The 'Mindbudee' Podcast

In this Quickbyte, Dr Naren shares points of inflection from this life in hindsight, his influences and their associations.

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Dr Nilima Kadambi is the Chairperson, IMA National Committee for Emotional Well-being of Medical Students & Doctors.

Dr Nilima is passionate medical professional with a focus on Holistic Wellbeing, Quality Healthcare delivery and Sustainable Healthcare financing. Her self motivation is to excel in these fields comes from my goal to "Make a Difference" to how healthcare is practiced, utilised and funded in India.

In this part of the conversation, Dr Nilima & I discussed the lessons from her 'Physics teacher' and 'Grand Mother. Dr Nilima also highlighted her playful & inquisitive childhood. The impact of local as well as global travel and the influence it had in shaping her beliefs and value system.

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Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi is a passionate ENT surgeon, Medical Device innovator, Author and a Stand-up comedian.

Since 2010, he has co-invented and developed 18 affordable medical devices addressing the unmet needs in the Indian Healthcare Ecosystem.

He is recognised as one of the 35 innovators under the age of 35 by the MIT review in 2016.

He is popular on his YouTube channel 'Jagdish Chaturvedi.'

He has also authored 3 books:

1. Inventing Medical Devices - A perspective from India.
2. The Benefits of Failing Successfully.
3. One year of Stand-up comedy.

In this episode, Dr Jagdish shared his experience by responding to the following questions.

1. What are the benefits of failing?
2. The relevance of Self-Esteem irrespective of being successful. Self-Esteem Quotient as a measure of managing failures or pitfalls.
3. His ways of Calibrating Progress.

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Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi is a passionate ENT surgeon, Medical Device innovator, Author and a Stand-up comedian.

Since 2010, he has co-invented and developed 18 affordable medical devices addressing the unmet needs in the Indian Healthcare Ecosystem.

He is recognised as one of the 35 innovators under the age of 35 by the MIT review in 2016.

Recently, Prof Sridhar Guda of IIM-K had posted a story on master & pupil wherein sons of Brahma (Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatkumara & Sanatsuiata) were in search for a Guru. They searched & approached many including the trinity (Shiva, Brahma, Vishnu). They were unhappy as each one of them enjoyed their consorts.

The story continues that Shakti (Mata) suggested Lord Shiva to adapt to the expectations of the disciples rather than the other way around. Shiva appeared in the form the disciples liked and taught them in the form they understood. This is when he takes the form of Dakshinamurthy (teacher imparting all type of knowledge) to teach wisdom through stillness & silence to the sons of Brahma.

Even the sons of Brahma went searching for a teacher, mentor or a coach. However, it is increasingly difficult to find one and when it happens, its purely through serendipity.

In this episode, Dr. Jagdish and I discussed the need for mentor in these times of change wherein the needed skillsets are rapidly emerging - faster than one could respond, adapt. We also discussed how a non-reader can still evaluate the need and author books.

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Dr Jagdish Chaturvedi is a passionate ENT surgeon, Medical Device innovator, Author and a Stand-up comedian.

Since 2010, he has co-invented and developed 18 affordable medical devices addressing the unmet needs in the Indian Healthcare Ecosystem.

He is recognised as one of the 35 innovators under the age of 35 by the MIT review in 2016.

He is popular on his YouTube channel 'Jagdish Chaturvedi.'

He has also authored 3 books:

1. Inventing Medical Devices - A perspective from India.
2. The Benefits of Failing Successfully.
3. One year of Stand-up comedy.

In this episode, Dr Jagdish shared his experience by responding to the following questions.

a. Is there an influence of formative years in the versatility of an individual?
b. Is parental pressure a need to shape one as an individual?
c. Can lifeskill be communicated through humour?
d. The importance of failing first, failing fast and failing cheap.
e. Observation & adaptation as essential skills in the VUCA or dynamic world.  

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Dr Narendra Chirmule is a Senior Leader in the Pharmaceutical and Research industry. He spent 30 years in the US, working in leadership positions at Amgen, Merck before returning back to India as Head - Research & Development at Biocon. He is now CEO & cofounder at Symphonytech Biologics. 

