U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty

U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Saraswathy Ramamoorthy

Our guest today is Saraswathy Ramamoorthy, cofounder at Learning Matters, a Bengaluru-based education technology organization that is transforming the way teachers teach and students learn. An early childhood education (ECCE) expert by heart and passion, she has worked in various facets of the education domain as an educator and educationist for more than 20 years. Her core expertise is in designing and developing educational curricula and programs, teaching children, training teachers, as well as creating digital education products and programs
Saraswathy started her rich career in education with two M.S. degrees from Purdue University, USA - one in Child Development and Family Studies and another in Special Education. Her formative years were spent in the classroom teaching children as young as 1 year old as well as training young students about to embark on a career in teaching. Some of her youngest students are still in touch with her, almost 20 years later! She has learned, imbibed, and implemented educational perspectives and pedagogical practices from many different philosophies and countries and beautifully blends the best of them all into her approach to and work in education and edtech.
Saraswathy is also a proficient and skilled writer and public speaker. She is especially passionate about empowering and enabling women - something very close to her heart. Listen in as she shares her life’s journey, especially with Learning Matters & beyond!
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Vasudev Murthy

Our guest today is Vasudev Murthy.
Vasudev is a soul in transit, presently residing in Bangalore.
He is an author, a visiting g faculty to colleges, plays the violin, and is a yoga and animal welfare enthusiast while being a management consultant.
He heads Focal concepts a management consulting and leadership development firm.
Listen in as Vasudev shares his Journey into writing his latest book “Yoga Sutras Simplified- A soul searching adventure with Patanjali.”
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty - Abhay Nayampally

Our guest today is Abhay Nayampally who was hugely influenced by his musician parents and entered the magical world of music. Having grown up playing instruments such as the Tabla and Piano right from the tender age of 5, he took a fancy to the Guitar around his early teens exploring it through jazz and blues. Abhay then felt the need to explore it in a rarely visited genre on the guitar, South Indian Classical music.
Abhay, along with a significant number of Solo concerts under his belt around the world, has also had the privilege of sharing a stage and playing alongside some of the best-known Indian Classical and Jazz artists in the world some of whom include Ustad Taufiq Qureshi, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia, Pt. Purbayan Chatterjee, Shankar Mahadevan, Pt. Yogesh Samsi, Louis Banks, Sivamani, Gino Banks, Rakesh Chaurasia, and Suresh Wadkar to name a few. He has also recorded for movies and ad campaigns with some of the best-known composers in the music industry including a few award-winning movies. He’s also the recipient of the title Sangeeta Kalaratnam which when translated means, ‘Jewel of the Art of Music.’
Abhay met his Guru and Mentor, the legendary Mandolin Maestro Vidwan U Srinivas under whose incomparable and invaluable tutelage, Abhay cemented his new style of playing and developed it into a polished and fine art form unique to the electric guitar. He is now currently the only Carnatic Guitar Artiste in the world performing and teaching the U Srinivas Bani (style) of playing the electric guitar.
In 2021, Abhay released his self-titled debut Solo Carnatic Guitar album co-produced with internationally acclaimed composer/producer Sandeep Chowta which opened to a tremendous response. His album claimed the Number One Album Spot for the Apple Music All India Indian Classical Charts for more than a month & also made it to the final Grammy Ballot Round for the Best Global Music Album Award.
He aims to bring Carnatic Classical, an ancient Indian art form, to modern audiences, within India and globally, making it more approachable, familiar, and modern without compromising on the traditional aspect of the music.
Listen in as Abhay shares his amazing journey as a musician, his days with his Guru Vidwan Mandolin U Srinivas, the making of his debut album & his onward journey with music.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Prarthana Prateek Kaul

Our guest today is Prarthana Prateek Kaul, the Co-Founder of GiftAbled, an award-winning social enterprise that strives to create an ecosystem of like-minded individuals to collectively build an inclusive society. Gift Abled has supported the Livelihood of 1000s of People with Disability and the underprivileged across India through Supply Chain Diversity and other projects She is a cause marketeer, and motivational trainer known for her high-energy keynotes and has been a consultant in the space of disability inclusion to many multinational organizations. Prarthana has conducted numerous sensitization workshops on evolving relevant topics such as Disability Confident company, Sign language, Braille, Volunteer Management, and Employee Engagement across India. She has engaged with 15,000 plus volunteers and 100s of Non-Profits across the country on various causes.
Additionally, she has been invited by reputed National institutes & her efforts and contribution towards the empowerment of People with Disabilities, have won her various awards and accolades, including Social Entrepreneur of the Year by Namma Bengaluru Foundation (2015), Community Service Award by Rotary Bangalore Centennial (2017), Best Social Entrepreneur Award by Hand in Hand (2018), Top 3 social enterprise in the country by IIM Calcutta Innovation Park as part of Tata Social Enterprise Challenge. She has also served as a Board Member of non-profit entities and was a life skill trainer for students.
Listen in as Prarthana joyfully shares some inspirational Moments of this magical journey she is on. Her formula to stay high constantly. “Write love letters to yourself.”
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- P. Natarajan

