U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty

Our guest today is BindhuMalini Narayanaswamy. She is a National & Filmfare award-winning Indian singer, composer, musician, music director, actor, and graphic designer. Bindhu is one of the few rare artists to have pursued training in both Carnatic and Hindustani classical forms and yet has constantly strived to explore avenues outside of her strict classical roots to other forms and traditio...

Makara Sankranti refers to the event of the Sun entering the zodiac sign of Makara or Capricorn. The Sun God is worshiped for giving us light and life-giving harvest and abundance. Today, 14thJan ‘22 is Sankranti / Pongal. This is the day on which the north pole is the farthest from the sun. Happy festivities & good health. It’s Friday & uploading the 47th Episode of an amazing journey I’v...

Our Guests today are : Dr. Prakash &Chaitra Sontakke Chaitra is a Vocalist, Performer, Teacher, Mentor, equally at ease with Hindustani Classical as well as Bhajan, Sufi, and Fusion music. She is presently with the Shankar Mahadevan Academy. Born in a music-loving family her interest in music was nurtured by her grandmother Smt Narayani Pai. She went on to formally begin Music education under...

Our guest today is MAYA CHANDRA, a communications specialist & corporate filmmaker. She is one of the very few women in the country and is a leader in Karnataka who has established her name in the corporate filmmaking industry. Armed with a Master’s Degree in Mass Communication with a specialization in video film making from Boston, and work experience with Columbia Broadcasting Service (CBS),...

Our Guest today is the CEO of Masoom, Nikita Ketkar, who plays the role of a passionate guide and mentor for the fledgling NGO that has chosen to tread a different path by focusing on the night schools of Mumbai. Nikita’s is a story of a young and educated woman who finally found her calling in service. Having worked in different capacities as a Journalist, Lecturer and Social Worker she cleared t...

Our guests today are Deepa & Sridhar Ranganathan. Sridhar is a silicon valley returned technologist who is the Founder and CEO of CloodOn Inc - a technology company to enhance the ability to teach and learn in the new world of online-based education. He is also the Founder and CEO of the Shankar Mahadevan Academy, which uses CloodOn/SeekLMS to teach Indian Classical Music and other forms of mu...

Our guest today is Jithin C Nedumala, Co-founder of Make A Difference popularly called MAD, at the age of 19, with a vision to enable the most vulnerable children to break out of the vicious cycle of poverty. He was awarded the Ashoka fellowship for developing The Self Organizing Community Model that provides a lifelong support system for Children in Need of Care & Protection and enables them...

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we have with us, Kavitha Krishnamoorthy, the Founder and Managing Trustee of Kilikili, a network of parents of children with disabilities, supported by professionals and volunteers. A social development professional (MSW) by training, her experience of working for more than two decades on child rights and development issues, coupled with her e...

Our guest today is Aravindan Arumugam an Origami Transformation Coach and the founder of Unfold & Rewire 3691 System. He is on a mission to help 100,000 adults, who are stuck in an emotional cul-de-sac to embrace change and experience an epiphany to discover their life's purpose using the art of paper folding. A childhood bond with the super 8 at home helmed him to the gold medal for Direction...

Our guest today is Harish Bijoor a Brand-domain specialist operating out of Bengaluru, India. He runs a unique boutique consulting outfit branded “Harish Bijoor Consults Inc.”, a brand name that has a consulting presence across the markets of Hong Kong, Seattle, London, Istanbul, Dubai, and the Indian sub-continent. Harish teaches at the Indian School of Business , Hyderabad & Mohali, in addit...

My guest today is Dr. Srivi Kalyan - an artist, designer, educator, writer, and researcher. She works at the fluid and exciting intersection of arts, media, education, design, environment, and self-reflection. She is the Founder-Director of Fooniferse Arts Pvt. Ltd . She is one of the Deans for the interdisciplinary practices in Law, Environment, and Planning at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, D...

My guest today is V. Nandakumar an IRS officer who is currently the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India Selected to the Indian Revenue Service the year 2005, He has trained and served as Dy Registrar of Cooperatives Societies Asst Director Rural Development Deputy Collector Trainee. He has worked in Income Tax in various capacities...

