U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty

U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Andrea Sampson

Our guest today is Andrea Sampson. As the CEO and Founder of Talk Boutique, she provides her expertise as an Executive Coach to senior leaders and professional speakers worldwide. Having spent the first 20+ years of her career as a senior leader in marketing and advertising, Andrea regularly gave talks and presentations that deeply connected and impacted her audiences.
Using these skills combined with her experience on TED events and her training as a TED Speakers Coach, Andrea helps her clients make their work accessible while maintaining its credibility and uniqueness. She has a special skill in understanding technical and science[1]based disciplines, using storytelling as a connection tool.
As part of the team to bring Singularity University to Canada, Andrea has worked with and trained Singularity University faculty worldwide. She also holds a TEDx license and participated in the Global TED initiative COUNTDOWN in 2020.
Listen in as Andrea shares her journey, her influences & what shaped her to be who she is today.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Harish Hande

Our guest today is Harish Hande who has been with SELCO with over 27 years of grassroots experience in understanding, developing, and deploying sustainable energy solutions for the underserved communities. Harish pursued his graduation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and completed his Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay award in 2011 recognizing amongst other achievements, his passionate and pragmatic efforts to put solar power technology in the hands of the poor, through a social enterprise that brings customized, affordable, and sustainable electricity to India’s vast rural populace, encouraging the poor to become asset creators.
Details on https://www.rmaward.asia/awardee/hande-harish
Today SELCO is an umbrella of organizations, each tasked to address gaps in the energy access ecosystem namely SELCO India (1994), energy access enterprise; SELCO Foundation (2010), non-profit R&D, SELCO Incubation Centre (2012), nurturing grassroots energy enterprises and finally SELCO Fund (2016) to deploy patient capital.
Listen in as Harish shares his journey, the true influencers, the must-dos & gives us so much to mull over on how to create a society that would produce innovators rather than followers.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Ashwini Angadi

Our guest on this Mother’s Day special is the inspirational Ashwini Angadi.
Her vision to make a world full of happiness allowed her to go beyond her challenge of visual impairment to become a motivational changemaker.
Ashwini is one among the three people selected from India for Queen’s Young Leader Award in June 2015 & was honored by the Queen at Buckingham Palace. She decided to dedicate her life to the cause of the visually & mentally handicapped & started Belaku Academy -A free residential school for the visually impaired & mentally handicapped children from the economically weaker section.
Her personal struggles and achievements are a great encouragement to all especially, for the physically challenged globally. She believes, that getting an education is only 50 percent of human life but helping and giving back to society will make one's life complete.
Listen in as this mother shares her journey to the social changemaker she is recognized as today. Celebrating life, and the soul, understanding the difference between permanent & temporary happiness, and her dream of increasing the number of children to 250 students & giving self-employment opportunities to women by making cloth & paper bags.
https://www.facebook.com/Belaku-Academy-448641441975895/
https://ashwiniangaditrust.org/
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - Kedar & Chandrika Nayak

Our guests today are Kedar & Chandrika Nayak: Founders of Octavium Music Academy.
Kedar Nayak, also known as ‘Viku’ to many, started his career journey 30 years ago as an entrepreneur in Bar Code Technology and Computer Education. He then forayed into Learning & Development, designing and delivering training programs for several organisations across business spaces. Being an avid musician from his college days, Kedar moved away from everything he was doing to set up Octavium Music Academy in 2013. His focus now is on making, quality music learning available to those who seek it. He is the bassist of Dr. Prakash Sontakke Group which has two albums to its name. Apart from music, Kedar was active in Bangalore’s motorsport scene from the late 1980s to the early 90s and has dabbled in journalism as well.
Chandrika has over 27 years of experience in the Learning & Development function, of which 13 years are in corporate organizations. Her last corporate assignment was as Head of People Development at Philips Innovation Campus, Bengaluru. She started her own consulting practice ‘ThoughtWeave’ in the space of people development in 2011 she has since been a Leadership coach, workshop facilitator, and HR consultant for start-ups, mid and large organizations. She is the Co-founder of Octavium and drives its Academy Operations, Curriculum Development, and student engagement initiatives.
Listen in as they share their journey, the academy, parenting tips & life lessons.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - RamG Vallath

Our guest today is a Growth Mindset, Wellness & Parenting Coach all rolled in one.
RamG Vallath is the happiest person he has ever met in his life. He wears many interesting hats. He is a tech company co-founder, a much-sought-after keynote speaker, and the author of bestselling books, From 'Ouch to Oops' and 'Active Parenting'.
RamG completed his BTech from IIT Madras and MBA from XLRI and went on to build a very successful corporate career. However, he was crippled by an autoimmune disorder and had to reboot his life. Today, his aim in life is to touch a million lives positively.
Listen in as he shares how he overcame all challenges life threw at him & the power of taking charge of your life!
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - Vimala

“A mother is your first friend, your best friend, your forever friend.”
Our guest today is the inspirational Vimala- a Leadership Coach and facilitator. A mother to 15 children, grandmother to 5 she lives her life with the intention of being transformational and bringing AWE (awareness, wellness, and excellence) to everyone she interacts with.
Listen in as Vimala shares her journey on how she met each of her children who are today an integral part of her life & dreams.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Dr.Sreenath S Manikanti