He is a TEDx speaker: https://youtu.be/IXilhg-34SQ

He did his PhD from Tata Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai; post-doctoral studies on pathogenesis of AIDS from Cornell University, and taught immunology at the University of Pennsylvania.

1. During this discussion, we discussed the importance of music and the genesis of art. How, work, music, & art are indivisible in his life.
2. Interplay of left & right side of the brain - An immensely gratifying journey 
3. Entrepreneur at 60 and continuing to reinvent self by acquiring additional skills while building over accomplishments, confidence.
4. Lessons & Recommendations from the COVID literature review.
5. Four segments to manage transitions effectively.

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Dr Narendra Chirmule is a Senior Leader in the Pharmaceutical and Research industry. He spent 30 years in the US, working in leadership positions at Amgen, Merck before returning back to India as Head - Research & Development at Biocon. He is now CEO & cofounder at Symphonytech Biologics.

He is a TEDx speaker: https://youtu.be/IXilhg-34SQ

He did his PhD from Tata Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai; post-doctoral studies on pathogenesis of AIDS from Cornell University, and taught immunology at the University of Pennsylvania.

In this conversation, Dr Naren discusses on his reasons to experiment with self-awareness and how the process was liberating. 'Self-awareness' is said to the meta-skill of the 21st century and how 'journaling' could be an aid in increasing self-awareness.

The reason of an imperfect world in amplifying 'Gratitude'  & how it helped avoid being in the rat race.

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Dr Narendra Chirmule is a Senior Leader in the Pharmaceutical and Research industry. He spent 30 years in the US, working in leadership positions at Amgen, Merck before returning back to India as Head - Research & Development at Biocon. He is now CEO & cofounder at Symphonytech Biologics.

He is a TEDx speaker: https://youtu.be/IXilhg-34SQ

He did his PhD from Tata Cancer Research Institute, Mumbai; post-doctoral studies on pathogenesis of AIDS from Cornell University, and taught immunology at the University of Pennsylvania.

In this conversation, Dr Naren discusses on his navigational principles, transitions, leadership lessons.

Navigational Principles:

1. Saturation in a role and the desire to do new, different things.
2. Job relevance: should be impactful to society.
3. Working with interesting people.
4. A fun place to work in.

Leadership lessons:

1. Resilience.
2. Being courageous.
3. Being calm under crisis.
4. Digging deep in understanding reason of failure.

Leadership drivers:

1. Being empathetic.
2. Compassionate.
3. Authentic.
4. Doing & saying the right things.
5. Saying the truth come what may.

 He is an amateur musician and plays a variety of rhythm instruments. He has recently started learning the flute and vocal music in the Dhrupad style. He actively worked on promoting Hindustani classical music in Los Angeles (Rupak School of world music) and Philadelphia (Sangeet Society). His passion is to “get folks together” to play music, using soundscapes and drum circles.

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'Transition Bytes' are nuggets of wisdom for quick digestion of information.

A reflection from the book ‘Gandhi: the years that changed the world’ written by Ramachandra Guha. Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford.

5 Takeaways:

1. Testing ideas: South Africa becomes pretty much like a prototype or smaller playground for Gandihji.
2. Leader looking for scale: He didn’t let his impact be limited to the 150k Indian diaspora but looked at larger impact in the scale of 300 million Indians who needed the same.
3. Navigational principles: Gandhiji’s navigational principles continued to be Hindu-muslim harmony and non-violence; economic and moral self-reliance for Indians
4. Incremental Reformer/Leader.
5. Engagement with people: Conversations as a creative process that shaped his belief from time to time.

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'Transition Bytes' are nuggets of wisdom for quick digestion of information.

A reflection from the book ‘Gandhi: the years that changed the world’ written by Ramachandra Guha. Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer based in Bangalore. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford.

5 Takeaways:

1. Testing ideas: South Africa becomes pretty much like a prototype or smaller playground for Gandihji.
2. Leader looking for scale: He didn’t let his impact be limited to the 150k Indian diaspora but looked at larger impact in the scale of 300 million Indians who needed the same.
3. Navigational principles: Gandhiji’s navigational principles continued to be Hindu-muslim harmony and non-violence; economic and moral self-reliance for Indians
4. Incremental Reformer/Leader.
5. Engagement with people: Conversations as a creative process that shaped his belief from time to time.

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