The Vision-Nari Podcast

In episode 41, our Vision-Naris are Kimaya Hemdev and Krusha Malkani, Co-founders of The Pink thread - A collective which aims to inspire, empower and support women in corporate India. Both Kimaya and Krusha hold senior positions at thriving organisations, Kimaya being the Marketing Head at upGrad for Business and Krusha being the Director and Head of Asia at Sociabble. Tune in as they talk about why they started Pink Thread, their mission in building this collective, and how they plan to bring real change through this. 

If you’d like to read stories of Inspirational women, you can visit thepinkthread.com

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In episode 40, our Vision-nari is Tara Singh Vachani, Executive Chairman of Antara Senior Living and Vice Chairman of Max India. Antara is a first of its kind senior living space in India which opened its first residence community in Dehradun and has been growing ever since. Tune in as Tara talks about her journey with building Antara, the taboos and roadblocks she faced, her larger role in Max Group, and her personal voyage as a mother.

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In episode 39, our Vision-nari is Pompy Sridhar. Pompy is the India director at MSD for Mothers - An initiative which aims to standardise maternal quality care in private sector facilities across India. India has one of the highest numbers of maternal deaths globally and Manyata for Mothers is aiming to change this is by ensuring that women receive quality care throughout their pregnancy and childbirth. Tune in as Pompy talks about the impact of this initiative and how it’s reducing maternal mortality across the country. If you’d like to know more about the Manayata initiative or would like to donate to their cause, please visit https://www.manyataformothers.org/ ---- Find me on Instagram @vision.nari and tell me what did you think of this episode. I'd love to hear your thoughts. If you liked the episode, please rate/review on Apple Podcasts. It'll help us amplify these stories. Thank you for tuning in. 

In episode 38, our Vision-Nari is Dipika Jaikishan, COO & Co-founder, Basis which is a first-of-its-kind platform, aimed at enabling women to achieve financial independence. Dipika has over a decade's experience with wealth management and FinTech in India and has conducted more than 1200 financial wellness workshops. Tune in as Dipika shares how Basis is helping women to make informed financial decisions and her learnings through this journey.

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In episode 37, our Vision-Nari is Neeti Goel. She’s a Restauranteur and co-founder of Khaana Chahiye, an NGO started as a relief operation during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mumbai. With a team of more than 600 volunteers, they have served around 47 lakh meals to migrant workers and slum dwellers and also provide ration kits around the city. Neeti is also the co-founder of the Ghar bhejo campaign with Sonu Sood and she’s also starting a new initiative called Raahat chahiye to help people with oxygen. Tune in as Neeti shares on ground stories of hunger during this pandemic and how a regular citizen can help and contribute.

Please go to khaanachahiye.com and donate as much as you can. Let’s fight hunger together.

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In episode 36, our Vision-Nari is Radharani Mitra. She’s the global creative advisor at BBC Media Action with over 30 years of experience across new and legacy media. Radharani has spearheaded many national and international public service campaigns such as the Condom Ringtone, mHealth innovations like Mobile Kunji, Mobile Academy and Kilkari, a TV drama on gender called AdhaFULL and many others. Tune in as Radharani talks about her love for storytelling and her experience working on these impactful campaigns at BBC media action.

If you’d like to Donate to BBC Media Action or would like to know more about their work, you can visit www.bbc.co.uk/mediaaction/

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In episode 35, our Vision-Nari is Neoma Gupta. Neoma is a criminal lawyer by profession, a mother, and a philanthropist. Being mentored by renowned senior lawyers like former Union Minister Arun Jaitley and her father Kailash Vasdev, Neoma’s contribution extends beyond the courtroom. Her recent initiative, ‘Old is Bold’ aims at empowering the skilled elderly in our society by giving them a platform to showcase their work and connecting them directly to buyers. Tune in as Neoma talks about the legal practice during the pandemic, her vision for ‘Old is Bold’ and her journey so far.

Watch out this space to get the update on ‘Old is Bold’.

In April, 2020 when we were all seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases around the world, I invited Dr. Poornima Bajwa, a resident physician at UC Davis Medical Centre in California, on the show to get an expert’s opinion on this novel coronavirus and understand what healthcare experts were witnessing on the ground. Dr. Bajwa spoke at length about dealing with this crisis and the precautions undertaken by her and her colleagues at the hospital. Unfortunately, towards the end of 2020 she contracted COVID-19 and her experience of dealing with this virus was nothing like she expected. So I invited her again to Vision-nari and in this episode she shares everything that transpired since we last spoke - her encounter with COVID-19, residual effects of this virus, her experience taking the vaccine shot, and reasons why we should trust the vaccine.

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In episode 33, our vision-nari is Rachel Goenka, CEO & Founder of The Chocolate Spoon Company - A hospitality venture with a chain of chic restaurants, bakeries, and patisseries. A young businesswoman, at 24 Rachel embarked on her entrepreneurship journey and currently, her restaurant portfolio comprises of 17 outlets and 2 central kitchens across Mumbai  and Pune. She has also authored a book called ‘Adventures with Mithai’ and is also the youngest member of the Management Committee of the National Restaurants Association of India (NRAI). Tune as Rachel shares her journey and also talks about the repercussions of the current pandemic on the restaurant industry.

Check out her Instagram pages:

Sassy Teaspoon - https://www.instagram.com/sassyteaspoon/

The Sassy Spoon - https://www.instagram.com/thesassyspoon/

House of Mandarin - https://www.instagram.com/houseofmandarin/

Wicked China - https://www.instagram.com/wickedchina/

Baraza - https://www.instagram.com/barazapune/

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In episode 32, our Vision-Nari is Aparna Rajawat, founder of Pink Belt Mission: An NGO which works towards empowering women and children by providing health awareness, safety techniques, legal rights, cybercrime, self-defense, computer literacy, and vocational training. The organisation is also awarded a Guinness World Record for organizing the largest self-defense session.

If you were inspired by Aparna’s story and would like to donate to Pink Belt Mission, please visit pinkbeltmission.org.

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