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As college students, it's hard to figure out what you want to do with your lives. There are so many choices out there, and so little time. Confused and disillusioned? Join Sabya and Surya, two undergraduates at IIT Madras, as they talk to their guests about life beyond college, and about their most interesting life stories. If you're embarking on a new journey, want to be inspired, or just want to hear some great career advice, this is the podcast for you.
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We are not in the food business, but we are in the business of making people happy. Iconic words from a guest that needs no introduction. In this episode, we are honored to welcome the founder of Theobroma, Kainaz Messman, onto the podcast. If you're among those who haven't had the chance to visit one of their stores yet, put it on your bucket list, right at the top. That's where it deserves to be. We are huge fans of Theobroma, as you can see, and in this episode, we talk to Kainaz about how it all began, the obstacles along the way, and about what has kept her going for nearly 17 years. Theobroma was built as a traditional family business and it still is one to a large degree, so in this episode, you'll hear about how a typical brick and mortar business is built without all the glitz and glamour of external funding. Kainaz is also candid about her struggles to emerge as a leader, and she talks about the importance of creating an environment of trust and mutual respect as an entrepreneur. If you're someone looking to start a business, this is a must-watch, and even if you're not, there's a lot to learn from this tale; about failure, passion, and the power of following your dreams.
We're back! Welcome to Season 2 of 'The Other Side'. We hope you missed us as much as we missed you. Our never-ending quest for diversity and inspiring stories continues in Season 2 and we're thrilled to inform you that we have achieved a modicum of success in this regard. Today, we are excited to welcome Samarth Mahajan onto the podcast. Samarth is a National Award-winning filmmaker and an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Ashoka University. He is currently directing and producing 'Borderlands' - a documentary about how everyday lives intertwine with borders in the Indian sub-continent. In this episode, we talk to him about his life at IIT Kgp, his brief stint in the corporate world, and about what prompted him to take the plunge into film-making. Samarth is painfully candid about the misconceptions he had about life after college and about the struggles he faced as a budding filmmaker. In the first episode of Season 2, we have brought back the best of TOS, inspiring stories, hilarious anecdotes, and a dollop of life lessons.
PS: Our famously long introductions are back as well. You can choose to skip it and head on to 3:50 to hear from Samarth:P.
Episode 4 is here!!. Our guest is Anuradha Sethuraman, a career investment banker who is currently a director at Natixis (Hong Kong), a leading French investment bank. She was formerly a VP at Morgan Stanley and holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore. What sets her apart, however, is her 2nd 'career', a nearly two-decade-long stint as a dancer. In part 2 of this insightful interview, our guest talks about how college students should go about building their careers. She also talks about the importance of networking and drops some tips on how one could network better. Oh, and for those who are looking at an MBA, she talks in great detail about that as well.
Episode 4 is here!!. Our guest is Anuradha Sethuraman, a career investment banker who is currently a director at Natixis (Hong Kong), a leading French investment bank. She was formerly a VP at Morgan Stanley and holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore. What sets her apart, however, is her 2nd 'career', a nearly two-decade-long stint as a dancer. In part 1 of this interview, we dig into all the places her life has taken her and just how she manages her time between dance and investment banking. Filled with sound advice and interesting stories, this is an episode you should not miss out on.
Note: You can skip to 2:50 if you wish to move directly to the interview.
Episode 3 is out!!!. And it’s one to remember. Entertaining and hilarious with a heavy dose of life lessons, this episode is one that you’ll keep coming back to. Our guest, 2018 IITM graduate, Varun Srinivas Sridharan. Varun is currently a ‘capital allocator’ (read: associate) at a private equity firm and was previously a consultant. All this after topping his branch at IITM. In his free time, he masquerades as a philosopher and calls it 'mentorship'. In part 1 of this exhaustive interview, Varun talks about discipline, purpose and how he went about finding his. His analogies are top class, and so is his story. We guarantee that it'll keep you wanting more.
Shubham Nandeshwar is a very close friend of the show. In fact, when the two of us were still ideating about the podcast, we knew that an episode with Shubham was on both our bucket-lists. Shubham graduated from IIT Madras last year and began his new journey at Flipkart as an associate product manager. In this episode, he’s as insightful and inspiring as we remember him, and he speaks about product management, the college-work transition and the importance of finding mentors. And to aspiring product managers, this episode is a sneak peek of what’s in store for you.
