U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty

Its the 148th episode. Season 3 episode 11 of the human library audio podcast “U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty”. Our guest this week is the inspirational Co-Founder and CEO of Avasarshala, Ashwathy Venugopal is a TEDx Speaker and a Social Entrepreneur. Ashwathy is Leadership Board Member at Kectil International Youth Leadership USA and Advisory Board member at Vignan Technology Business Incubator, India...

Our guest today is T.C Sajit. A strategic thought leader with transformation experience of over three decades in Oil, Steel, Telecom, Financial Services and Aviation sectors; with an emphasis now on digital transformation through innovative practices.   A seasoned practitioner of diversity, equity & inclusion, who continues to pioneer handling human capital confidently post the pandemic. Ackno...

Passionate about teaching, Roshni started teaching through YouTube back in 2011 when there were very few learning channels on YouTube in India. One of the 100Women Achievers of India by Ministry of Women and Child Development, Roshni has been recognised by the Honourable President of India in 2016. Recognised by Limca Book of Records in 2017 for creating more than 5600 video lessons on YouTube and...

Our guest is Gaurav Sharma. Gaurav currently works as Chief Excellence Officer at Lead, a Unicorn start-up. He is co-author of 2 coffee table books on RD Burman titled Strings of Eternity and Diamonds & Rust. And worked on National awards winning film Pancham Unmixed and a film on Jagjit Singh titled Kaagaz ki Kashti.  He is a graduate from IIT Bombay, Gold Medalist from IIM, an ex-Business Co...

Its Season 3 episode & of the human Library podcast " U n' I with Rashmi Shetty". Our guest today is Nirav Panchmatia - a AMFI Registered Mutual Funds Distributor (MFD), Financial Trainer & Coach & TV Personality & now a Podcaster...he is a Chartered Accountant (CA) & MBA (Finance) from NMIMS, Mumbai. He has also done Executive Development Programs from India’s premier b-school...

Our guest today is Smt. T.K. Anuradha, a distinguished scientist and a retired Director, SATCOM Programme, ISRO HQ. Amongst the many roles at ISRO she : Lead the Satellite based communication programme for Planning, policy implementations, Orbital Spectral asset management. [2018-2020]  Lead Geo Platform Satellite programmes of ISRO as Programme Director. [2016-2018], consisting of Communication,...

It's season 3 Episode 5 of our Human Library podcast , "U n' I with Rashmi Shetty." Our guest today is Apurva Purohit- an Indian Businesswoman with over three decades of experience in the corporate world where she has built and scaled up a diverse set of businesses and overseen their transformation from traditional forms to new age conglomerates. Apurva has recently launched Aazol Ventures Pvt Ltd...

My guest today is an Indian film musician, flautist and a well recognised stage artist , producer and music conductor. A perfect guest for this women’s day special  Ashwini Koushik - a popular flautist from Bengaluru. Some of the highlights of her illustrious career are: ● Recorded for over 180 film tracks and background scores in Kannada, Tamil and Telugu ● 3000 + live shows as a flautist with al...

Dr. Prathima N Kini is an experienced and versatile medical professional from Bangalore. She holds an undergraduate medical degree from Kasturba Medical college, Mangalore and completed her post graduation in Pathology from Bangalore Medical College. She is Board certified in Lifestyle Medicine by the International Board of Lifestyle Medicine and is also a trained child and adult counsellor. She i...

Our guest today is Joseph Babu , who serves as the dynamic CMO and growth driver at Riafy Technologies, one of the world's largest AI app studios based in Kochi, India. Riafy has amassed over 75 million global users across 23 languages. He is skilled at strategically positioning brands and accelerating viral growth through disruptive zero-marketing tactics. Joseph pioneered Riafy’s viral acquisiti...

Dimple Parmar, someone who knows firsthand what it's like to face cancer up close. She chose love and married her husband even when she knew he had only 6 months left. Though she lost him to the disease, that tough experience gave her a new purpose. Dimple is the founder of cancer care startup ZenOnco.io and NGO Love Heals Cancer. These are not just organizations; they are her way of filling the g...

There are some people you meet once who leave a deep impact on you. The man who conceived the idea of a common number all over India for emergency Ambulance service -108 is one such. I heard him speak a decade ago & have been inspired by his story. Ever since I started this podcast, it has been a dream to have Dr. Sudhakar Varanasi as my guest. Today is therefore a special episode. Dr. Sudhaka...

