Welcome to the FindingHOME podcast, season 2, Episode 6: In this episode, I am in conversation with Dr. Carlemi Calitz, who is from South Africa. She shares her story, which is weaved with the “golden thread” both in her personal and professional life. 

Carlemi is currently working as a postdoctoral research fellow at Gutvibrations in association with Amsterdam University Medical College. She started her career as a Biochemist and moved on to become an expert in pharmacology. She completed her doctorate degree in Toxicology and is now working hard in the field of in vitro toxicology, working hard to develop a human model for efficient testing and one day finding a cure for liver cancer. 

It is my pleasure to present to you all this conversation where Carlemi candidly discussed her personal, and professional life back in South Africa, how she almost hated to be in Denmark to reversing her decision to move to Sweden and now to Amsterdam. Brace for multiple layers in this journey …. Please listen in ………

Welcome to findingHOME podcast, season 2, Episode 5: In this episode, I am in conversation with Mr. Parth Vijayvergiya, Parth is a Purdue University graduate, a civil engineer by training, and importantly a renowned social media creator in the space of higher education in abroad. As a credit for his work in this space, Parth has around ~166K followers on Instagram and around ~185K followers on YouTube. In our conversation, Parth candidly shared how this choice of being a YouTuber came through and how and what motivates him to move forward in this space despite not monetizing any of his work. 

Please tune into this thoughtful conversation.

Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 4: This episode presents the journey of Dr. Adithya Sridhar, who is currently working as an assistant professor at Amsterdam University Medical College. He started his career as a biomedical engineer, moved on to become a full-time biologist, worked as a business consultant, and now works directly with human patients in the field of virology. 

I am pleased to present this amazing and inspiring conversation in which Adithya gracefully discussed his personal, professional, and external life in the UK, Netherlands, and Amsterdam. Please listen in ……… 

In this episode, I am conversing with his dignity - Dr. Murali Kirshna Sarmaji Bhuvanagiri Garu, a head priest in the greater Charlotte area, NC, USA. Sarmaji, candidly shared his humble beginnings, the way he fought through social norms and family fears to become a Vedic scholar and always tried to be better and bigger at what he chose to do. 

Later in the episode, Sarmaji shared his valuable understanding of Hindu culture what a temple and priest at the temple signifies, and how the Vedic teachings paved the path to being a better human. Please listen to this invaluable conversation. 

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Welcome everyone to Season 2, Episode 2: This episode presents the journey of Natalia who is from Ukraine, with a strong habit of grabbing opportunities all her life has stumbled upon a chance to move to Canada - The decision that changed her life and more...... 

Please do tune into this amazing and moving conversation, where Natalia openly discusses her life back in Ukraine, her adjusting and adopting time in Canada and also the effect of the ongoing war in her home country on her mental state, and how she found help from near and dear ones to face the uncertainty and do the right things to support her family.

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Hello Everyone. I missed doing this, so I am back with a new season and episode. 

The guest of this episode is none other than my very first guest for the show - you guessed it right, it's my dear friend Rahul. Thank you to Rahul for helping me again to restart this journey by agreeing to do this. 

Please do listen to this yet another amazing conversation with the man himself who has been on the journey of transforming his mind, body, and soul for the past three years. There are so many takeaways from this talk, I hope you all find it engaging and useful. 

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findingHOME Podcast, Episode 15: Today, I am conversing with Dr. Jagadish Chennupati, an Indian-Australian physicist who is the Australian Academy of Science President and a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Australian National University Research School of Physics. He is head of the Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology Group which he established in 1990.

In today's conversation, Dr. Chennupati discusses his childhood during his early years in independent India, his interest in the field of electronics, his first international travel back in the 90s, his current passion for giving back to society, and many more.

Do listen to this inspiring and amazing conversation. 

findingHOME Podcast, Episode 14: Today, I am in conversation with Dr. Karthiga Santhana Kumar, CEO of Invasight AG, a biotech company based in Zurich. Karthiga aspired to be a medical doctor and then pivoted to be an Oncology-oriented researcher with a keen interest in functional assay-based personalized therapy, precision medicine, and drug designing.

In today's conversation, Karthiga discussed her journey to the UK for higher studies and then moving to Zurich, handling cultural differences, founding a company from her graduate research project, being a female CEO, and many more.

Do listen to this inspiring and amazing conversation. 

findingHOME Podcast, Episode 13: Today, I am in conversation with Surbhi Gupta, an experienced product manager in Silicon Valley. Surbhi talked to me about her journey to the US, her experiences, and the ambitions that she wants to pursue with the experience she gained in the country.  Importantly during this range of tech layoffs happing all around the valley and the world, Surbhi is lending her voice to the tech immigrants community to do her part of helping them out.

Please listen to this engaging conversation.

Hi Everyone. Today I am in conversation with Zablon Faith. Faith was born and raised in Kenya and is currently pursuing her doctorate in Nanoengineering at NCAT, US. 

Faith talks about her journey to India from Kenya for her Master's degree, her experiences back in Kenya during the pandemic, and her journey to the US to pursue her doctorate degree. This conversation is moving, which makes you all believe in yourself and have faith no matter how the external situations treat you.

Please listen to the episode.