Chat shows with everyday Heros and Sheros of my life to learn about their life ‘s journey & experiences. Further leveraging these learnings, inspiration & Know How to conduct life skill workshops for youngsters as part of NiMiTHAM's Initiative
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Episode 25 on Retail
Guest Speaker: Prabhuraj Siddappa
Insta ID: @prabhuraj_siddappa
Date : 30th Dec 2021
Prabhuraj Siddappa is a Retailer for Life and is passionate about Travel, Reading, Theatre, Himalayas, Calvin and Hobbes !!. He has completed Textile Engineering & MBA in Marketing & HR.
Listen to know about the discussion on Tales of Retail with Prabhu
· Insightful Journey of being a retailer for life
· Options available for youngster to explore in Retail
· Shared stories about his growing up years and favourite memories of Port Blair
· His life mantra – Follow your heart and Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)
· His time management tips which helps him take out time for his hobbies
· Important Life skills – Surround yourself with Smarter People, Listen More, Observe, Be Empathetic and Travel More.
One of his messages to youngster is to travel more and read books on retail
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Episode 24 on Love for History
Guest Speaker: Meera G Muralidharan
Insta ID:@meeragm_
Date : 25th Dec 2021
Dr Meera Muralidharan completed her PhD in History and Teaching Fellow in the School of History, Victoria University of Wellington She has master’s in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Institute of History, Leiden University, The Netherlands
Listen to know about the discussion we had on love for history, travel food and our culture.
· Interesting journey about the love for history which made her travel places .
· Her experience as an international student and then a teaching fellow which has been really enriching one.
· She also shared the options available for youngsters if they opt for history
· She shared about her growing up years in Kochi and memories of her college days.
· Her favourite childhood memories were vacations and enjoying life with our cousins and friends.
· Embracing failures and being ok to make mistakes is among the life skills which is important
· Her hobbies included travelling, reading, hiking and dancing.
· One of her messages to youngster is to travel more as it makes you a better human being
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Episode 23 on A to Z of Excel
Guest Speaker: Rinkoo Jainn
Insta ID:@rinkujaink73
Date : 20th Dec 2021
Rinkoo Jainn is an Author, Soft Skills trainer, Japanese Language Translator. She graduated in B.sc. (H) Maths and also got an advance diploma in Japanese Language from Delhi University.
She worked in MNC for 19 years . She moved out in 2015 and started with Japanese language training and Six Sigma Consulting. Recently her book A to Z of Ms Excel was published - A self-paced learning guide for both learners and trainers.
Listen to know about various aspects we discussed in our interactive session.
· Her journey from moving out of corporate sector to pursue something of her own.
· Her experience being a Japanese language expert
· Her reasons for falling in love with Excel
· Her experience of writing , publishing and marketing her book
· Her life mantra which makes are always full of energy and a smile on her face is having no grudges.
· Communication, Problem Solving and Stress management are important life skills according to her
· She is working on her next book which is autobiography.
· Her hobbies including teaching maths and loves music.
· Message for youngsters- Focus on Learning and acquiring Skills will help you in life .
Take life as it comes and move on as life will give you another chance.
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Episode 22 on Reinventing Career
Guest Speaker: Hemant Deshpande
Co-host : Nitin Bhagwat
Date : 11th Dec 2021
Hemant Deshpande is a Career Coach and a mentor for CXO & Senior Leader. He is an Electrical Engineer by qualification. He is a NLP as well as Strengthscope Practitioner. He has received Executive Coaching Certification from Canada. He is also a ICF Professional Certified Coach(PCC).
Co-host – Nitin Bhagwat is a Manager by profession & an Artist by heart who is a curious learner. He loves to explore People and places which give him new insights & learning to grow at a personal level.
Listen to know about various aspects we discussed in our interactive session with Hemant Deshpande.
•His Journey as a coach from last 7 years has been fantastic & he considers it to be a great opportunity to contribute to people •His transition journey from a corporate career after working for 18 years in IT industry to an independent Leadership Coach. •He shared challenges and fears encountered during transitioning phase to becoming a Coach.
•He mentioned about the importance of reinventing careers and ourselves which in turn helps in redesign life. His passion helped him in redesigning his life.
