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Masters of GrowthArjun Mohan, CEO India, upGrad, on joining Ed-Tech Industry, early days of his professional career journey, Covid-19, challenges faced by the education Industry and how upGrad is helping millions with quality educationArjun is a seasoned Education-Tech Leader, he started his professional career journey with Byju’s, first as a teacher and then moved up the ranks into a leadership role at the company and currently leads India business for upGrad.He is a gold medalist from IIM Kozhikode, and also had stints at Titan Industries, Tata Motors, Tata Reality and Infrastructure and Sir Dorabji Tata and Allied Trusts before he rejoined EdTech Industry.In this episode he talks about his learning experience at IIM Kozhikode, early days into his professional career and joining Byju’s. He shar...2021-07-1042 min
Masters of GrowthSatyakam Arya, MD & CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles on joining automotive industry, key highlights from career journey of two and half decades, commercial vehicles industry outlook, future of work and career progressionSatyakam is an automotive industry veteran with diverse international experience, he has spent more than two and half decades working with top automotive companies in different roles and functions.He took on the role of leading Daimler Trucks operations in India at the end of November 2018 as MD & CEO, under his leadership the company continues to grow as a contender in the domestic market with made for India Commercial vehicle brand ‘BharatBenz’.In his last role, Satyakam worked as Chairman of the Board for PABCO Ltd, a subsidiary of Japan-based commercial vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi Fuso Truc...2021-05-0739 min
Masters of GrowthRamesh Iyer, Vice Chairman and MD, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, on his early days into career journey, spending 25 plus years at Mahindra Finance, leadership & management lessons from the four decades of professional journeyRamesh is financial services industry veteran and a known face in the Indian Industry, he has been instrumental in building Mahindra Finance since 1994 into one of India’s leading rural finance companies.He manages the Financial Services Sector of the Mahindra Group which includes Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, Mahindra Insurance Brokers, Mahindra Rural Housing Finance, Mahindra Asset Management Company and Mahindra Trustee Company. He also oversees the operations of Mahindra Finance USA.He has been closely involved in the development of the India's dynamic financial services sector, affecting policy change as the chairman of the Fi...2021-03-0442 min
Masters of GrowthNilesh Shah, Managing Director, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company on the evolution of the capital markets, covid-19, views around capital markets outlook, advice to retail investors and stories from the professional journey of three decadesNilesh is a well known face in the industry and has spent three decades in the capital markets. He is a gold medalist Chartered Accountant by education.He has a rich and diverse experience of managing funds across equity, fixed income securities and real estate for local and global investors. He has received numerous awards and accolades in his professional career journey. Before joining Kotak Mutual Fund he held leadership roles with Axis Capital, ICICI Prudential Asset Management, Franklin Templeton and ICICI Securities.Nilesh is also the Chairman of Association of Mutual Funds i...2021-02-1337 min
Masters of GrowthDr. Raman Ramachandran, MD and CEO, PI Industries Ltd, on getting into the field of Agriculture and doing Ph.D. in it, stint at BASF and key highlights from it, about PI Industries, Covid-19, Leadership lessons from the journey of three and half decadesDr. Raman Ramachandran is Managing Director and CEO at PI Industries Ltd, a leading and fast growing Agri Sciences company.He is fondly called as Dr. Raman, he is a leader and veteran of Agriculture Industry. He is a Ph.D from University of Adelaide and an MSc. In Agriculture from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.Before joining PI Industries, he was the Chairman and Managing Director of BASF India and Head of the BASF legal entities in South Asia. In his stint of over three decades, he held many positions of responsibility...2021-01-0841 min
Masters of GrowthDr. Anand Deshpande, Founder, Chairman and MD, Persistent Systems on days at IIT Kharagpur, completing Ph.D. and stint at HP Labs in US, Coming back to India and founding Persistent Systems, Covid-19, Business Growth and Road AheadDr. Anand Deshpande is Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Persistent Systems since its inception and is responsible of overall leadership, strategy and management of the company. He is a true technology visionary, one of the top technology entrepreneur that India has produced. He founded Persistent Systems in 1990 and in this journey of over 30 years, it has become a well known and respected global technology services company with over 11,000 employees and over half a billion in revenue. Persistent systems is at the forefront of technology innovation thanks to Anand’s lead...2020-12-2631 min
Masters of GrowthTarun Katial, CEO ZEE5 on professional journey spanning across Advertising, Television, Radio and OTT, Covid-19, Leading ZEE5, Content Strategy and LeadershipTarun Katial is CEO of ZEE5. He is considered as one of the most successful executives in the media and entertainment industry and has a rich and diverse experience of more than two decades spanning across major media platforms like Television, Radio and OTT.He began his career in Advertising by joining Saatchi & Saatchi, he was then part of Enterprise Nexus Lowe and Ogilvy & Mather before Joining Star Network and then Sony Entertainment Television where he was instrumental in delivering blockbuster shows, some of them being Kaun Banega Crorepati, Fear Factor and Indian Idol.2020-12-1728 min
