U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty

U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty Season 2 - Shraddha Subramanian

Our guest today is Shraddha Subramanian - an award-winning Business & Executive Coach, India’s first Intuition Expert, creator of the “Jackpot Method” for businesses & Founder & CEO of Sparkling Soul. Healing through cancer, she transitioned from employee to entrepreneur as her purpose evolved to impact this world by enabling organizations & businesses to live their potential. Being a national-level hurdle racer, she loves speed makes her coaching very innovative and disruptive. She believes everything you desire is available “NOW” and with her intuitions, she can identify deep-rooted subconscious blocks in just 3 mins of time. She has almost 20 years of leadership, and 3500 + hours of coaching experience impacting 7500 lives from 21 different countries.
She works with the country's top 5 business owners and CEOs in various industries and has helped them generate exponential growth with ease! She is also the founder of a social initiative 'The SJT Wellness Centre', which is focused to bridge the treatment and healing of cancer patients.
Listen in as Shraddha shares her inspirational journey.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Season 2-Geeta Ramanujam

After 100 guests it's Season 2 on "U n' I with Rashmi Shetty"! This is episode 1, in conversation with one of India's best storytellers as celebrate World Storytelling Day on March 20th.
Our guest today is Geeta Ramanujam who is an internationally renowned storyteller, educator, academician, and administrator. She is the Executive Director of Kathalaya Trust established in 1998 which is the culmination of her vision and wisdom.
She also founded Kathalaya’s International Academy of Storytelling –the only credible and globally recognized Academy for Storytelling in the World with affiliations to USA, Scotland, and Sweden. She has completed 187 batches of her certified Beginners and Diploma courses so far. She has trained over 99495 adults so far.
Geeta Ramanujam is an Ashoka fellow and has widely traveled to 48 countries and the 27 states in India to establish Storytelling as a tool of learning and also to set up centers.
Geeta has also performed and trained people at the Scottish Storytelling Centre, UK, Norway, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, South Africa, Austria, Greece, Istanbul, Thailand, Japan, Sweden, Poland, USA, Sri Lanka, and Brazil to name a few..
She is also the Indian Coordinator for the International Storytelling Network –RIC besides being the Indian coordinator of the Indian Storytelling Network. Geeta has several awards to her credit including the recent International award for the Best storyteller at the BOCADEU storytelling festival in Brazil and the Governor's award in Tamil Nadu for the Best Story Narrator. She has won the Bangalore Hero Award twice and was recently honored by Prime minister Modi ji in his Man Ki Baat program.
Geeta uses storytelling as an effective educational and cultural tool in training for parents, teachers, NGOs, and corporate sectors both in India and globally. Geeta is also a consultant in Education and is on the board of several educational institutions and storytelling centers both in India and abroad.
“Geeta is the goddess of storytelling and Kathalaya her heart beating for the world.” Linda Williamson – author and storyteller in Edinburgh
https://www.facebook.com/kathalaya
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClySzU6XownTvOIb1WNHIKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nRK3dT8oWgTed talks-www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2ccK66KKe8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTKVvUewrkM
Email: kathalaya@gmail.com Webpage: www.kathalaya.org,
Contact: 8277389840, 9845207073
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Neha Bagaria

It’s celebration time in the human library audio podcast journey called U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty, as I reach an important milestone, hosting my 100th guest today! It’s International Women’s Day round the corner too & our guest today is really special!
Neha Bagaria - the founder & CEO of JobsForHer, India’s largest platform to accelerate women’s careers. JobsForHer has over 3.5 million women registered on its platform, 10,000+ companies, 2000+ mentors, and 800+ learning partners across India to enable women to start, restart and rise in their careers.
Neha founded JobsForHer in March 2015 after taking a three-and-a-half-year break in her own career when she had her children. Prior to her career break, she worked at Kemwell, a biopharmaceutical manufacturing company based in Bangalore, where she was involved in the fields of HR, Finance, and Marketing strategy for their facilities in India, Sweden, and the US.
Before she moved to Bangalore, Neha was the Founder & CEO of Paragon, an educational startup based in Mumbai to bring the Advanced Placement Program to India. Neha has graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, with honors in Finance, Marketing, and Management of Information Systems.
Neha has been listed in Forbes India’s WPower Trailblazers list of 25 groundbreaking women achievers as a game-changer and innovator who is shattering stereotypes, and was also featured by Deccan Herald as “19 Changemakers to Watch Out For in 2019”. She was also featured as the “10 Most Impactful Women in Tech 2020” by Analytics Insight.
Neha is an avid traveler and enjoys adventure sports like skiing, scuba diving, and hiking. She is also a closet artist and dancer.
Listen in as Neha shares her amazing journey & some insightful takeaways for women in general & for women returning to the job space in particular!
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Tim Bunting

