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Ask ChatGPT a medical question and it will almost always agree with you. Pranav Reddy thinks that is exactly what makes general-purpose AI dangerous in a clinic, so he built one that stops and says "I cannot verify this" instead of guessing. Pranav is the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of ZenMD, an India-focused clinical AI platform he built with his sister Rithika Reddy, the com...

Can you really pull clean drinking water out of thin air? Navkaran Singh Bagga has been doing exactly that for nine years. In this episode he breaks down the technology, the economics, and the uncomfortable truth that most climate tech founders avoid: being green is not enough if you are not also cheap. Navkaran is the Founder & CEO of AKVO Atmospheric Water Systems, the Kolkata-based company...

Sunil Maddala runs India operations for FuelBuddy, the country's largest doorstep fuel delivery company - 180 cities, 10,000 customers a year, and more than 50 crore litres delivered since inception. In this episode he explains why the next chapter isn't fuel at all. He breaks down what actually differentiates FuelBuddy from the oil marketing companies, how the platform serves everyone fro...

Dinakara Nagalla spent two decades building mission-critical software for airlines, then sold EmpowerMX to Swedish enterprise giant IFS. His next act is Menthra, an AI-powered emotional wellbeing platform that hit 50,000 downloads in under two months in India. In this episode he explains why he walked away from aviation, how Menthra's memory layer works differently from ChatGPT or Gemini, why...

Dr. Kamaljit Anand, Managing Partner & Chief Data Scientist at KiE Square Analytics and founder of KiEVerse, joins ELI to unpack what really makes enterprise AI work. From IIM Ahmedabad to Gallup and Fractal, he shares two decades of lessons on data science, the rise of data engineering, and why "poor data in means poor outputs out" no matter how good your AI is. KiE Square is a data...

Sanjeev Kumar, Founder and CVO of Harley Street Healthcare Group and Global CEO of HARLEY of LONDON, joins ELI to share his vision for building the world's first integrated health, wellness, and lifestyle ecosystem. From Wall Street to Harley Street, he talks about the HOLNESS framework, bringing affordable genetic sequencing to India, and why tier 2 cities are the future of healthcare. Harley...

In this episode, Priya Ranjan Mohanty speaks with Akashanand (Akash) Karnik, Global COO & Whole Time Director of 1Point1 Solutions Limited - a BSE-listed, AI-powered Business Process Management (BPM) company operating across 9 delivery centers on 5 continents. Akash shares how India's BPM industry, once built entirely on labor arbitrage, is being transformed by AI. But his take is refreshi...

In this episode, Priya Ranjan Mohanty speaks with Krunal Kantale, Co-founder & MD of Alligator Automations - a packaging automation company based in Pune that has grown from 2 people to 500+ employees since its founding in 2008.Krunal and his co-founder Srinivas Choudhary started their journey winning 43 national and international robotics awards while still in college. They quit their jobs du...

In this episode, Priya Ranjan Mohanty speaks with Anand Jain, Founder & CEO of Aerem (meaning 'clean air' in Latin) - a solar-focused FinTech platform making rooftop solar adoption accessible through financing, technology, and an end-to-end ecosystem. Anand, a Yale MBA and former Wall Street investment banker, breaks down a staggering shift: 10 years ago, 70% of energy investment went...

In this episode, Priya Ranjan Mohanty speaks with Navneet Gupta, Founder & CEO of ServiceGTD (Get Things Done) - a platform solving elder care and concierge services for NRIs whose parents live back in India. Navneet shares his personal journey as an NRI who realized the massive gap in India's elder care ecosystem. With no single reliable platform for NRIs to arrange care for aging parents...

In this episode, Priya Ranjan Mohanty speaks with Manasa Rajan, Co-founder & CEO of Jupiter Meta - a deep tech startup using zero-knowledge proofs and blockchain to deliver privacy-first consumer intelligence. Manasa shares how 60% of internet traffic today comes from bots, making traditional data collection and ad targeting unreliable. Jupiter Meta's solution uses on-device Aadhaar verifi...

In this episode, Priya Ranjan Mohanty sits down with Dhruv Chopra, Managing Partner of Dewan P.N. Chopra & Co. and MD of DPNC Advisors — one of India’s top boutique advisory firms founded in 1940.Dhruv shares the remarkable three-generation journey of transforming a pre-Independence law practice into a full-service advisory powerhouse serving 30 of India’s top 200 business groups. He discusses...

