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In this episode #85, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Prof. Rajsree

Prof. Rajsree Gopal is a Hospitality professional with over 3 decades of rich experience in both Service Industry and Academics. Worked for leading Hotel chains like Taj Group of Hotels, Oakwood International and others as Head of the department and in Senior managerial positions.

She was a Professor and Head of Hotel Management in reputed Hotel Management Institutes and Hospitality Paper Setter for multiple subjects in Bangalore University.

Training Head of Corporate Facilities and at present an Independent Hospitality Trainer and Consultant and Dheya Mentor.  

She is A graduate in Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Service Management. Post-graduate in both Hotel Management and Public Administration and published numerous hospitality research Papers and articles. Was the Karnataka State and National Treasurer of PHA i.e. Professional Housekeepers Association.

Prof. Rajsree is the winner of Gemba Kaizen and Long Service in TAJ Group and Headed CSR Project for training underprivileged women.  Key Trainer for “KUSHI” project for training underprivileged women in Coorg in Hospitality ….An initiative of Tata Coffee.

Rajsree’s Tips:

• Defining Soft skills in layman terms
• Why do we need soft skills
• Hard skills vs Soft skills
• Are soft skills important for success?
• Key Soft skills
• How to develop soft skills
• How Soft skills transform or shape the personalities?
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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In this episode #84, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Partha

Partha Gopalakrishna heads the SAP competency for strategic industry verticals in North America for Tech Mahindra. He has over 20+ years of SAP consulting experience and has been with Tech Mahindra for the last 3+ years.  

He holds a Master’s degree in Business administration from Virginia commonwealth university and a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical engineering from College of Engineering Guindy, Anna University.

 Partha was hired by TCS as a part of their campus recruitment drive, during the IT boom in 1997. He started his IT career as a developer.

He got trained in SAP by SAP India in the year 2000 and since then he has been associated with the SAP technologies working in various functional, technical, program management, sales, and practice leadership roles.  He has worked across multiple industry verticals – Retail/CPG, transportation, discrete/process manufacturing, life sciences, automotive, etc. 

 Over the years, he has led various successful large SAP transformation programs at many Fortune 500 companies.  He has been actively involved in developing ERP transformation roadmaps for various customers.   is a regular speaker in various SAP forums and often writes/posts/blogs on the SAP topic on his social media?

 He strongly believes that teamwork, networking, and out-of-the-box thinking are key to a successful IT career

 He lives in Richmond, Virginia with his wife and two kids.

Partha’s Insights:

• Partha’s Career Journey & Rising up in Corporate Ladder
• Day in a life of a SAP Practice Leader
• Key Industry and IT trends in the post COVID-19 world
• Global Trends impacting the SAP market and product portfolio
• Intelligent enterprise in layman terms
• How SAP technologies help companies become intelligent enterprise?
• How to build career in SAP
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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In this episode #83, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Nikita

Nikita Gupta is based out of Seattle, USA working on her own initiative called FAANG Path.

She helps with Resume and LinkedIn review from the perspective of breaking into a top job at companies in FAANG - Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Microsoft, and more!

Nikita’s goal is to share her knowledge and help others achieve all the benefits that she learned independently.

While most people on LinkedIn treat it as an online resume, she helps students & professionals understand the value of engaging with people. Scenarios like how the audience wants to do business with AND how to create the right content to get the audience’s attention.

Before this FAANG initiative, she was helping clients understand the 'right' way to measure the impact of digital advertising, and demonstrating how effective their social strategy executions on the platform were in impacting business metrics; I have more than 6 years of experience in digital marketing and analytics working with Fortune 500 companies across various domains such as financial services,eCommerce, retail & consumer goods, and aviation.

Holds a Master's degree from Singapore Management University (SMU), Singapore, and a bachelor's of engineering in Computer Science engineering.

Areas of experience: Consulting, Resume Coach, LinkedIn Coach, Customer Insights, Digital Marketing, Retail & Consumer Goods, Customer Strategy, Marketing Analytics, Product Management. 

