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Innovator SpeaksAnuj Prasad: DesmaniaOn this episode of Innovator Speaks, we are joined by Anuj Prasad, a design entrepreneur, industrial designer, and innovator. With over thirty years of experience in the design industry, Anuj founded Desmania Design, a leading blue-chip design house with integrated design facilities. Anuj has been a recipient of several design awards, a founding member of CII’s National Committee of Design, and a jury member for the ‘India Design Mark’.
Join us as Anuj shares his passion for innovation through design thinking and doing, his experience as an entrepreneur, and his journey to pioneering new so...
2023-03-2253 min
Innovator SpeaksNamita Shah: PreSolv360In this episode, we interview the co-founder of PreSolv360, Namita Shah.
Namita began her career in Ernst & Young as an Article Assistant, following the same for around 5 years. During this time, she learned about the challenges a lot of small-time businesses face during disputes, especially in dispute resolution. Following this, she co-founded Legal Tech Asia as a platform that brings out articles on the latest trends in the technology and legal field. When she and her co-founders sat through a court proceeding, they were inspired to begin something new to ease mediation for disputes before they ever...
2022-06-1831 min
Innovator SpeaksShikha Pandey: BECKFriends.com | PurnaYogIn this episode, we interview Shikha Pandey. She is an entrepreneur, a yogini, and a podcaster. We learn about her growth over the years, her challenges, and her advice for entrepreneurship.
She is the founder & chief business strategist of Gemini New Media Ventures, a co-working space that provides a conducive atmosphere for growth of startups based in Mumbai. She is the co-founder of BECKFriends.com, a startup she began in 2016. BECKFriends.com is a traveler powered delivery marketplace that enables travelers to monetize their unused luggage space by carrying verified packages on their travel route. The network...
2022-06-1149 min
Innovator SpeaksHenna Khan: Universe SimplifiedHenna Khan is the founder & CEO of Universe Simplified Foundation (USF).
Universe Simplified, a Mumbai based nonprofit, is setting up STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) based Innovation Hubs within schools for economically challenged children in rural and urban slum areas. These hubs are low cost and run on a “once a week” basis. The Innovation Hubs empower children to apply Science and Technology to address real life local and global challenges and to create opportunities for themselves. The curriculum is implemented in a hands-on, inquiry driven manner to inculcate Innovation and problem-solving skills in children. Universe Simplified has...
2022-05-2833 min
Innovator SpeaksRoli Pandey: Zucate | WebbTechyRoli Pandey is the Founder & CTO of Zucate. Her role as the CTO includes Technology Research, Developing a Tech Strategy, Tech-Market Research, Social Media Marketing and Branding. As a result of her meticulous approach to technology management, Zucate has been able to establish itself as a proven player in the AR Edtech space being a part of XR Accelerator powered by Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)
and Unity Technologies as well as the grant winner in India International Science Festival (IISF) 2020 in the category of New Age Technologies in Augmented Reality.
She is also the Founder & CTO...
2022-05-211h 00
Innovator SpeaksBhavesh Kothari: Billennium DivasBhavesh Kothari has more than 20+ years of rich experience at middle and senior management positions across industry verticals such as Pharmaceutical, FMCG, Corporate Event Management, Business Information, Media, and IT & ITES industries. Bhavesh started his career in sales & marketing. While working with these companies Bhavesh has been instrumental in enabling some of these small companies to grow from a startup phase to a market leader in the industry by developing business models, partner networks as well as revenue generation streams. He is also an in-house trainer providing sales process & management training & mentoring new recruits & existing teams.
He...
2022-04-021h 06
Innovator SpeaksShabia Walia: Wild EarthShabia Ravi Walia, Founder and Owner of 'Wild Earth' has been a media professional for the past 25 years. Dabbling in production, direction, writing, she is proficient in all aspects of the media world.
After being a creative director, writer, script head, consultant for others, Shabia last year turned producer by writing and co- producing 'Badnaam Gali' for Zee 5 which won the best digital film award and was acclaimed by everyone. She also conceptualized, co-created Kaatelal & Sons, a show on SAB TV. She also authored the story for the show. Shabia has also authored the best-selling book 'Mamma...
2022-03-2650 min
Innovator SpeaksBethany Adams: Rhetorical FactoryBethany Adams is an entrepreneur, and a consulting professional in the areas of business strategy, marketing strategy, web development, and content strategy. She began her journey towards becoming an entrepreneur at the age of eight. She is a very mature entrepreneur who began at the grassroots of building businesses around her community in Greenville, South Carolina and Asheville, North Carolina. She began her upcycling fashion brand, Rhetorical Factory in 2010. Through her company, Rhetorical Factory, she promoted the ethos of sustainability by prompting customers to reflect on the choices they make in clothing. Her work as a Creative Director at...
