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Puliyabaazi Hindi Podcast पुलियाबाज़ी हिन्दी पॉडकास्टख़राब सरकारी नियमों से चंगुलतोड़ का मैनिफेस्टो। A Framework for Deregulation in India.एक गणतंत्र में संविधान के ज़रिये सरकार की शक्ति पर रोक लगायी जाती है, पर भारत में हम देखते हैं कि अक्सर होता इससे ठीक उल्टा है। सरकार ही भारतीय नागरिकों पर इतनी रोक लगाती है कि पूछो ही मत। और हम नागरिकों को भी इसकी इतनी आदत पड़ चुकी है कि हम पूछते भी नहीं कि ये नियम हम पर क्यों लगाए जा रहे हैं। प्रणय ने तो बेकार नियमों के इस जाल को सरकार का चंगुल कहा है।खैर, अच्छी बात ये है कि अब सरकार ने भी इस चंगुल को पहचाना है और इसके लिए डिरेगुलेशन कमिशन की घोषणा भी हुई है, पर ये डिरेगुलेशन कैसा होना चाहिए? या प्रणय के शब्दों में कहे तो इस चंगुलतोड़ का क्या फ्रेमवर्क होना चाहिए? इसी पर होगी आज की चर्चा।We discuss:* Reducing Government Control* Why do we have so much regulation?* There are no limits on regulation* Govt should have to present a deregulation statement to the Legislative* Steering function should be separated from Rowing function* Open up service delivery to private players* Cost-benefit analysis before introducing new restrictions* Why do Indian firms remain small?* How to deregulate Firms?* How to deregulate our Cities?* Deregulating human capitalAlso, please note that Puliyabaazi is now available on Youtube with video.Read:Substack | India Policy Watch: A Deregulation Agenda by Pranay KotasthaneBook | Banishing Bureaucracy: The Five Strategies for Reinventing Government by David Osborne and Peter PlastrikRelated episodes:फैक्ट्री बनाने के दुखड़े। How Poor Building Standards Hurt Indian Firms ft. Bhuvana Anand and Sargun KaurWhy is land so costly in India? ज़मीन के दाम की ज़मीनी हकीकतबिजली और मौसम परिवर्तन का नाता। Power Sector Reforms will Unlock Climate Transition ft. Akshay JaitlyIf you have any questions for the guest or feedback for us, please comment here or write to us at puliyabaazi@gmail.com. If you like our work, please subscribe and share this Puliyabaazi with your friends, family and colleagues.Website: https://puliyabaazi.inHosts: @saurabhchandra @pranaykotas @thescribblebee2025-05-0850 min
Puliyabaazi Hindi Podcast पुलियाबाज़ी हिन्दी पॉडकास्टWhy is land so costly in India? ज़मीन के दाम की ज़मीनी हकीकतभारत में ज़मीन के दाम इतने ज़्यादा क्यों हैं? ये सवाल तो हम सभी के मन में उठता है और अक्सर हमें ये जवाब भी सुनने को मिलता है कि हमारी भारी जनसँख्या की वजह से भारत में ज़मीन की कमी है और इस लिए दाम भी ज़्यादा है। लेकिन आज के हमारे मेहमान इस मुद्दे को एक अलग दृष्टिकोण से देखते हैं। आज हमारे साथ पुलियाबाज़ी पर जुड़ रहे हैं प्रोफ़ेसर गुरबचन सिंह जिन्होंने भारत में ज़मीन और रियल एस्टेट सेक्टर का विश्लेषण किया है और इस सेक्टर में भारी लाइसेंस राज को ऊँची कीमत की वजह बताया है। चर्चा में उनके इस विश्लेषण को गहराई से समझेंगे। आशा है कि चर्चा के बाद आप भी इस मुद्दे को एक नए नज़रिये से देखेंगे।Dr. Gurbachan Singh is an independent economist. He has previously taught at Ashoka University, the Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi), and JNU.We discuss:* How can we say that land prices are high in India?* What is the intrinsic worth of land?* Why is land policy important?* No scarcity of land for urban development* Is black money the reason for high prices?* Is black money intrinsic to land?* What is License Permit Quota Raj in land?* GDP is manifested in Real Estate* GIFT City and Gurgaon* Marginal use of land* Land Acquisition Act* We are ignoring housing sectorAlso, please note that Puliyabaazi is now available on Youtube with video.Read more:The high price of land in India: The problem and the solution by Gurbachan SinghProf. Singh’s website: hereRelated Puliyabaazi:Why is India’s Real Estate Market Broken? शहरों में घरों की कमी क्यों ft. Vaidehi Tandelफैक्ट्री बनाने के दुखड़े। How Poor Building Standards Hurt Indian Firms ft. Bhuvana Anand and Sargun KaurIf you have any questions for the guest or feedback for us, please comment here or write to us at puliyabaazi@gmail.com. If you like our work, please subscribe and share this Puliyabaazi with your friends, family and colleagues.Website: https://puliyabaazi.inGuest: @gurbachan_econHosts: @saur2025-02-271h 12
