human rights advocate. He has served on the Board of Overseers of the F...

Abhay Kumar or Abhay K. (born 1980) is an Indian poet-diplomat and India's 21st Ambassador to Madagascar and Ambassador to Comoros. He has served in different diplomatic capacities earlier in Russia, Nepal and Brazil. His published collections of poetry include The Seduction of Delhi, The Eight-Eyed Lord of Kathmandu, The Prophecy of Brasilia, The Alphabets of Latin America among others, while...

In this podcast we cover - 1. The art of navigating success and failure 2. Lessons from Indian mythology for modern careers 3. The story of Dhruva and insights on leadership Gauranga Darshan Das, a disciple of His Holiness Radhanath Swami, is an educator, TEDx speaker and a spiritual author of over 33 books. He holds a master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is a reside...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. The importance of liberal arts in an AI-powered world 2. The art of asking better questions 3. How AI is changing corporate strategy 4. Building differentiable competitive advantage when machines are universally available 5. How to make diversity and inclusion work Tiger Tyagarajan is President and Chief executive officer of Genpact. Genpact has more than 115,000 emp...

In this podcast we cover - 1. A new framework for India, beyond the rough and tumble of partisan politics 2. History of Indian polity 3. The future of India and its people Harsh Gupta ‘Madhusudan’ is an India-based public markets investor. He has written extensively on economics, finance and politics for Mint, Swarajya, The Wall Street Journal, The Indian Express and other publications. Harsh enro...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. Nuances of understanding Indian cities and how we have reached this point of exasperation 2. The pivotal role of India achieving India's promised destiny  3. The art of meaningfully addressing the blizzard of policy issues that come with the phenomenon Devashish Dhar is a former Public Policy Specialist at NITI Aayog. He is a Mason Fellow from the Harvard Kennedy...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. Nuances of biochemical interventions into love and relationships  2. Ethics of deciding which medications should be a part of our society 3. The art of calibration within yourself to negotiate with your ideals of self worth Brian is a Senior Research Fellow in the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics at the University of Oxford, Associate Director of the Yale-Hastings...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. Mental models for planning different ‘chapters’ of your life & taking different ‘tours of duty’. 2. Lessons on networking and augmenting your leadership skills. 3. The art and science of navigating career transitions Anoop Prakash is currently President of the Ambulance Division at the REV Group Inc, a publicly-traded specialty vehicles manufacturer based in Broo...

In this podcast, we cover - 1. Why higher pay for workers doesn’t mean higher prices for customers, and the Costco case-study 2. Employee turnover: what drives it & how it costs companies more than most executives think 3. Differences in mindsets between good jobs and bad jobs systems Zeynep Ton is a Practice in the Operations Management group at MIT Sloan School of Management. She is also pre...

In this masterclass we cover - 1. Rebecca’s meandering career in academia and insights from her professional lowlights 2. The difference between malignant and benign sulking 3. The linguistic and gendered nuances of sulking Rebecca Roache is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Royal Holloway, University of London. She works on various issues in applied philosophy, and hosts The Academic Imperfectio...

In podcast we cover - 1. The art of persuasive writing; telling the universal story of having a dream, taking risks & leading a meaningful life. 2. Insights on having difficult conversations & making difficult choices 3. Lessons from geopolitics and the implications of our colonial histories on a new world order. Anjan Sundaram is an award-winning author, journalist, academic, and televisi...

In this podcast we discuss - 1. Importance of cultivating multiple interests 2. How to navigate a world centered around work 3. Negotiating with envy to find your ikigai Simone Stolzoff is an author, designer, and workplace expert from San Francisco. A former design lead at the global innovation firm IDEO, his work has been featured in The New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The...

In this podcast we cover - 1. The art of writing an Indian book for a global audience 2. Translating social observation into gripping fiction. 3. The journey of writing a deeply researched fiction book  Deepti Kapoor is an Indian author and journalist currently based in Portugal. Her first novel, A Bad Character, was published in 2015. In 2023, Kapoor published her second novel, Age of Vice, whose...

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...