Sukriti is the founder of Doctor of Happiness. She is an artist who is helping young people with depression and other mental conditions through her art and online platform. Her Instagram account tagline is “A Reservoir of Hope & Encouragement.” She helps youth handle peer pressure, and the burden of being politically correct all the time, feeling it to be the need of the hour.

Hear her story here and check out her page here!

Bengaluru-based Supertails is an online pet care and supplies startup that offers a unique virtual training service for pet parents to train their pets on their own. Launched in 2021 by Vineet Khanna, Varun Sadana, and Aman Tekriwal, the startup provides veterinary care, pet food and supplies, and offers pet training sessions as well.  Supertails stands apart as a fully digital tele-health consultation service with a team of highly experienced in-house veterinarians. Since its inception in July 2021, Supertails has catered to more than 10,000 pet parents, and has completed over 5,000 consultations covering healthcare and online training services.

One of the prominent services that set the startup apart from others in this field is Supertails’ virtual pet training.

A large set of new pet parents are GenZ and they are curious and want more credible information around raising a pet. This is the first generation looking at pet parenthood as a concept in itself and actively moving away from the previously popular idea of ‘pet ownership’.  Supertails aims to deliver in such a market consisting of new pet parents.

Chatted with Vineet on the show! Listen to it here!

Wing Commander Aspari Raghunath was commissioned in 1964 as a navigator and later was trained on Canberra Bomber in 1966 under the command of the-then Sqn. Ldr. P Gautam. As a Flight Lieutenant, he again served under Wing Commander P Gautam during Bangladesh Liberation war in 1971 and carried out bombing missions over West Pakistan as well as East Pakistan. He was awarded Vir Chakra for his role in this war. He served the Indian Air Force as an Instructor, Local Examiner, Systems Test Navigator on various aircraft at ASTE, the premier Test Flying Centre of IAF in addition to operational flying, administrative and counter-intelligence duties. He took premature retirement from Air Force in 1986, and was Senior Vice President of Kirloskar Group of Industries till 2015.

Listen to his amazing story here!

Why would a foreigner choose a future in India? Ivana Perkovic, known from her YouTube channel Travel.Vlog.Iv explains why a foreigner chooses a future in India. As a Professional YouTube vlogger, Ivana travels the world making videos and taking over 100.000 subscribers with her on her adventures. After stepping foot on Indian soil in 2015 as a foreigner tourist, she knew this country was her future. There are many reasons why a foreigner chooses a future in India. Ivana had the luxury of a location independent career, which allowed her to now be fully based in Bangalore. As a foreigner in India she's building her business by sharing her love for India and exploring. As a Professional YouTube vlogger, Ivana travels the world making videos and taking over 200,000 subscribers with her on her adventures. As a refugee from former Yugoslavia she gained Dutch nationality by growing up and living in Amsterdam. However after stepping foot on Indian soil in 2015, she knew India was her future. Having gained the luxury of a location independent career, she's now fully based in Bangalore. From here she's building her YouTube business by sharing her love for India and exploring.

Ivana stopped by the studio and here's our chat!

Founded in 2014, Bengaluru-based drone tech startup Skylark Drones provides worksite intelligence to enable accurate business decision-making using drone data. Skylark Drones is involved in building core infrastructure for global drone ecosystems. Skylark Drones claims that it has worked with over 100 enterprises and executed over 20,000 autonomous flights via their platform, processing more than one million images since inception.

The core products are Drone Mission Ops and Spectra. Drone Mission Ops is a full-stack drone flight solution that enables drone service providers, pilots, and enterprises to execute fast, accurate and seamless drone missions. Meanwhile, Spectra is an integrated drone data platform for enterprises to visualize their worksite and get AI-powered analytics for making better business decisions.

Entrepreneurs Mughilan Thiru Ramasamy and Mrinal Pai have known each other since they were pursuing engineering degrees from RV College of Engineering. During their time at college, the duo was also a part of Team Vyoma, an aerodynamics club where they built unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).

With a passion for innovations in the drone sector, the duo launched Bengaluru-based  Skylark Drones  to provide worksite intelligence and enable accurate business decision-making using drone data.

Soke (Grandmaster) Avinash Subramanyam, who has studied for over five decades under the greatest exponents of Taiji, Dao Yin, Lian Gong, and Qi Gong in China and Japan, is the founder of SEEFAR. His training methods have won acclaim from India's top corporate houses and the top brass of the police and the armed forces. Avinash has been conducting workshops for the armed forces and policemen, equipping them with rare skills of body and mind that prove invaluable in combat situations. Companies that invite him to train their employees in stress management have consistently given him an "exceeded expectations" score.

With over two dozen black belts to his credit, he is India's foremost health, safety, and stress management expert. Awarded the coveted Sokeship and 9th Dan under recommendation of his teacher Soke John Willson, he has the rare privilege of being bestowed the 10th Dan Red Belt. Soke Subramanyam has been awarded 2 Gold medals for broadsword and halberd at the International Taiji Competition held in Chenjiagou, China.

