Do you choose your calling or does it choose you? We ask Varun Madan, Founder & CEO of Salad Days. An engineer by qualification, an alumnus of the prestigious XLRI, ex-IBM, ex-Wipro who ventured quite unexpectedly and rather successfully into food retail, Varun believes answers to life’s tough questions seek you when left unprobed. Rather than obsessing over the destination, what matters most is what we choose to make of the ten feet of clarity available to us at every step of our journey. Tune into this engaging conversation with Varun and our vivacious host Deepali Naair, Group CMO, CK Birla Group, to understand what it takes to hit the sweet spot consistently.

What goes into the making of a million-dollar smile? Lots and lots of hard work with a reasonable share of good luck, says Dr. Arpi Mehta, Co-Founder & CEO, Toothsi, leaders of invisible braces technology in India. Her story spurs intrigue and awe. Why did Arpi, a top qualified orthodontist, venture into the perilous waters of entrepreneurship? What made her stay steadfast to her vision even though circumstances threatened to crumble her dream? How did she grow from a consulting dentist to an astute business woman, leading a 700-employee company with an additional 1000 fleet-on-street employees, and that too, sans a management degree? How did she manage to convince doctors, senior to her by decades, to join her in her vision of providing invisible braces to millions of Indians right at their doorstep? Arpi shares her inspiring journey with Deepali Naair, Group CMO, CK Birla Group.

Anil Nagar, Founder and CEO of Adda247, comes from humble beginnings. As someone who grew up in an environment that lacked equitable access to education, our guest believes in the importance of education to bring about lasting and positive change in society. As the founder of Adda247, he focuses on delivering high quality education in multiple Indian languages through the internet to the masses; while prioritizing affordability. Tune into this episode as he talks about the initial challenges to raise funds, how he ensures that his work is impactful and shares his code for entrepreneurial success with host Deepali Naair.

Samina Bano has a truly inspirational life story. This engineer and IIM-Bangalore alumna gave up a rewarding career abroad with Deloitte to return to India, to found and lead the RightWalk Foundation which works towards securing free access to education for lakhs of marginalized children, using RTE. In this episode Deepali Naair traces Samina’s personal journey against all odds, talks about her upbringing in a conservative Muslim family, to standing up for her rights early on in childhood to becoming a pioneer in inclusive education with principles from the for-profit world to drive change, one student and school at a time.

In the episode, Deepali talks to Girish Rowjee, the Co-founder & CEO of GreytHR, one of the early movers into the Cloud B2B space in India. Belonging to a family of entrepreneurs, Girish has been instrumental in positioning GreytHR as a market leader in the cloud Payroll & HR space with around 9,000+ paying businesses in India and GCC countries. Being someone who believes that inspiration must be supported by immense hard work, he talks to Deepali about all that went into making GreytHR a pioneer in its space.

In this episode, Deepali talks to Shilpa Khanna Thakkar, Co-Founder & CEO of wellness brand Chicnutrix. With an MBA from the Cardiff university in UK despite her first language not being English, she represents the drive and confidence synonymous with a true millennial entrepreneur who dreams of achieving it all; a career, a family, friends and adequate down time; all of which she says are vital to finding inspiration & building one’s journey. Tune in as they talk about the importance of networking, what it's like to do business with a family member and what drove her to creating one of the most popular current wellness brands in India.

Ashish Munjal is the Co-founder & CEO of Sunstone, a higher education organization working to provide Accountable and Industry-Integrated Education. With an MBA from IMT Ghaziabad and a CFA from the USA, he's acquired diverse experience in various financial and consulting roles over his 12 year long corporate tenure. In this episode, Deepali talks to him about the importance of carrying on lessons of company culture into new-age businesses and the underlying principles that drove him to build what Sustone is today.

Harshvardhan Lunia is the Co-Founder and CEO of Lendingkart, one of the most popular fin-tech startups headquartered at Ahmedabad, India. He followed his MBA degree with a banking job in London- the kind of job and lifestyle that is an aspiration and envy of most MBA pass outs. But besides having one of the most ideal career trajectories, Harshvardhan felt like he had a lot more to offer. In this episode, Deepali delves into his early influences that led to the building of Lendingkart and what it takes to design a life that's untouched by wealth and fame.