The Vishal Gondal Show

Ep.01: Ronnie Screwvala

1 hr 32 min 47 sec

With a career spanning decades in various fields from cable TV and movies to games and sports to philanthropy with Swades Foundation, it’s no surprise that Ronnie Screwvala’s life is extremely inspirational. In this episode, we deep dive into this media pioneers career, his learnings and what the future holds for him and Indian entertainment.

Ep.02 – Kuntal Joisher

1 hr 50 min 23 sec

After several spinechilling attempts and some narrow escapes, in 2016, Kuntal Joisher became the first vegan to have conquered Mount Everest. His story is one of intense passion and determination. In this episode he takes us through his journey to the top of the world.

Ep.03 – Amish Tripathi

1 hr 27 min 52 sec

Amish Tripathi, IIM alumnus and former banker made publishing history with his bestselling novel The Immortals of Meluha in 2010. Since then, he has found immense success with the Shiva Trilogy though the combination of skill, smart marketing and sheer confidence. In this episode, he talks about his writing, his journey, his faith and what the future holds for him.

Ep. 04: Divyanshu Ganatra

1 hr 48 min 13 sec

Divyanshu Ganatra lost his sight to glaucoma when he was just 19 but that did not deter him from living his life. For this 39yearold clinical psychologist, life is as normal as it can get for any ablebodied person. So much so that he is such an adventure sports enthusiast from trekking to scuba diving to paragliding, he does them all. He became the first visuallychallenged person in India to be a solo

Ep.05: Ranveer Allahbadia

1 hr 49 min 26 sec

Ranveer Allahbadia dreamed of being a filmmaker and chef before he decided to start a YouTube channel called BeerBiceps dedicated to fitness. Now over 2.5 million people watch his videos every month. This 24 yearold Youtube star, fitness expert and entrepreneur sits down to chat about the fitness industry, trends, diets, creating and monitising content and more.

Ep.06: Luke Coutinho

1 hr 38 min 59 sec

Luke Coutinho is a man who wears different hats he is a doctor of alternative medicine, an integrative lifestyle specialist, a food science and nutrition specialist, fitness expert, motivational speaker and an author. He believes in treating illnesses from their root instead of a symptomatic approach and helps people make lifestyle changes to achieve their health goals.

Ep.07: Col. Narendra "Bull" Kumar

1 hr 44 min 38 sec

Col. Narendra “Bull” Kumar is an awardwinning mountaineer, a brave soldier, and most importantly a man who can lay claim to influencing history. It was thanks to his expedition in the 70s that India claimed the Siachen Glacier. A Padma Shri and Arjuna awardee, he loves challenges and leaps at them without thinking of the consequences.In this episode, Col. Bull Kumar recounts stories from his long and

Ep.08: Samara Mahindra

1 hr 23 min 29 sec

Samara Mahindra has worn many hats from acting to marketing to running a fashion label. But this was before she found her true calling the rehabilitation of cancer patients.Samara is the founder of the CARER Program, that takes a holistic view of cancer recovery. In this episode, she talks about her mothers battle with cancer and her personal journey into the world of health,

Ep.09: Shantanu Moitra

1 hr 36 min 43 sec

Musician and composer Shantanu Moitra has a come a long way since his banking and advertising days. He is the man responsible for some of Bollywood’s best music for the past two decades from Hazaron Khwahishen Aisi and Parineeta to 3 idiots and Pink.

Ep.10: Dilshad Master Kumar

1 hr 50 min 11 sec

Dilshad Master Kumar has spent almost 22 years in the media business, from launching Zee Cinema to serving as the Chief Operating Officer at UTV entertainment. She was diagnosed with cancer five years ago and has since devoted all her time to pursue her love for adventure sports.She has trekked to Everest base camp multiple times and is currently the director of operations and business development at Mercury Himalayan Explorations.