Note: You can skip to 3:25 if you wish to move directly to the interview with Shubham
In this bonus episode, we take a few minutes to talk about our inspiration and then delve into our college lives and what we have learnt along the way.
Samyak Jain isn't your typical IIT graduate. For that matter, he isn't your typical Indian college graduate. During his 4 years as an undergraduate at IIT Madras, he co-founded Involve, a social enterprise that works in the domain of education and specializes in peer teaching. Involve has evolved into an international award-winning organization and what was once a college project has now turned into Samyak's full-time job. Join us as we talk to Samyak about his journey, his life philosophy, his advice for young college students, and his plan for the next few years. Insightful, informative, and humble as ever, this episode with Samyak will stay close to both our hearts, and hopefully, yours too.
A sneak peek of our new podcast. Stay tuned to hear more about life beyond college and the damn interesting stories of those who have already taken the leap.
We're back with our latest episode! It's one that's very close to our hearts for a variety of reasons. Today's guest is Kishore Natarajan, an IITM alumnus and the co-founder of Hyperverge (where Sabya works), a deep-tech startup based out of Bangalore and San Francisco. Interviewing Kishore was something that was always on the back of our minds and we had a great time speaking to him about his time at IITM, the joy of entrpreneurship and the struggles faced by young founders. He shares several fascinating stories, right from how the team came up with the name 'Hyperverge' to how they handled failure and retained talent. We had a lot of fun speaking to him and we hope y'all will enjoy the episode as well!
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2.1! Today's episode is a crash course on entrepreneurship, creativity and hope. Our guest today is Vinamra Pandiya, a serial entrepreneur who's currently working on his latest venture, GoNuts, a platform that connects celebrities to fans like never before. Vinamra has founded four companies over the last 15 years, and in this episode, he talks about the highs and lows of being an entrepreneur. Much of his life does feel like a movie (he was almost kidnapped!) and his riveting anecdotes certainly make this episode one to keep coming back to. Besides the startup stories, Vinamra also gives a healthy dose of life gyan that's bound to motivate you if you've had a few bad days. In his words - "Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen"
In today's episode, we take a break from regular programming to welcome a very special guest, *drumroll please*, our very own host, Surya. Over the past few months, Surya has received offers from IIM A, B & C. and scored a 770 on the GMAT. In this episode, he takes us through the pattern and difficulty level of both these exams while also sharing some valuable tips from his own preparation journey. We also talk about the infamous IIM interviews, and Surya shares some pointers on how one can go about preparing for them. If you're someone looking to ace these entrance exams and secure an MBA admit (or just have a good laugh), this is the episode for you.
For queries related to CAT and GMAT prep, you can reach out to Surya at surya.sureshiitm@gmail.com
We're finally back after what feels like a very long time! It's been over a year since our first ever episode, and today we're here with Season 2.1, our attempt to salvage a rather short Season 2. Today's guest is the coolest professor you'll ever meet. He's a cyclist, wilderness explorer, TedX speaker, and all-around amazing person. Today, we welcome Prof. Ganesh Nayak from Manipal to the podcast, and in this episode, we start out by talking to him about what prompted him to start cycling. He talks about his struggles with nicotine addiction and about how he built a cycling habit to replace his smoking habit. We then talk about his adventures in the Himalayas, and he shares some truly riveting and inspiring stories. If these stories don't renew your faith in human potential, we don't know what will :p. He also takes us through his stint at the Outdoor Leadership Academy in Alaska and his current role at Manipal. It's a truly amazing story, and hopefully, it'll help each one of us take the first steps towards leading a more fulfilling life.
You can connect with Prof. Ganesh on IG - @ganeshabybike
How much can one person do during a lifetime? After this interview, we had to go back to our drawing boards and rethink our answers to this question. Today’s guest is Dr. Ganesh Natarajan. He has been a CEO for nearly 2 decades; he’s authored several books; he holds both a Ph.D. and a management degree; he's held board positions on several companies; he has been the chairman of NASSCOM, and he is actively involved in social work. Oh, and he’s also an investor and an entrepreneur, currently building The 5F World, an organization dedicated to realizing the dream of a Digital India. At heart, however, Dr. Ganesh is a communicator, and in this episode, we begin by talking about the importance of communication and how anyone can become a better communicator. Dr. Ganesh also talks about his leadership principles and shares some fascinating anecdotes from his time as the CEO of Aptech (Keep an ear out for the Biriyani parties :p). All this makes for an enlightening and fun episode that holds several useful insights for every student and young professional.