This is episode number 105 & guest number 99. An article in the Speaking tree column of the Times of India Introduced me to the concept of Uketamo and quoted Yamabushi Tim Bunting who was born in New Zealand. After graduating from International University (IPC) located in Palmerston North, New Zealand, he applied for the JET Program run by the Japanese government and was sent to Shonai as an assistant language teacher. Tim also holds a master's degree in applied linguistics from the Victoria University of Wellington and currently teaches English at Tohoku University of Community Service and Science. In addition to his teaching career, he has also made a name for himself as the "Kiwi Yamabushi" and works fervently to promote both the charm of the Dewa Sanzan as well as Yamabushi culture abroad on both his YouTube channel and his blog.
Listen in as he shares about the mystical qualities of everything Japanese, the mountains, The people, the food, Uketamo, Zen meditation, & being a Yamabushi.
Learn more at https://timbunting.com/
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Shivani Kapoor

Our guest today is Shivani Kapoor
Shivani [or Sonia as she is more popularly known] is an environmentalist and nature lover, committed to greening the world around us for the last 10+ years.
A self-taught horticulturist, Shivani specializes in sustainable horticulture. where the core philosophy centers around growing flora and fauna suited to the climate of the region and one which fosters the symbiotic relationship between plants, birds, and bees.
Shivani has been instrumental in making Legend, a 14-acre condominium into one of the greenest in Gurgaon by transforming a rather barren landscape into dense greenery and planting and growing over ~250 large trees. With the active support of conscientious citizens, she started a project of developing green zones in the green belts of Sector 57. Barren patches are now flourishing green.
Shivani also led a citizens' movement amongst ~ 2,000 residents to convert the entire society into a “green society” which recycles all its waste and contributes nothing to the ever-growing landfills.
Shivani is committed to helping anyone who is choosing to build a greener planet and claims she learns mostly from nature and the “malis” who have been her teachers for many years.
Shivani is also the founder of marigold_by_sonia, a green venture that is primarily into landscaping & greening any space - from a tiny apartment area to larger land spaces.
Listen in as she shares her journey to understanding how nature has become her caretaker
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - Megna Jain

Our guest today is Megna Jain - an entrepreneur, baker, and public speaker. She runs a gifting and celebrations company called Dream a Dozen that started in 2018. They pride themselves on running an all-women kitchen that bakes delicious treats for their individual and corporate clients.
At the age of 18, she started selling cupcakes to her university's cafeteria and never looked back. Today, they deliver desserts and gift boxes to thousands of customers across the country.
Megna did her B.Com honors from Christ University, which was followed by a stint at a food tech startup called InnerChef and training at Cakewala. She completed the 10k women entrepreneur program by IIM Bangalore and Goldman Sachs in 2021.
Megna's work has been recognized nationwide. She was selected as the youngest of 4 women achievers by Tanishq in their campaign #Everywomanadiamond where she was shown on hoardings and newspapers across the country. She has also been written about in leading publications like Vogue, YourStory, Prajawani, and Humans of Bombay.
She has also been a TEDx speaker and is passionate about encouraging more people, especially women to choose entrepreneurship. Megna dreams of opening kitchens globally, where she can employ more women and change the representation of women in the F&B industry.
Listen in As Megna shares her special Valentine's offer!
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Ann Gonzalez & Smitha Sadasivan - MSSI & India MS Day

India Multiple Sclerosis Day (India MS Day) is the only awareness-raising campaign all over India. This falls on the first Sunday of February every year. This year it is on the 5th of February, 2023. The theme for this year’s India MS Day is “Celebrate MS”.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease of the Central Nervous System, affecting its functioning unexpectedly and repeatedly, resulting in devastating disabilities in young people in the prime of their lives. It is also known as the “Crippler of the Young Adult”.
Multiple Sclerosis has various symptoms ranging from minor visual disturbance to total paralysis, due to which simplest everyday tasks can no longer be efficiently performed known as a rare disease, it brings about 41 invisible disabilities hence it has been classified as a disability under the Government of India RPWD Act, 2016.
In India there is little or no support for people living with MS i.e., from medicines to Disability cards & pensions and part of our job is to help those people to get together and improve their health & situation.
The Chennai Chapter of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India in keeping up with the theme of this year which is “Celebrate MS, is having an Evening of Song/ Games, etc., at the Anna Nagar Tower Park from 3.00 pm to 6.00 pm on 5th February 2023, in order to create awareness of MS.
The Chief Guest of the function is Honored by Chief Guest Shri Gagandeep Singh Bedi, Commissioner, Greater Chennai Corporation, Chennai.
The purpose India MS Day campaign is to raise awareness of four key messages in order to improve public knowledge and awareness of MS:
1. There is no known CAUSE or CURE for Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
2. MS is usually diagnosed between the ages of 25 and 40 and lasts a lifetime – KNOWN AS THE “Crippler of the Young Adult”
3. MS symptoms vary from person to person. This makes life with MS unpredictable. There are more “Invisible Symptoms than “Visible Symptoms”.
4. Medicines only stem the progression of the disease.
5. Treatments and services are improving for people with MS, but the costs of treatment are prohibitive
We would like you as the Media, to highlight “What MS is” and its Invisible Symptoms thereby creating awareness of this orphan & rare disease, among the general public.
Our guests today are from MSSI -Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ind/ are Ms. Ann Gonzalez & Smitha Sadasivan
Ms. Ann Gonzalez whose priority today is MSSI the & MS persons. She believes once an MS person comes into our fold it is a lifelong relationship. This is the driving force for this ex-banker who has served at YWCA in various capacities & in many other associations, Her priority today is MSSI. Her driving forces are her siblings who are in the medical field and her strong belief that the Almighty has gifted us a purpose.
Smitha Sadasivan is a Cross-Disability inclusion and accessibility practitioner with Multiple Sclerosis from Chennai. Smitha dons many hats and has multiple roles to play including being a resource person. She is the Accessibility Consultant to the Election Commission of India, apart from being an active member of Disability Rights Alliance India. She is a member of the Multiple Sclerosis Society of India (MSSI). She is associated with different forums, initiatives, and organizations including Vidya Sagar& South Asia Regional Program on Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability.
Apart from many awards and recognitions, she was awarded the NCPEDP – Mphasis Javed Abidi Public Policy Award for Universal Design, in recognition of her efforts in promoting accessibility for people with disabilities.
Listen in as they share their journey with MSSI and how it has helped patients like Smitha & about India MS day this Sunday, Feb 5th, 2023.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - Dr. Prakash Sontakke & Khussh Mehta

