Daybreak

Daybreak

Hosted by Rachel Varghese and Snigdha Sharma · The Ken

4.8from 675 ratings

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66Podcast AuthorityScore out of 100 · How it is scored
842
Episodes
668
Transcribed
675
Ratings
Daily
Cadence
2022
First episode

About Daybreak

Business news is complex and overwhelming. It doesn’t have to be. Every day of the week, from Monday to Friday, Daybreak tells one business story that’s significant, simple and powerful. Hosted from The Ken’s newsroom by Snigdha Sharma and Rachel Varghese, Daybreak relies on years of original reporting and analysis by some of India’s most experienced and talented business journalists.

Publisher
The Ken
Category
business · news
Language
en
Explicit
No
First episode
5 Dec 2022
Latest episode
8 Oct 2026
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668 of 842 episodes have a transcript.

  1. 8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    IITs, IIMs tell alumni at reunions: donate first, reminisce later

  2. 7 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

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  3. 6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

    Nike needs India’s sneaker heads. But do they need Nike?

Inside a recent episode

IITs, IIMs tell alumni at reunions: donate first, reminisce later

Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Santham went to IIT Madras and Mutasim went to IIT Kanpur. And they're joining us today on Daybreak to get into how the reunion became a fundraising machine and how not everyone is on board with this new wave. Over the last five years or so, alumni funding has grown into a serious revenue stream for the top IITs. So, I asked Santham why that was the case now. The fundamental thing that's happening here is that universities, these universities are trying to diversify away from central funding. So central funding comes with a lot of strings attached and it's dwindling anyway. So what these universities are doing is that they're trying to sort of recreate the Western model of endowments. […]

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Who has been a guest on Daybreak

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

  • Santhom
  • Mutasim
  • Sudeshna Ray

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Apple Podcasts (US)
5.0 / 5
10 ratings
Spotify
4.8 / 5
665 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 66 / 100

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Who hosts Daybreak?

Rachel Varghese and Snigdha Sharma host the show. Published by The Ken.

How often do new episodes come out?

The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.

Does Daybreak take guests?

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