Nature has interesting ways of bringing us back to our roots by first sending us away!! So was the case with our guest today Mr. P.Natarajan. Having lived abroad for higher education and work, returning home made him see the damage around him with fresh eyes and a heavy heart but with a determination to address the problem. What we admire when we go abroad are the clean streets and rules and regulations. So that is what hits us when we return home, the need to follow rules and regulations. Solid waste is a huge problem in a city like Chennai that is growing at a rate not proportional to civic amenities. What is missing is the understanding of our participation in preserving the environment. Problems like these send us back to those law-abiding foreign lands or give us the grit to face them head-on. It takes courage to be different and stand out. When Chennai had not woken up to the alarming garbage conundrum (2014-2015), Natarajan was deeply affected by the impending damage it would cause and start Namma Ooru Foundation along with a few more passionate souls. After 7 years of operations, of Namma Ooru foundation the accomplishment was transforming more than 3500 households in Chennai and diverting 5 tons of mixed waste from landfills every day, but that represents just a grain of sand in the 5000 tons of mixed waste that Chennai generates every day. Natarajan realized that being a part-timer and handling this mammoth task is not going to work, He gave up his IT job and founded PUVI Earth Care Solutions a social enterprise with a 100% focus to provide sustainable environmental solutions, and came in full-time to tackle Climate Change. Natarajan sports 7 years of hands-on experience in the field of Environment, predominantly in Solid Waste Management, and 20 years of experience in IT industry.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Neeraja Ganesh

Our guest today is Neeraja Ganesh, Networking Neeraja as she is popularly called.
The “go-to” person for multiple things – be it to conduct workshops, curate events, deliver a keynote address, moderate a panel or be a panelist herself, Neeraja is ready to give herself completely.
Listen in as Neeraja shares her journey from a quiet, meek, timid, shy girl, a plain Jane whose school test scores were average to having a 25-year long Corporate career in the IT industry in leadership positions in MNCs, handling global clients, transitioning to running NGOs, and being part of the leadership in academic institutions. Her motto is very simple -“ Be YOURSELF.”
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U n’ I with Rashm Shetty- Padma Kalyani

Our guest today is Padma Kalyani, who was Inspired by her parents to look for the positive aspects of life. She quit her IT job after her son, was born so that she could spend time with him until he was ready to go to nursery. Little did she know that life’s journey was going to take a different direction. Her son was diagnosed to be within the Autism spectrum and her focus shifted to supporting her son with early intervention services. She felt the need to equip herself with a professional qualification in Special Education so that she can help her son better. At the end of the course, the seed for her next step to start a social enterprise was sown during the pandemic. To provide skill development training for neuro-diverse individuals who will be part of her dream project - Suchiram Foods!
Listen in as Padma shares her journey to becoming the founder of Suchiram Foods, a social enterprise.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Ruchi Singh

Our guest today is Ruchi Singh - a United Nations Speaker, Leadership & Communication Mentor, Award-Winning HR Professional, International Keynote Speaker, Talk Show Host, United Nations SDG Ambassador- India
She is also a Special Executive Committee Member (Social Work and Entrepreneurship) of the MSME Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India.
Ruchi also takes a stand for humanity by creating domestic violence awareness by sharing her story of survival.
She further says, "Whenever I share my story, I touch a life, create discussions, and change in the right direction."
Listen in as she shares her journey & states very clearly, "When you make your choices, you are actually creating the story of your life!”
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Udit Goenka

Our guest today is Udit Goenka, who started his career as a self-taught graphic designer at 16 and at 18 launched his first product around WordPress security, which did wonders for him to understand the power of financial freedom.
After being an integral part of two successful start-ups, his life changed when he launched his third startup, which failed miserably and changed his whole life, teaching him some valuable life lessons which included management, team-hiring, and more.
This failure fuelled the idea of PitchGround -his most successful startup to date, currently valued at $20m as of 2022. PitchGround is a SaaS Marketplace that bridges the gap between early-stage SaaS companies and early adopters and small-medium-sized businesses. His proud moment was that PitchGround has done over $5m in sales as a bootstrapped company
In 2021, he started as an Angel Investor, and so far, has invested in 20 start-ups. Udit mentors some of them as a give back to the community.
Listen in as he shares his inspirational journey, the high & lows & what keeps him so rooted & humble.
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U n’ I with Rashmi Shetty- Shashank Nimkar

Our guest today is Shashank Nimkar - the founder and CEO of Earth Tatva A multi-award-winning designer, he practices circular design through industrial design, animation, and policy framing.
Currently, he is on a mission to turn ceramic production into a circular process through his innovative recycled ceramic material that reduces mining for natural resources by 60%. Trying to do more and better with less.
Listen in as this absolutely humble, “professional Introvert” as he describes himself, has some amazing nuggets of wisdom for us. Motivated by the Japanese proverb, “If others can do it, you can do it too. If none can do it you must do it.” Shashank Nimkar is an inspirational innovator. He believes that “You don’t have to be the best, you just have to give your best."
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