It’s our 101st episode & it is special. Our guests today are two artists who have gifted the Omkara as a blend of many ideas and expressions uniquely fit into a motivational, yet peaceful musical production.
With the concept of uniting the world, Dr. Prakash Sontakke and Khussh Mehta explore musical fusion on the original vibration of the universe the Omkara. Omkara has been released through Karmik Records.
Dr. PRAKASH SONTAKKE is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, music producer and composer. Mr Sontakke has innovated this instrument called ‘Swar Veena’ on which he can play the Indian Raga Music as well as western sounding style.
Dr. Sontakke is associated with Grammy award winning albums as a co-composer, vocalist and guitarist on the Grammy Winning Album “WINDS OF SAMSAARA” and with more recent ” DIVINE TIDES” as a song writer. He is the only Indian to have won the Independent World Music Awards, USA and the Nashville Award for composers
KHUSSH MEHTA is a Sound engineer, music producer, vocalist and percussionist, who has dedicated his life to learn the art of audio mastering and how it is the critical step before the LPs, CDs or any audio content on digital platforms reaches the audience. Mr Mehta conceived and patented K-SPHERE which encodes Spatial Audio, Dolby Audio and other popular surround formats to qualify for consumption on even the traditional stereo system. With over two
decades of experience in audio industry, he has mixed and mastered numerous film songs and Television commercials. Mr Mehta is the founder of Karmik Records which was established in mid-2020. Karmik Records is an independent record label dedicated to audio production for independent artist, audio professionals, academics, musicians and audio enthusiasts.
Listen in as they both share the journey to the creation of this single released yesterday the 26th of January, 2023 India’s 74thRepublic Day.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Bhavna Toor

It’s our 100th episode & our guest today is Bhavna Toor, the Founder, and CEO of Shenomics, a leadership platform supporting aspiring leaders to live and lead with authenticity, mindfulness and impact. Under Bhavna’s leadership, Shenomics has positively impacted over 100,000 women across all walks of life to date. As an internationally-trained mindfulness and women’s leadership coach, Bhavna has spoken on various platforms including TEDx, and has trained and coached high-potential leaders at leading Fortune 500 companies from around the world.
Bhavna’s prior experience includes mentoring leaders and entrepreneurs as the CEO and Director of the National Social Entrepreneurship Forum, and an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the GSF Global Accelerator. Prior to that, Bhavna had a 9-year celebrated career on Wall Street, most recently as a Vice President and Client Portfolio Manager for a portfolio of hedge funds at a top investment firm in New York.
Bhavna has lived and worked in over 7 countries and has an MBA in Social Impact from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Bhavna is the recipient of multiple awards, including WEF’s “Iconic Woman Creating a Better World for All”
Listen in as Bhavna shares what a life defined by service is, listening to the voice within, having faith, and living a life of abundance.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Sanjay Mudnaney

Our guest today is Sanjay Mudnaney a coffee lover & cyclist who has been storytelling ever since he can remember & chose to make a career out of it. He believes that stories connect because we have human beings on the other side. And humans are wired for stories.
CMO for over 35 years, marketing strategist, he has helped brands, organizations, startups, solopreneurs, and nonprofits to make an impact, stand out and grow with innovative marketing strategies and storytelling.
His strength is his ability to find stories in organizations, founders, employees, clients, communities, and people and build tribes around stories & started his own entrepreneurial journey at the age of 50.
Sanjay has trained over 500 nonprofits across India in the art and science of storytelling.
As a storyteller, he made 10 short films on Heroes of India and launched the films on YouTube.
Listen in as he shares the power of stories, and how your story is connected to the brand you love. Even though our life is all about stories, we have forgotten the power of the story we carry. He believes stories are born out of gaps.
He is in the process of building a one of its kind storytelling experiential lab bringing together theatre, visual, copy, film, and digital formats with Crow Tales Story Room.
He can be reached at sanjay@crowtales.in
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