This Round Is On Me with Gauri Devidayal

The education system has no choice but to advance itself and grow to adapt to the digital system. The digital tools are here to stay and the opportunities of remote learning are endless.

23 year old entrepreneur, Akanksha Chaturvedi, the Founder & CEO of Eduauraa, an Ed-Tech venture that aspires to provide high quality education at an affordable cost. Realising that education is the central pillar of any country and that access to education should not be linked to a child's social economic background, she aims to make Eduauraa the Netflix of education, a household concept that democratizes it. She has completed her undergraduate degree from London and her master's from New York. Upon arriving back to India she realised that There was a big gap between the social economic conditions of children wanting to get quality education coma which led her to realise that Ed-Tech companies were not focused on accessibility to all.

On this episode, Akanksha discusses the steps she took to ensure that her Passion to cover this gap and make digital education and extremely affordable avenue for children from all walks of life while understanding the drawbacks of the current education system and fine-tuning basic education to be exciting and approachable for students. Tune in for a truly inspiring conversation.

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You can reach out to and follow Gauri @gdevidayal on Instagram / @gauridetails on Twitter.

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As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, the remarkable resilience of India's healthcare industry has been on display.
This week, Gauri is joined by Dr. Sanjay Arora, Founder & MD - Suburban Diagnostics and is a known leader in the diagnostics and healthcare industry. He has studied and trained at the esteemed J.J. Hospital, TATA Hospital, the Johns Hopkins Hospital and Henry Ford Hospital in the US. His visionary approach towards women’s health has helped bring a change and improve the health outcomes and health indices in our country.
Dr. Sanjay is also a global traveller, amateur chef, travel photographer and DJ, who loves sharing his entrepreneurial journey, experiences and learnings.

On this episode, Dr. Sanjay talks to Gauri about what it was like leading a healthcare company in a global health crisis, how the global situation brought in a lot of purpose and pride in the organisation, the problems faced in the lockdown by employees in the service industry, why access to quality healthcare is limited in India, how healthcare development has been accelerated because of the pandemic, and lots more. Tune in for a truly insightful conversation.

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Today, Enrich is one of the largest salon chains in the country with 87 company-owned and operated outlets spread across six cities and serving over 1.5 lack customers every month. However, global lockdowns have affected all businesses, salons especially.
This week, Gauri is joined by Vikram Bhatt, Founder & Director of Enrich Hair & Skin Solutions, to talk about why he calls himself 'the accidental entrepreneur', building the Enrich brand over the last 20 years into what it is today, what countrywide lockdowns have been like for Enrich's chain of salons, the kind of changes they have had to make, how one should be making business decisions in times like these when the future of various industries is uncertain, why getting a haircut and other salon services at home might seem like a safer option to some people moving forward, his words of advice to other entrepreneurs, and lots lots more. Tune in for an extremely frank and important conversation.

Follow Vikram on Twitter & Instagram: https://twitter.com/vikramBhatt2706 and https://instagram.com/vikram.bhatt

You can reach out to and follow Gauri @gdevidayal on Instagram / @gauridetails on Twitter.

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One thing the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't changed is the retail consumption of wine. In fact, even with restaurants closed down, drinking just moved from locations to homes instead.
On this episode, Gauri is joined by a pioneer in the Indian wine space - Rajeev Samant, Founder & CEO of Sula Vineyards. Rajeev has had innumerable firsts in India - from planting the first Sauvignon blanc, to revolutionising wine tourism with India's first winery tasting room in 2005, to opening the first winery resort 'Beyond By Sula' in 2007, and the country's first vineyard music festival 'Sula Fest', all of this leading to a thriving local wine industry in India, and bringing global recognition and a fan following for Indian wine and the Sula brand.
On this episode, Gauri talks to Rajeev about how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted wine producers and vineyards in India, how they recovered from a country-wide lockdown where all sale of alcohol was prohibited, Sula's decision to diversify into international wines a few years back, how these times have affected international sales as well, how the wine industry is able to generate rural and village level employment, why so few entrepreneurs enter the space of wine production, the growth of wine tourism, and lots more.

Follow Rajeev on Twitter & Instagram: https://twitter.com/RajeevSula and https://instagram.com/goabum

You can reach out to and follow Gauri @gdevidayal on Instagram / @gauridetails on Twitter.

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This week, Gauri Devidayal is joined by fellow podcasters and hosts of the Feeding 10 Billion podcast - Varun Deshpande and Ramya Ramamurthy. Varun is the Managing Director at The Good Food Institute India and Ramya is their Communications Specialist, an accomplished media professional and the author of the book 'Rebuild: How Brands in India Overcame Crisis and Emerged Stronger, Better, Wiser'. The Good Food Institute is highly involved with building the future of food by working with scientists, foundations, governments, entrepreneurs and corporations to advance the plant-based and cultivated protein sector. Their mission now is to build a more healthy, sustainable and just global food systems starting right here in India.

