Paisa Vaisa with Anupam Gupta

Can your salary make you rich? Is ₹3 crore enough to retire? And how does an IPL team decide what a player is worth? Moona Ssahni, Founder & CEO of Monaargy Consultancy and former CFO of Rajasthan Royals, speaks with Anupam Gupta about the money decisions behind an IPL team and the choices that shape our own financial lives. Drawing on her 17 years at Rajasthan Royals, Moona explains how IPL t...

Can stock trading be a source of income? And what separates a trader from an investor? Nithin Kamath, Founder of Zerodha, speaks with Anupam Gupta about how stock trading works, how it differs from investing, and what goes into setting up a brokerage. They discuss the opportunities to earn through trading, alongside the financial risks involved. This audio episode is Part 2 of the conversation. To...

Your salary may stop at 60, but your retirement savings may need to support you at 75, 80 or 85. How do you plan for that? On Paisa Vaisa, Pranay Ranjan Dwivedi, MD & CEO of SBI Pension Funds, speaks with Anupam Gupta about retirement planning in India, the National Pension System (NPS), and the risk of outliving your money. They discuss NPS costs and management fees, equity performance, emplo...

Can stock trading be a source of income? And what separates a trader from an investor? Nithin Kamath, Founder of Zerodha, speaks with Anupam Gupta about how stock trading works, how it differs from investing, and what goes into setting up a brokerage. They discuss the opportunities to earn through trading, alongside the financial risks involved. This audio episode is Part 1 of the conversation. To...

What changes when your investments grow from a few lakhs to ₹1 crore and eventually much more? How should your portfolio, expectations and approach to risk evolve as your wealth grows? On this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta sits down with Srikanth Subramanian, Co-founder and CEO of Ionic Wealth, to break down how serious wealth is actually managed. They discuss what investors should look for...

What actually drives sales advertising, PR, influencers, content, or simply spending more? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta sits down with Aakanksha Gupta, Founder of The Other Circle, and Anuraag Gupta, Co-founder of The Other Circle, to break down how businesses should really think about marketing money. They discuss why millions of views don’t necessarily translate into custom...

Why do smart investors still make bad decisions even when they know better? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Kumaar Bagrodia, Founder & CEO of NeuroLeap, about the neuroscience behind the way we invest, trade and react to money. Kumaar explains how fear, greed, FOMO, anxiety, recency bias and our underlying brain patterns can influence financial decisions especially whe...

Gold loans are becoming one of India’s fastest-growing credit options. But when does borrowing against your gold actually make financial sense? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Shripad Jadhav, Head – Bharat Banking Assets, Kotak Mahindra Bank, to understand the rapid growth of gold loans in India and why borrowers are increasingly viewing them as a mainstream cr...

What do HNIs and family offices invest in beyond traditional stocks and mutual funds? On this episode of Paisa Vaisa , Anupam Gupta speaks with Sachin Sawrikar , Founder and Managing Partner at Artha Bharat, about alternative investments, global diversification, GIFT City and how sophisticated investors approach portfolio construction. Sachin breaks down the world of distressed assets, private cre...

How will US debt, AI valuations, geopolitics and global power shifts shape India's stock market over the next few years? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa , Anupam Gupta speaks with Jitendra Gohil, CIO – Listed Equities at Bajaj Alts , to understand why politics not just earnings and valuations is becoming one of the biggest drivers of financial markets. The conversation explores the changing e...

India’s REIT market is growing, but how should investors actually understand the opportunity? On this episode of Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta speaks with Amit Shetty, Chief Executive Officer of Embassy Office Parks REIT, about the evolution of REITs in India and the forces driving the country’s commercial real estate market. Amit explains how REITs generate and distribute income to u...

What does India’s next phase of growth look like and how should investors prepare for it? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Vaibhav Agrawal discusses the long term outlook for Indian markets, India’s economic evolution compared with China and why staying invested for the long term is very different from simply saying you are a long term investor. The conversation also looks at one of the...

