Dr Prasanna Tantri is an Associate Professor in the Finance area and Executive Director of the Centre for Analytical Finance at ISB. His research areas include- banking, financial inclusion, financial contagion, regulation, and the relationship between politics and finance. He teaches a course on Indian financial systems.

Ananth Krishna is lawyer, author and commentator. He has a deep interest in constitutional law and follows the politics and culture of Kerala closely. Ananth is on Twitter @Ananth_Krishna_

Hukmdev Narayan Yadav is a politician from Bihar, who has been Union Minister of State. He is the recipient of Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award. He represented the Madhubani constituency of Bihar in 1977, 1999, 2009, and 2014. He was with Socialist Party in 1960s and various faces of Janata Dal and its off-shoots in 1980s, but later he joined Bharatiya Janata Party.  

Yadav is known for his fiery speeches in the parliament. In August 2018, Yadav was recipient of Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2014-2017 period and was felicitated at an event at the central hall of Parliament.

Radhavallabh Tripathi is one of the senior-most professors of Sanskrit in the country.  Widely acclaimed for his original contributions to the study of Natyashastra and Sahityashastra, he has published 129 books, 187 research papers and critical essays as well as translations of more than 30 Sanskrit plays and some classics from Sanskrit into Hindi.

He has received more than 25 national and international awards and honours for his literary contributions.   He has been authoritatively referred in various research journals on Indology. Some literary journals have published special numbers dedicated to his life and writings.

J. Sai Deepak is an engineer-turned-litigator, practising as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. he has been part of several landmark matters, such as the ones relating to the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and Basmati Geographical Indications.  

India, That Is Bharat, his first book in a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution. You can order your copy here: https://www.amazon.in/India-that-Bharat-Civilisation-Constitution/dp/9354352499

Sai's second book of the Bharat trilogy 'India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of Sandwiched Civilisation' is releasing on 23rd August. Order your copy here: https://www.amazon.in/India-Bharat-Pakistan-Constitutional-Civilisation/dp/9354353010

Pankaj Saxena is Co-Founder, Bṛhat and Director, Cultural Research, Bṛhat. He is an author who writes on Hindu temples, Indian art, literature, history and culture. He is also deeply interested in cultural anthropology, evolutionary biology and ecology. He has visited more than 600 ancient Hindu temples on his temple trails.

Ami Ganatra is an alumna of Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). A management professional, she is also a devout yoga practitioner, a certified yoga instructor, and a student of Sanskrit and Indian knowledge systems.  

In her latest book, 'Ramayana Unravelled: Lesser Known Facets of Rishi Valmiki’s Epic', Ami attempts to address some key concerns: How did his childhood and youth shape Rama? Why did Rama agree to go on vanvas – was it only to obey his father or was there more to it? How was the relationship of Rama and Seeta? Is the Ramayana inherently misogynist, considering the characterisation of Seeta, Shurpanakha, Kaikeyi and Tara? What led to the downfall of Ravan? and more.  

Her earlier book 'Mahabharata Unravelled: Lesser-Known Facets of a Well-Known History' brought to light fascinating details and aspects of the people and events in the great epic not commonly known and answered some often-asked questions and clarified prevalent myths.

Kaushal S. Inamdar is an Indian music composer and singer in Marathi and Hindi movies. His work in music spans from composing music for films, television, drama to events, concerts in Hindi and Marathi, composing music for ballets, advertisements, and also albums.

0:00 Introduction 1:26 नए संगीत जैसी कोई चीज नहीं है? 5:04 सारा खेल 12 सुरों का है 6:28 🎵 पंछी बनूँ उड़ती फिरूँ 🎵 8:14 🎵 कजरारे कजरारे तेरे कारे कारे नैना 🎵 11:13 क्या सभी संगीतकार धुनें चुराते हैं? 12:17 लता जी Vs मदन मोहन जी 🎵 माई रे 🎵 19:35 Musicians don’t get angry if you accuse them of plagiarism 20:38 क्या महान संगीतकार भी धुन उठाते हैं? 27:37 बॉलीवुड में संगीत का एकीकरण हो गया है - गानों में फ़र्क़ ही नहीं पता चलता 29:13 आज संगीत इतना तेज क्यूँ हो गया है? पहले slow म्यूज़िक होता था 33:59 क्या भारतीय संगीत का पतन हो रहा है? 38:00 भारतीय संगीत का भविष्य 44:55 Lack of talent in Bollywood music 46:00 संगीत का पंजाबीकरण 51:15 Popular music is immoral 53:01 ऐसा कोई नहीं है जिसको म्यूज़िक की समझ ना हो 1:03:04 Lyrics and Music don’t go together these days!

Dr Amit Thadhani is a practising general surgeon and Director, Niramaya Hospital, Kharghar Navi, Mumbai, a 75-bed hospital that was a dedicated COVID-19 Hospital during the pandemic. 

0:00 Intro 1:32 Why Ayushmann Bharat failed to live up to expectations 3:32 Compensation rates for most procedures are outrageous 7:35 Understanding the economics of complicated economic procedures 9:00 Why private hospitals conduct so many tests of patients 11:55 Violence against doctors is more in Govt hospitals 16:06 Cost of an ICU patient per day - How govt harasses private hospitals 19:52 Doctors aren’t looting - People don’t understand costs of hospitals 23:41 Why costs are less in govt hospitals 26:39 Why govt is imposing 2011 rates in 2022 30:06 Side effects of bad govt policies in medical sector 35:11 Ayushman Bharat rates are 1/10th of market rates! 36:14 Govt rates are decided without applying common sense 40:15 Why some private hospitals are part of Ayushman Bharat 43:45 How govt should’ve decided rates 48:19 Scheme failed to expand medical infra 50:52 How to make Ayushman Bharat successful 54:15 Modi govt has done good work in public health 57:30 How tough govt regulations stifle medical infra capacity in India

Ratan Sharda has been awarded a PhD for his thesis on RSS. He is an author, columnist and renowned TV panelist. He has written 9 books of which 7 are on RSS, one on Guru Nanak Dev and one on Disaster Management; translated two books about RSS – The Incomparable Guruji Golwalkar and M S Golwalkar: His Vision and Mission, from Hindi to English; written by the foremost RSS thinker Shri Ranga Hari. He has edited/designed 12 books.  

His most popular books on RSS are RSS360 degree, Sangh & Swaraj, RSS – Evolution from an Organisation to a Movement, Prof Rajendra Singh Ki Jeevan Yatra and Conflict Resolution: The RSS Way.