2022-03-1935 min
Innovator SpeaksAmit Modi: WitBloxAmit Modi is a tinkerer, educator, and entrepreneur. Amit is an alumnus of IIT Bombay. He became an esteemed LIF Fellow (Leaders in Innovation Fellowship) by the Royal Academy of Engineering, London. Through his love and passion for teaching children to tinker and build STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) projects, he started his Ed-tech startup TechShiksha Labs in 2014. Over the years of learning children's behavior and motivations, Amit and his team built the product WitBlox. WitBlox is a kit of modular electronics where children can build projects in anything including robotics, automation, IoT, and others. Apart from this, WitBlox has an app...
2022-03-1229 min
Innovator SpeaksBalaji Viswanathan: Invento RoboticsBalaji Viswanathan is the founder and CEO of Invento Robotics. Balaji began Invento in 2016 with a vision to make robots accessible to a wide audience, democratizing this elusive technology to more practical applications while focusing on customer experiences. The robots, Mitra, Mitri, mini-Mitra which his company has developed are utilized in several use-cases including healthcare, banks, showrooms, retail, events, airports, factories, etc., They have been extensively featured and recognized by various local, national, and international news media. They have been featured in prestigious conferences such as the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Their robots have shaken hands and met...
2022-02-1948 min
Innovator SpeaksArun Venkataraman: Invenk SolutionsArun Venkataraman is a robotics engineer and Innovation Management professional with multidisciplinary international research and patent consulting experience. He is an alumnus of one of Sweden's top universities, KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
Arun journeyed into entrepreneurship with his company Invenk Solutions and works with technology companies and academic institutions in managing their innovation through R&D consulting, building, and managing patent portfolios, providing training, and strategizing best innovation practices.
At Invenk Solutions, Arun managed to capture opportunity during the pandemic and develop a learning management platform called 'Invenk Learn' to help tutors and teachers o...
2022-02-1256 min
Innovator SpeaksDr. Kumaresh Krishnamoorthy: AUM MedTechDr. Kumaresh is a doctor of ENT, entrepreneur, innovator, visionary product developer with more than 20 years in healthcare. Through his company AUM MedTech, he has developed six products in healthcare and has filed for global patents. He has entered international markets (4 countries) and helped achieve a turnover of more than ten million, all within 18 months. Despite the challenges unique to healthcare space, he was able to comply with international regulatory requirements as stringent as in the United States and ensured the products are devised to overcome trials. Hence, his products have entered the markets much faster and saved millions...
2022-02-0540 min
Innovator SpeaksPhalgun Polepalli: Dice Toy LabsPhalgun Polepalli is the co-founder and director of Dice Toy Labs. In this episode, we talk with Phalgun on his career transition into board game design and publishing, the challenges they faced in developing Indian-themed boardgames, educating board game designers, his competition, the stereotypes around board games and his future goals for Dice Toy Labs.
Dice Toy Labs was founded in 2018 in Bangalore, India by Phalgun Polepalli and Shwetha Badarinath, a husband-and-wife duo. They are on a mission to create engaging gender neutral, culturally relevant and uniquely Indian board games for the world. Over the years, they...
2022-01-291h 20
Innovator SpeaksVyasateja Rao: Analogy DesignVyasateja Rao who also goes by VT, is the founder and creative director of Analogy Design. In this episode, we talk with VT on his professional growth, the challenges of developing design frameworks, finding talent, the differences in how the design industry is in India in comparison to other countries, and his future goals.
VT is an industrial designer specializing in designing memorable and fresh experiences for products, both physical and digital. Since moving away from corporate design in 2013, where he had the opportunity to work with large fortune 500 companies and leading design studios, he has worked...
2022-01-221h 00
Innovator SpeaksIntroducing: Innovator SpeaksWe will be interviewing various leaders in design, technology, business, and social work. These are the change-makers who have impacted a large population. These are the people who push the boundaries of technology, design, and human movements. We will be gathering insights on their growth and the projects they have worked on. The challenges they have faced. The moments that really transformed their trajectories. We will be covering all of this in our interviews. We believe this wisdom is invaluable and should be spread as everywhere as we can. Hit the follow button, to stay tuned to our podcast.
2021-12-2707 min