•Continuous Learning & Openness to develop yourself are important life skills to have in life.
•His quest for purpose in Life which lead him to find something fulfilling and satisfaction along with 3 crucial factors which lead to transformation •His life Mantra is Continuous Learning in Life
•Life skills important for transforming your life and Career -Exploration , Developing Clarity in Life goals, Moving out of Comfort Zone, Being Persistent . •He shared how he overcame his challenges while switching from corporate career to follow his passion
•His message to youngsters is to never settle for ordinary but extraordinary which an individual can decide for themselves. "To create a life you love".
•He beautifully answered the question whether everyone needs a coach or not. It is not the need to have a coach but when you want to transform or your life then it's helps seeing life in a different light.
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Episode 21 on Importance of Coaching
Guest Speaker: KS Ramanan
Insta I'd : @kolazhi_ramanan
Date : 4th DEC 2021
K S Ramanan is an independent Learning & Development consultant-facilitator and coach. He comes with over 30 years of work experience in the corporate sector and about 4 years in the social sector.
He has created 366 Quotes of his own which has been published as a desk diary titled, ‘366 Insights for Life’. He published his first e-book, '31 Ways to Reclaim Your Happiness'. He is currently working on his next book titled, ‘Life In Small Bites’. His website www.ksramanan.com is about Sights & Insights. Sights is about his travel stories and Insights is about his lessons from life. He also writes short-form content under the category, Seeds.
Listen to know about the episode
• His Journey as a coach
• His Transition Journey from Corporate career to becoming a coach
• Importance of Coaching & How to find a Coach?
• His Life Mantra being “In Life, look for the extraordinary in the ordinary”
• Life Skills – Curiosity, Empathy and Compassion are according to him
• His Hobbies which included travelling, writing etc
• Message to youngsters. To be Curious in life
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Episode 20 Love for Trekking
Guest Speaker: Lakshmi Selvakumaran
Insta I'd : @zerowaste_vegan_desi,@indiahikes
Date : 27th Nov 2021
Lakshmi is Head of Experience at India Hikes . She handles Training an HR function for IH. She also heads our Green Trails Initiative. Personally, she is a strong advocate of zero waste and vegan lifestyle
Listen to the episode to know about
• The journey of India Hikes into the trekking world
• Her journey of becoming part of IH Family
• Meaning of Green Trail & its importance tips
• The practices she follows for zero waste & tips we can follow in everyday life.
• Impact of trekking in her life. KGL experience being her favourite trek and her favourite story related to Dayara Bugyal Trek.
• Benefits of trekking and key learnings from Trekking.
• Humility is one of the important life skill is important in life.
• Her life mantra in life
• Message to youngsters.
Loved conducting fun quiz at the end
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Episode 19 Cultivating the Habit of Reading
Guest Speaker: Amrut Deshmukh
Insta I'd : @amrutdeshmukh
Date : 20th Nov 2021
Amrut Deshmukh calls himself as an outdated Chartered Accountant. He is popularly known as Booklet Guy with a Mission to make India Read.
The average reading speed of most of us 150 words per minute. Amrut has increased his reading speed to 1200 words per minutes. He reads almost 1 book a day and has read 1520 books till now.
He is an Author of the book Author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective READERS”
He has 20 lakh young readers who are enthusiastically reading books with him on his free mobile app called "Booklet".
TED talk speaker (thrice) and awarded as “Youth Icon 2020”.
Listen the episode to know about
· His life mantra being taking One day at a time
· His Journey from being a CA to 3 failed startup to only successful Indian start-up with no external funding or venture capital. A completely self-funded social start-up.
· His journey of finding his mission for cultivating habit of reading amongst the youth of India ( Make India Read )
· He shares about his book “ The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Readers” inspired from one of his favourite Author
· He shared about his free mobile app called “Booklet”
· According to him taking risk in life and taking the road less travelled in life is important life skill
· He shares tips about cultivating habit of reading.
· His hobbies and His passion for cooking and healthy lifestyle was also shared by him
Loved conducting the fun quiz at the end .
