Such Conversations Matter (SCM)

“International Diversity brings scale.” - Jim Bouman

Meet Jim Bouman, a start-up coach and investor, who is deeply interested in mentoring young start-ups especially from the developing world in Asia and Africa. He is someone who has worked with people from more than 60 countries and he is not even 30 yet! He brings in his very ‘Dutch straight-forwardness’ to conversations and yet, he is very grounded in his multi-cultural sensibility. He managed the office for a Chinese mobile game company in the Netherlands right after college and for the past two and half years he has been an integral part of this unique community of the Awaji Youth Federation on the Island of Awaji in Japan.

#globalcitizen #internationalteams #globalcommunity #usethecrisis #neverquit #saurabhnanda #suchconversationsmatter

You can follow him on LinkedIn and listen to Daily Jim, where he shares his experiences from which young entrepreneurs and professionals can learn from - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimbouman/

“The Pandemic has forced educators and institutions in India to change and use technology… We need a reset button for the Education System.” - Ankit Kapoor

1:14 - क्या आपको लगता है की हमारा जुगाड़ इ-लर्निंग और वेबिनार के लिए सफल रहा है , जब की हम लोग अभी लोखड़ौन के लिए तैयार नहीं थे।

3:26 - अIपने एक बोहोत जानी मानी सहवास रीगल ग्रुप में तीन साल से अधिक काम करने के बाद अपना कॉरपोर्रेट करियर छोड़ दिया और सोचा की टेस्ट प्रिपरेशन में जाना ह। ऐसा क्यों?

5:50 - सर क्या आपकी लर्निंग में ज़्यादा योगदान आपके कॉर्पोरेट सफर का है या आपकी एजुकेशन का ?

8:09 - सर टेस्ट प्रिपरेशन ही क्यों जब की इंडस्री में और भी ओप्तिओंस थे सेलेक्ट करने के लिए?

9:05 - तोह आपको इंडियन एजुकेशन सिस्टम में कितना एक्सपीरियंस हो गया है लगभग?

9:43 - तोह आपके बारह साल के एक्सपीरियंस में आप क्या कहना चाहेंगे की इंडियन एजुकेशन सिस्टम क्या है और कैसे है ये ?

12:50 - हमारे देश का एजुकेशन सिस्टम दुनिया में टस्सरे स्थान पर है अगर क्वांटिटी की बात करे लेकिन फिर भी ये स्ट्रक्चर्ड नहीं है, स्रमलीनेड नहीं ह। आपको क्या लगता है इसमें कोई बदलाव आएगा ?

15:28 - बांग्लादेश की एक स्टडी में पाया गया की किस तरह से उन्होंने अपने टेक्सटाइल इंडस्ट्री को स्ट्रॉमलिने और स्ट्रक्चर किय। साथ की साथ वह पर आई टी इंडस्ट्री ना होने के बावजूद बांग्लादेश में भारत के मुकाबले ज़्यादा आई टी फ्रीलांसर है ? आपका क्या कहना है इसके ऊपर?

18:19 - क्या आपको लगता है की लोखड़ौन की इस माहौल में जो बदलाव आया है उसमे अन्नअकादेमी और बाइजु जैसे कंपनी सही दिशा में काम कर रहे है?

22:14 - हमारे टीचर्स का टेक्नोलॉजी की तरफ देखने का नजरिया टेक्नोलॉजी की ताक़त और उसकी सही समझ कब आएगी?

25:09 - लेकिन कोरोना के बाद जब स्कूल कॉलेज खुलेंगे तब भी क्या इस टेक्नोलॉजी का इतना इस्तेमाल होगा?

28:29 - अगर बात कंदरिया विधालय और मुन्सिपल स्कूल की करे तोह वह पर इस टेक्नोलॉजी को कैसे लाया जाए?

33:20 - क्या आपको लगता है पालिसी मेकिंग में सर्कार के साथसाथ प्राइवेट प्लेयर्स को भी आना चाहिए ?

36:10 - क्या आपको लगता है की इ-लर्निंग में हमे सिर्फ कंटेंट बनाने की बजाये और भी बातो पर ध्यान देना चाहिए ?

37:53 - पेरेंट्स अपने बचो कलिए महंगे से महंगा स्कूल और फिर टूशन रखते है लेकिन रियलिटी बोहोत अलग ह। ये कब बहार आएगी और सुधरेगी?

40:35 - क्यों सरकारी तोह सरकारी लेकिन प्राइवेट कॉलेजेस में भी टीचर्स की सैलरी काम ह। क्या इसके पीछे कोई विशेष कारन है?

41:34 - क्या कारन है की बड़े बड़े सरकारी कॉलेज में तोह पे स्केल अच्छा है लेकिन फिर भी हमे क्वालिटी टीचर्स नहीं मिलते?

45:58 - भारत एक इंडस्ट्रियल देश बनाना चाहता है लेकिन स्किल लेबर बनाने के लिए स्किल एजुकेशन , पॉलिटेक्निक कॉलेज की तरफ ध्यान जीरो ह। ये गैप कैसे बारे जाएगा?

Meet Ankit Kapoor, the Director of Pratham Education and IIFM, New Delhi. The company is a leader of non-science undergraduate test-prep in the Delhi NCR market. He has led the company for the past 12 years and teaching more than 80,000 students and consistently getting the best results in the industry. He is a through and through management guy, doing his BBA from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, DU and MBA from IMT Ghaziabad. He has been shaping his company into an ed-tech company for the past 5 years now.

Pratham website - https://www.prathamonline.com

Ankit Kapoor LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankitkapoor1982/

#elearning #edtech #edtechteachers #webinars #webinar #education #onlineeducationplatform #onlineeducation #india #onlineeducationindia #careerconsultant #careeradvice #careercounselling #careercounseling #saurabhnanda #prathamonline #suchconversationsmatter

India is crazy for engineers but is it crazy for engineering?