Nikita’s Tips:

• Nikita’s Career Journey & Starting her venture “FAANG Path”
• Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix & Google – How they hire differently?
• Tips for creating a great LinkedIn Profile
• Resume Tips & stages in resume building
• Insights on the US Job market
• Themes addressed in FAANG Path
• Experience working with diversified background – East and West
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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Nikita’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/guptanikita16/

Her company (FAANGPATH):

LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/faangpath/

Website: https://faangpath.com/

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In this episode #82, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Harsha

Harsha Bellur serves as EVP and CIO at James Avery Jewelry. Since joining the company eight years ago, he has led a strategic transformation of business operations and guest experiences in this vertically integrated company. In this role, he provides a customer-driven technology vision and leadership for delivering business value across retail and e-commerce, distribution, supply chain, and manufacturing among other functions. Prior to James Avery, Harsha spent over 13 years at AMF Bowling, the world’s largest owner/operator of bowling centers. There he held various technical roles in a progressively responsible career ultimately serving as CIO for 6 years. 

Harsha has over two decades of experience in industries including technology consulting, retail, manufacturing, leisure/entertainment, and foodservice. Throughout his career, he has championed innovation with a focus on the customer, and customer experience that has gained industry recognition.

Harsha offers a unique blend of deep technical expertise and excellent business acumen to envision and leverage technologies that enhance business value.

Harsha holds an MBA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MS in Computer Science from the University of Mysore, India.

Harsha’s Tips:

• Harsha’s Career Journey & Rising up in Corporate Ladder
• Which one is my favorite role in Technical vs Management?
• Who should prefer Technical Roles & Continue pursuing Technical path
• Who should prefer management roles?
• What does it take to succeed in Technical roles?
• What does it take to succeed in Management roles?
• Something Techies should not do in their careers or professional life?
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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Harsha’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harshabellur/

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In this episode #81, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Supriya

Supriya Sahai is a mother of two brilliant human beings

Alumni of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad

Certified Edward De Bono - Creative Thinking Methods

EQi 2.0, Emotional Intelligence assessor - certified by the American Association of Psychology

MTA certified for Team building and Leadership, London

Supriya is passionate about youth transformation. She is associated with Ureka Group, Dubai to conduct Leadership sessions for MBA students coming from India for International Induction. She facilitates the Design Thinking for Innovation and Social Change workshops for young adults with a youth learning center in Dubai.

She began her coaching journey to transfer the immense possibilities to business owners and executives in the corporates.

She successfully conducted training sessions at Falconpack, Intertec Systems, Unity Infotech, BDO Dubai, Endress Hauser, ETA – Dubai to name a few.

Supriya’s Tips:

• Supriya’s Career Journey and why she chose to coach as a profession
• How to gain clarity about the career?
• Common themes observed while coaching clients
• Why people overthink about careers?
• Her opinion on Career Calling
• Myths about Career Planning
• Her role model in the corporate world
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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Supriya’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/supriya-sahai/

Her YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxataY0m5OkWk7arh5dYZYw?view_as=subscriber

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In this episode #80, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Vasanth

Vasanth Aditya is an enterprising, dynamic lawyer with a difference. He wears many hats; 

Vasanth is not only a lawyer of high repute but also a Market analyst, Economist, Researcher, Entrepreneur, Management Consultant, Trainer, and Law teacher.

With enthusiasm coupled with considerable experience at a relatively young age, he won several cases for the rights of minorities, farmers, and paramilitary forces that were of national importance.

Vasanth has fought several pro-bono cases for the rights of the LGBT community, women’s rights, farmers, and other minorities. He was instrumental in the probe and investigation of online data theft (Cybercrime) that was featured in many newspapers and television.

Vasanth is a product of one of the leading educational institutions in Bangalore and later earned his law degree from Pondicherry. He has also done his Masters Diploma in Intellectual Property from the prestigious NLSIU. He also possesses a Master’s degree in Economics and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from Symbiosis, a top-notch Management Institute.

On the corporate front, he worked as Consulting Analyst/ Researcher/Project Manager for various firms within FMCG, Finance in both Indian and foreign MNCs in addition to working on a Harvard University project.

Vasanth has authored two legal texts, newspaper columns, and several international papers.. He is also currently directing a documentary titled “Cleaning the courtroom”

Vasanth’s Tips:

• Vasanth’s Career Journey
• Corporate Ethics definition
• How to ensure employees are fully aware of Orgn. Values
• Employee Rights & Employer responsibilities
• Example of non-compliance and how it impacted reputation of an Organization
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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Vasanth’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasanth-adithya-j-b7068417/

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In this episode #79, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Vandana

Vandana Mohture is a Mindset Coach and the founder of MindArt Coaching and Consulting.

