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Vinay Singhal co-founded Wittyfeed, a viral news site. Fondly known as ‘Indore ka Google’, the company was flying high. Till Facebook shut it down.
2 Sept 2021
Episode 17: An eye surgeon who sees beyond the possible
He didn’t get into medical school at first try, but luckily for ophthalmic research in India, Dr Virender Sangwan decided to try again.
20 Aug 2021
Episode 16: ‘Venture investing is art, not science’
Meet Aviral Bhatnagar, startup investor. In this conversation, he talks about everything from engineering to seed capital to founders who build to last.
13 Aug 2021
Episode 15: Helping kids learn to help them earn
Bullied in school, Abhishek Gupta turned to math as an anchor. He’s now helping underprivileged kids land jobs by teaching them programming.
6 Aug 2021
Episode 14: Meet India’s young water crusader
At school, Garvita Gulhati learnt how gallons of water were wasted daily. Now 21, she’s on a mission to conserve water through her startup, Why Waste?
30 Jul 2021
Episode 13: Putting people at the heart of software
Never forget tech is built by people, says Mike-Cannon Brookes, co-founder of Atlassian, makers of the hugely popular Trello team collaboration tool.
24 Jul 2021
Episode 12: Ensuring education for girls in 20000 villages
For Safeena Husain, it’s been quite a ride from a Delhi tenement to the Amazon jungles to making sure girls in thousands of Indian villages go to school.
12 Jul 2021
Episode 11: The woman driving change in UP
Teaching women to drive in small-town Uttar Pradesh is Pawani Khandelwal’s way of empowering women in some of India’s most conservative societies.
3 Jul 2021
Episode 10: Teacher to the world
Sal Khan and Khan Academy need little introduction. Here’s the origin story, the successes, the failures, and the importance of learning.
25 Jun 2021
Episode 9: Making mental wellbeing accessible
Indians often confuse mental wellness with mental illness. Co-founder and CEO of YourDost Richa Singh explains how she's been trying to change that.
21 Jun 2021
Episode 8: The importance of building lasting things
Meet developer icon David Heinemeier Hansson, aka DHH, who explains the need to build lasting products and why he doesn't always listen to customers.
2 Jun 2021
Episode 7: How to change lives and protect the wild
Meet Dr Krithi Karanth, the “wild innovator” who is also a wildlife conservationist, author, professor, and documentary filmmaker.
26 May 2021
Episode 6: How to responsibly recycle e-waste
We all contribute to the 30 lakh tonnes of e-waste India generates every year. Meet Pranshu Singhal, who is trying to reduce our e-waste landfills.
10 May 2021
Episode 5: The teenager tackling bias in textbooks
Meet Ananya Gupta, the student who has developed an AI app to identify gender bias in textbooks. She’s now working on getting the textbooks changed.
10 May 2021
Episode 4: MapMyIndia - Digitising the real world
Rohan, Rakesh, and Rashmi Verma talk about MapMyIndia -- its roots, how it stood up to Google, and how it plans to use technology to change the world.
28 Apr 2021
Kris Gopalakrishnan, the value creator
The Infosys co-founder talks about hard work, resilience, and the role of luck. What keeps him going? Curiosity and a desire to do things better.
28 Apr 2021
Supriya Sahu, a free-spirited crusader
A civil servant who believes in humanity, this bureaucrat says she chose the civil services to work at the grassroots. Her motto: Make things work
28 Apr 2021
Chetan Solanki, the sun man
An NGO once said he is overqualified for a job. Now, he's called 'Solar Gandhi' as he goes cross-country in a solar-powered bus, promoting solar energy.
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