The Vishal Gondal Show

On this week's episode, host Vishal Gondal is joined by Kiran Khalap, Co-Founder of chlorophyll.in. Kiran is a school teacher turned copywriter, a brand guru who founded a brand consultancy firm, a writer from his teens and now an author of two books with the third soon to be published and a passionate rock climber who has proven that there is a life beyond advertising and brands.

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On this week's episode, host Vishal Gondal is joined Jasleen Sobti. She's armed with a double Masters in Physics (one from Mumbai University and one from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio) and a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University, she worked with the US Navy as a Research Engineer for 13 long years. She has sailed on every fleet ship that the US Navy has except the Submarine. She almost appli...

On this week's episode, host Vishal Gondal is joined by Akancha Srivastava, Founder of Akancha Against Harassment - India's largest social impact initiative to raise awareness against cyber harassment. Akancha is an independent, confident and tough woman. From wanting to be an IAS officer to being a brand strategy consultant to starting a movement against Cyberharassment and Cyber Safety, she has come a long way. Today, she...

He has come a long way in life, from delivering milk and morning newspapers for his college fees to a successful software support engineer and now to one of the most charismatic health experts online. This samosa-pav loving, son of Gujarati-Marwadi parents is healing people by enabling them to embrace their roots in this ancient traditional exercise and meditation technique we call Yoga. He is the reason you don’t need to burn a ho...

Sarita Pereira is an ex-advertising professional who quit her successful career to pursue her passion for food and become one of the most innovative culinary chefs in the country today. She has trained and worked with a Michelin Star chef in Spain. Her profound knowledge of cooking techniques coupled with a mad scientist-like desire to push the boundaries of cooking has led to an entrepreneurial journey so unique, that it is rightl...

Hailing from a liberal Gujarati family, Niyatii N Shah is a hardcore Mumbaikar at heart. Despite having completed her graduation in Commerce, she was not passionate about business. Her interest was in Psychology and she was keen on pursuing something in the field of parenting and sexual health. Eventually, with the motive of spreading awareness among masses about sexual health, she set up a one-stop-shop 'Averti'. Averti im...

He is a serial entrepreneur who went from selling socks for his father’s company to selling his own company to Walt Disney. He is the reason why you could vote for your favourite Indian Idol singers by just sending an SMS. He is the author of one of the best-selling entrepreneurship books in India, ‘Why I Stopped wearing my socks’ and is a mentor to many budding CEOs. He is known as the Rodin-Hood of the Indian Start-up ecosystem.

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As someone who is closely associated with curating and researching for this podcast, she is also someone who comes with a background in investigative journalism with many years of experience behind her; Vishal hence talks to Anusha Subramanian as a closing to the second season of the Vishal Gondal Podcast.

In this conversation, Vishal takes a few steps back and track his equation with Anusha and discusses her journalism and mountai...

What is it like being exposed to thousands of brilliant ideas and remarkable people? What is it like to know of life journeys from all over the world that are impactful on a scale, unimaginable? Yashraj Akashi is responsible for curating the mega stage Tedx Conference, Tedx Gateway in the country. An old friend of Vishal; Yashraj's vision of building something from its core dates back to his college days.

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He is one of the youngest Member of Parliament and the most outspoken parliamentarians. He is part of the rising brigade of young politicians in the country attempting to shape a new era in India’s political, social and economic systems, guided by principles and responsibilities. He has held positions in the Ministry of Defense, civil aviation, urban development and information technology. Another interesting aspect of him is that ...

He is a man with a resume, spanning 34 years’ of experience as a marketer, being an entrepreneur for over 2 decades and an investor for the last 19 years. He has worked on brands like Amazon, Yahoo, Pepsi, Microsoft, Nike, Unilever, Kraft, across the US, China, Europe and India. Mahesh has been instrumental in the launch of MTV in India and then ran its rival Channel V. But, lately there is a cloud of doubt engulfing this very infl...

Simar Singh is the curator and founder of UnErase Poetry, a movement to promote and produce spoken word poetry in India. He is based out of Bombay. UnErase Poetry currently curates poetry performances at the Tuning Fork Café in Khar (West) and makes these performances available over the internet for anyone to see.

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He believes that villages are the best university as it teaches you to solve problems and strive hard. With poor parents and being the eldest of the five siblings, Dr. A Velumani is a self-made man who set up Thyrocare with an initial investment of Rs 2 lakh and today has managed to take it to over Rs 3000 crore.

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He is a TED Fellow, Yale World fellow, affiliated scholar at MIT, works for LGBT rights, works with NGOs, Govt, World Bank and the UN. All encompassed he is known as a Cultural Guru…It’s none other than Parmesh Shahani.

Parmesh's vibrancy has reflected in his journey throughout. Having authored, Gay Bombay, he put forth an advanced vision for the LGBT community in India and continues to do so.

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Vanika Choudhary started a restaurant, Sequel Bistro. She quit her full-time corporate job to go on a short sabbatical, which eventually resulted in her fleshing out a life-long dream of starting a restaurant that promotes conscious eating. The concept behind Sequel is to offer wholesome world cuisine with fresh, high-quality ingredients. According to her, healthy food need not be boring and she is trying to break that stereotype.

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He was inclined to technology from an early age and that prompted Vivek Bhargava to move out of his family business and set up his entrepreneurial venture in digital advertising. Today he heads one of the largest communication groups. In his personal capacity, he mentors young entrepreneurs. He is a table tennis enthusiast and has won medals in the 40-plus category in two national tournaments. Bhargava is taking forward the cause o...

He is widely recognized as a pioneer of cardiac rehabilitation in India. He is a valuable information resource for the layperson to understand the various dimensions of coronary complications, their prevention and resolution. He just does not believe in leading a sedentary lifestyle. A marathoner himself and even encourages his patients to run after their cardiac rehabilitation. He recently authored a book 'The Heart Truth'...

You can consider him as a Maverick. From having a good decade and half years successful stint in advertising- building brands and entertainment companies to certifying to be a Chi Running coach to his current obsession of a different kind for Coffee, he currently follows his passion for helping superstars at work, find theirs! We are talking about Abhijit Pradhan!

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Who does it remind you of when I say ‘Main Samay Hoon’? He actually needs no introduction and is has been bestowed upon with the coveted title of ‘Voice of India’. From documentaries to audio books to son-et-lumiere shows to religious albums, he has done it all.

Today, we have with us none other than the legendary voice of India-Harish Bhimani.

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