Puliyabaazi Hindi Podcast पुलियाबाज़ी हिन्दी पॉडकास्टफैक्ट्री बनाने के दुखड़े। How Poor Building Standards Hurt Indian Firms ft. Bhuvana Anand and Sargun Kaurभारत में भवन निर्माण कोड तो कई है, पर क्या वे सभी तर्कसंगत और व्यावहारिक है? समय के साथ जड़ हो गए बिल्डिंग कोड से भारतीय कंपनियों का कितना नुकसान हो रहा है? क्या है इसके दीर्घकालिक परिणाम? आज इस विषय को गहराई से समझेंगे भुवना आनंद और सरगुन कौर के साथ जिन्होंने स्टेट ऑफ़ रेगुलेशन रिपोर्ट में भारतीय फैक्ट्रियों के बिल्डिंग कोड का गहराई से अध्ययन किया है। This week on Puliyabaazi, we discuss the State of Regulation Report on building standards with Bhuvana Anand and Sargun Kaur. Their report assesses building codes for factories across various states and finds that building codes in India are significantly more restrictive than other developing countries. Many codes are obsolete and archaic. What is the cost of such overly restrictive codes on firms in India?We discuss:* What are Building Regulations?* Regulations vs Safety* Historical context* Alternatives* Lessons from data and reality* Floor Area Ratio* Impact of excessive regulation* Regulations across sectorsReading recommendations by Sargun and Bhuvana:* State of Regulation Report by Bhuvana Anand, Sargun Kaur and Shubho Roy* How building laws lock India's factory land * Some academic references:* Building regulations are a barrier to affordable housing in Indian cities: the case of Ahmedabad by Bimal Patel, Sweta Byahut, Brijesh Bhatha* Measuring welfare gains from relaxation of land-use restrictions: The case of India’s building-height li...2024-05-091h 03
The New Stack PodcastHow Byteboard’s CEO Decided to Fix the Broken Tech InterviewSargun Kaur, co-founder of Byteboard, aims to revolutionize the tech interview process, which she believes is flawed and ineffective. In an interview with The New Stack for our Tech Founder Odyssey podcast series, Kaur compared assessing technical skills during interviews to evaluating the abilities of basketball star Steph Curry by asking him to draw plays on a whiteboard instead of watching him perform on the court. Kaur, a former employee of Symantec and Google, became motivated to change the interview process after a talented engineer she had coached failed a Google interview due to its impractical format....2023-07-1437 min
The Use Case by RecruitingDailyStorytelling About Byteboard With Sargun KaurWelcome to the Use Case Podcast! Today we have Sargun Kaur from Byteboard and we’ll be talking about the use case of Byteboard, and why their customers continue to use them.Byteboard is a project-based interview platform that assesses for skills that candidates would actually practice on the job, rather than just testing their knowledge. Co-founder and CEO Sargun Kaur explains that engineers often spend a lot of time mastering a separate skillset to do well in interviews, which doesn't necessarily reflect what they will be doing in their roles.Byteboard's simulation and scenario-based as...2023-05-1625 min
Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech LeadersS8 E1: Sargun Kaur, ByteboardBefore Sargun Kaur got into tech, she was anti-wanting to be in tech. Her Dad was an engineer, and she thought the work he did was super boring. She pursued journalism, marine biology, and found her self changing interests a lot as she got bored. Now, she came over to the dark side, and jokes that she is no longer interesting because she is so immersed in what she does. Outside of tech, she loves to travel, building community, and hosting. This boils down to loving bringing people together through multiple means. And finally, she jokes that she is...2023-04-1826 min
Software Defined TalkSargun Kaur on Technical InterviewsBrandon interviews Sargun Kaur , Co-Founder and CEO of Byteboard. They discuss the challenges and frustrations with technical interviews and how Byteboard has redesigned the coding test. Plus, Sargun offers tips for job seekers and shares her experience going from software engineer to startup CEO.
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Punjabi Cinema ShowUpcoming Punjabi Movies in 2022 & 2023 That Sound ExcitingUpcoming Punjabi Movies in 2022 & 2023 That Sound Exciting: In this episode the Host Yasmin Kaur is joined by the Core Team Member Sameer Valecha. The duo talks about various Upcoming Punjabi Movies starring superstars like Diljit Dosanjh, Ammy Virk, Gippy Grewal, Amrinder Gill, Neeru Bajwa, Sonam Bajwa, Sargun Mehta & many others that have been announced by the film-makers and are going to release soon in cinemas.