As a mindset coach, Vandana works with individuals and groups to develop an empowering mindset, gain self-leadership, and build emotional resilience. 

She conducts 1:1 and group coaching sessions to help decode the power of thinking. 

A Computer Science Engineer by qualification, Vandana served the software industry for 10 years before making a career shift. 

Having worked across India, the US, and Australia….. She realized that the one gift which can help everyone achieve their best is a healthy mindset.

And to achieve that, she helps in coaching others to become extraordinary.

Vandana’s Tips:

• Vandana’s definition of an extraordinary life!
• Carving out the extraordinary life
• How negativity hinders the path of getting extraordinary
• How to stay positive during adversity
• 1st of the 5 principles for achieving excellence
• Achieving excellence personally, within the family, and at the office
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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Vandana’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vandanamohture/

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In this episode #78, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Phani

Phani Mantravadi is a Technology and Product Leader with over 20 years of technology and product space, he has extensively involved in ideation, design, and implementing systems over a large scale across Retail, E-Commerce, Digital businesses. Phani keeps both the Customer and Technology at heart, Loves to Innovate new areas, explores possibilities for automation, and develop solutions around IoT and Data.

An Author, Mentor, Speaker, Industry Expert, and Board member for MREC Institutions. He has delivered various guest sessions in the space of technology, leadership, and engineering. Phani is now with us here to share his insights through our podcast series.

Phani’s Insights:

• Phani’s Career journey, passion for educating
• Advantages of being a differentiator
• How Success is linked with being different
• Strong 50 over rule – Phani’s Mantra
• How to be different during pandemic/unprecedented situations
• The motivation for being a positive influencer
• One piece of advice for the young & mid-career professionals

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In this episode #77, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Rathinaswamy

With a strong motto of his Life: ‘’To Live Life of choices and not of compulsions’’, Sri Rathinaswamy has a diverse professional & entrepreneurial experience 

He worked for Amaravathi Venkatesa Group of companies, BRIT/DAE Govt of India, and also served as  Nuclear Medicine Technologist & Radiation Safety Officer in Hospitals.

15 years as Full-Time Director in-charge of Operations. Marketing and Network Development for Thyrocare Technologies Ltd, World’s Largest Centralised Diagnostic Network. 

Acquiring Wealth did not motivate Srirathnawsamy so he took a decision to Quit overnight to pursue Serving the Society at the age of 48 Yrs.

He is a Founder & Chief Mentor @MiDNA Global, developing a network of Certified Brain Profiling Counsellors, Consultants, and Mentors with core themes as SMART LIVING. It focuses on Teaching, Coaching, Earning, Pairing & Parenting helping human beings to Explore, Engage, Excel & Experience the Joy of Life.

Rathinaswamy’s Insights:

• Rathinaswamy’s life journey & philanthropy
• Quitting Thyrocare in search of his calling
• IKIGAI & Finding purpose of life
• What is Genetic Brain Profiling?
• How GBP helps someone discover themselves?
• 99 monkey theory!
• MIDNA Global and its vision & Mission
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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Rathinaswamy’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rathinaswamy-a-78265a70/

Midna Global: http://midnaglobal.com

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In this episode #76, the hosts Naveen Samala & Sudhakar Nagandla interacted with another guest Sandeep

Sandeep Maity is an Industrial B2B Sales, Marketing, Strategy, Services, and consulting leadership professional with over 3 decades of experience having worked in various Indian/Global companies like L&T, ABB, Danfoss, LAPP.

He has his own consulting company which offers services to Indian companies, MNC’s, Startups along with Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises MSMEs.

Sandeep’s Insights:

• 3 decades of Career Journey
• Observations from mentoring MBA Students
• Career options for MBA marketing mgmt
• Business to Business B2B career prospects?
• Top attributes required to succeed in B2B space
• Skills for MBA students not taught in B schools
• Why Sandeep has started his own venture
• Tips for those aspiring to MAKE BIG in their CAREER

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Sandeep’s LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeepmaity/

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