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Episode 18
Guest Speaker: Dr.Kavita Bhat Kumar
Insta I'd : @dr.kavitasdesignersmiles
Date : 13th Nov 2021
She is a founder of DESIGNER SMILES Multi-speciality Dental clinic & is a dentist par excellence with over 27 years of experience in creating and enhancing smiles. She has undergone extensive training in the technical aspects of Aesthetic dentistry from Germany. She also holds a diploma in healthcare management from Tata Institute of Social Sciences. She has held office in various positions within the Indian Dental Association.
Listen to know about
• Her Journey as a Dentist & her experience in this field for last 27 years • Her love for this profession •
• Importance of life skill and being adaptable in life
•One of her Life Mantra is to have Self-Belief and not feel limited.
• Her hobbies which included travelling ,singing and dancing
• Her message to youngsters is to start investing early on in Live and also create a Personal Brand • Her message to parents of young adults
Hope you enjoy listening to the episode along with the fun quiz at the end regarding Mumbai’s local station
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Episode 17
Guest Speaker: Vieshaka L Dutta
Insta I'd : @duttavieshaka
Date : 6th Nov 2021
Vieshaka is a senior HR professional and leads initiatives for Diversity Equity and Inclusion. She is passionate about building community support groups and manages large networks focused on support for women and mothers and single parents. She is a strong ally for LGBT+ support movement in India and supports advocacy for the community at workplaces.
Listen to know about
· Her life mantra and the way she leads her life
· Her favourite childhood memories from Noida & Kolkata
· Her journey from an Environmentalist to HR professional then to leading D& Initiative along with that managing community support group and being an LGBT+ally
· Her perspective about importance of mental health specially among youngsters
· Her views developing an attitude of never giving up life which according to her is an important life skill as well
· Her hobbies which included reading, travelling and art. She loves reading books written by Jhumpa Lahiri, Amitava Ghosh, Paula Coelho
· Her message to youngsters to work on conquering their fears which would help in leading a joyful life
Hope you enjoy listening to the episode along with the fun quiz at the end
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Episode 16
Guest Speaker: Kanupriya Prashar
Insta ID:@kp_lux
Date : 30thOCT 2021
Kanupriya Prashar is an Economist who is a graduate in Economics and has done post-graduation in Management .She has worked in MNCs in global roles.
Listen to know about
• Her views as an Economist
• Her life mantra along with her leadership journey
• Her take on life skills and its importance.
• Her advice to youngsters when someone wants to pursue a career with Economics or transfer pricing.
• She shared about her love for Classical dance Odissi and travelling along with her favourite childhood memories
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Episode 15 : Love for Malayalam Literature
Guest Speaker: Prarthana Srinivasan
Insta I'd : @prarthana.srinivasan
Date : 23rd OCT 2021
Listen to know about the views of student of Malayalam Literature & fun quiz at the end.
Apart from her studies , she is passionate about classical dance, travelling & reading specially writings of Madhavi Kutty, MT Vasudevan Nair etc.
She has recently started presenting for a local news channel.
• She shared her story about her love for Malayalam Literature
• Her life mantra is to follow her passion
• Her growing up years in Muriyad
• Tips about various career options after choosing Malayalam Literature as a subject
• Decision Making is an important life skill according to her which we should develop at young age.
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Episode 14 on Importance of Physical & Mental Health
Guest Speaker: Mounika Naidu
Insta I'd : @thiscouldbeanything
Date : 16th OCT 2021
Listen to know about the views of student of medicine about importance of Physical & Mental Health & fun quiz at the end
Apart from her studies , she is passionate about writing specially poem, loves photography & makes beautiful videos. She loves learning new things small & big.
• She shared her story about choosing the profession of medicine
• Her life mantra is to live in the moment
• Her growing up years in Hyderabad
• Tips about the importance of being physically fit to avoid lifestyle diseases & seek help in case facing any mental health issues.
• Communication in person is an important life skill according to her.
• She shared her way of bouncing back when she feels low.
