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Impact Chronicles by Indian School of Business (ISB)From passion project to thriving venture: ISB Alums Dhimant & Anuradha on building The Better India“ISB was the key milestone because that’s what brought us together and led to The Better India,” say Dhimant Parekh and Anuradha Kedia from ISB’s PGP Class of 2007 and the co-founders of The Better India, as we feature them in this episode of Impact Chronicles, presented by ISB Alumni.Guided by their core purpose and value, Dhimant and Anuradha are driving significant impact and social change through their venture The Better India. Reflecting on their ISB journey, they share how the campus learnings have been invaluable in helping them shape not just this venture but also the...
2024-09-2630 min
The Better India Show- Solutions You And India NeedHow this new-age logistics company is transforming India l Episode 7 - The Better India show
India is growing! And this company is enabling India's growth.
As India is growing to become a 5 trillion economy, Delhivery - a new age-logistics startup is creating is powering India's economy, creating jobs and connecting the last mile of India with economic opportunities.
In this episode we talk to the co-founder of Delhivery, about the next chapter of India's growth & the role Delhivery is playing in it.
In our conversation we talked about :
00:00 Introduction to Episode and Guest
1:38 Journey of Starting Delhivery
04:14 Structural issues and logistical challenges in India.
06:53 India Market Evolution and Challenges
Logistics as an Economic Enabler
12:20...
2024-07-021h 10
The Better India Show- Solutions You And India NeedCan India Solve It's Massive Garbage Problem? What can we do?
From mountains to cities, India's waste problem is increasing. India is now one of the biggest waste generators of the world.
65- 70 million tonnes of waste we produce every year is posting a thread to health and environment.
But what can we do this huge problem?
In this episode we talk two circular economy and waste management experts about:
Chapter 1: The Waste Crisis in India
00:00 Introduction
01:06 Current Situation
01:31 Introducing the Guests
Chapter 2: Understanding Waste Management
13:01 Organic, recyclable, and sanitary waste explained.Importance of segregation at the source.
14:45 Segregation and Its Challenges
26:42 Role of Municipalities, urban local bodies and panchayats...
2024-06-232h 05
The Better India Show- Solutions You And India NeedThe Better India Show- Ep4- Heatwave in India: Solutions for Climate Change & PollutionClimate Change is real. But what can we really do about it?
Here’s a simple answer: You can educate yourself and others around you!
The summer of 2024 has pushed northern India's temperatures past 50°C, shattering records and intensifying the country's environmental problems. Alongside the extreme heat, environmental degradation in India poses severe health risks from air pollution, water contamination, and waste issues.
But what how can we solve these huge problems?
This episode of The Better India Show foc...
2024-06-081h 38
The Better India Show- Solutions You And India NeedThe Better India Show- Ep 2 l What You Must Know About Cybercrime - Dr. Pavan Duggal Explains AllIn 2024 alone, India has lost Rs 7061.5 crore to cybercrime. We are facing a huge cybercrime problem and the criminals are only getting bolder.
With increasing connectivity, we all must learn to be vigilant and aware of cyber threats that can affect privacy, finances, and personal safety.
Join Dr. Pavan Duggal, a renowned CyberSecurity expert, as he delves into the intricate world of cybercrime, covering everything you need to know to stay safe online.
From common threats to preventive measures, this comprehensive explanation will equip you & your family with the knowledge to navigate the digital landscape securely. Don't miss out...
2024-05-241h 22
The Better India Show- Solutions You And India NeedThe Better India Show- Episode 1: Improve Your Mental Health- Free Counselling, Common Mental health Disorders, Family Support, Work Life Balance & more"Based on the National Mental Health Survey 2015-2016, about 1 in 10 people in India have a diagnosable mental disorder, and some estimates suggest 5 out of 10 people might be suffering mild mental health disorders"
The WHO estimates that 91.8% of Indians with mental disorders in India never seek help for their condition. This is partly due to the social stigma attached to mental illness and the high cost of treatment, which remains inaccessible to a large section of society.
It's time to change that! It's time to learn about mental health and make it a h...
2024-05-171h 21
Passion To Profession030#: Holiday Special Episode! 6 Valuable Life Lessons learnt from previous Podcast guests Plus a special gift for the listeners ! This is a Holiday Special episode sponsored by "Magic Mind " where host Ash shares 6 best lessons learnt from guests on the show ! Episode Highlights! 1.37 - Lesson#1 on FearFeel The Fear and Do It AnyWay Ash narrates her own experience of facing fear of public speaking by quoting examples of her book launch conference in London where she was invited to speak about her book! 3.53 - Lesson#2 on Opportunity This piece of advice came from guest Heather Monahan on Episode # 29 where heather says "Do not wait for...
