Masters of Growth Podcast is hosted by Mansingh Gadhvi, Founder of GrowthCulture and Author of The Growth Company.The Podcast features top CEOs sharing their thoughts, experiences and insights from their professional journey and building great businesses.Each episode would cover a wide range of topics — where the CEO would share more about his/her professional journey, about the business they are building, leadership & management lessons learned, Industry trends, future of work, road ahead, their advice around professional growth and more.Important to note that it’s not a boring business talk, but the conversation could inspire, motivate the listeners with some great content that could help in their professional and personal growth journey. Explore the episodes now to enjoy the conversation!
Arjun Mohan, CEO India, upGrad, on joining Ed-Tech Industry, early days of his professional career journey, Covid-19, challenges faced by the education Industry and how upGrad is helping millions with quality education
Arjun is a seasoned Education-Tech Leader, he started his professional career journey with Byju’s, first as a teacher and then moved up the ranks into a leadership role at the company and currently leads India business for upGrad. He is a gold medalist from IIM Kozhikode, and also had stints at Titan Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Reality and Infrastructure and Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts before he rejoined EdTech Industry. In this episode he talks about his learning experience at IIM K...
7 May 2021
Satyakam Arya, MD & CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles on joining automotive industry, key highlights from career journey of two and half decades, commercial vehicles industry outlook, future of work and career progression
Satyakam is an automotive industry veteran with diverse international experience, he has spent more than two and half decades working with top automotive companies in different roles and functions. He took on the role of leading Daimler Trucks operations in India at the end of November 2018 as MD & CEO, under his leadership the company continues to grow as a contender in the domestic market with made for India Commercial vehicle brand ‘BharatBenz’. In his last role, Satyakam worked as Cha...
4 Mar 2021
Ramesh Iyer, Vice Chairman and MD, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, on his early days into career journey, spending 25 plus years at Mahindra Finance, leadership & management lessons from the four decades of professional journey
Ramesh is financial services industry veteran and a known face in the Indian Industry, he has been instrumental in building Mahindra Finance since 1994 into one of India’s leading rural finance companies. He manages the Financial Services Sector of the Mahindra Group which includes Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, Mahindra Insurance Brokers, Mahindra Rural Housing Finance, Mahindra Asset Management Company and Mahindra Trustee Company. He also oversees the operations of Mahindra Fi...
13 Feb 2021
Nilesh Shah, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company on the evolution of the capital markets, covid-19, views around capital markets outlook, advice to retail investors and stories from the professional journey of three decades
Nilesh is a well known face in the industry and has spent three decades in the capital markets. He is a gold medalist Chartered Accountant by education. He has a rich and diverse experience of managing funds across equity, fixed income securities and real estate for local and global investors. He has received numerous awards and accolades in his professional career journey. Before joining Kotak Mutual Fund he held leadership roles with Axis Capital, ICICI Prudential Asset Management, Fr...
8 Jan 2021
Dr. Raman Ramachandran, MD and CEO, PI Industries Ltd, on getting into the field of Agriculture and doing Ph.D. in it, stint at BASF and key highlights from it, about PI Industries, Covid-19, Leadership lessons from the journey of three and half decades
Dr. Raman Ramachandran is Managing Director and CEO at PI Industries Ltd, a leading and fast growing Agri Sciences company. He is fondly called as Dr. Raman, he is a leader and veteran of Agriculture Industry. He is a Ph.D from University of Adelaide and an MSc. In Agriculture from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. Before joining PI Industries, he was the Chairman and Managing Director of BASF India and Head of the BASF legal entities in South Asia. In his stint of over t...
26 Dec 2020
Dr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman and MD, Persistent Systems on days at IIT Kharagpur, completing Ph.D. and stint at HP Labs in US, Coming back to India and founding Persistent Systems, Covid-19, Business Growth and Road Ahead
Dr. Anand Deshpande is Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Persistent Systems since its inception and is responsible of overall leadership, strategy and management of the company. He is a true technology visionary, one of the top technology entrepreneur that India has produced. He founded Persistent Systems in 1990 and in this journey of over 30 years, it has become a well known and respected global technology services company with over 11,000 employees and over half a billion in...