Ep.11: Tirthankar Dash

1 hr 52 min

Thirthankar Dash has a lot of questions. Founder of Quantum360, a design solutions lab, Dash has always made it his mission to find his personal story. And now, he helps others find theirs.On this episode, he talks to Vishal about using data to find meaning and purpose in your own life.You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

Ep.12: Arunachalam Muruganantham

2 hr 12 min 53 sec

Arunachalam Muruganantham is better known as Menstrual Man. A social entrepreneur from Coimbatore, Arunachalam became the subject of ridicule when he decided to make lowcost sanitary napkins.His innovation is now changing the lives of women in Indian villages, and his story is also being depicted by Akshay Kumar in R. Balkis Pad Man.

S02 E01: Harish Bhimani

1 hr 56 min 58 sec

Who does it remind you of when I say ‘Main Samay Hoon’ He actually needs no introduction and is has been bestowed upon with the coveted title of ‘Voice of India’. From documentaries to audio books to sonetlumiere shows to religious albums, he has done it all. Today, we have with us none other than the legendary voice of IndiaHarish Bhimani. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

S02 E02: Abhijit Pradhan

1 hr 50 min 16 sec

You can consider him as a Maverick. From having a good decade and half years successful stint in advertising building brands and entertainment companies to certifying to be a Chi Running coach to his current obsession of a different kind for Coffee, he currently follows his passion for helping superstars at work, find theirs We are talking about Abhijit Pradhan You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

S02 E03: Aashish Contractor

1 hr 39 min 37 sec

He is widely recognized as a pioneer of cardiac rehabilitation in India. He is a valuable information resource for the layperson to understand the various dimensions of coronary complications, their prevention and resolution. He just does not believe in leading a sedentary lifestyle. A marathoner himself and even encourages his patients to run after their cardiac rehabilitation. He recently authored a book The Heart Truth where he has summed up his 2 decades of medical experience to provide inputs and tips on how to take care of your heart. He is none other than Dr Aashish Contractor. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

S02 E04: Vivek Bhargava

2 hr 1 min 39 sec

He was inclined to technology from an early age and that prompted Vivek Bhargava to move out of his family business and set up his entrepreneurial venture in digital advertising. Today he heads one of the largest communication groups. In his personal capacity, he mentors young entrepreneurs. He is a table tennis enthusiast and has won medals in the 40plus category in two national tournaments. Bhargava is taking forward the cause of table tennis with his Kamgar Academy situated in Elphinstone Road, Mumbai. Interestingly, he can also tell you how money can buy you happiness You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

S02 E05: Vanika Choudhary

1 hr 19 min 18 sec

Vanika Choudhary started a restaurant, Sequel Bistro. She quit her fulltime corporate job to go on a short sabbatical, which eventually resulted in her fleshing out a lifelong dream of starting a restaurant that promotes conscious eating. The concept behind Sequel is to offer wholesome world cuisine with fresh, highquality ingredients. According to her, healthy food need not be boring and she is trying to break that stereotype. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

S02 E06: Parmesh Shahani

1 hr 47 min 8 sec

He is a TED Fellow, Yale World fellow, affiliated scholar at MIT, works for LGBT rights, works with NGOs, Govt, World Bank and the UN. All encompassed he is known as a Cultural Guru…It’s none other than Parmesh Shahani. Parmeshs vibrancy has reflected in his journey throughout. Having authored, Gay Bombay, he put forth an advanced vision for the LGBT community in India and continues to do so. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com

S02 E07: Arokiaswamy Velumani

1 hr 48 min 1 sec

He believes that villages are the best university as it teaches you to solve problems and strive hard. With poor parents and being the eldest of the five siblings, Dr. A Velumani is a selfmade man who set up Thyrocare with an initial investment of Rs 2 lakh and today has managed to take it to over Rs 3000 crore. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com

S02 E08: Simar Singh

1 hr 26 min 52 sec

Simar Singh is the curator and founder of UnErase Poetry, a movement to promote and produce spoken word poetry in India. He is based out of Bombay. UnErase Poetry currently curates poetry performances at the Tuning Fork Café in Khar West and makes these performances available over the internet for anyone to see. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com

