U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty

Dr. Neeraja Raghavan, the Founder-Director of Thinking Teacher is currently engaged with teachers in schools across India, empowering them to take charge of their own growth through Action Research. She has a doctorate degree in Chemistry from Princeton University, USA and her last position was Professor at  Azim Premji University . She worked with  Azim Premji Foundation  for almost eight years,...

Our guest today is the inspirational Madhura DasGupta Sinha, the Founder & CEO of Aspire For Her, a unique start-up to motivate women to enter and stay in the workforce. Madhura has been a banker for the last 25 years – holding leadership positions in IDFC, Standard Chartered, and ANZ Grindlays Bank, She completed her  MBA from XLRI and Electrical Engineering from Jadavpur University. Madhura...

Our guest today is Swastika, the ​Co-Founder and ​C​EO of the  Not for Profit, WALLOBOOKS Project. She hails from a little town​ c​alled Kurseong & ​leads an amazing team who are deeply passionate about ​children and ​education. They are on a mission to help children become capable agents of change for their families. Listen in as she shares her whole journey of creating the meaningful wallobo...

Our guest today is -Dr. Neeta Mhatre Mishra-  a passionate psychotherapist Tedx speaker, Corporate Trainer, and Heart to Heart listener. Dr. Neeta is the Founder of Reach Out, Co-founder of Bloom, and a Co-Author. She is a certified trainer, Master NLP Practitioner (International), psychotherapist, Gestalt Practitioner, and wellness, sexual & relationship coach. She is a mentor at Bringle Acad...

Our guest today is Malathi T. Krishnaswamy, an Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Podcaster & mother of two.   Malathi started her career as a Technical Sales Engineer and chose to become an Entrepreneur after the birth of her first child and continues to be one to date. She has been living in Germany since 2002 with her family. Having graduated as an Engineer, she runs a company that provide...

Our guest today is the absolutely amazing Jayashree Ratan the co-founder of Saaisha India Foundation- a Mumbai-based charitable organization founded along with her husband Mr. Kumar Ratan. After resigning from her banking service, Jayashree came across the Knitted Knockers site on her visit to the US. A visit to a relative who had undergone a mastectomy  & gifting her a pair of knockers, it wa...

Our guest today is Janet M. Harvey, a Best Selling Author of the award-winning leadership and coaching book, Invite Change - Lessons from 2020, The Year of No Return. She is the  CEO of inviteCHANGE, a coaching and human development organization that shapes a world where people love their life’s work. As a visionary leader in the global professional coaching industry, Janet Harvey is an Internatio...

The month of May is observed as the  Mental Health Awareness Month. A time to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues, as well as to highlight the ways how mental illness and addiction can affect all of us – patients, providers, families, and society at large. In keeping with this our guest today is Seema Rekha the Managing Director of Antarmanh Consulting Pri...

Our guest today is Ar. Apurva Bose Dutta-  a Bengaluru-based author, award-winning architectural journalist, curator, educator, and editor, with 18 years of global collaborations with architecture-design publication houses, firms, organizations, and institutions. Trained in architecture and journalism from India and the UK, she is passionate about writing, curating architecture-design content and...

The second Sunday of May is Mother’s Day. Our guest this week is Beulah John who is a mother not only to her twin boys but to more than 23 girls who are now with her.  For her, every day is Mother’s Day. A retired high school Biology teacher, now a full-time mother & social worker, she is the founder/ Managing trustee of The Refuge Foundation, Children’s home. Having been saved from traffickin...

Our guest today is the vibrant and ambitious professional Mohammed Waseem. He is determined to make a mark in the Software Industry overcoming challenges of vision. He aims to grow a fulfilling career in the field of IT, utilizing the opportunities in the IT sector.                                                         His unquenchable passion to help his fellow beings in the differently-abled c...

Our guest today is Dr. Preeti Hiremath who was one of the few women who did her Masters in General Surgery after her MBBS  & graduated from JN Medical College in Belgaum, Karnataka, in 1992. A Consultant general and laparoscopic surgeon at Santosh Hospital, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, and an Associate Professor at the Malaysian Medical College she is also a DNB teacher. She has performed m...

