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Prabhuraj Siddappa is a Retailer for Life and is passionate about Travel, Reading, Theatre, Himalayas, Calvin and Hobbes !!. He has completed Textile Engineering & MBA in Marketing & HR.

Listen to know about the discussion on Tales of Retail with Prabhu

· Insightful Journey of being a retailer for life

· Options available for youngster to explore in Retail

· Shared stories about his growing up years and favourite memories of Port Blair

· His life mantra – Follow your heart and  Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

· His time management  tips which helps him take out time for his hobbies

· Important Life skills – Surround yourself with Smarter People, Listen More, Observe, Be Empathetic and Travel More.

One of his messages to youngster is to travel more and read books  on retail

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Dr Meera Muralidharan completed her PhD in History and Teaching Fellow in the School of History, Victoria University of Wellington She has master’s in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Institute of History, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Listen to know about the discussion we had on love for history, travel food and our culture.

· Interesting journey about the love for history which made her travel places .

· Her experience as an international student and then a teaching fellow which has been really enriching one.

· She also shared the options available for youngsters if they opt for history

· She shared about her growing up years in Kochi and memories of her college days.

· Her favourite childhood memories were vacations and enjoying life with our cousins and friends.

· Embracing failures and being ok to make mistakes is among the life skills which is important

· Her hobbies included travelling, reading, hiking and dancing.

· One of her messages to youngster is to travel more as it makes you a better human being

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Rinkoo Jainn is an Author, Soft Skills trainer, Japanese Language Translator. She graduated in B.sc. (H) Maths and also got an advance diploma in Japanese Language from Delhi University.

She worked in MNC for 19 years . She moved out in 2015 and started with Japanese language training and Six Sigma Consulting. Recently her book A to Z of Ms Excel was published - A self-paced learning guide for both learners and trainers.

Listen to know about various aspects we discussed in our interactive session.

· Her journey from moving out of corporate sector to pursue something of her own.

· Her experience being a Japanese language expert

· Her reasons for falling in love with Excel

· Her experience of writing , publishing and marketing her book

· Her life mantra which makes are always full of energy and a smile on her face is having no grudges.

· Communication, Problem Solving and Stress management are important life skills according to her

· She is working on her next book which is autobiography.

· Her hobbies including teaching maths and loves music.

· Message for youngsters- Focus on Learning and acquiring Skills will help you in life .

Take life as it comes and move on as life will give you another chance.

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Kapi Poha Session Season 2

Ittefaq Series on Life Skills 

Episode 22 on Reinventing Career 

Guest Speaker: Hemant Deshpande 

Co-host : Nitin Bhagwat

 Date : 11th Dec 2021 

Hemant Deshpande is a Career Coach and a mentor for CXO & Senior Leader. He is an Electrical Engineer by qualification. He is a NLP as well as Strengthscope Practitioner. He has received Executive Coaching Certification from Canada. He is also a ICF Professional Certified Coach(PCC).

 Co-host – Nitin Bhagwat is a Manager by profession & an Artist by heart who is a curious learner. He loves to explore People and places which give him new insights & learning to grow at a personal level. 

Listen to know about  various aspects we discussed in our interactive session with Hemant Deshpande.

•His Journey as a coach from last 7 years has been fantastic & he considers it to be a great opportunity to contribute to people •His transition journey from a corporate career after working for 18 years in IT industry to an independent Leadership Coach. •He shared challenges and fears encountered during transitioning phase to becoming a Coach.  

•He mentioned about the importance of reinventing careers and ourselves which in turn helps in redesign life. His passion helped him in redesigning his life.  

•Continuous Learning & Openness to develop yourself are important life skills to have in life. 

•His quest for purpose in Life which lead him to find something fulfilling and satisfaction along with 3 crucial factors which lead to transformation  •His life Mantra is Continuous Learning in Life  

•Life skills important for transforming your life and Career -Exploration , Developing Clarity in Life goals, Moving out of Comfort Zone, Being Persistent . •He shared how he overcame his challenges  while switching from corporate career to follow his passion  

•His message to youngsters is to never settle for ordinary but extraordinary which an individual can decide for themselves. "To create a life you love". 

•He beautifully answered the question whether everyone needs a coach or not. It is not the need to have a coach but when you want to transform or your life then it's helps seeing life in a different light.  

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Kapi Poha Session Season 2

Ittefaq Series on Life Skills

Episode 21 on Importance of Coaching

Guest Speaker: KS Ramanan

Insta I'd : @kolazhi_ramanan

Date : 4th DEC 2021

K S Ramanan is an independent Learning & Development consultant-facilitator and coach. He comes with over 30 years of work experience in the corporate sector and about 4 years in the social sector.

He has created 366 Quotes of his own which has been published as a desk diary titled, ‘366 Insights for Life’. He published his first e-book, '31 Ways to Reclaim Your Happiness'. He is currently working on his next book titled, ‘Life In Small Bites’. His website www.ksramanan.com is about Sights & Insights. Sights is about his travel stories and Insights is about his lessons from life. He also writes short-form content under the category, Seeds.