S02 E09: Mahesh Murthy

2 hr 16 min 53 sec

He is a man with a resume, spanning 34 years’ of experience as a marketer, being an entrepreneur for over 2 decades and an investor for the last 19 years. He has worked on brands like Amazon, Yahoo, Pepsi, Microsoft, Nike, Unilever, Kraft, across the US, China, Europe and India. Mahesh has been instrumental in the launch of MTV in India and then ran its rival Channel V. But, lately there is a cloud of doubt engulfing this very influential man who has been allegedly charged for sexual harassment. We have with us, Mahesh Murthy. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com

S02 E10: Milind Murli Deora

1 hr 9 min 47 sec

He is one of the youngest Member of Parliament and the most outspoken parliamentarians. He is part of the rising brigade of young politicians in the country attempting to shape a new era in India’s political, social and economic systems, guided by principles and responsibilities. He has held positions in the Ministry of Defense, civil aviation, urban development and information technology. Another interesting aspect of him is that he is not all about work, he also pursues his passion for music thereby building a fulfilling life. He is Milind Deora. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com

S02 E11: Yashraj Akashi

1 hr 30 min 1 sec

What is it like being exposed to thousands of brilliant ideas and remarkable people What is it like to know of life journeys from all over the world that are impactful on a scale, unimaginable Yashraj Akashi is responsible for curating the mega stage Tedx Conference, Tedx Gateway in the country. An old friend of Vishal Yashrajs vision of building something from its core dates back to his college days. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com

S02 E12: Anusha Subramanian

1 hr 20 min 40 sec

As someone who is closely associated with curating and researching for this podcast, she is also someone who comes with a background in investigative journalism with many years of experience behind her Vishal hence talks to Anusha Subramanian as a closing to the second season of the Vishal Gondal Podcast. In this conversation, Vishal takes a few steps back and track his equation with Anusha and discusses her journalism and mountaineering journey, so far. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcast App on Android: https://goo.gl/tGYdU1 or iOS: https://goo.gl/sZSTU5 You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com

S03 E01: Alok Kejriwal

1 hr 50 min 10 sec

He is a serial entrepreneur who went from selling socks for his father’s company to selling his own company to Walt Disney. He is the reason why you could vote for your favourite Indian Idol singers by just sending an SMS. He is the author of one of the bestselling entrepreneurship books in India, ‘Why I Stopped wearing my socks’ and is a mentor to many budding CEOs. He is known as the RodinHood of the Indian Startup ecosystem. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

S03 E02: Niyatii N Shah

1 hr 22 min

Hailing from a liberal Gujarati family, Niyatii N Shah is a hardcore Mumbaikar at heart. Despite having completed her graduation in Commerce, she was not passionate about business. Her interest was in Psychology and she was keen on pursuing something in the field of parenting and sexual health. Eventually, with the motive of spreading awareness among masses about sexual health, she set up a onestopshop Averti. Averti imparts knowledge concerning the sexual health of children so that they develop a better understanding of their body and accept their sexual responsibility. You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcast App on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios You can check out our website at http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/

S03 E03: Sarita Pereira

1 hr 29 min 51 sec

Sarita Pereira is an exadvertising professional who quit her successful career to pursue her passion for food and become one of the most innovative culinary chefs in the country today. She has trained and worked with a Michelin Star chef in Spain. Her profound knowledge of cooking techniques coupled with a mad scientistlike desire to push the boundaries of cooking has led to an entrepreneurial journey so unique, that it is rightly called “The LoveFools”. 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/

S03 E04: Ronak Gajjar

1 hr 27 min 30 sec

He has come a long way in life, from delivering milk and morning newspapers for his college fees to a successful software support engineer and now to one of the most charismatic health experts online. This samosapav loving, son of GujaratiMarwadi parents is healing people by enabling them to embrace their roots in this ancient traditional exercise and meditation technique we call Yoga. He is the reason you don’t need to burn a hole in your pocket while trying to learn Yoga at an expensive studio Ronak Gajjar. 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/

