Bharatvaarta

Of late, we don't just see debate on social media, but debate about it. There has been plenty of controversy about regulation, freedom of speech, big tech,  sovereignty and so on. In this podcast, we explored some of these nuances with Abhishek Ashtana.  Abhishek Asthana is an entrepreneur and founder of Ginger Monkey LLP and is a social media influencer with over 1Million followers on twitter.  I...

America celebrates 245 years of Independence this month, and in this  episode, we take a look at some of the social and political changes that  have taken place since the last few years. We tackled issues such as  the Trump election, the COVID-19 pandemic, wokeism, and much more.   Ruchir Sharma is an international affairs and social entrepreneurship  expert across India and Europe, with experienc...

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Much has changed in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. We did a podcast earlier last year featuring Sunanda Vashist and Mr. Sreemoy Talukdar detailing some of the societal changes that have happened since. In this episode, we have two prominent voices in the Kashmiri pandit community, Dr. Surinder Kaul and Shri Virinder Kaul.  Shri. Virinder Kaul is an activist who has been invol...

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In this edition of our #LongIndia Series, we are privileged to speak with Mr. Shridhar Venkat, CEO of the Akshaya Patra Foundation; facilitators of the world's largest mid-day meal program, serving wholesome food to over 1.8 million children from 19,000+ schools all over India.  Mr. Venkat has been with the foundation for 16 years now and has also held leadership positions across prominent multina...

Monica Jasuja is a senior executive with extensive experience in building innovative digital products for the financial services industry. She is passionate about creating solutions in the digital payments space. Ritu Bhandari is Head of Research, Smahi Foundation of Policy and Research. She is a Chartered Accountant, with extensive experience working in the banking industry. She has co-authored a...

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Sanjeev Sanyal is the Principal Economic Advisor to the Government of India. He joined the government at a time Indian economy was in a transition phase. This got worse with the ongoing pandemic.   In this discussion, Sanjeev talked about the impact of the pandemic on the economy. He explained the economic difference between the first and the second waves.  Sanjeev also commented on the high frequ...

In line with ICC's goal of having one tournament for each format of the  game, the World Test Championship is a bi-ennial tournament to find the  best test team in the world. Earlier attempts to hold this tournament  had failed, this is the first time a team will be declared as "World  Test Champions". India and New Zealand go head-to-head in the first  World Test Championship final to be held at...

The Bharatvaarta Weekly is our reaction to the news headlines of the week that was.   This week we discuss Apple creating 20k jobs in India, States offer fiscal incentives to businesses, Tata Digital's investment in 1 Mg and more. If you liked this episode, then don’t forget to subscribe to our channel and share this content. You can stay updated with everything at Bharatvaarta by following us on...

India bureaucracy is quite unique in its structure, in that it was  created by the British for their administrative needs and in independent  India, the systems and the processes have been gradually adjusted to  align with evolving demands of statecraft. Yet there is a feeling that  these changes are neither fast enough nor adequate.  We discussed these issues with Shri Avinash Dharmadhikari. Shri...

The Pallavas and Chalukyas were some of the most influential kingdoms of  South India. Their art, architecture, and culture were the defining  traits of Ancient South Indian history, and their eternal architectural   battles against each other resulted in some of the most awe-inspiring  structures India has ever seen. To explore the depth of Pallava  and Chalukya Architecture, authors Gurpreet Cho...

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IIT Kanpur hosts India's National Blockchain Project which is working on  several eGovernance ideas. This discussion features two experts related  to eGovernance.  Professor Abhay Karandikar is best known for his work in the  telecommunications sector in India. Professor Karandikar is an engineer  who taught for several years at IIT Bombay, has been associated with  institutions like C-DAC, Teleco...

Cryptocurrency has been one of the most hotly debated topics in recent  times. On this podcast we speak with Akshay BD (ex-Uber, Startup Advisor  & Investor) and Rameesh Kailasam (CEO - Indiatech.org, Policy  Expert & Columnist) on the nuances of how crypto will impact India,  specifically. Akshay begins the discussion by laying out the immense  possibilities crypto holds for India as an asset, cu...

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Over the last couple of months, the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic  has ravaged through India. It has been a difficult time for all of us  and indeed, most of us have been personally affected. There is plenty of  interest both at home and abroad about the status of the pandemic and  the measures taken by the Modi administration to combat it.  In this special episode of Bharatvaarta, conducte...

Tzar Labs and Epigeneres Biotech have jointly developed a new cancer  test, which is non-invasive, has diagnostic as well as prognostic value  and is easy to administer and scale up. They have conducted trials on a  large sample of 1000 cases and their test has worked very well. Ashish  Tripathi of Tzar Labs and Anish Tripathi of   Epigeneres   spoke to Bharatvaarta about their innovation and answ...

As part of India's response to Covid-19, the Department of Science and  Technology (DST) appointed a committee of experts fro within the Indian  scientific community, and to arrive at a “COVID-19 India National  Supermodel". The objective of this committee was to make projections  about the progress of the disease over time, both at national and state  levels. One of the key members of this commit...

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Tuhin Sinha and Suraj 'Clark' Prasad have authored a book Mission Schenzen, to be released in June 2021 by Bloomsbury. This discussion features the authors and also a conversation with Mr Maroof Raza, India's foremost defence expert and commentator.   Tuhin and Clark talk about the limits of fiction and its resemblance with real life. Tuhin is in fact a professional script writer who has written f...

Shri DV Sridharan is a noted social worker, environment and water  conservation enthusiast and a guiding light for several known and  unspoken social causes, especially in the Indic domain. DV ji as he is  called by his friends and followers, has been at the forefront of  spreading positivity about India and the good things happening around  us.  DV ji started a website Good News India with his ow...

On this episode of the Long India Series, listen to Economist, Author,  and Investor, Harsh Gupta, speak about why he is bullish about India’s  growth. Harsh’s much acclaimed book, A New Idea of India, which he  co-authored with friend and investor, Rajeev Mantri, is a compelling  analysis of India’s social, economic, and political conditions and a  prognosis for its imminent rise to power.  In 20...

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