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 1 as on 10th July 2021
Guest Speaker - Anupam Sanghi
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 13 on Dance
Guest Speaker: Kalamandalam Sreelakshmi Nair
Insta I'd : @sri__lakshmi_nair
Date : 14th OCT 2021
Today's discussion was about Dance by a Classical Dancer & Teacher
Listen to today's episode to know about the various aspects of Classical Dance Form
• Her love for Dance & journey as a Dancer
• Art of Storytelling in Dance
• Importance of Abhinaya, Mudras & Navrasas &
Theoretical concepts.
• Decision Making as a life skill
• Benefits of Dancing
• Options to learn Classical Dance
• Concept of ashtanayika which is the basis of my
upcoming book
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 12
Guest Speaker: Nitin Bhagwat
Date : 9th OCT 2021
Today's discussion was about Importance of Upskilling by an Artist by Heart.
Listen to today's episode to know about the aspects shared by Nitin
•Life journey
•Life Mantra
•Favourite Childhood memories
•Hobbies
•Concept of Upskilling.& Unlearning
•View on life skills & its importance
Do listen till the end for fun quiz( Riddles)
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 11
Guest Speaker: Harish Iyer
Date : 25th Sep 2021
Today's discussion was about Harish's
•Life journey
•Life Mantra
•Life philosophy
•Hobbies
•Concept of Seeker & Learner
•View on life skills
Do listen till the end - fun quiz about local stations of Mumbai
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Episode 10
Guest Speaker: Jayanthi Subramaniam
Insta id @jeyanthi_subramanian10
Date : 18th Sep 2021
Time 7pm
INSTA LIVE
Listen to know more about Jayanthi's journey as an artist.
Her life mantra, parenting tips for youngsters & message for youngsters is very inspirational.
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Guest Speaker: Shamiyana VC
Insta id @shamiyanavc Date : 11th Sep 2021
Listen to know more about the story of Shamiyana VC.
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Episode 8 on Interpersonal Relationships
4th Sep 2021, 7pm on insta live@ nimitham_2020
Guest Speaker: Varsha Agnihotri
Listen to know more about Interpersonal Relationships which is very well shared by Varsha. She is co-founder of Footloose no more(Fnm).
She is multi-talented & finds joy being around people.
Her life mantra, life journey & her message for youngsters is very inspirational.
This is a special episode with my favourite person & I am really glad I met lot of people with Fnm & found my tribe.
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Episode 7: Communication Disorders
28th August 7 pm on insta Live id@nimitham_2020
Guest Speaker: Chitra Thadathil
insta id @chitra_thadathil
Watch to know more about Communication Disorders explained by Chitra
She is a Speech Language Pathologist.
Founder & Director of Dimension Centre shared her life mantra & life journey.
She shared parenting tips & aspects we can keep in mind to have inclusive culture.
She explained her work life balance mantra. Her choice of career which is speech therapy & purpose in life.
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Episode 6 : Onam Special
21st August 7 pm on insta Live id@nimitham_2020
Guest Speaker: Sreedevi Menon
insta id @sreedevi.menon
Listen to know more about Onam festival, organic farming & importance of interpersonal relationships.
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Guest Speaker: Archana A
Listen to know more about the journey of an Engineer turned Marketer. She shared her passion for music & reading. Also stories about her growing up years in Coimbatore & her best childhood memories.
She shared beautiful examples about importance of communication as a life skill.
Fun quiz is my favourite part of the show.
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 4 on 31st July 7pm on insta id@nimitham_2020
Guest Speaker: Sthavir Wandhare
Listen to know more about Law of Attraction, importance of having Dreams & Goals.
Sthavir shared his journey of being a Dreamer & being a believer in not just surviving but in living a fulfilling life.He is an Engineer & has done his MBA from IIM Kozhikode. After 4 years working in Telecommunications industry, started on his own work in Bangalore.
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Insta recording of Episode 3 on 24th July 2021, Guest Speaker Sutapa Pal
Listen to know more about Good Communication as a Life Skill & the fun time I had on rapid fir around with Sutapa.
Sutapa's journey of 15 years of managing balance sheet of an MNC Bank.Later following her passion for travel & Photography is very inspirational
She is known to Build Brands through her Photography.
