My guest Rashmi Misra is the Founder and Chairperson of an NGO called VIDYA with a mission of empowering and transforming lives through education.  VIDYA has changed the lives of hundreds and thousands of underserved children empowering them with a good education. In this episode we will also meet two girls who have benefited from her work.

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About VIDYA

VIDYA is a non-profit NGO founded over 35 years ago, VIDYA has impacted the lives of 4,00,000 people, more than half of which include girls and women. Founded in 1985 by  Rashmi Misra, it began with her teaching a class of five girls in her home on the campus of IIT Delhi.

India has already become the largest start-up ecosystem in the world, with over 100 Unicorns existing. My guest is Amit Jain, CEO and co-founder, CarDekho group and in this episode, we explore the highs and lows of entrepreneurship. Amit is passionate about his customers and sees an incredible future for “New India,” If you’re a leader or dreaming of a start-up business this is the episode for you.

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Sanjay Khanna is the CEO & Country Manager of American Express Banking Corp. India. In this Podcast Sanjay speaks about some of the key skills that are required to be a good leader. This episode is filled with good advice for your own career ladder.

One of the principle tenets he believes in is that everyone should have a dream, but how to turn that dream into a reality? Listen to this Podcast for Sanjay's wise words.

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My guest in this episode, Priya Gilbile is an Entrepreneur and a Senior Corporate Leader, she has a diversity of achievements from one of the top 100 women in the financial world to being crowned Mrs India International in 2017.  From a humble background, she had to take a job at age 16 she is a firm believer of “with great power comes great responsibility.”

Priya is currently working as the C.O.O. at ManipalCigna Health Insurance, she has over twenty-five year’s experience in health care and health insurance and in this episode we talk about how she has coped with the pandemic, her philosophy for success and leadership, handling self-doubt.  There is much we can take away in this Podcast with Priya Gilbile.

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Dr Kiran Modi is one of the strongest women leaders I have ever known. She is the founder and Honorary Managing Trustee of Udayan Care. In this episode I talk to her about determination, humility and how persistence is key to great leadership.

About Udayan Care

Udayan is a Sanskrit word meaning 'Eternal Sunrise'. Udayan Care aims to bring sunshine into the lives of underserved sections of society that require intervention. Udayan Care works to empower vulnerable children, women and youth, in 28 cities across 15 states of India.

If you want to know more and support their work please follow this link:

https://udayancare.org/UdayancareDonatePage?title_selective=General+Donation

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It is my privilege in this episode to salute an Army Commander - Lt. General Sanjiv Chachra who commanded two of India's strategic front line Armies.  Our conversation is about courage and leadership peppered with real-life stories of heroic behaviour. If you really want to be a great leader I recommend you listen to the inspiring words of Lt. General Chachra. 

You can find out more about Lt. General Chachra here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lt-gen-sanjiv-chachra-7a3a1615

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More about Lt. General Chachra:

He is perhaps the only Indian Army General to have commanded two of the largest and strategic front line Armies of India, namely, the Western Army, protecting the Indo-Pak border, and later, the operational Northern Army, wherein he worked tirelessly to bring peace to a turbulent Jammu & Kashmir State, while ensuring security of borders with China and Pakistan.

Volunteer-Member and Special Invitee to the Executive Council of Delhi Council for Child Welfare (For destitute, Under-privileged & Special Needs Children). Conferred the highest service award of PVSM for his dedicated service to the nation and outstanding leadership by the President of India.

My guest in this episode is Raman Roy the pioneer of the Indian BPO industry.  Raman is the Chairman and Managing Director at Quatrro BPO Solutions. Raman is a serial Entrepreneur and shares with me his secrets of success. He has pearls of wisdom that you can take away and use in your own career.

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More about Raman Roy:

Raman is widely regarded as the Pioneer of the BPO industry in India and fondly referred to as the “Father of the Indian BPO Industry”. Raman is a pioneer four times over, having successfully led the BPO initiatives of American Express, General Electric (now Genpact) and Spectramind (now Wipro BPO) before incubating Quatrro which commenced operations in 2007.

My first guest is the founder and principal partner of Positive Momentum, a global consulting firm based in UK.  This Podcast is full of stories of how Matt went from working in farming to corporate board rooms before establishing Positive Momentum in 2003. How does he look at corporate politics? How did he handle failures along the way? All this and more…

There are nuggets of learning to take away and use for your own career ladder.  If you have enjoyed this episode, like comment and follow/subscribe - it's free and why not leave a 5 star rating on Spotify.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcrabtree

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