Akanksshaa is a Mindset and well-being Coach who helps individuals & organizations align purpose, rewire the mind, raise vibration, and enrich well-being to live a life of abundance and freedom. After her only son Arnav crossed over in 2020, her spiritual awakening helped her connect with and seek guidance from higher realms and dimensions. Her son has become her angel/ spirit guide. She wrote...

In keeping with the Divine Feminine celebrations and breast cancer awareness month, our guest this week is the inspirational  Heena Saini . Heena is a versatile and effervescent leader with global expertise and a passion for creating impact through collaborative and coaching leadership. A double MBA with Operations and Project Management specialization & and graduated in March 2022 from Cornel...

  Our guest today is Mukesh - the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Menterra. Through the Menterra Social Impact Fund, he invests in social enterprises that are harnessing the power of technology to impact India, by improving the quality of farming, healthcare, and education.   Mukesh has 20+ years of experience in start-up investing, impact investing, private equity, investment banking and fina...

Our guest today is the inspirational  Sanjay Deshpande  who was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor at the age of 29. A massive grand mal seizure landed him in the emergency room on the day he landed on Harvard University's campus to start his Master's program in September 2021. The same week, he flew back to India to get a 7-hour-long brain surgery. It's been almost two years since and he's tu...

Our guest today is Bhavana Issar -  the Founder & CEO of a social venture Caregiver Saathi ( http://caregiversaathi.co.in ), which is a hi-tech and hi-touch platform that supports family caregivers through a care navigation system that aims to ease access to resources like advice, information, community, professional services, and learning tools. She consults with organizations to build Caregi...

It’s 131 Episodes of the human library audio podcast “U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty”& I feel completely grateful. All the storytellers willingly shared their story & today are good friends. One thing we all have in common is we are all connected to the “#voiceinme” Today is the 25th episode in Season 2. These are the video extracts of the 131 episodes: https://coachrashmishetty.com/podcast/ ht...

When I look back at how these 130 Episodes of the human library podcast “U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty” unfolded, I feel completely grateful. Many of the storytellers willingly shared their story & today are good friends. These are the video extracts of the 130 episodes: https://coachrashmishetty.com/podcast/ https://coachrashmishetty.com/podcast-2022/ https://coachrashmishetty.com/podcast-2023/  ...

Learning Matters is a seven-year-old ed-tech organisation based in Bengaluru. They implement their Artificial intelligence-based solution-Tara - in schools and colleges to improve the communicative English proficiency of students and teachers. They were recognized by India AI and NASSCOM for their significant contribution to India's AI ecosystem by being included in their compendium "75 at 75" whi...

Our guest today is Ashok Kamath- an alumnus of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT Bombay). He was formerly the Managing Director of the Indian operations of Analog Devices, a major global semiconductor company. Ashok attributes a large part of his success to the fact that he was privileged enough to receive a quality education from a young age. The well-balanced foundationa...

Our guest today is Tara Kini who has trained intensively in Hindustani classical music, from the late Shri Narayan Rao Patwardhan, Smt. Mira Khirwadkar Deshpande, and the late Pandit Rama Rao V. Naik. She is currently learning from Vidushi Lalith J Rao, and from Padmashree Gundecha Brothers. Tara is the founder director of a music collective called Sunaad that has presented over ninety shows that...

Our guest today is the founder of "A Little Dream," a Bangalore-based non-profit, working with underprivileged children is celebrating its 10th Anniversary this year. The organization started off as an initiative of former IT professional Reena Chowdhury the founder and Managing trustee Over the past decade ALD has reached out to orphanages and children's homes and touched the lives of 8500 childr...

Dr. Nandini Mundkur is one of India's renowned developmental paediatricians,  who has done pioneering work in the field of early detection & intervention services for developmental disorders for the last four decades. She practiced as a general paediatrician during her early career while pursuing with a keen interest in the field of developmental studies is also a Fellow of the American Academ...

Our guest today is Ms. Sunita Bajaj - a child development consultant, Ted X speaker, and behavioral - guidance counselor. In a career spanning over 25 years in the education industry, Sunita has worked with industry leaders, ed-tech companies, school heads, school, and college students and teachers offering individual and group counseling, teacher capacity-building programs, and designing curricul...