On this episode, Gauri talks to the two guests about the future of food and food delivery systems, plant-based diets and cell-based foods, about the history of The Good Food Institute, how and why it was formed, how we can ensure just and fair distribution of food in the future, the next food revolution, and lots more. Tune in for an eye opening conversation.

Follow The Good Food Institute: https://instagram.com/thegoodfoodinstituteindia

Follow Varun on Instagram & Twitter: https://instagram.com/varoonfive and https://twitter.com/varund7

Follow Ramya on Instagram & Twitter: https://instagram.com/ditheringfunambulist and https://twitter.com/crypticcaprice

You can reach out to and follow Gauri @gdevidayal on Instagram / @gauridetails on Twitter.

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It is said that one of the key qualities of a successful leader is authenticity.

This week, Gauri is joined by the inspiring Ashu Khanna, Motivational Speaker, Author, Leadership Coach and Founder & CEO, Arka Leadership, to talk about how one can become a good leader. They discuss the qualities of a good leader, how Ashu came to recognise herself as a leader in the first place, what leadership and the term 'boss' mean for Ashu, how leadership is a way of life, meeting people who have the title of 'leader' but don't know how to lead, authentic leadership, why Ashu left the corporate world to do what she is doing today, the aspect of competition, how leaders should deal with crisis in an authentic manner, why it's important to have faith in your team, and lots more. Tune in for much indeed insight on the evergreen subject of leadership.

Follow Ashu on Twitter & Instagram: https://instagram.com/coachashukhanna and https://twitter.com/CoachAshuKhanna

You can reach out to and follow Gauri @gdevidayal on Instagram / @gauridetails on Twitter.

You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

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For a lot of us, the benchmark for a great meal is if we're still thinking about it long after we've had it. This greatly applies for the dishes prepared by Garima Arora, Chef Owner, Gaa & Here, and the guest on this episode of This Round is On Me.

Garima is the first Indian woman chef to be awarded with a Michelin Star, and she was also named 'Asia's Best Female Chef' in 2019. After graduating from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris, she worked at the famous restaurant Noma in Copenhagen, learning alongside René Redzepi. She returned to Asia in 2016 and was appointed the sous-chef at Gaggan in Bangkok, and then went on to open her own restaurant 'Gaa' in 2017, an innovative and modern fine dining establishment. More recently, she has opened a new restaurant called 'HERE', also in Bangkok.

On this episode, Gauri and Garima talk about what all the accolades she has won mean to her, how they affect her business, how restaurants have been evolving during the times of coronavirus, what the last few months have been like for Garima and her team, how they went from being fully booked to 40% of capacity, the hardships and difficulties of shutting down a running restaurant, her plans for opening back up, how she looks at this as a time to try out all the unique ideas she has wanted to, Thailand being an extremely saturated market for delivery restaurants, her amazing Food Forward India programme, and lots more! Do tune in.

Follow Garima on Instagram: https://instagram.com/arorgarima

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This week, Gauri is joined by a master of communication - Matt Abrahams, educator, author, coach, podcaster and co-founder of Bold Echo LLC. Matt is also a professor of Effective Virtual Communication and essentials of Strategic Communication at Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

On this episode, Gauri and Matt have an absolutely fascinating conversation about what 'strategic communication' and goal-based communication really mean, why it's important for leaders to be vulnerable and communicate authentically, what the biggest challenges for companies are with regards to communication and how they can overcome them, understanding what your audience needs to hear, how organisations can create a culture of communication and collaboration, how the global lockdowns could affect and change communication in the long term. Most important of all, Matt also talks about what people can do to overcome the fear of public speaking, or atleast how we can learn to manage it. Tune in for this and so much more.

Check out Matt's book: https://www.nofreakingspeaking.com/thebook/

Matt's consulting: boldecho.com

Also check out Matt's podcast: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/think-fast-talk-smart-podcast

Follow Matt on Instagram @mattabrahams

You can reach out to and follow Gauri @gdevidayal on Instagram / @gauridetails on Twitter.

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This week, Gauri is joined by serial entrepreneur Rishi Khiani, Founder & CEO of KaamPe, a well known name in the media, consumer tech and enterprise space. He is also the co-founder of Fork Media and Revolutionary Fitness and has been involved in founding multiple successful startups before this like Urban Eye Media (acquired by Network 18 group) and Scootsy (acquired by Swiggy). Rishi has also led two of India's largest conglomerates as the CEO of Times Internet Ltd. and the founding COO of Web18.

On this episode, Gauri and Rishi discuss various things that Rishi has learnt over his long and storied career, his love for disrupting the standard and the norm, what drives him and what his long term goals are when setting up a new venture, and how he finds the right business idea before starting out. Rishi also imparts some fascinating insights on us such as how to identify and build the right team for your business, the importance of honesty with team members, the rapid pace at which tech around us seems to be evolving - especially in the past year or so, and lots more. Tune in for an inspiring conversation.

Follow Rishi on Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn at: https://instagram.com/urbaneye ; https://twitter.com/urbaneye ; https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishikhiani

You can reach out to and follow Gauri @gdevidayal on Instagram / @gauridetails on Twitter.

You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.

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