Discover your SecondAct Podcast

In this Episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast, we have a special guest for you, Jatin Saini. He is a Content Creator and Co-founder of House of Creators. As a creator, he emphasizes on his mantra of #TogetherWeRise, finding out new ways and building a resource library packed with industry knowledge for his social media community to excel in their own content creator journey. We discussed abou...

Do you believe in Numerology? Numerology is a belief system that associates numbers with certain qualities and characteristics. According to numerology, each number has a unique vibration and can provide insight into a person's personality, strengths, weaknesses, and life path. We were glad to have Rishabh Grover, numerologist share how numbers play a great role in shaping our life, our Secon...

Don’t we all wish to be able to read someone’s mind? Well thanks to our podcast guest Abhishek Acharya, the mind reader, magician & mentalist. This was actually that I experienced live! Abhishek Acharya is famous Indian Mind Reader and Mentalist who has been a wonderful TEDx speaker twice. He was originally raised in Bihar's Munger. His parents are retired professors. After completing his...

It’s not easy to talk with pride when you come from spending more than 2 decades growing up in a chawl - where you dare to dream, but it’s so humbling to have such leaders who have covered their journey from a chawl to being a CEO. Satish Rao is the Chairman and Managing Director at Firmenich India, Creators of some of the world’s finest Tastes & Fragrances, shared his journey which was nothin...

When someone asks me what is SecondAct, why SecondAct, there are so many thoughts and emotions that come up. I am glad I am sharing everything about The making of SecondAct, infact reinventing myself and my Secondact! Ofcourse to share and share openly , you need a safe space, and creating that is huge where I could just be myself. This credit I would give to my dear teacher Gautam Nima. Though Ga...

“Atithi Devo Bhava” Today on our special 100th Episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast, we wish to extend our heartiest gratitude to all our listeners who supported us from the beginning and the illustrious guests who graced our platform to share their ideas, perspectives and inspiring journeys of SecondActs.  To celebrate this landmark occasion, we got a special guest who resonates our sentime...

“You Need to build a Strong Foundation in order to build a Big Castle”  This spirit resonated in the latest episode 99 of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast featuring our special guest, Gautam Dutta. He is the CEO of PVR Cinemas - India’s Largest Cinema Chain and a two-time participant of our podcast with 1st appearance during the beginning phase of our platform and now, as we are at the cusp of the...

“The Purpose of Education, in today’s context should be to Rehumanise Humans”   This is the energy which our guest, Gautam Nima radiated on the 98th Episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast. He is a multidisciplinary artist and an Educator. He believes that everyone’s story is worth telling and art is a powerful form for its expression as it helps us connect on a collective level and build empat...

‘Success & Failure is an everyday thing and how we recover from those failures is a part of Everyday Success”.   This is the success mindset of our today’s guest on the 97th Episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast - Arman Sood. He is the Co-Founder of Sleepy Owl Coffee, a member of the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Club and a reputed figure in the FMCG industry.   He candidly shared with u...

Today on the 96th Episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast, our guest is Sudharsanan Ganapathy. He is the founder of The Social Company, personal branding expert and a content creator.   In this episode, he shared with us his entrepreneurial hustle, how the pandemic turned out to be a boon for him, his gratitude for the relationships he has built & His #SecondAct with utmost warmth and since...

Today on the 95th Episode of Discover Your SecondAct Podcast, our guest is Divas Gupta. He is an Entrepreneur, Content Creator, Ikigai Trainer and India’s one of the most influential Public Speaking coaches. In this episode, he opened up about his inferiority complex during school days, the moment he took the charge to become his better self, his life as an entrepreneur & His #Secondact with u...

Today on the 94th Episode of Discover your SecondAct Podcast, our guest is Amrita Samant. She is an entrepreneur, mentor, ambassador at Newborn & Child Photographers Association of India (NCPAI) and the owner of Mommy Shots Productions. Her journey from breaking through a 9 to 5 job to becoming a pivotal figure in the field of Maternal and Children Photography culture in India is a wonderful f...

Today on the 93rd Episode of Discover your SecondAct Podcast, our guest is Chinu Kala. She is an entrepreneur, model and the owner of one of India’s biggest fashion jewelry companies - Rubans Accessories. Her come-up from being homeless at 15 to becoming a significant figure in the fashion industry is an inspirational story of perseverance and resilience. In the episode, we discussed her journey t...