Our guest today is Dr. Sreenath S Manikanti, a Senior Consultant, Neonatology & Paediatrics at Kauvery Hospital, Electronics City Bangalore
He is instrumental in setting up the 1st Public Human Milk Bank “Amaara” in Karnataka in 2017. Recipient of the 1st Edition of Times Healthcare Achievement Award in Neonatology in 2018, he has given presentations at various State, National & International Conferences.
Featured in Medgate “Top Pediatricians in India” Coffee Table Book 2020., he is someone who writes & has been featured in various print & television channels regarding topics related to Human Milk Banking, the health of the newborn & Covid-19.
Besides medicine, he is a motivational speaker and has received training in NLP & Hypnotherapy by the best mind trainers in the World.
Listen in as Dr. Sreenath shares his journey, his dream of Breast milk Banks & the Challenges faced during Covid, especially with babies, and some beautiful human stories of resilience and tenacity that babies teach us.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Shreyas Karnad

“Running is the greatest metaphor for life because you get out of it what you put into it.” — Oprah Winfrey’s ring true with our guest today Shreyas Karnad
Shreyas is popularly called Coach Shreyas & is a Running Coach, who helps people Run Better. Shreyas started to run in 2009 when was 120 kgs and today weighs 60 kgs.
After a 10 year stint in the Corporate World, he took on coaching full time in 2016 & since then he has coached over a 1000 people across various spheres of life to run better, longer, and faster, rekindling the Joy of Running.
Listen in as Coach Shreyas shares the Divine connect that he sees in running & the amazing work he has been part of!
You can connect with Shreyas on :
Instagram -
https://www.instagram.com/shreyaskarnad/
Facebook
https://m.facebook.com/100000986808431/
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Janaki Sabesh

Stories are Janaki Sabesh’s passion – performing, writing, living them. Janaki began her career telling stories on screen, through documentaries, tele-serials, corporate films and advertisements assisting directors like Rajiv Mehrotra, Simi Garewal, Sridhar Kshirsagar, P. Jayendra & P.C. Sreeram (JS Films). A graduate in Political Science from Lady Sriram College, Delhi, with a Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Millia Islamia University, Delhi, she has more than 20 years of experience in the media and communications space as part of Goldwire communication, JS films and Qube Cinema. An accomplished actor, her body of work spans films across all South Indian languages and several modelling assignments. She has worked with stalwarts like Aishwarya Rai, Kamal Hassan, Madhavan, Mani Ratnam, Rajiv Menon & Shankar, among others. Janaki’s engagement with children began in 1995, when she produced an audio cassette, ‘The Learning Train’, that simplified the world of numbers through stories and songs. She founded her story telling initiative ‘Golpo - Tales Unlimited’ in 2014, ( Golpo, meaning story in Bengali) aimed at taking stories and storytelling to children and adults. She collaborates with Tulika Books, Karadi Tales and other publishers, to take their stories to various audiences and events at schools, colleges, corporates, and Lit Fests. Some of the Lit fests she has performed in, are; Bangalore Lit Fest, Bookaroo Lit Fest in Kohima, Delhi, Varanasi, The Hindu Lit Fest, Ooty Lit Fest, Vizag Junior Lit Fest, Kitaabo Lit fest in Jodhpur, Disha Lit fest in Kanpur to name a few. She has brought many a character to life on screen, as a successful voice-over artiste for cartoons. She has also lent her voice for commercials and documentaries. She has also worked on a Spotify original podcast series ‘Talking Tales from Tulika’, produced by Tulika Books. She works with Educators, Corporates and other Professional networks on using effective story telling techniques in communication and marketing. Janaki is a visiting faculty at Chennai Business School and conducts a course titled “ Lead yourself through Storytelling”. She is also The Chief Ideator at Lil Trails, an initiative to build a community among parents and children. Her sessions are highly interactive and a unique blend of narration, music, drama and movement. Janaki plays an active role in Chennai’s live performance community, experimenting with monologues, stand-up comedy and theatre. A simple question from a child during one of her sessions prompted her to write her first picture book ‘The Jungle Storytelling Festival’ published by Tulika Books, available in 9 languages . Her second picture book, released recently is titled ‘Paati’s Rasam’ which she has co-authored with her daughter and published by Karadi Tales. Janaki Sabesh believes : “A story told from the heart will always win more hearts”
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - Prachi Shevgaonkar

Prachi Shevgaonkar is a Climate Entrepreneur and the founder of Cool The Globe - An app for climate action with users from 100+ countries. Prachi is the first Indian citizen to be appointed on the advisory board of Climate Leadership Coalition, alongside the prime minister of Finland and European Union Leaders. She has been named Green Crusader of the year by the International Advertising Association and is the youngest recipient of the prestigious Taru Lalvani Award for Environment Protection by Rotary. Prachi spent months covering stories of youth, farmers, and waste-picker communities, to understand the impact of climate change in day to day lives of people. She has been invited as an expert speaker at various platforms, including TedX forums and the prestigious WWF Modal Conference. Prachi has been mobilizing citizens to tackle climate change through technology, advocacy and grassroots action. She has trained over 10,000 + citizens and 50+ organizations in sustainability and climate action. She firmly believes that when ordinary citizens come together, miracles can happen.
You can connect with Prachi on:
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/prachi.shevgaonkar/
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/prachi.shevgaonkar/?hl=en
Twitter Prachi Shevgaonkar (@PrachiShe): https://twitter.com/PrachiShe?t=oNR-FNC6XuHPnYU9PkKb9A&s=08 LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/prachi-shevgaonkar-b8145714a
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