Dakshana Foundation

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at JNV Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025 (00:00:00) - Introduction  (00:00:31) -  Charlie Munger's mental models (00:05:40) - The Karam Yogi model; Mukesh Ambani & Jio  (00:09:45) - Books: Time travel for entrepreneurs  (00:12:01) - The Founders Podcast  (00:16:01) - Giving back through Dakshana (00:20:29) - Upanishads: Your...

(00:00:00) – Introduction  (00:01:03) - Charlie's mental models: Take a simple idea and take it seriously (00:03:23) - Be a Karam Yogi (00:07:16) - Focus at improving human lives: Narayana Healthcare Systems (00:10:55) - Purpose over profit always wins (00:13:46) - Inner scorecard beats outer approval (00:16:12) - Cloning: Anand Kumar and Super 30 (00:19:54) - Learn to build from zero: The Origin...

(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:36) -   Breaking the question pattern (00:03:22) - Overcoming hardships through learning; YouTube & Muskan Soni (00:05:41) - Mental models - take a simple idea and take it seriously; Lyndon Johnson (00:10:15) - Upanishads - Your deepest desire is your destiny (00:13:58) - Belief comes before capability; Elon Musk & the reuse of rockets (00:18:20) - Dakshana: Cloned...

Q&A session with Nisaba Godrej & Omar Momin and Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley, Pune on July 25, 2025   (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:49) - How youth can build a developed nation (00:02:48) - Grow together, Rise together, Win together (00:04:57) - Excellence with character changes the world (00:07:51) - Big impact starts with small actions (00:09:47) - Private innovation for public good;...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana Scholars at the JNV Pune on December 25, 2023 (00:00:00) - Introduction  (00:00:51) - One of Dakshana's best alums: T. Ashok Kumar  (00:05:00) - Public speaking, lifelong advantage: Toastmasters  (00:08:27) - Education system in India vs. US  (00:17:48) - Merit over Money  (00:23:39) - Rule of 72  (00:34:12) - Maximizing Social Impact  (00:35:49) - Don't...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at the JNV Bangalore Urban on December 24, 2023 (00:00:00) - Introduction  (00:00:29) - Cloning Super 30  (00:03:50) - Rule of 72  (00:09:15) - Ultra-high Social Return on Invested Capital  (00:17:16) - Integrity in Philanthropy  (00:22:38) - Akshaya Patra: The best of the best!    The contents of this video are for educational and entertainment...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at the JNV Bangalore (Rural) on December 24, 2023 (00:00:00) - Introduction  (00:01:09) - Introduction to Buffett and Power of compounding  (00:03:55) - Rule of 72  (00:13:38) - Overcoming challenges at Dakshana  (00:21:20) - Caste reservation vs. Income based system  (00:30:24) - Handling the global financial crisis  (00:34:08) - Cloning is a po...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at the JNV Kottayam on December 21, 2023. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:53) - Dakshana scholar: T Ashok Kumar  (00:10:49) - The Dakshana model  (00:21:17) - Rule of 72  (00:26:05) - Cloning Super 30; Anand Kumar  (00:35:05) - Giving back to society  (00:37:34) - Be a harsh grader  (00:45:15) - Inner scorecard vs. Outer scorecard  (00:48:18) -...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at the JNV Lucknow on December 27, 2022   (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:51) - Usain Bolt; The Bolt Factory (00:11:09) - Khushwant Singh (00:14:59) - IIT vs. MIT (00:25:29) - Start specialising at the age of 11 (00:35:31) - Why is Brazil great at football? (00:43:31) - If I was the education minister in India (00:46:42) - Delhi school system (00:56:50)...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at the JNV Pune on December 25, 2022.  (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:51) - Be a continuous learning machine  (00:04:09) - Entrepreneurs do not take risk  (00:14:12) - MLK: I have a dream  (00:17:59) - What happens if I lose all my money today?  (00:28:48) - Inspiration for Dakshana  (00:34:36) - Super 30: Anand Kumar  (00:39:48) - Toastmasters  (00:44:...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at JNV Bundi on December 24, 2022   (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:09) - Enterprise Rent-A-Car only hires GPA below 2.5!  (00:11:38) - Toppers do not do the best in life (00:14:32) - My journey - from a below average to a topper  (00:18:40) - Dakshana: Of the Alums, By the Alums, For the Alums  (00:23:19) - Be a continuous learner  (00:28:33) - The Daks...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at JNV Bangalore (Rural) on December 23, 2022   (00:00:00) - Introduction  (00:04:57) - Dakshana Donors – Prem Watsa; R.K. Damani  (00:07:27) - Harvard's model for donations  (00:12:11) - Your deepest desire is your destiny  (00:21:51) - Dakshana: Of the alums, for the alums, by the alums  (00:22:54) - Fear of failure  (00:32:11) - Inspiration behind Daks...

Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at JNV Bengaluru (Urban) on December 23, 2022   (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:34) - Charles T. Munger Hall  (00:05:32) - Ben Franklin  (00:07:51) - Charlie's mental models  (00:11:45) - The Cloned Dakshana Model  (00:20:07) - Dakshana Scholar T. Ashok Kumar  (00:23:55) - Judith Harris: No Two Alike  (00:26:18) - Buddha: The key to happiness is eliminat...

Mohnish took 2 sessions at Dakshana Valley, JNV Kottayam on February 27, 2022

Dakshana Pune March 6, 2022

Q&A Session: Mohnish Pabrai, Chairman & Founder of The Dakshana Foundation, with Dakshana Scholars & Alums on Dakshana Day, October 15, 2020 (Late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam's 89th Birthday)

Mohnish delved into how to fight corruption in India; Why is India poor? Etc.        

Mohnish Pabrai and Kamal Khetan, Chairman and Managing Director of Sunteck Realty Ltd., talk with class of 2019 Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley, Kadus Village, Pune, Maharashtra, India.

Mohnish Pabrai and Kamal Khetan, Chairman and Managing Director of Sunteck Realty Ltd., talk with class of 2019 and 2020 Dakshana Scholars at JNV Pune.        

Talk with class of 2019 Dakshana Scholars at JNV Bundi, Rajasthan, India on June 2, 2018.        

On Compounding and The Dakshana Model    

Talk with class of 2019 Dakshana Scholars at JNV Kottayam, Kerala, India.

At JNV Bengaluru Urban. Compounding is the 8th Wonder of the World!