The cinemas have been back in function after various halts & a plethora of Punjabi Movies have been lined up for the viewers to release each week like - Jodi, Carry On Jatta 3...2023-01-2640 min
Punjabi Cinema ShowPunjabi Movies In 2022: A Year End Review Of Punjabi Cinema In 2022In the second episode of The Punjabi Cinema Show Season 2, Host Yasmin Kaur is joined by Core Team Member Sameer Valecha along with Dixit Bhargav (A friend of the podcast). The trio talk about the highs and lows of Punjabi cinema in 2022; this is essentially a year-end review episode of all the movies that were released in the year 2022. The team selects the hits and flops films that were out in 2022, as well as some of the most mesmerising music from those movies, among other things.
They also provided insight into the emerging native OTT platforms as...2023-01-191h 14
Puliyabaazi Hindi Podcast पुलियाबाज़ी हिन्दी पॉडकास्टश्रम कानून में सुधार कैसे लाया जाए? Reforming India’s Labour Laws ft. Bhuvana Anandभारत के श्रम कानूनों को कैसे बेहतर बनाया जाए, इसी विषय पर चर्चा भूवना आनंद के साथ। In this episode, Bhuvana Anand, co-founder and director of Trayas, explains how well-meaning laws often create barriers to employment. She also discusses laws that specifically exclude women’s employment. We discuss some reform trajectories. Read more:State of Discrimination Report: Sub-national comparison of legal barriers to women’s right to choose work in India, Bhuvana Anand and Sarvnipun KaurLabour Pains, a chapter for the compendium Regulation for New Realities: A cross-sectional analysis during COVID-19, Sargun Kaur, Sarvnipun Kaur, and Bhuvana AnandWhat can we expect from the labour codes?, Sarvnipun Kaur and Bhuvana AnandState of labour reforms: States would do well to follow Rajasthan’s example on labour refo...2022-08-041h 15
Punjabi Cinema ShowImportance & Roles Of Actresses In Modern Punjabi CinemaImportance & Roles Of Actresses In Modern Punjabi Cinema: In this episode, Host Yasmin Kaur is joined by the Core Team Member Sameer Valecha along with 2 special guest Maanya Kaur (an IT Professional & Music Enthusiast from Australia) and Bikram Singh Bathh (Founder Of Cine Punjab & A Film Buff from Canada). Maanya has been a part of this show for 3 episodes in a row now & Bikram makes his 2nd appearance on the show. The quadruple discuss about the Importance & Roles Of Actresses In Modern Punjabi Cinema.
In the episode, the participants discuss about the history of how the actresses h...2022-01-281h 00
Punjabi Cinema ShowUpcoming Punjabi Movies in 2021 & 2022 That Sound ExcitingUpcoming Punjabi Movies in 2021 & 2022 That Sound Exciting: In this episode the Host Yasmin Kaur is joined by the Core Team Members Rehaan Singh and Sameer Valecha and Dixit Bhargav, who happens to be a friend of the Podcast. The quadruple talks about various Upcoming Punjabi Movies starring superstars like Diljit Dosanjh, Ammy Virk, Gippy Grewal, Amrinder Gill, Neeru Bajwa, Sonam Bajwa, Sargun Mehta & many others that have been announced by the film-makers and are going to release soon in cinemas.
The cinemas have been back in function after various halts & a plethora of Punjabi Movies have been l...2021-11-1143 min
Redirected099 Nicole Hardson-Hurley | Teaching to TechContinuing our Forbes 30 under 30 series, this week I got to chat with Nicole Hardson-Hurley. Nicole is the Co-Founder and Head of Product of Byteboard, an Area 120 funded startup founded by two women of color on a mission to make software engineering interviews more equitable. We are currently working with companies like Lyft, Figma, and many others to assist them in building a more fair technical interviewing process.If you haven’t yet, please rate Redirected and subscribe to hear more. And if you have someone you'd like to see on the podcast, send us yo...2021-05-0439 min
Founder's FAQSargun Kaur | Co-Founder & CEO of ByteboardFounder's FAQ: answers to all the possible questions of a founder. Hosted by Ilker Koksal. This episode's guest is Sargun Kaur. Sargun is Co-founder and CEO of Byteboard, a technical interviewing platform that is backed by Google's incubator Area 120. Previously, she was a software engineer on Google and was selected to Forbes 30Under30 in 2019. In this episode;1-) Story of Byteboard2-) How to get the first paying customer3-) Know what values adding to the customer before scaling4-) How to identify the right co-founderFounder’s...2021-01-0921 min
The Future of Work Project#13 Sargun Kaur - Dismantling Biases and Inequalities in the Technical Interview ProcessSargun is the Co-founder and CEO of Byteboard, a company that has redesigned the technical interview process to evaluate for ability, not access and privilege. Sargun was previously a software engineer at Google before founding Byteboard within Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, and this year she and her co-founder were honored on Forbes 30 under 30.
During our discussion, Sargun and I look at how the current technical interview process fails to accurately assess for core skills, and how she and her team are working on a unique solution to help fix it.
We also take a lo...2020-09-1540 min