It’s Ambedkar Jayanti today & our guest is special, the charming  & articulate Shukla Bose, Founder-CEO Parikrma Humanity Foundation.  Shukla is bridging the growing gap in urban India between those who benefit from economic liberalisation and those who don’t – through Parikrma Humanity Foundation, a non-government organisation founded in 2003. Her professional work spans over 26 years in...

 It was World Autism Awareness Day on April 2nd. In keeping with that, Our guest today is  Pushpa P Bopaiah - an Equine Therapist -The only certified therapeutic riding instructor in India helping children with physical disabilities and other challenges such as cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, & autism. Pushpa is certified by Strides Therapeutic Riding Center, Inc., California, a therapy ce...

It was earth hour last Saturday, the 25th of March, and on the podcast today we have one of the most Nature Friendly & successful entrepreneurs in Bengaluru for a conversation! Sustainability is his middle name! His ability to successfully manage a juice business with no pile up for the landfills has become his trademark! He does not serve the natural juices in paper or plastic cups with straw...

Our guest today is Shraddha Subramanian - an award-winning Business & Executive Coach, India’s first Intuition Expert, creator of the “Jackpot Method” for businesses & Founder & CEO of Sparkling Soul. Healing through cancer, she transitioned from employee to entrepreneur as her purpose evolved to impact this world by enabling organizations & businesses to live their potential. Bein...

After 100 guests it's Season 2 on "U n' I with Rashmi Shetty"! This is episode 1, in conversation with one of India's best storytellers as celebrate World Storytelling Day on March 20th. Our guest today is Geeta Ramanujam who is an internationally renowned storyteller, educator, academician, and administrator. She is the Executive Director of Kathalaya Trust established in 1998 which is the culmin...

It’s celebration time in the human library audio podcast journey called U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty, as I reach an important milestone, hosting my 100th guest today! It’s International Women’s Day round the corner too & our guest today is really special! Neha Bagaria - the founder & CEO of JobsForHer, India’s largest platform to accelerate women’s careers. JobsForHer has over 3.5 million wom...

This is episode number 105 & guest number 99. An article in the Speaking tree column of the Times of India Introduced me to the concept of Uketamo and quoted Yamabushi Tim Bunting who was born in New Zealand. After graduating from International University (IPC) located in Palmerston North, New Zealand, he applied for the JET Program run by the Japanese government and was sent to Shonai as an a...

Our guest today is Shivani Kapoor Shivani [or Sonia as she is more popularly known] is an environmentalist and nature lover, committed to greening the world around us for the last 10+ years. A self-taught horticulturist, Shivani specializes in sustainable horticulture. where the core philosophy centers around growing flora and fauna suited to the climate of the region and one which fosters the sym...

Our guest today is Megna Jain - an entrepreneur, baker, and public speaker. She runs a gifting and celebrations company called Dream a Dozen that started in 2018. They pride themselves on running an all-women kitchen that bakes delicious treats for their individual and corporate clients. At the age of 18, she started selling cupcakes to her university's cafeteria and never looked back. Today, they...

India Multiple Sclerosis Day (India MS Day) is the only awareness-raising campaign all over India. This falls on the first Sunday of February every year. This year it is on the 5th of February, 2023. The theme for this year’s India MS Day is “Celebrate MS”. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the Central Nervous System, affecting its functioning unexpectedly and repeatedly, resulting in devast...

It’s our 101st episode & it is special. Our guests today are two artists who have gifted the Omkara as a blend of many ideas and expressions uniquely fit into a motivational, yet peaceful musical production. With the concept of uniting the world, Dr. Prakash Sontakke and Khussh Mehta explore musical fusion on the original vibration of the universe the Omkara. Omkara has been released through K...

It’s our 100th episode & our guest today is Bhavna Toor, the Founder, and CEO of Shenomics, a leadership platform supporting aspiring leaders to live and lead with authenticity, mindfulness and impact. Under Bhavna’s leadership, Shenomics has positively impacted over 100,000 women across all walks of life to date. As an internationally-trained mindfulness and women’s leadership coach, Bhavna h...

Our guest today is Sanjay Mudnaney a coffee lover & cyclist who has been storytelling ever since he can remember & chose to make a career out of it. He believes that stories connect because we have human beings on the other side. And humans are wired for stories. CMO for over 35 years, marketing strategist, he has helped brands, organizations, startups, solopreneurs, and nonprofits to make...