Radhika Jakku is the Director of Tech Mash Solutions, based in Hyderabad, one of India’s fastest-growing tech hubs. In this episode she joins David to talk about India’s talent boom, why the country is becoming a global tech hotspot, and how her team powers software for multiple companies across the Greenman Group.

She also shares her path from a small town to leading a 38-person engineering team, the role her mother played in her education, early career setbacks after Y2K, and what it took to step up, lead, and grow. It is a story about grit, opportunity, and the rise of modern India.