The Vision-Nari Podcast

In episode 21, the Vision-Nari is Richa Shrivastava. Richa is the managing partner at Maker’s Asylum, a collaborative makerspace and innovation hub. During the covid crisis, when businesses were struggling to survive, the team of Maker’s Asylum self isolated at the space to find solutions for the crisis. That’s when the idea of face shields came up. They quickly made a prototype and tested various versions with doctors and finally arrived at a design which was cheap, easy to scale, and could be made with materials available locally. Tune in as Richa talk about her journey, the on-going work at Maker’s Asylum and how they plan to collectively ship out a million face shields.

To know more about Maker’s Asylum and their initiatives, visit makersasylum.com/covid19.

In twentieth episode, the Vision-Nari is Sneha Satheendran. Sneha is the founder of Lend An Ear, an initiative working towards providing free listening space to anyone who wants to express, talk and share. Sneha is an integrative counseling psychologist and a holistic therapist with an unparalleled devotion towards making lives better one day at a time. Tune in as Sneha talks about Lend an Ear and also shares few pointers on how you can take care of your mental health under the current lockdown.

If you’d like to register for the online sessions of Lend An Ear, please fill up the registration form here.

List of NGOs providing relief during Covid-19 - Link

This is a special episode on Covid-19 and what we know about this novel coronavirus. My guest on this episode is Dr. Poornima Bajwa, a resident physician at UC Davis Medical Centre in California. I spoke with her on March 29 through a video call to ask her about what she’s seeing on the ground at the hospital, what her experience been going through all of this, and how is she along with her fellow doctors dealing with this crisis.

The doctors, nurses, and all of the healthcare workers are doing their part to fight this war and so should we by staying home and also, donating if we can. There are wonderful organisations out there that are doing some incredible work. If you’re in a position to donate to any one of these, please do. Thank you and stay safe.

In eighteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Ragini Das. Ragini is the co-founder of Leap, a powerful network of rising women leaders. Ragini along with her co-founder created this private network for women that fosters growth through impactful networking, coaching, mental wellness, and learning as well as up-skilling. Tune in as Ragini and I talk about her professional journey, why she started leap, and what’s her vision for it.

If you’d like to know more about leap, visit leap.club. 

In seventeenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Swati Rustagi, Human Resource Director at Amazon. In this Women’s Day special episode, Swati and I talk about inclusion and diversity at workplace. Swati shares her personal journey and talks about Amazon India’s carefully curated initiatives which are creating employment opportunities for women from diverse backgrounds. Tune in as Swati Rustagi shares her thoughts on measures that people can take to encourage inclusion and diversity in their workplace.

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In sixteenth episode, the vision-nari is Upma Kapoor, founder of Teal and Terra, an organic beauty and healthcare brand. Teal and Terra is Upma’s second entrepreneurial venture and being an organic beauty start-up it claims to use all natural ingredients. What is also unique about this start-up is its team which comprises of only women who all work from home. Losing both her parents to a terrible accident as a child and becoming a single mother, Upma has faced challenges with grit and strength. Tune in as I talk to Upma about her journey and her vision for future.

To know more about Teal and Terra, visit https://tealandterra.com/.

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In fifteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Naina Hiranandani, COO at Sirf Coffee, a platform that’s revolutionising dating for global Indians. Born in Mumbai, Naina studied master’s in English literature and was working with prominent luxury and fashion publications before starting the entrepreneurial journey. Tune in as Naina talks about her childhood influences, her vision with Sirf Coffee, and how it’s successfully helping clients, around the world, find meaningful relationships.

To know more about Sirf Coffee or apply to their membership, log on to sirfcoffee.com

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In fourteenth episode, The Vision-Nari is Dipika Singh. Deepika is the Founder of Life is More and runs a Youtube Channel called She Means Business where she features content that promotes personal and professional growth of women. She also has an interview series called, She Means Business Chat Show, where she talks to women doing fantastic work as an attempt to build more stories of women role models. Since the vision of She Means Business aligns so much with Vision-Nari’s, Swati Rawat talks to Dipika Singh to understand more about She Means Business and Dipika’s journey with it.

In thirteenth episode, the Vision-Nari is Silvy Kalra, a communications professional, activist, and a journalist. Silvy’s the founder of FightHer - An initiative that conducts workshops to teach girls and women including domestic workers basic self defense techniques. Being a journalist she often worked at odd hours and felt anxious traveling back home alone at night in cabs. That was when she first realised she wanted to learn self defense. She started organising self-defence classes which were slowly joined by the domestic workers in her neighbourhood. 

Tune in as Silvy talks about her vision with FightHer and how she’s expanding this initiative so that more people become aware of self-defence techniques. If you’d like to organise a self-defence class in your neighbourhood, contact Silvy at [email protected].

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In twelfth episode, the Vision-Nari is Shreyasi Singh. She’s the Founder and CEO of Harappa Education - an online learning institution that helps people build foundational Habits critical to achieve professional success and personal meaning. Shreyasi has 15 years of combined experience across broadcast and print journalism. Now, through her entrepreneurial journey with Harappa, she’s working towards her vision of building an educational platform that delivers both on impact and scale.

If you’d like to develop your hard skills like Defining Problems, Speaking Effectively, or Reasoning Logically, try Harappa by visiting harappa.education. Also, the first 25 people to write an email to Shreyasi will get the Speaking Effectively course for free. So send the mail now and don’t miss this chance. Email: [email protected]