Everything Falls In Place

In this episode of EFIP, we have a really inspirational story of my IIT classmate, Rajesh Jharwal who went on from selling vegetables and working on a Pharmacy to becoming a nuclear scientist. He talks about his struggles to crack IIT JEE, to cope up with the English language and the curriculum at IIT and how going for an internship in Taiwan changed his life.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Apoorva Bansal, my senior from IIM Shillong currently working at IDFC First Bank. She talks about a common habit of procrastinating and how self awareness is the key to dealing with it.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Amit Bhattacharya who took up law after securing a JEE rank of 500 and then left law to become a product manager. His career has been full of uncertain and unpredictable choices where he gave preference to his satisfaction over his skills. He emphasises on the importance of reinventing yourself.

In this episode of EFIP, we've Kinshuk Sarkar, an alumni of IIT Delhi, IIM Shillong and currently working for Amazon. He talks about his struggle during his 4 years of UPSC preparation, the load of expectations on young men and the true meaning of life.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Vidhi Kasliwal, the strongest woman I know. She talks about her life over the last two years where the world seemed to be against her and eventually changed her as a person. She went through a lot to eventually realized that strength lies not in taking the world head on but to be able to take help and be vulnerable. This is a beautiful conversation about the small things in life and how they can create big impact.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Dr Ridhi Agarwala, an ex entrepreneur and currently a professor at multiple IIMs. She started her journey as a Montessori teacher and went on to study at prestigious places like IIIM Calcutta and Kozhikode. In thee 15 minutes, she talks about the dark side of entrepreneurship and helps me figure out if I am made for teaching. We also briefly touch upon her research on Semiotics.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Saloni Jain, an entrepreneur, a marketer and a former national level basketball player. She comes with 7 years of corporate experience in which she has been into writing, journalism, PR and digital marketing. She talks about the importance of having a risk appetite in life along with stress, burnout, entrepreneurship and her learnings from sports. This episode is full of life advise irrespective of your career stage.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Shruti Pandey, a freelance data science consultant and an MS student at Duke University. She has spent years going through the hardships of UPSC preparation and post that took significant risks to become a freelancer. She has beautifully described our failures and struggle and has also touched upon multiple aspects like insecurity, kindness, identity, compassion, mediocrity and taking a break.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Mr Sushant Dayal, the Category Head of Nutrition at Amway. He comes with 12 years of experience across brands like Pepsi, Motorola and TATA Teleservices along with Amway. He shares some deep insights into career building along with his own struggles and experiences over the last decade. This is undoubtedly the most insightful episode in terms of career advice and long term growth.

In this episode of EFIP, we have Tanmoy Das, a management trainee at TATA AIA Life. He talks about the long list of rejections he faced during his MBA and the difficulties in the life of a salesperson he saw while going shop to shop for Vodafone and later while working in the customer service wing of IDFC First Bank.