Episodes

  • Ep. 10 "Overnight" success: Journey from TCS to Facebook

    Ep. 10 "Overnight" success: Journey from TCS to Facebook
    Jan 27 2021

    In this week's episode, we interact with Utkarsh Maheshwari, a new recruit at the Facebook headquarters. But that isn't the most interesting part; what's interesting is the story of his "overnight" success. After facing some issues in getting an engineering branch of his choice, Utkarsh finally joined Chemical engineering at the Manipal Institute of Technology, which launched him into his journey through a few attempts at CAT, a two-year job at TCS, a masters in the US, another job, lots of hard work and finally a call to interview for a job at Facebook. A standard overnight success story, if you may. Join us in this action-packed 50-minute adventure where we talk about college GPAs, company interviews, master's course and college selection, and much more.

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    53 mins
  • Ep.9 Policy for Millions: Life of an Economist

    Ep.9 Policy for Millions: Life of an Economist
    Dec 23 2020
    In this week's episode, we interact with Madhav Malhotra, who currently works as a Project Manager for the London School of Economics in Myanmar. Madhav, because of his interest in Economics, pursued an Economics Honours degree from the Delhi University, followed by a masters from Oxford. Madhav covers all bases, including scholarships and the application process, while giving us an insight into how one goes about pursuing a course from one of the most Prestigious universities in the world. Later, the discussion focuses on the field of economics research and the workings of policy making in a developing nation. Join us as we uncover the beautiful world of economics!
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Ep.8 Lights Camera Action: Life as a filmmaker

    Ep.8 Lights Camera Action: Life as a filmmaker
    Dec 9 2020
    In this week's episode, we interact with Siddharth Jha, who currently works in the film industry in Philadelphia, USA. Soon after joining an engineering coaching in his senior secondary years, Siddharth realised there was something that just didn't click, and inspired by his love for movies he decided to enter the world of cinema. After securing a scholarship and getting a degree in film and television from Drexel University, Philadelphia, Siddharth today has worked as a Production Assistant on the sets of the likes M. Night Shyamalan and HBO, gaining valuable experience and saving up to direct his own films. Come join us as we go behind the camera to understand what all goes on on the sets of the movies and TV shows that we so dearly love!
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    47 mins
  • Ep.7 Diving Deep: Life as a Scuba Diving Instructor

    Ep.7 Diving Deep: Life as a Scuba Diving Instructor
    Nov 25 2020
    In this week's episode, we interact with Sahil Khanna, who currently works as a Scuba Diving Instructor in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Coming from a defence background, Sahil too wanted to join the armed forces, but his life had something entirely different planned for him. Somewhere between that one family trip to Andamans as a kid, to having his own, "Jaa Simran jaa, ji le apni zindagi" moment, life happened. Come join us on this amazing underwater ride to learn how one becomes a professional Scuba diver!
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    36 mins
  • Ep.6 This Just In: News Reporter reveals the secrets of the trade

    Ep.6 This Just In: News Reporter reveals the secrets of the trade
    Nov 11 2020
    In this week's episode, we interact with Kirti Gosain, an in-house news reporter at NDTV 24x7. We join Kirti in her journey from being an army kid, who changed schools more frequently than the calendar did years, to a confused teenager, unsure of what field to pursue, to first being an anchor at NDTV Hop and now an in-house reporter at NDTV 24x7. Join us as Kirti takes us behind the scenes, on the journey of a news report, from the story's inception to our TV screens. Enjoy the episode, while we watch our backs, because a certain NDTV 24x7 reporter might soon be entering the podcasting space herself...
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    41 mins
  • Ep.5 Travel, Education and Business - Around the World in 4 years

    Ep.5 Travel, Education and Business - Around the World in 4 years
    Oct 28 2020
    In this week's episode, we interact with Apoorva Bahl, who is currently the Head of Traffic Operations at Daraz(a part of Alibaba Group). We join Apoorva, on her journey from a small town to pursuing her college education across four different continents. She speaks about her college and work experiences in countries like France, Germany, USA, Brazil, Singapore, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. We end the discussion by talking about her current role at Daraz and what it entails. If you are someone who wishes to travel and explore career opportunities around the world, then this one is definitely for you. Enjoy!
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    48 mins
  • Ep.4 Covering A to Z - Operations at world's largest ecommerce company

    Ep.4 Covering A to Z - Operations at world's largest ecommerce company
    Oct 14 2020
    In this week's episode, we interact with Althaf Ibrahim, a Program Manager at Amazon. We talk about his childhood experiences, which is a series of funny events as a naive kid. Althaf also speaks about his role as a program manager at amazon and what all it entails. As the discussion progresses we realize the massive impact that Amazon has made on our lives. Hope you enjoy the conversation. Cheers!
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    55 mins
  • Ep.3.2 From Manipal to Massachusetts - Journey of a Research Student (Part - 2)

    Ep.3.2 From Manipal to Massachusetts - Journey of a Research Student (Part - 2)
    Oct 4 2020
    In this week's episode, we continue our discussion with Faraz Faruqi. Incase you have missed Part -1 of this episode, we highly recommend to check that out first. The discussion continues with Faraz's experience at MIT both as an intern and then as a graduate student. Listen now for some interesting insights into his journey.
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    33 mins