2021-11-1619 min
Getting MetaDhimant Parekh : Founder, The Better India & The Better HomeI speak with entrepreneur and “good guy of the Indian startup scene”, Dhimant Parekh. He’s the founder and CEO of The Better India and The Better Home - the former is a media company that shines a spotlight on people making a difference, and the latter is a line of sustainable home-cleaning products. His LinkedIn bio starts with “I love to build useful stuff from scratch.”When I floated the idea for this show on Twitter last year, more than one person wrote in saying I should definitely have him on the show. And that was a good idea - Dhi...
2021-08-2059 min
Get Up, Get Going & Find Your Ikigai with Sujatha (RJ SueJ)Episode14 -Meet Dhimant Parekh, Simply the 'Better' (Entrepreneur)From building a weekend project into one of the largest positive content platforms in Asia (200 M subscribers), to creating sustainable solutions for living a better life, ‘better’ is the keyword for Dhimant Parekh - cofounder of The Better India (https://www.thebetterindia.com). If your soul simply craves for good news to start your day, Dhimant & The Better India team are constantly striving to bring you stories about all that’s working around our wonderful country. Learn more about what keeps this impact entrepreneur motivated, his Ikigai and more in this absolutely unmissable episode.
2021-08-0337 min
The Origin Of ThingsBonus Episode: Getting Meta with Amit VarmaHello there! I'm proud to announce a new show that I've started, Getting Meta. It's a show on productivity, mental models, life hacks and stuff eked out with conversations with some very smart people. These include Amit Varma (host, The Seen & The Unseen), Krish Ashok (the legendary internet humorist), Utsav Mamoria (who runs Postcards from Nowhere), Meeta Malhotra, a former partner at one of India's leading design firms and a serial entrepreneur, Dhimant Parekh (the founder & CEO of The Better India), Rohan Joshi (comedian), and more.I'd love to share the first interview here with you! It's...
2021-07-091h 32
The VCpreneur: Startups | Venture Capital | Entrepreneurship | FundraisingEP#31 Dhimant Parekh – Building The Better India, the shift from content to commerce & the role of community in establishing a strong brandIn this episode, Dhimant Parekh, Founder & CEO @The Better India, joins our host Digjay, to talk about his journey building Asia’s largest content platform for impact, his learnings from the 0-1 phase, importance of developing deep customer relationships, leveraging community to build a strong consumer brand & his fundraising experience at The Better India.
Dhimant along with his co-founder & wife Anuradha started The Better India in 2008, right after graduating from ISB. What started as a side project then has now scaled up to become Asia’s largest content platform for impact. Later the duo also launched a new...
2021-02-2136 min
Founders UnfilteredEp24: Impact Entrepreneurship ft. The Better India’s Dhimant ParekhAfter graduation, Dhimant worked for a large tech company as a software engineer for 5 years. Intrigued by the business aspects of a company he decided to join a B-School. At ISB he met folks with diverse backgrounds including entrepreneurs that transformed his initial perspective of getting a high-paying job at a corporate. Dhimant highlights the importance of intertwining Business with Impact so both continue to grow simultaneously. Today Better India has a reach of over 90 million people in a month. Join us to learn how Dhimant built and grew Better India to empower citizens and catalyse change.
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2021-02-1329 min
The Orbit Shift PodcastS02E01: Content, commerce and community: How The Better India found the Holy Grail of MediaIn a world flooded with content, how do you stand out as a digital media company? How do you then build this community up to 90 million readers? How do you grow profitably? The answer has a lot to do with community. And of course, content and commerce. In the first episode of our second season Dhimant Parekh, Founder of the Indian digital-media platform ‘The Better India’ talks to us about how he married content, commerce, and community to build his company. He talks about🚀 His early journey and the inspiration to build The Better...
2021-01-1244 min
The Indian DreamTrends #7.1: D2C - The Better India & The Better HomeWe have Dhimant Parekh on the show to talk about building an Audience First D2C Brand with The Better Home. In the episode today, We discuss the journey of building TBI, how they were able to leverage the community to build out their D2C business and what it's like to work with your significant other as a co-founder. Let's jump in. Links: The Better India Website The Better Home Products Audience First Products Newsletter For our next edition of Trends, we are covering a new way of building consumer brands: b...