·  Avinash is the first Indian to have studied Ninjutsu, the art of invisibility and invincibility, from Canada.

·  He is the president of the Indian chapter of the Lian Gong Shi Ba Fa, and is licensed to teach the form at clinics and hospitals to patients recovering from trauma, stress and injury.

·  First Indian certified to develop and promote Health Qi Gong (By Dr.Cui) in India in co-operation with The Chinese Health QiGong Association, Beijing.

·  He was awarded the high rank of 7th Duan, an honour only a select few have received in the world.

·  Dao Yin has 1.5 million practitioners in 30 countries. Only 60 close disciples of the master have so far been decorated with the Rushi Di Zi award, and Avinash is one of them.

·  He is the only Indian licensed to set up a Dao Yin academy in India, and he has named it after his mentor and the founder of the art.

·  Avinash is the first Indian certified to teach Kubotan.

·  Avinash Subramanyam is the first Indian to have studied Hunyuan Taiji at Beijing Center, Beijing and Chang Chun in China and now exclusively represents Grandmaster Feng Zhiqiang’s Hunyuan Taiji in India.

Neeji, founded by Apeksha Ghia, is a mobile application that aims to provide home chefs in Mumbai with opportunities and tools to scale their businesses. The focus of Neeji is building a solid community of home chefs using a user-friendly UI and easy-to-use app. The core team of Neeji comprises women, barring the delivery partners. All functions, from marketing to operations, are managed by an all-women team. So far, it has listed over 100 chefs offering over 25 cuisines in less than three months.

Apeksha has completed her master’s degree in business administration from Mumbai University. She had been contemplating venturing into the food and beverage industry for quite a few years. Witnessing an increase in talented chefs operating from their homes, during the COVID-19 pandemic, gave Apeksha the idea of starting up Neeji which aims to bridge the gap between home chefs and their potential customers.

Had a chat with her and I hope you enjoy the conversation!

Chef Aarthi Sampath’s foray into the culinary world began with an exploration of flavors found in the diverse kitchens of Taj hotels and interning in different restaurants in Mumbai , New Delhi , Chennai and Hyderabad for 5 years  .Her passion for cooking started in her parent’s kitchen as she perused through cookbooks of figures that seemed to be in a place she could never reach.

Her curiosity for learning and exploring global cuisine brought her across the globe to America .

She specialized in Baking and Pastry and Food Service management at the prestigious Johnson & Wales Culinary school in Rhode Island and started on her internship at the Michelin star Junoon in New York City . Rising up the ranks quickly , she was Executive Chef at American Gymkhana , an upscale Indian restaurant in Orlando . She came back as Chef De Cuisine for Junoon . Chef Sampath’s control over her vision and passion for Indian cooking has brought her into a number of unique spaces. In addition to leading the kitchen for one of Junoon’s expansion projects, Aarthi was honoured to work with Chef Vikas Khanna on The “Billionaire’s Club Dinner” hosted by Prime Minister Modi at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC. She has also worked with chefs at the James Beard Foundation, events at Huffington Post and a number of exclusive cooking festivals.

Chef Sampath went on to win Chopped , A Food Network based culinary cooking competition , and competed again on Chopped Masters . She Beat Iron Chef Bobby Flay on his Food Network game show, Beat Bobby Flay , the winning dish being the biryani . She also was on Fire Masters , A Canadian based show.

She really pushed the envelope at the iconic Breslin under Chef April Bloomfield who mentored her with a deeper understanding of ingredients and techniques . She also ran a healthy food truck in Seattle that reached massive success .

Sampath is also scheduled to make prominent television appearances globally in the upcoming year. She was also a chef at the prestigious Rainbow Room at the Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Currently she is Head Chef at Chinese Tuxedo, a modern high profile Asian restaurant in New York City. She is also the consultant chef for Bombay Sandwich Company in Manhattan.

Vani Murthy, the queen of compost and renowned urban farmer, and passionate citizen leader, is one of the most active campaigners for SWM in the city. She started her SWM journey in 2008 with the Wealth out of Waste program and started making awareness activities for her co-citizens in Malleswaram. Vani has passionately tested every home composting method available. Her knowledge on recycling kitchen waste into compost, and using it to grow herbs, flowers, fruits and vegetables is held in high esteem. She also makes an effort in documentation of the methods.  She is a member of solid waste management round table and a campaigns specialist for the same, in that she very meticulously documents her experiences on Facebook and YouTube.

Vani’s organisation also launched a project called the SwachaGraha, which is a one-week composting challenge. She has touched the hearts of many and has opened their eyes to the harsh realities of our environment, waking them up to the necessity of taking action for your own needs. A homemaker who developed a change in her everyday life with a motive to reduce her household waste. She has been active in her mission to help the residents of Bangalore to manage their waste and undertake a more eco-friendly approach in general.

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