The Vision-Nari Podcast

In episode 26, our Vision-Nari is Anubha Taneja-Mukherjee. A lawyer by training and Thalassemic herself, she serves as the member secretary of the Thalassemia Patients Advocacy Group, where she works with multiple stakeholders to bring to the fore the problem and issues related to management, care, prevention, and treatment of Thalassemia. Tune in as Anubha shares her experience growing up with th...

In episode 25, our Vision-Nari is Rupsa Mallik - Director of Programmes and Innovation at CREA. Rupsa is responsible for developing and implementing CREA’s strategic initiatives and programmes in India, South Asia region and at the global level. Rupsa is actively engaged in advocating for sexual and reproductive health and rights and gender equity and justice in various capacities. Tune in as Rups...

In episode 24, our Vision-nari is Dr. Miniya Chatterji. Dr. Chatterji is the CEO of Sustain Labs Paris - an enterprise that turns around organisations towards becoming more sustainable. Dr. Chatterji is currently working towards providing fast and cost-effective solutions to fight challenges that followed the Covid pandemic. One of her most notable work includes drafting a plan to transform vacant...

In episode 23, our Vision-Nari is the Indian singer, music composer, and Lyricist - Sona Mohapatra . Sona has been an active advocate of women’s rights and doesn’t shy away from speaking her mind. Her new documentary ’Shut up Sona’, directed by Deepti Gupta and produced by Sona herself, gives a glimpse into her life as a singer, a storyteller, and most importantly as a woman with a point of view....

In episode 22, the Vision-Nari is Kanika Agarwal. Kanika is a parallel entrepreneur who is running two firms - A start-up operating in the mental health space called Mind Peers and A digital agency called Passion Peers. Kanika had to confront multiple challenges on her road to success, and Mind Peers is a story born out of this fight. Tune in as Kanika and I talk about her journey and the silent e...

In episode 21, the Vision-Nari is Richa Shrivastava. Richa is the managing partner at Maker’s Asylum, a collaborative makerspace and innovation hub. During the covid crisis, when businesses were struggling to survive, the team of Maker’s Asylum self isolated at the space to find solutions for the crisis. That’s when the idea of face shields came up. They quickly made a prototype and tested various...

In twentieth episode, the Vision-Nari is Sneha Satheendran. Sneha is the founder of Lend An Ear , an initiative working towards providing free listening space to anyone who wants to express, talk and share. Sneha is an integrative counseling psychologist and a holistic therapist with an unparalleled devotion towards making lives better one day at a time. Tune in as Sneha talks about Lend an E...

List of NGOs providing relief during Covid-19 - Link This is a special episode on Covid-19 and what we know about this novel coronavirus. My guest on this episode is Dr. Poornima Bajwa, a resident physician at UC Davis Medical Centre in California. I spoke with her on March 29 through a video call to ask her about what she’s seeing on the ground at the hospital, what her experience been going thro...

In eighteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Ragini Das. Ragini is the co-founder of Leap, a powerful network of rising women leaders. Ragini along with her co-founder created this private network for women that fosters growth through impactful networking, coaching, mental wellness, and learning as well as up-skilling. Tune in as Ragini and I talk about her professional journey, why she started leap,...

In seventeenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Swati Rustagi, Human Resource Director at Amazon. In this Women’s Day special episode, Swati and I talk about inclusion and diversity at workplace. Swati shares her personal journey and talks about Amazon India’s carefully curated initiatives which are creating employment opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds. Tune in as Swati Rustagi shares he...

In sixteenth episode, the vision-nari is Upma Kapoor, founder of Teal and Terra , an organic beauty and healthcare brand. Teal and Terra is Upma’s second entrepreneurial venture and being an organic beauty start-up it claims to use all natural ingredients. What is also unique about this start-up is its team which comprises of only women who all work from home. Losing both her parents to a terrible...

In a world where technology is now donning the hat of cupid, how do you trust matchmaking?  In fifteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Naina Hiranandani, COO at Sirf Coffee, a platform that’s revolutionising dating for global Indians. Born in Mumbai, Naina studied master’s in English literature and was working with prominent luxury and fashion publications before starting the entrepreneurial jo...