17 Dec 2020
Tarun Katial, CEO ZEE5 on professional journey spanning across Advertising, Television, Radio and OTT, Covid-19, Leading ZEE5, Content Strategy and Leadership
Tarun Katial is CEO of ZEE5. He is considered as one of the most successful executives in the media and entertainment industry and has a rich and diverse experience of more than two decades spanning across major media platforms like Television, Radio and OTT. He began his career in Advertising by joining Saatchi & Saatchi, he was then part of Enterprise Nexus Lowe and Ogilvy & Mather before Joining Star Network and then Sony Entertainment Television where he was instrumental in ...
5 Dec 2020
Vishakha RM, MD & CEO IndiaFirst Life Insurance on getting into insurance industry, reaching top position, covid-19, leveraging technology, leadership and stories that deeply impacted her
Vishakha RM has helmed IndiaFirst Life Insurance as its MD & CEO since March 2015. Under her strong leadership, the company has recorded a significant growth rate and steadily risen in industry ranking. Vishakha has ranked among the Top 50 of Fortune India’s ‘Most Powerful Women’ in business three times in a row. She has also been bestowed with ‘Most Influential Woman’ by the Business World magazine. Vishakha has been enlisted as a trailblazer amongst contemporaries across industries by p...
25 Nov 2020
Rampraveen Swaminathan, MD & CEO Mahindra Logistics on Professional Journey, Covid-19 Challenges and the Response, Leadership and Life Lessons, Business Growth and Building Great Businesses
Rampraveen Swaminathan is the MD & CEO of Mahindra Logistics Ltd, one of India’s largest third party logistics provider in India, it serves over 400 customers across 16,000 pin-codes and operates more than 500 sites all over India. Mahindra Logistics is a part of Mahindra & Mahindra Group, a USD $20 billion dollar plus diversified Indian conglomerate. Ram has more than two decades of corporate experience spanning across Logistics, Automotive, Paper and Energy Sectors. He has worked wi...
15 Nov 2020
Yashish Dahiya, Group CEO and Co-Founder on running a business like Policybazaar in India, Covid-19, Future of Work and Insurance, Business Growth, Leveraging Technology and Starting Up
Yashish Dahiya is the Group CEO and Co-Founder of Policybazaar.com, he is among the prominent faces in the startup ecosystem in India and has built a huge brand in Policybazaar.com. In over 12 years, Yashish has grown Policybazaar to become a key influencer in consumer decisions around insurance. He believes death, disease and disability products are the future of the insurance industry, as India strives towards social security. He has worked in the past as Managing Director of Ebookers Plc a...
4 Nov 2020
Sumit Rai, CEO and MD Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance on Covid-19, Insurance, Business Growth, Leadership and Life Lessons from Covid Crises
Sumit Rai is the CEO and MD of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance, one of the leading Life Insurance companies in India. He is an Insurance Industry Veteran and has spent more than two decades in this Industry and has done really well to grow Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance. Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance serves over 200,000 customers through more than 43,000 personal finance advisors across 121 branches spread across 93 major cities. The company has received numerous awards for its product innova...
24 Oct 2020
Amit Kumar Agarwal, CEO & Co-Founder NoBroker on founding NoBroker, Business Growth, Covid-19 Impact and Path Ahead.
Amit Kumar Agarwal is the CEO & Co-Founder of NoBroker. He is a well-known figure in the startup ecosystem in India and has done extremely well in making NoBroker a well recognised brand. He is IIT Kanpur and IIM Ahmedabad alumni and he worked with companies like Cognizant, PWC and ANZ Bank before founding NoBroker, a company that is transforming the way consumers buy, sell and rent property, it has over 3 million connected customers and gets over 200,000 new listings in a month. In this ...
14 Oct 2020
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Masters of Growth Podcast is hosted by Mansingh Gadhvi, Founder of GrowthCulture and Author of The Growth Company. The Podcast features top CEOs sharing their thoughts, experiences and insights from their professional journey and building great businesses. Each episode would cover a wide range of topics — where the CEO would share more about his/her professional journey, about the business they are building, leadership & management lessons learned, Industry trends, future of work, road ah...
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