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 2 as on 17th July 2021 Guest Speaker - Poonam Vermani
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 " Celebrating Life " Insta Live Recording of Episode 25 as on 10th April 2021
Topic : Vidyarthi for Life
Guest Speaker : Hemsingh Patle
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 "Celebrating Life "Insta Live Recording of Episode 24 as on 3rd April 2021
Topic - Bouncing Back from Failure
Guest Speaker : Vaishakh Nair
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 "Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 23 as on 27th March 2021
Topic : Fitness is a lifestyle
Guest Speaker : Sapna Singh
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 22 as on 20th March 2021
Topic : Love for Fur & Feathers
Guest Speaker : Hazel Roy
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 "Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 21 as on 13th March 2021
Topic : Love for Accounting
Guest Speaker Neeraj Jayakumar Panicker
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 "Celebrating Life " Insta Live Recording of Episode 20 as on 6th March 2021
Topic : Love for Colours
Guest Speaker K. Singh
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 "Celebrating Life " Insta Live Recording of Episode 19 as on 27th Feb 2021
Topic :Love for Psychology
Guest Speaker : Aparna Sreevalsan
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 "Celebrating Life "Insta Live Recording of Episode 18 as on 20th Feb 2021
Topic : Organic Farming
Guest Speaker : Sreedevi Menon
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 17
Topic : Sustainable Living
Guest Speaker : Sreeja Mukundan ( Entrepreneur, Doodlist , Sustainable Human and Aspiring Minimalist)
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 16
Topic : Benefits of having a Travel Fund
Guest Speaker : Komal Shivdasani
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Insta Live Recording of Episode 15 as on 30th Jan 2021
Topic : There's a Leader with YOU
Guest Speaker : Aditya Kuchibhotla
Kapi Poha Session Series 2 "Celebrating Life " Insta Live Recording of Episode 14 as on 23rd Jan 2021
Topic : Love for Economics
Guest Speaker : Rohit Venugopal
Series 2 "Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 13 as on 16th Jan 2021
Guest speaker : Sachin Gupta : Traveller who is known for his love affairs with mountains
Series 2"Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 12 as on 9th Jan 2021
Guest speaker Himanshu Thapa - Outdoorsy for Life
Series 2"Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 11 as on 2nd Jan 2021
Guest speaker Preeti Chauhan - Mountain Lover , Zero Waste Practitioner & Nature Keeper
Series 2"Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 10 as on 26th Dec 2020
Guest speaker Vishal Jaiswal - Yoga as way of Life
Series 2"Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 9 as on 19th Dec 2020
Guest speaker Chakitha Somasekhara - Creative Architect, Avid Traveler & Good Organiser
Series 2"Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 9 as on 12th Dec 2020
Guest speaker Naseera Razak - Talented architect , people manager, Bharatanatyam dancer and a wanderlust at heart
Series 2"Celebrating Life" Insta Live Recording of Episode 7 as on 2nd Dec-2020
Guest speaker Ananthu Vasudev : Ethical Leader , Humanitarian and Social Entrepreneur
Series 1 "World of Books " Insta Live Recording of Episode 6 as on 28th Nov 2020
Topic :Being Mentally Happy
Guest speaker Minu Joshi : Psychologist and Life Coach
Series 1"World of Books" Insta Live Recording of Episode 4 as on 7th Nov 2020
Topic : Trekking
Guest speaker: Shanmugapriya Thiagarajan - Dreamer, rookie trek enthusiast, backpacker, bibliophile,
Series 1 "World of Books" Insta Live Recording of Episode 5 as on 21st Nov 2020
Topic : Counselling for Younger Mind
Guest speaker Prachi Srivastava - Psychologist who work with children, adolescents and families also Known as Feeling Teacher
Series 1"World of Books" Insta Live Recording of Episode 3 as on 31st Oct 2020
Topic : NLP
Guestspeaker: Smrithi Raghav -Leadership & Executive Coach ,NLP Coach & Practitioner
Series 1"World of Books"Insta Live Recording of Episode 2 as on 24th Oct 2020
Topic : Vidyarambham
Guest speaker Manoj Namboodiri - Simple humble person in life who enjoys little things
Series 1"World of Books"Insta Live Recording of Episode 1 as on 17th Oct 2020
Topic : Books Guest speaker Manoj Sonawane - Best Selling Author, Business Story Teller , Librarian and Education Strategist