This episode of the Wadhwani Viewpoint podcast features a doyen of India’s business landscape. Host Manali Shah is in conversation with Harish Mehta, Founder, Onward Technologies and Co-founder & first elected chairman of NASSCOM.

Tune in as Harish Mehta discusses what prompted him to write his debut, bestselling book, The Maverick Effect, which chronicles India’s IT revolution and the genesis of NASSCOM. In the episode, he looks back at the various challenges faced by NASSCOM back in the day, recounts interesting anecdotes, shares his views on hot-button topics such as AI, and more.

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mirrAr, an AR software company, partners with leading jewellery brands such as Tanishq, Kalyan Jewels Forevermark and Hazoori Lal & Sons, to allow shoppers virtually try on their products. Its Founder and CEO, Meghna Saraogi, is the latest guest on the Wadhwani Viewpoint podcast.

Meghna Saraogi and host Manali Shah discuss the factors, challenges and opportunities that come with launching a startup that essentially sells new technology. They delve into the factors that go into finding the right product-market fit, convincing VCs and clients to invest in the tech, and more.

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Vinod Kumar, Founder, Naturally Yours, has had a long and eventful entrepreneurial journey since launching the venture in 2010. The brand started off as a brick-and-mortar organic food ingredients store in Mumbai and is today an online-only brand offering healthy noodles and pasta.

In this episode of the Wadhwani Viewpoint podcast, he talks to host Manali Shah about pivoting and changing business plans, the benefits of building and sustaining a bootstrapped startup, the right time to raise funding, how he built a strong supply chain network of hundreds of organic farmers across India, adopting the latest technology, working with a co-founder (Priya Prakash) who happens to be his spouse, and more.

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Host Manali Shah is in conversation with Arjun Vaidya, the founder of one of India's largest online Ayurvedic brands, Dr Vaidya’s. After a successful exit, Arjun is now a venture lead at Verlinvest, which invests in brands such as Sula, Epigamia, Veeba and Heads up For Tails.

Having been on both sides of the table, Arjun shares what investors really look for in startups, and also elaborates on the factors that are required behind a rapid and successful scale up, aspects that affect a startup acquisition deal.

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In this episode, host Manali Shah is in conversation with Robin Bhowmik, Chief Business Officer at Manipal Global Skills Academy, about all things skilling. How will AI affect jobs? What are the skills important to thrive in the future of work? What are the changes Industry 4.0 will bring about? Tune in as Robin tackles these crucial questions!

In this episode of the Wadhwani Viewpoint podcast, host Manali Shah is in conversation with Siddharth Ramasubramanian, Founder & CEO, Hello Tempayy - a conscious food venture that seeks to address the nutrition gap in the Indian vegetarian diet.

Creating a category as a startup and launching an online business, both come with unique challenges. Siddharth shares research and rationale that went into launching a tempeh product, and the logic behind his pricing strategy in a cost-conscious market like India.

He also breaks down the marketing strategy that he adopted to create awareness about a new product like Hello Tempayy, and shares some extremely insightful advice for aspiring founders. Tune in!

Mitti Ke Rang is a social venture that works towards generating a livelihood for women entrepreneurs by selling their products through its e-commerce platform. 

Tune in as host Manali Shah speaks to Amit Jain, Co-founder, Mitti Ke Rang, about the challenges that come with running a social venture, building a strong partner and distribution network, putting together a business model for a marketplace in today’s competitive environment.

November 19 is commemorated as Women’s Entrepreneurship Day and what better occasion to talk about the incredible role women entrepreneurs play in the economic transformation of India!

Wadhwani Foundation brings together 4 super successful women entrepreneurs - Kajal Malik, Co-founder, PickMyWork, Nisary Mahesh, Founder, HerMoneyTalks, Tanya Swetta, Co-Founder and CEO of id8 Media Solutions, and Priya Prakash, Co-Founder and COO, Naturally Yours – to chat with host Manali Shah about the changes needed in the ecosystem, the pitfalls female founders should avoid, and a whole lot more.

Tune in and celebrate the power of women entrepreneurship!