S03 E05: Akancha Srivastava

1 hr 35 min

On this weeks episode, host Vishal Gondal is joined by Akancha Srivastava, Founder of Akancha Against Harassment Indias largest social impact initiative to raise awareness against cyber harassment. Akancha is an independent, confident and tough woman. From wanting to be an IAS officer to being a brand strategy consultant to starting a movement against Cyberharassment and Cyber Safety, she has come a long way. Today, she is totally dedicated to helping and building more awareness about Cyberharassment and talking about cyber safety and has saved millions of lives. 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/

S03 E06: Jasleen Sobti

1 hr 27 min 29 sec

On this weeks episode, host Vishal Gondal is joined Jasleen Sobti. Shes armed with a double Masters in Physics one from Mumbai University and one from Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio and a Ph. D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas AM University, she worked with the US Navy as a Research Engineer for 13 long years. She has sailed on every fleet ship that the US Navy has except the Submarine. She almost applied and got Top Security Clearance but, withdrew her application. Finally, one day she quit everything and is now a certified Art of Living trainer and working towards helping both adults and children. 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/

S03 E07: Kiran Khalap

1 hr 40 min 50 sec

On this weeks episode, host Vishal Gondal is joined by Kiran Khalap, CoFounder of chlorophyll.in. Kiran is a school teacher turned copywriter, a brand guru who founded a brand consultancy firm, a writer from his teens and now an author of two books with the third soon to be published and a passionate rock climber who has proven that there is a life beyond advertising and brands. 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/

S03 E08: C. Pallavi Rao Narvekar

2 hr 1 min 27 sec

C. Pallavi Rao Narvekar hails from a family of journalists but chose to pursue her bachelor’s degree in Geography. Her childhood love for radio got her to also pursue a fullfledged career as a Radio Jockey and also doing Voice Overs. Everything was going on well in her life when one day she was told she cannot speak. Imagine a Radio Jockey with no voice. She was diagnosed with cancer and she lost her voice post her Thymectomy surgery, one of her vocal cords got paralyzed. The doctor sealed her career and passion for the radio medium by telling her that it was irreversible and that she could never go back on the air again. However, C. Pallavi Rao Narvekar proved the doctor wrong, defied death twice and got back to doing what she loved. Apart from being a famous RJ of Delhi, she is also an accomplished Bharatnatyam and Kuchipudi dancer, a former NCC cadet, a painter, blogger and now an author. She actually wrote a book on love stories while being in the ICU for her treatment. 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/

The Vishal Gondal Show

Ep.01: Ronnie Screwvala

Ep.02 – Kuntal Joisher

Ep.03 – Amish Tripathi

Ep. 04: Divyanshu Ganatra

Ep.05: Ranveer Allahbadia

Ep.06: Luke Coutinho

Ep.07: Col. Narendra "Bull" Kumar

Ep.08: Samara Mahindra

Ep.09: Shantanu Moitra

Ep.10: Dilshad Master Kumar

Ep.11: Tirthankar Dash

Ep.12: Arunachalam Muruganantham

S02 E01: Harish Bhimani

S02 E02: Abhijit Pradhan

S02 E03: Aashish Contractor

S02 E04: Vivek Bhargava

S02 E05: Vanika Choudhary

S02 E06: Parmesh Shahani

S02 E07: Arokiaswamy Velumani

S02 E08: Simar Singh

S02 E09: Mahesh Murthy

S02 E10: Milind Murli Deora

S02 E11: Yashraj Akashi

S02 E12: Anusha Subramanian

S03 E01: Alok Kejriwal

S03 E02: Niyatii N Shah

S03 E03: Sarita Pereira

S03 E04: Ronak Gajjar

S03 E05: Akancha Srivastava

S03 E06: Jasleen Sobti

S03 E07: Kiran Khalap

S03 E08: C. Pallavi Rao Narvekar

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