In fourteenth episode, The Vision-Nari is Dipika Singh. Deepika is the Founder of Life is More and runs a Youtube Channel called She Means Business where she features content that promotes personal and professional growth of women. She also has an interview series called, She Means Business Chat Show, where she talks to women doing fantastic work as an attempt to build more stories of women role m...

In thirteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Silvy Kalra, a communications professional, activist, and a journalist. Silvy’s the founder of FightHer - An initiative that conducts workshops to teach girls and women including domestic workers basic self defense techniques. Being a journalist she often worked at odd hours and felt anxious traveling back home alone at night in cabs. That was when she fir...

(To avail the Harappa offer, send a mail to ceo@harappa.education.) In twelfth episode, the Vision-Nari is Shreyasi Singh. She’s the Founder and CEO of Harappa Education - an online learning institution that helps people build foundational Habits critical to achieve professional success and personal meaning. Shreyasi has 15 years of combined experience across broadcast and print journalism. Now, t...

Eleventh episode continues the story of Captain Shalini Singh. In this episode, she talks about her life post serving in the army and her career shift into the private sector. She shares about her recovery from a terrible road accident which left her bed ridden for a year and opens up about her personal life and how she fell victim to domestic violence when she remarried. Tune in as Captain Shalin...

In tenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Captain Shalini Singh. She has served in the Indian army for six years and at present she’s a motivational speaker, life coach, and a social activist. Captain Shalini’s story is that of grit and strength. She got married at 19 to an army officer, lost him in war when she was just 23, decided to enrol herself in the army, and served until she moved to the privat...

In ninth episode, the Vision-Nari is Anushree Bishnoi. She’s the founder of Unfound News - A news platform that uses AI to remove biases by providing diverse perspective to news while also giving appropriate context. Anushree founded this organisation along with her husband where they’re driven to kill the misinformation epidemic. Tune in as Anushree talks about her motivation to st...

In the eighth episode, the Vision-Nari is Aditi Banerjee. She is the co-founder of Magic Billion , a global talent management firm which bridges the demand/supply gap for skilled workers. Before embarking on her entrepreneurial journey, Aditi worked for over 10 years in multilateral financial institutions, venture philanthropy, and management consulting. Tune in as Aditi shares her experience work...

In the seventh episode, the Vision-Nari is Puneeta Roy. She is the Managing Trustee of The Yuva Ekta Foundation and a Reiki practitioner. Puneeta is a media professional with over 30 years of experience and has been working on self empowerment and healing with young people from marginalized as well as privileged backgrounds for over a decade, using Theatre and the Arts. In this episode, I sit down...

In the sixth episode, the Vision-Nari is Astha Mittal. She’s an engineer by degree, a writer by passion, and an artist by profession. Her artwork has been celebrated and displayed at the Indian Habitat Centre and she is also a proud published writer of two books (‘She and He’ and ‘Diary Of A Young Artist’). Astha has travelled extensively across India and moved to Delhi for her absolute love for...

In the fifth episode, the Vision-Nari is Prerna Mukharya. She’s the founder of Outline India- a data firm working in the development sector providing strategic advisory services and policy support to relevant stakeholders. Prerna, along with her team, has visited 8000+ villages across 26 states to collect social-impact data with nearly 4.5 million interactions. Prerna is a 2018 Chevening fellow at...

In the fourth episode, the Vision-Nari is Divya Anand. She’s the author of the book  Dare Eat That: A Guide to Bizarre Foods from Around the World , which explores her and her husband’s journey to eat every species on earth, at least once. From eating insects, crocodile, and even puffer fish this book has covered it all for curious gastronomical travellers. The food adventures in her book pre...

In the third episode, the Vision-Nari is Sulakshana Bhattacharya. She’s one of the first Indian female woodworker who not only teaches her craft but also runs a woodworking company called MistooMade. After spending over 15 years in the public sector across three countries, when she moved back to India she decided to pursue her passion full time into woodworking. Sulakshana literally carved her way...

In the second episode, the Vision-Nari is Nirupma Singh. She’s a Runner, Zumba Instructor, Fitness and Marathon Trainer. Her journey into fitness began in her 30s and at the age of 42, she started training for long distance running. She is a podium finisher in major national running events (Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, Bengaluru Tougher 10 k Challenge) while also...