Masters of GrowthVishakha RM, MD & CEO IndiaFirst Life Insurance on getting into insurance industry, reaching top position, covid-19, leveraging technology, leadership and stories that deeply impacted herVishakha RM has helmed IndiaFirst Life Insurance as its MD & CEO since March 2015. Under her strong leadership, the company has recorded a significant growth rate and steadily risen in industry ranking.Vishakha has ranked among the Top 50 of Fortune India’s ‘Most Powerful Women’ in business three times in a row. She has also been bestowed with ‘Most Influential Woman’ by the Business World magazine. Vishakha has been enlisted as a trailblazer amongst contemporaries across industries by prestigious publications such as Forbes India and Business Today.A thought leader, Vishakha co-chairs...2020-12-0549 min
Masters of GrowthRampraveen Swaminathan, MD & CEO Mahindra Logistics on Professional Journey, Covid-19 Challenges and the Response, Leadership and Life Lessons, Business Growth and Building Great BusinessesRampraveen Swaminathan is the MD & CEO of Mahindra Logistics Ltd, one of India’s largest third party logistics provider in India, it serves over 400 customers across 16,000 pin-codes and operates more than 500 sites all over India.Mahindra Logistics is a part of Mahindra & Mahindra Group, a USD $20 billion dollar plus diversified Indian conglomerate.Ram has more than two decades of corporate experience spanning across Logistics, Automotive, Paper and Energy Sectors. He has worked with Tata Group, Cummins, International Paper, Schneider Electric and has served on the boards of Dodla Dairy and International Paper Holdings Asia Singapore Pt...2020-11-2540 min
Masters of GrowthYashish Dahiya, Group CEO and Co-Founder on running a business like Policybazaar in India, Covid-19, Future of Work and Insurance, Business Growth, Leveraging Technology and Starting UpYashish Dahiya is the Group CEO and Co-Founder of Policybazaar.com, he is among the prominent faces in the startup ecosystem in India and has built a huge brand in Policybazaar.com.In over 12 years, Yashish has grown Policybazaar to become a key influencer in consumer decisions around insurance. He believes death, disease and disability products are the future of the insurance industry, as India strives towards social security. He has worked in the past as Managing Director of Ebookers Plc and prior to that he was a consultant with Bain & Co. at their London office.2020-11-1538 min
Masters of GrowthSumit Rai, CEO and MD Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance on Covid-19, Insurance, Business Growth, Leadership and Life Lessons from Covid CrisesSumit Rai is the CEO and MD of Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance, one of the leading Life Insurance companies in India. He is an Insurance Industry Veteran and has spent more than two decades in this Industry and has done really well to grow Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance.Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance serves over 200,000 customers through more than 43,000 personal finance advisors across 121 branches spread across 93 major cities. The company has received numerous awards for its product innovation capabilities.In this episode Sumit talks about his journey from Banking to Insurance, how has insurance industry evolved o...2020-11-0444 min
Masters of GrowthAmit Kumar Agarwal, CEO & Co-Founder NoBroker on founding NoBroker, Business Growth, Covid-19 Impact and Path Ahead.Amit Kumar Agarwal is the CEO & Co-Founder of NoBroker. He is a well-known figure in the startup ecosystem in India and has done extremely well in making NoBroker a well recognised brand.He is IIT Kanpur and IIM Ahmedabad alumni and he worked with companies like Cognizant, PWC and ANZ Bank before founding NoBroker, a company that is transforming the way consumers buy, sell and rent property, it has over 3 million connected customers and gets over 200,000 new listings in a month.In this episode Amit shares the back story of...2020-10-2429 min
Masters of GrowthIntroducing Masters of GrowthMasters of Growth Podcast is hosted by Mansingh Gadhvi, Founder of GrowthCulture and Author of The Growth Company.The Podcast features top CEOs sharing their thoughts, experiences and insights from their professional journey and building great businesses.Each episode would cover a wide range of topics — where the CEO would share more about his/her professional journey, about the business they are building, leadership & management lessons learned, Industry trends, future of work, road ahead, their advice around professional growth and more.Important to note that it’s not a boring business talk, but the...2020-10-1401 min
Inspiring Explorers7. Switching from successful corporate comfort to embrace the challenges of Enterpreneurship with Founder of Growth Culture Company-Mansingh GadhviFor our this episode we have the founder of The Growth Company, venture partner, investor and author of The Growth Company, Mansingh Gadhvi.
Mansingh is a seasoned business leader, strategic advisor and management consultant with close to 2 decades of corporate experience and has worked with the world’s top companies like salesforce, oracle, SAP and DELL. Being so successful in his corporate career, Mansingh switched to becoming a full time entrepreneur, why so ?
Let’s find out in this episode.
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Also don’t forget to listen till the end to...2020-07-1746 min