Do good returns automatically make a mutual fund trustworthy? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Mitu Samar, founder of Eminence Strategy Consulting, about what really drives investor trust in mutual funds. Drawing from research involving approximately 1,200 respondents across India, Mitu reveals why performance may only be the starting point. One in three investors said they...

India has nearly 1 crore crorepati households, but only around 8,000 to 10,000 wealth managers serving this growing segment. So who really needs professional wealth management, and when is DIY investing enough? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Sandeep Jethwani, Co-Founder of Dezerv, about how Indian investors should think about direct mutual funds, financial advisory and PM...

Most investors spend their time searching for the best mutual fund. Gajendra Kothari believes the bigger advantage is having the patience to leave a good investment alone. In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Gajendra of Etica Wealth about his attempt to build a ₹100 crore corpus entirely through mutual funds. He shares how he started with a ₹10,000 SIP, continued investing thr...

Traditional long-only investing is generally focused on finding securities that can increase in value. A hedge fund manager must also search for risks, weaknesses and opportunities on the short side. In this episode of Paisa Vaisa , we explore long–short and absolute-return investing from an Indian-market perspective. The conversation explains what hedge fund managers do, why they are &ldquo...

In this episode of Paisa Vaisa , Anupam Gupta is joined by Mohit Bhatia, CEO, Bank of India Mutual Fund , for a practical conversation on mutual funds, SIPs, valuations, and India’s long-term investing mindset. They discuss what retail investors should do in today’s market, why SIPs should be seen through the lens of discipline and rupee-cost averaging, and how below-average market ret...

In this episode of Paisa Vaisa , Anupam Gupta is joined by Satishwar B., MD & CEO of Bandhan Life , for a practical conversation on life insurance and financial protection. They discuss why insurance is an important part of personal finance, how people should think about protection versus returns, and what families need to keep in mind while planning for uncertainty. Satishwar also shares an i...

Indian art feels like it is suddenly getting global attention. But what is driving this shift? On this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Ayesha Parikh, Founder & Gallerist at Art & Charlie, about India’s growing art market, what it takes to invest in art, and why global attention is shifting towards India. They discuss the aging collector base in Europe, India’s...

On this episode of Paisa Vaisa, host Anupam Gupta is joined by Harini Dedhia, Fund Manager at Tamohara Investment Managers, for a wide-ranging conversation on investing, stock picking, portfolio construction, AI, pharma, and the future of Indian equities. Harini shares her journey into investing, the hard lessons she learned from the stock market, and why she believes investing is simple but human...

Can you fund a world-class higher education without draining your parents' retirement funds or destroying your own financial future? On this episode of Paisa Vaisa , host Anupam Gupta is joined by Vivek Baranwal, CBO, Education Loan - Domestic Business at Avanse Financial Services. Together, they break down the structural shift in how student loans are evaluated in India today. Learn how modern le...

What does it really take to build a successful career in the entertainment industry? In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Amita Madhvani about the business of storytelling, the realities behind filmmaking, and the lessons creative industries can teach all professionals. The conversation explores the economics of movies, where leverage and decision-making power truly sit, the ch...

In this episode, Anupam Gupta speaks with Girish Krishnan, Director, Payments & Merchant Services at Amazon Pay India, about how digital payments in India are evolving beyond UPI and what the next phase of the country’s fintech revolution could look like. The conversation explores how payments are becoming increasingly invisible, how AI could shape the future of transactions, and why tru...

Why has India struggled to fully realise its economic potential? How will AI impact emerging economies like India? And where do investors actually find long-term alpha today? This episode explores India’s economic journey, the global AI shift, investing frameworks, market behaviour, and the evolution of Indian capital markets. From small-cap investing and economic profit to deeper reflection...

In this episode of Paisa Vaisa, Anupam Gupta speaks with Sashank Rishyasringa, Co-founder of Axio, about startups, fintech, India’s evolving credit culture, and the future of consumer lending. They discuss the rise of checkout financing, Amazon’s acquisition of Axio, why startups are a “test match” and not a “T20,” the dangers of easy credit, how Indians should...