At one time, striving on her path to become a Biotech Engineer, our guest today – Tejaswini P decided to take a left turn to realize her higher potential and became a first-generation entrepreneur with her Home Decor company – Furbishy . In this episode of Discover your SecondAct , we discussed Tejaswini’s professional journey, foundation of her work ethics and her SecondAct. Some of our major tak...

Chris Underhill is truly a person whom I loved to bring on my podcast. More so when it was his birthday, and it was such a pleasure to hear the work, the values and his life matras while he celebrates his 74th ! We spoke about gratitude, simple joys of life, nourishing relationships, and looking after our mental wellbeing, as the pillars to make life joyous. Starting his career with agriculture, a...

How do you think is to have a podcast mentor, as your 90th Podcast guest! Well we are super excited when Bijay Gautam, Co-Founder at WYN Studio; Host & Founder of podcast - The Inspiring Talk, was on this side of being interviewed, on my landmark 90th Podcast! Bijay came across as a person who is really humble, and who did not shy away from talking about how he wasn’t 'good enough',...

After nine years of working in the Indian entertainment industry like Sony, Zee and The Times Group, Shailesh started Ormax Media is 2008, as India’s first and only consulting firm specializing in the media & entertainment sector. Infact, Shailesh mentions very strongly that one should learn the tricks of the trade and build experience, before stepping into entrepreneurship! Entrepreneurship h...

Divya Arora, Mithai Connoisseur, Co-Founder of Kesar, a seeker for life, from the Pink City (Jaipur) in India, is redefining the look, feel, taste and the warmth of Indian sweets. Being a true believer of, "What your mind can perceive,  it can conceive", Divya Arora is always open to learning and building on new ideas. She has a doctorate in Naturopathy & Yoga and is also a Pranic He...

Back again at my favourite place Kunzum Cafe, to record my in person podcast with Anisha Motwani. Anisha Motwani as I know her is a lady who has stormed many norms, and has been instrumental in disrupting and rebuilding brands as an independent Brand, Digital & Innovation Consultant, and Founder of Storm the Norm Ventures. She is also author of the book with the same title, "Storm the Nor...

Disclaimer: This is a very heart to heart podcast ! Its also mostly in Hindi, and as Nand Kishore Chaudhary says, when hearts connect, language is not a barrier. 'The rugs to riches story', Nand Kishore chaudhary, often referred to as the ‘Gandhi of the Carpet Industry’, is a person with an enigmatic heart, full of empathy, love and spreading joy. He also happens to be the founder of Jai...

“I don’t want to be the victim of my own hype, that helps to do better, and stay hungry”, says Dheeraj, who very humbly mentions that he is not the smartest person around, and this works as an advantage to be always hungry, always learning, always wanting to do more. Dheeraj Sinha , CEO - Leo Burnett, South Asia, Chairman - BBH, India. Has changed lives of many brands, and scaled up Leo Burnett to...

Though I have had more than 84 people come and share their lives (personal & professional), this podcast is different, it is without any filters, it has pain, authenticity and a lot of hope. Manmeet Narang is a poet with a lot of depth, inspired by life and work of Amrita Pritam, a powerful voice and a courageous heart, that’s what Manmeet Narang is for me. She is the founder of Sailing Leaf,...

Service to others, is my SecondAct, that’s what His Excellency Ambassador Terry Earthwind Nichols, lover of Indian Garlic Naan, said when I asked him what gets him out of bed every morning (his higher purpose, his #SecondAct). His Excellency Ambassador Terry Earthwind Nichols is a Visionary Strategist for people who are looking for ‘achievement based’ vs. ‘goals based’ strategies for their busines...

Born in a small family with big dreams, meet Fouzai Dastango. Coming from a very humble background and no backing, Fouzia has stood by hard storms. 'Dastan' as story and 'Goi' as teller, Fouzia is the First female story teller in Urdu language. She is a natural born story teller but her niche is narrating the Indian epics Mahabharata, Rama, Krishna in Urdu language in her beaut...

"Naked". As per google, Naked stands for (especially of feelings or behaviour) expressed openly; undisguised, and this is an apt series of podcasts run by our podcast guest Nektarios Liolios, where he talks about mental health with entrepreneurs and brings out vulnerability and challenges in their lives! Nektarious landed in the financial sector, with a non-financial mind as he says. He...