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Episode 18: The entrepreneur Facebook shut down

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.

09-14
01:15:08

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.

09-02
42:00

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.

08-20
51:08

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.

04-28
43:16

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

04-28
34:01

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.

04-28
49:56

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.

08-13
35:26

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?

08-06
33:28

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.

07-30
39:36

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.

07-24
34:36

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.

07-12
34:46

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.

07-03
43:46

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.

06-25
37:04

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.

06-21
52:24

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.

06-02
33:49

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.

05-26
36:36

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.

05-10
31:55

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.

05-10
52:44

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