2020-11-281h 00Passion To Profession019#: Passion To Profession: Founder & CEO of 'The Better India' ,'The Better Home' Dhimant Parekh on Building Businesses focused on Sustainability and Large Scale ImpactIn this episode , Ash chats with Dhimant Parekh, Impact Entrepreneur and Founder of 'The Better India' and 'The Better Home' Dhimant shares his journey of how he along with his wife Anuradha Parekh built India's largest positive news media platform 'The Better India'In this episode Dhimant talks aboutInitial years of starting the blog 'The Better India'Impact stories / positive stories that changed lives and how they decided to venture fulltime into their positive news initiativeChallenges and successes of digital media Extending their vision further to launch their own brand of ecofriendly consumer product li...
2020-09-2941 min
Advertising is Dead: It's all Business with Varun DuggiralaDhimant Parekh on Sustainability, Community Building & CommerceSustainability has grown as a focus area for many of us - not just as a thing we do from time to time, but as a definitive way of living our lives moving forward. This has been further amplified by communities and companies that have helped share relevant information and helped accelerate this shifted lifestyle.On this episode, Varun is joined by Dhimant Parekh, Founder & CEO, The Better India to talk about sustainability and social commerce, and also help us understand the deeper insights into building engaged communities. All this and more on this episode....
2020-09-0139 min
The Better India Show- Solutions You And India NeedBackers of India's Best Ideas: Sandeep Singhal, Nexus Venture PartnersConversations with India’s leading Investors and Venture Capitalists who have backed some of our best home-grown consumer brands. Dhimant Parekh talks to them about how they spot the potential of an idea, what goes behind the decision to invest, what unique factors each investor looks at and other interesting stories from their journey and experience. Also get to know the person behind the name - up, close and personal.
Episode Two: Sandeep Singhal, Nexus Venture Partners
Dhimant Parekh is the co-founder of The Better India, India's largest positive news and impact media platform and Th...
2020-08-1924 min
The Better India Show- Solutions You And India NeedBackers of India's Best Ideas: Kanwaljit Singh, Fireside VenturesConversations with India’s leading Investors and Venture Capitalists who have backed some of our best home-grown consumer brands. Dhimant Parekh talks to them about how they spot the potential of an idea, what goes behind the decision to invest, what unique factors each investor looks at and other interesting stories from their journey and experience. Also get to know the person behind the name - up, close and personal.
Episode One: Ft. Kanwaljit Singh, Managing Partner, Fireside Ventures.
Dhimant Parekh is the co-founder of The Better India, India's largest positive news and impact media pla...
2020-07-1528 min
OutliersOutliers S05 E10: Dhimant and Anuradha ParekhOutliers S05 E10: Dhimant and Anuradha Parekh by FactorDaily
2020-07-1036 min
The Filter Koffee PodcastDisrupting Journalism with Samir Patil & Dhimant ParekhOn this week's best bits of The Filter Koffee Podcast, Karthik is joined by Founder of Scroll.in, Samir Patil and Founder of Better India, Dhimant Parekh. In the first half of the show, Samir talks about starting a hardcore journalistic platform in a digital era where news competes with entertainment. In the second part of the show, Dhimant talks about the journey of him and his wife curating a blog of news reporting stories and how in just 3 years it's transformed into a full-fledged business that the company has raised. Tune in. L...
2019-10-3016 min
The Filter Koffee PodcastThe Business of Good News with Dhimant ParekhThis week, Dhimant Parekh, founder of The Better India joins Karthik Nagarajan and they talk about How the concept of creating a media platform which is naturally positive come into being The growth and business aspect of India's largest media platform for social impact Venturing into video content and launching a curated marketplace that will benefit micro, small and medium enterprises The reader demographics and exploring the scope of language ...and more. Tweet to Karthik Nagarajan @The_Karthik and follow his WordPress handle here (https://filterkoffee.wordpress.co...
2019-03-1340 min
The Entrepreneur Talk Show | Indian Entrepreneurs I Interviews with people in the start up ecosystem11: Dhimant Parekh of Better India on bringing positive news to people everydayDhimant Parekh, a multi-passion entrepreneur - has been involved in product management with several tech companies published a book of short stories, is a trained theater artist and a long distance runner. He founded TheBetterIndia.com - India's fastest growing positive news site which has won South Asia's Manthan Award for best alternative news source. Dhimant is a celebrated guest speaker at various organizations and forums. Listen in to hear Dhimant talk about his journey, challenges, discuss future trends and of course, answer the rapid fire round. We end with a litmus test question - Do you ever know...
2014-04-2419 min