Meet Suneel Jangir, an aeronautical engineer turned teacher, who prepares engineers for further education and work options. He has taught around 10,000 engineers in India and has recently started his own ed-tech venture Engenius. This conversation focusses on how most Indian engineering students and engineers think, how the society thinks about Engineers, and what impact it has on engineers’ innovation thinking.

#innovation #engineering #indianengineer #Jugaad #saurabhnanda #usethecrisis #suchconversationsmatter

VIsit Engenius - https://engenius.in

"Nothing changes, if you are not looking for change." - Bettina Buccholtz

Meet Bettina Buchholtz, a college English teacher, and inter-cultural communications expert, from Denmark. She has taught hundreds of international students and has devised innovative activities to find a way to their minds. Over the years, she has observed international students, especially from the Indian sub-continent, and how their lives change when they decide to move abroad for education and work.

You can visit her LinkedIn profile here - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bettina-buchholtz-ba225118/

#internationaleducation #studyabroad #saurabhnanda #globalcitizens #psychology #multi-ethnic #suchconversationsmatter

“The COVID-19 negativity is leading to an emotional lockdown of their minds.” - Dr Arti Anand

An amazing first conversation with Dr Arti Anand about mental health issues during the Lockdown. Watch for insights regarding this neglected aspect of our lives from an expert.

This is the first conversation of the series. I am going to have a weekly series about Mental Health with mental health expert Dr Arti Anand, Consultant Clinical Psychologist at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi. She has more than 22 years of experience in the field and is regularly mentioned in print media. I had the privilege of learning from her during my internship at the Department of Psychology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital.

#mentalhealth #lockdownanxiety #depressioninlockdown #usethecrisis #neverquit #saurabhnanda #suchconversationsmatter

Moving towards a “Citizen Powered Information Repository”. Ashish Rana, a social tech entrepreneur, explains the need for better communication requirements between the government and its citizens and has a way in which this can be achieved.

Ashish is a computer engineer from NIT Jalandhar, who has in the past worked with companies like MakeMyTrip.com. His social entrepreneurship idea of Qbila has been incubated by IIM Ahemdabad and was presented at Harvard University. You can read his white paper here:

https://inclusive.growthlab.cid.harvard.edu/ashish-rana

His new venture Universal Native intends to re-launch Qbila and create other such services which can help in democratising the access to information.

#universalnative #citizenempowerment #socialentrepreneurship #usethecrisis #neverquit #saurabhnanda #suchconversationsmatter

“…if you’re developing your idea and/or first business, you ignore the data…” - Terrie Lloyd

Listen about international serial entrepreneurship from the horse’s mouth. Terrie Lloyd is the founder of 20 companies, so far! He migrated to Japan in 1983 and hasn’t left. He has started companies for selling PCs, magazines, online recruitment agency, tourism, and maybe in the future, fermentation! He is a consultant to some prefectural governments in Japan and has an amazing network of ex-pats in Japan and the world. And his best quality is his humility and accessibility. Listen to know more about how to find and create opportunities in Japan and just understand Japan and the Japanese.

Know more about him: https://www.linkedin.com/in/terrielloyd/; https://www.terrielloyd.com

Japan Travel: https://en.japantravel.com

#serialentrepreneurship #international #enterpreneur #saurabhnanda #suchconversationsmatter #careerconsultant #careeradvice #careercounselling #careercounseling #japan #japantravel #sourdoughbread #awajiyouthfederation #ayf

"Quality education for future generations should not be dependent on profits." - Yasuka Inoue and Emily Bailey

Meet Yasuka and Emily who manage the Awaji Kids Garden in Awaji-shi, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Yasuka founded AKG a few years back and is now the Director of the pre-school which focusses on Nature, Respect for Others, and Fostering Curiousity. Emily is the Head Teacher at AKG and is developing the curriculum for the school and publishing kids' storybooks. You can know more about them here:

AKG Website - https://en.awajikidsgarden.com

AKG Youtube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1t_qOrnpsS9zcuRMOQQI4g

#earlychildhoodeducation #montessori #awajikidsgarden #saurabhnanda #awaji #japan #suchconversationsmatter

A special episode of #SuchConversationsMatter, where I am the guest :). A bunch of high-school students decided to #usethecrisis and create opportunities for creativity for high-schoolers. They named it Bloomoquent_Digi. I was invited to be the chief guest and address all the participants. I chose to talk about #MentalHealth especially because of #sushantsinghrajpoot’s suicide which has impacted me more than I thought it would. I answer a lot of questions where adolescents ask about mental health.

#careerconsultant #careeradvice #careercounselling #careercounseling #saurabhnanda #bloomoquent

Visit Bloomoquent - https://bloomoquent.wixsite.com/mysite-2

“Bro, there are no rules, you can do whatever…” - Sid

Meet Siddhant Chaudhary, the co-founder of LifePlugin, a unique training, and development company that creates weekend events and online courses where participants get to interact in a very personal fashion with trainers and experts on various aspects of personal development. They focus on all aspects of personal development be it mental health or nutrition or increasing productivity or just hacks to improve yourself, but most importantly, they provide you with a tribe that supports you and encourages you.

Visit LifePlugin - https://lifeplugin.com

For learning more about psychedelics -

https://tim.blog/2015/03/21/james-fadiman/

https://tim.blog/2019/07/15/psychedelics-microdosing-mind-enhancing-methods/

#personaldevelopment #personalgrowth #lifeplugin #saurabhnanda #suchconversationsmatter #careerconsultant #careeradvice #careercounselling #careercounseling #misfits