Listen to know about the episode 

• His Journey as a coach

• His Transition Journey from Corporate career to becoming a coach

• Importance of Coaching & How to find a Coach?

• His Life Mantra being “In Life, look for the extraordinary in the ordinary”

• Life Skills – Curiosity, Empathy and Compassion are according to him 

• His Hobbies which included travelling, writing etc

• Message to youngsters. To be Curious in life

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Ittefaq Series on Life Skills

Episode 20 Love for Trekking

Guest Speaker: Lakshmi Selvakumaran

Insta I'd : @zerowaste_vegan_desi,@indiahikes

Date : 27th Nov 2021

Lakshmi is  Head of  Experience  at India Hikes . She handles Training an HR function for IH. She also heads our Green Trails Initiative. Personally, she is a strong advocate of zero waste and vegan lifestyle

Listen to the episode to know about

• The journey of India Hikes into the trekking world 

• Her journey of becoming part of  IH Family

• Meaning of Green Trail & its importance tips  

• The practices she follows for zero waste & tips we can follow in everyday life. 

• Impact of trekking in her  life. KGL experience  being her favourite trek and her favourite story related to Dayara Bugyal Trek.

• Benefits of trekking and key learnings from Trekking. 

• Humility is one of the important life skill is important in life.

• Her life mantra in life 

• Message to youngsters.

Loved conducting fun quiz at the end

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Amrut Deshmukh calls himself as an outdated Chartered Accountant. He is popularly known as Booklet Guy with a Mission to make India Read.

The average reading speed of most of us 150 words per minute. Amrut has increased his reading speed to 1200 words per minutes. He reads almost 1 book a day and has read 1520 books till now.

He is an Author of the book Author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective READERS”

He has 20 lakh young readers who are enthusiastically reading books with him on his free mobile app called "Booklet".

TED talk speaker (thrice) and awarded as “Youth Icon 2020”.

Listen the episode to know about

· His life mantra being taking One day at a time

· His Journey from being a CA to 3 failed startup to only successful Indian start-up with no external funding or venture capital. A completely self-funded social start-up.

· His journey of finding his mission for cultivating habit of reading amongst the youth of India ( Make India Read )

· He shares about his book “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Readers” inspired from one of his favourite Author

· He shared  about his free mobile app called “Booklet”

· According to him taking risk in life and taking the road less travelled in life is important life skill

· He shares tips about cultivating habit of reading.

· His hobbies and His passion for cooking and healthy lifestyle was also shared by him

Loved conducting the fun quiz at the end .

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 Kapi Poha Session

 Season 2 Ittefaq Series on Life Skills 

Episode 18 

Guest Speaker: Dr.Kavita Bhat Kumar

 Insta I'd : @dr.kavitasdesignersmiles 

Date : 13th Nov 2021  

She is a founder of DESIGNER SMILES Multi-speciality Dental clinic & is a dentist par excellence with over 27 years of experience in creating and enhancing smiles. She has undergone extensive training in the technical aspects of Aesthetic dentistry from Germany. She also holds a diploma in healthcare management from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She has held office in various positions within the Indian Dental Association. 

Listen to know about  

• Her Journey as a Dentist & her experience in this field for last 27 years • Her love for this profession  • 

• Importance of life skill and being adaptable in life  

•One of her Life Mantra is to have Self-Belief and not feel limited. 

• Her hobbies which included travelling ,singing and dancing 

• Her message to youngsters is to start investing early on in Live and also create a Personal Brand  • Her message to parents of young adults   

Hope you enjoy listening to  the episode along with the fun quiz at the end regarding Mumbai’s local station  

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Kapi Poha Session Season 2 Ittefaq Series Episode 17

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Vieshaka is a senior HR professional and leads initiatives for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. She is passionate about building community support groups and manages large networks focused on support for women and mothers and single parents. She is a strong ally for LGBT+ support movement in India and supports advocacy for the community at workplaces.

Listen to know about

· Her life mantra and the way she leads her life

· Her favourite childhood memories from Noida & Kolkata

· Her journey from an Environmentalist to HR professional then to leading D& Initiative along with that managing community support group and being an LGBT+ally

· Her perspective about importance of mental health specially among youngsters

· Her views  developing an attitude of never giving up life which according to her is an important life skill as well

· Her hobbies which included  reading, travelling and art. She loves reading  books written by Jhumpa Lahiri, Amitava Ghosh, Paula Coelho

· Her message to youngsters to work on conquering their fears which would help in leading a joyful life

Hope you enjoy listening to  the episode along with the fun quiz at the end

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Kapi Poha Session Season 2

Ittefaq Series on Life Skills

Episode 16

Guest Speaker: Kanupriya Prashar

Insta ID:@kp_lux

Date : 30thOCT 2021

Kanupriya Prashar is an Economist who is a graduate in Economics and  has done  post-graduation in Management .She has worked in MNCs in global roles.

Listen to know about 

 • Her views as an Economist 

 • Her life mantra along with her leadership journey

 • Her take on life skills and its importance. 

 • Her advice to youngsters when someone wants to pursue a career with Economics or transfer pricing.

 •  She shared about her love for Classical dance Odissi  and travelling along with her favourite childhood memories 

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