The Payal Nanjiani Leadership Podcast

Dr. Varun Nagaraj | Dean,  S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR) During a 30-year career in product innovation in Boston and Silicon Valley prior to assuming his role at SPJIMR, he held various product leadership roles, including that of CEO at venture-funded start-ups and public companies. He was also a partner at PRTM Management Consulting now part of PWC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, an MS in computer engineering from North Carolina State University, an MBA from Boston University, and a PhD from Case Western Reserve University.

CHITI PARIKH |  Co-Founder Integrative Health & Well-being at Weill Cornell, New York Presbyterian HospitalAs an Integrative Medicine physician, She use 5000 years of science, the best of cutting edge Western medicine with the wisdom of Eastern medicine. She focus on a holistic approach to care that addresses not only physical but also psychological, social, spiritual, and environmental influences on health. Her training in integrative medicine, functional medicine, Ayurveda, and Traditional Chinese Medicine allows her to create a personalized treatment plan that is tailored to each individual’s unique needs and circumstances. Her book Intentional Health is about transforming our health by setting an intention and putting it into action by using 5000 years of science.

About Darshana Bhalla, Founder & CEO, D’Artist Talent Ventures:Darshana Bhalla is an innovative and thoroughbred entrepreneur and leader for over 20 years in the media and entertainment industry. She has the ability and vision to envisage future trends and innovations, a creative entrepreneur with an acute sense of business. Darshana’s experience varies from starting her own company at the age of 28 and partnering with India’s largest homegrown communication conglomerate Madison Communications  (advertising veteran Sam Balsara’s company) to forming a company called Madison and  Teamwork’s Entertainment Solutions (MATES). She started the Entertainment vertical and was a pioneer in branded content, celebrity management, and solutions for over 18 years. Her work has won her several accolades at prestigious Advertising Events like Abby’s and EMVIES  for Creative and Media innovations. She successfully ran MATES for 13 + years. In 2018, she decided to move on from MATES and look at the media, entertainment, and sports industry through the lens of a new media landscape of deeper associations with Creators, Digital Platforms,  Intellectual Properties, Branded Content, Celebrity Solutions, and Sponsorships. Her revenue-focused, stoic, and creative vision-led business plan, along with an extremely high network in the media and entertainment industry led to investments from TTS: IO (Rana Kapoor’s Family office) to form DO IT Talent Ventures.  In 2020, as an entrepreneur, Darshana faced and rose above an extremely difficult phase of entrepreneurship which is the sudden truncation of the association with TTS: IO, along with the global crises of the pandemic. However, as a leader, she withheld the business and social exigencies and came out even stronger within a year to bring back the business to normalcy.  During this phase, with a lot of difficulty, she exited the partnership with TTS: IO and started her own venture D’Artist Talent Ventures. Not only did she retain the team, but also brought back the business to normalcy within a year, despite the ongoing pandemic.  D’Artist Talent  Ventures continues to grow at a healthy rate and expand its horizon to the ambitious objectives set out in the space of Entertainment and Sports. Darshana with her experience of managing the business, and being on both sides of IP ownership has an in-depth understanding of Media Properties and their P&L.

INDRANI MALKANI an Ashoka Fellow | Chairman at V Citizens Action Network (VCAN)Chairman at V Citizens Action Network (VCAN), an organisation with the overarching objective to establish effective linkages between Government and Citizens and work in partnership with several Government Authorities.Formerly from a corporate background Indrani is now associated in voluntary work with various Government Authorities and also the Election Commission of India in Maharashtra. She also conducts Live Interactive Talk Shows titled “TogetherVCAN’s Social Sanchar with the motto, ‘Interact with your Government from wherever you are’. She is also a Member of the Internal Complaints Committees.

Krishna Raghavan | Ex Chief People Officer  of FlipkartKrishna  is a Seasoned leader with over two decades of experience working in product companies across the US and India. He is know to have built high performance teams from ground up, through long term strategic visioning and staffing, backed by intuitive people management and sound organisation design.A High Energy Individual, he comes with proven track record to handle multiple responsibilities and work in dynamic and fast paced environments.Krishna has Specialized experiences in scaling startups on a hyper growth trajectory i.e. Flipkart, and Yahoo etc. 

Payal Nanjiani | Executive Coach & Author

SUKHLEEN ANEJA | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE GOOD GLAMM GROUP Passionate business builder leading Good Glamm Brand and a Purpose Driven Business leader with a passion for consumer marketing, Sukhleen has an extensive experience managing diverse businesses across FTSE Top 10 and Fortune 100 companies - Unilever, L'Oreal and RB Sh has a Strong track record of performance by creating category growth platforms, brand campaigns focused on driving behavior change, building high performance teams and creating Innovation funnels both upstream and downstream on iconic Global Power brands like Dettol, Garnier, Durex and Lakme.  She has been the Economic Times ‘40 Under 40’ Top Professionals list in India   and Impact Top 50 most influential women in businessAmongst many others. 

MANISHA KAPOO | CEO and Secretary General, Advertising Standards Council of India I VP, Executive Committee- International Council for Advertising Self-Regulation (ICAS)Manisha head the Advertising Standards Council of India. a self regulatory body that is committed to the cause of fairness and honesty in advertising. She also a part of the leadership team of International Council of Advertising Self-regulation (ICAS).Over the past 25 years, She helped companies establish and nurture brands through brand building, new product development, marketing strategy development as well as media strategies.She has worked with Corporates, NGOs, Foundations and International development organisations develop programs that work effectively for business while simultaneously creating social impact.Specialties: Self-regulation, Brand definition and strategy, CSR, Cause Marketing, Public Policy

Rajesh Kumar Singh |  Sr VP HR in KPITRajesh has varied experience across sectors (Pharma, IT, Healthcare , Banking & Telecom) public sector, civil services, MNCs and start-up in a variety of roles. He completed his  Post Graduation from National University of Singapore …..PGPEX from IIM Calcutta & GPHR,He has he abili o design and execut interventions to develop organisation resilience & capability aligned with existing and emerging trends. He also had a brief entrepreneurial stint as Cofounder of OLITO before joining KPIT. 

 Pradeep Gupta | Chairman  Managing Director at Axis My India Ltd.Chairman & Managing Director of Axis My India, An Engineer graduated from the Owner/President Management Program at Harvard Business School. Belonging to a dusty village in Madhya Pradesh, his roots helped to get an insight into understanding human behavior. 27+ years of hands-on experience that spans various skills – right from printing to advertising to publishing to on-ground activations to Market Research.Axis My India, has successfully predicted 59 of 63 exit polls since 2013. Axis My India’s 2019 general election and Haryana assembly election forecasts were the subject of a case study at Harvard BusinessSchool. Proud pioneer of Personalized Mass Media in India. Zeal for innovation drove me to turn bills and tickets of Government owned Power, Oil and Railway undertakings into an unparalleled Advertising and Media opportunity.Driving Mantras - Innovation, Quality and Commitment.Author of well-praised books, Blueprint for an Economic Miracle, Modi@20, ‘How India Votes andwhat it means’ and the upcoming "Who Gets Elected - How and Why".