You can find Dr. Ganesh here:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ganeshnatarajan/?originalSubdomain=in
https://twitter.com/GaneshNatarajan?s=20
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2. Last time, we spoke to Kainaz Messman, the founder of Theobroma, about building a traditional brick and mortar business. This time around, we speak to an entrepreneur on the other side of the spectrum, Karthik Sridharan, the founder of Flexiple, a tech-enabled business that helps companies hire freelance developers. Karthik graduated from BITS Pilani, spent a couple of years in IB, and then completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, where he realized that what he really wanted to do was to be an entrepreneur. 4 years later, that startup is now raking in $700,000 in revenues. In this episode, we talk to Karthik about the process of entrepreneurship, how does one get the 'idea', how do you build a team, how do you market your service and how do you build a brand. Karthik shares anecdotes and insights from his journey as an entrepreneur, making this an episode no budding business enthusiast can afford to miss.
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2. Last time, we spoke to Kainaz Messman, the founder of Theobroma, about building a traditional brick and mortar business. This time around, we speak to an entrepreneur on the other side of the spectrum, Karthik Sridharan, the founder of Flexiple, a tech-enabled business that helps companies hire freelance developers. Karthik graduated from BITS Pilani, spent a couple of years in IB, and then completed his MBA from IIM Ahmedabad, where he realized that what he really wanted to do was to be an entrepreneur. 4 years later, that startup is now raking in $700,000 in revenues. In this episode, we talk to Karthik about the process of entrepreneurship, how does one get the 'idea', how do you build a team, how do you market your service and how do you build a brand. Karthik shares anecdotes and insights from his journey as an entrepreneur, making this an episode no budding business enthusiast can afford to miss.
We received some amazing feedback about our first episode with Samarth. As promised, here we are with Part 2. In this episode, Samarth talks about his YIF experience at Ashoka University, what made it different from his engineering education, and how an incident near the end of the fellowship cemented his desire to continue pursuing filmmaking. Samarth also shares his most memorable moments from filmmaking, some of which are certain to stay with you long after this episode. Near the end of the episode, he also promises to share his list of must-watch films and you can find this list on our Insta handle (@theotherside_podcast) by late evening today.
What better way to end our series on networking than by getting an insider to share her take on the topic? This week, we're joined by Astha Srivastava (a former program manager at LinkedIn), who has plenty to share about online hygiene checks, creating an online repository of your professional journey, and returning value to the networking platforms we use. That's not all, she also uncovers the ranking system within LinkedIn and discusses how to make the best of one's Social Selling Index (SSI). Join us for all this and more on the last episode of Networking on License to Skill. We hope we didn't bore you with an excess of Networking tips (but if you have a word or two to offer as feedback, don't hesitate to drop a message on our DMs!)
What should you spend your undergraduate life doing? What makes the IIT experience special? How can you build strong and long-lasting relationships? How can you find your calling? If you're wondering about these questions, this episode is a must-watch. (For the episode with video, visit our YouTube page TOS: The Other Side). In this episode, Girish Ananthanarayanan - COO, Peepul and ex-McKinsey, IIMA, and Dr. Nithin Sivadas - NASA, Boston University talk about their experiences at IIT Madras and how it shaped their lives. They talk about the importance of building strong relationships, having a sustainable lifestyle, and of fiercely protecting your individuality in college and beyond. Nithin and Girish share some fascinating (and hilarious) anecdotes from their own lives and talk candidly about their own missteps and the lessons they've learned along the way. Given their unique paths since graduation, they also have some interesting insights about the opportunities available to one after graduation.
25000+ followers, 100+ posts, and over a million views. By all measures, Kamalika Poddar is a bona fide celebrity on LinkedIn. And in today's episode she shares the secret behind her success: content. We talk to Kamalika about her thought process, her approach to content creation, and how one should handle criticism on social media. She also talks about the benefits of content creation on LinkedIn and gives a few pointers on how one can get started with posting on LinkedIn. There's definitely a dearth of good content creators on LinkedIn and this could be your starting point to become LinkedIn's next influencer :P,
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