Our guest today is Dipika Trehan; A Philanthropreneur creating a global impact towards Equity and Inclusion. She is the Founder of The H.O.W Forum and Corporate Diva. Her organization works across verticals of holistic employee wellbeing & A women leadership development platform; Corporate Diva, that aims at transforming women professionals into women Leaders. The platform addresses the upskil...

Dr. Deepti Navaratna is a musician and neuroscientist currently serving as the Regional Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Bengaluru. Her research interests span neuroscience, arts, and history; exploring new frontiers of interdisciplinary knowledge. She is a Chevening Clore Fellow (2021-22), she is recognized as one of the most creative artists and dynamic cultural leaders acro...

Our guest today is Naveen Varshneya is the founder of Health and Wellbeing company www.curedemy.com, an engineer, serial entrepreneur & and the author of the book “Meditation-The Cure”. His research and extensive work with patients help him establish that “The state of Meditation is the state of Cure.” A simple statement from a random book got stuck in his mind and lead him to the path he is n...

Our guest today is Neil Scotton who is all about One-ness. As Co-Founder of The One Leadership Project, he enables teams and organisations to be ‘as One’ together, as part of one world, one humanity, and one future. And at the same time enabling the people to be ‘at One’ with themselves. He is a recipient of the International Coach Federation’s Global President’s Award for his contribution to the...

Our guest today is Anju Kish- a thought leader in the space of sex education, who has given over 100 talks at various platforms including schools, parent bodies, corporates, social clubs, organisations, and others. A multiple times TEDx Speaker, Author of the award-winning book on sex ed for children titled ‘How I got my Belly Button’. She is also a Blogger empowering parents on sex education The...

Our guest today is Prof. K. C Janardhan, the most sought-after expert in Handwriting and Calligraphy, who has trained professionals from all walks of life in the last 25 plus years across the globe. Today he is the only person in the world who remains a Cognoscenti of Handwriting, Professional Lettering, Listen to find out what is Calligraphy, Graphology, Graphonomy & who is a Questioned Docum...

Our guest today is Prof. K. C. Janardhan, Founder of J’s Quill Group “The only Indian to be allowed to write his own passport”. “The only Indian to teach Power Handwriting to British”- the “Outstanding Person with Epilepsy Award” from the International Bureau of Epilepsy, Ireland are only three of the many awards that he has been honored with. He is a live demonstration of the quote, “The first im...

Today’s guest Anupama Hoskere, is the founder of Dhaatu, an organisation that works to revive the traditional art form of puppetry, and winner of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Puppetry. A Masters in Computers with a fellowship in puppetry, she had a childhood growing up with dolls & influenced by art. Her passion for traditions, texts, and scriptures, and good fortune to be guided by vet...

Today’s guest Anupama Hoskere, is the founder of Dhaatu, an organization that works to revive the traditional art form of puppetry, and winner of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Puppetry. A Masters in Computers with a fellowship in puppetry, she had a childhood growing up with dolls & influenced by art. Her passion for traditions, texts and scriptures, and good fortune to be guided by vete...

Our guest today is Rakesh Shukla who has always been slightly ahead of the curve. He is the founder of the Voice of Stray Dogs or VOSD which is quite unique in its scale, approach, and leverage of technology. Its uniqueness has led Rakesh to be featured on the BBC, CNN, Al-Jazeera, CNN-IBN, NDTV, India’s national dailies, and at TEDx Mumbai This is Part 2 of the 2-part interview where Rakesh speak...

Our guest today Mr. Rakesh Shukla has been speaking in business conferences across the world for decades, and animal welfare for 5yrs but his TEDx talk has funneled into a series of speaker requests as it showcases his commitment to the now-750 dogs in his care through a turbulent three years designed to bankrupt a multimillion-dollar enterprise. The personal and professional threats that precipit...

Major R.D. Bhargava is an alumnus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. During an illustrious career of over 21 years in the Indian Army (The Regiment of Artillery), he held various positions including the position of “Deputy Director” in the NCC Directorate, Karnataka & Goa. An HR Leader and a learning Facilitator, he is a qualified Interpreter of th...

Our guest today is Dr. Ali Khwaja- a Montessorian, an engineering graduate of Institute of Science and IIT Bombay, MIE, MIIM, with a Ph. D. in behavioral sciences -- he has always carved out his own path and been a free-lancer, ensuring that work is a joy every day. He is invited regularly to conduct workshops or lectures for Defence, Central Government, prestigious National institutions, schools,...