Welcome back to the ELI Podcast! In this episode, Priya sits down with Dr. Prithwi Singh, Co-Founder and CEO of Khetika, a rapidly growing clean-label food brand in India focusing on fresh batters, spices, dry fruits, and staples. Dr. Singh shares his journey from consulting at BCG to building a food brand centered entirely around honesty, single-origin sourcing, and transparency. We dive into the...

Welcome back to the ELI Podcast! In this episode, Priya sits down with Akshay Shekhar, the Co-Founder and CEO of Kazam, India's leading agnostic E-mobility and charging platform. Akshay shares his entrepreneurial journey from his corporate days at PepsiCo and Godrej to building his second startup. We dive deep into how Kazam is solving the massive challenge of EV charging infrastructure in Ind...

Welcome back to the ELI Podcast! In this episode, Priya sits down with Vivek Tiwari, the Founder of Medikabazaar, India's pioneering B2B online marketplace for medical supplies and equipment. Vivek shares his entrepreneurial journey—from his corporate experience at Tata and setting up dialysis clinics, to building a platform that solves complex procurement and supply chain challenges for hospi...

Welcome back to the ELI Podcast! In this episode, Priya sits down with Vineeth Mohan, Founder and Chief of Innovation at DBiz.ai, an engineering firm focused on AI and digital transformation. We dive deep into how AI is completely transforming the Business Intelligence (BI) landscape. Vineeth explains the concept of allowing end-users to simply "talk to their data" without relying on hea...

In this episode, we sit down with Sameer Kanodia, Managing Director and CEO of Lumina Datamatics, to discuss the evolution of content services, the impact of AI on the industry, and his journey as a second-generation entrepreneur. Lumina Datamatics is a leading global provider of content, data, and technology solutions, serving top-tier publishers and international retailers. Sameer breaks down ho...

In this episode of ELI, we sit down with Abhinav Singh, the Founder of Techugo, a leading mobile app development company known for building highly scalable applications for startups and Fortune 500 clients like Airtel, Godfrey Phillips, and Byju’s. Abhinav shares his rollercoaster entrepreneurial journey—from early success and a failed acquisition that led to bankruptcy, to rebuilding his life and...

In this episode of ELI Podcast, we host Nikita Baliarsingh, the co-founder of Nexus Power, a startup revolutionizing the energy industry by building rechargeable, bio-organic, and biodegradable batteries from crop residue. Nikita shares the incredible journey of how she and her twin sister, Nishita, pivoted from wanting to build electric cars to solving the biggest bottleneck in the EV industry: t...

Yuma Energy is a joint venture between Yulu, India’s largest shared electric mobility provider, and Magna, one of the world’s leading automotive technology suppliers. Formed with the vision to accelerate EV adoption in India, Yuma Energy is building the country’s most extensive and reliable Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) network. With over 35 million battery swaps completed and more than 2,000 statio...

In this episode of the ELI Podcast, we sit down with Senthil Kumar Hariram, the Founder of FTA (Fire the Agency). With over 18 years of experience in the digital marketing landscape—including co-founding Neil Patel Digital India and scaling it to $5M ARR—Senthil is disrupting the traditional agency model. We discuss why the traditional agency model is broken, why he named his new venture "Fir...

What's the biggest legal mistake you can make in your first 12 months as a founder? In this episode of ELI, we sit down with Saket Bisani, a technology lawyer and the founder of Bisani Legal. As a founder himself, Saket shares a unique perspective on the entrepreneurial journey, from the challenges of running a law firm like a startup to the common legal pitfalls he sees founders fall into eve...

In this insightful episode of the ELI Podcast, we sit down with Shradha Agarwal, the dynamic Co-founder of Grapes Worldwide, a rapidly growing marketing agency. Shradha shares her captivating journey, from an engineering background and an MBA from MICA to leading a global integrated communications agency. Discover:- Her unconventional path into digital marketing and how she transformed Grapes from...

In this episode of the ELI Podcast, we sit down with Swati Nathani, Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer at Team Pumpkin, an independent marketing agency. Swati shares her unique entrepreneurial journey, from her diverse background in merchandising, analytics, and operations to co-founding a leading agency. We dive deep into how AI is disrupting the marketing and advertising industry, exploring i...

Is AI coming for your job? According to Rahul Gupta, the bootstrapped founder of BlackNGreen and the new Agentic AI venture Nexiva, the answer is a definitive yes—especially for the customer support industry. In this episode of Entrepreneur's Live Interviews, Priya sits down with Rahul for a candid conversation about his incredible journey from a telecom engineer to a global entrepreneur. He s...