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“…the world belongs to the youth from the emerging economies, so they need to work on systemic problems…problems that will take decades to solve…AI and Digitisation will not affect their futures then, in fact it will enable their progress for the world they are going to inherit! ” - Saurabh Nanda YT- https://youtu.be/abxaziMzjCs Please welcome Mr Saurabh Nanda, founder of Such Conversations Matter, founder of SN Mentoring and co-founder of Career Choice Pro, an AI Career Counsellor. Saurabh jumped into the Education space in 2012 after leaving his cushy American IT job (B.Tech in Computer Science from NIT Jalandhar, 2005-09). He was confused and knew that if this is happening to him then it must be happening to a lot of others like him. He up skilled himself in psychology, learnt from psychometricians such as Dr Itishree Misra. Since then, he has impacted over 20,000 students, parents, teachers and aspirants across 35+ universities and colleges, 600+ schools, companies and education institutions 25+ countries. As an international youth mentor, he mentors youth for multi-disciplinary projects in sustainability, tech4good, psychology and more for organisations such as Government of India’s Atal Innovation Mission, Huawei CSR, YUNGA Japan, RISE, NIT Jalandhar, Enactus chapters in Delhi University, Jagriti Yatra among others. He hosts 2 podcasts and is a multiple TEDx speaker. For his work in cyber bullying awareness, he was awarded the Jagran Josh Education Award for “Best Initiative for Mental Health Awareness” by the Dainik Jagran group on 31st March 2022.  You can know more about him here - https://linktr.ee/snanda Career Choice Pro - https://careerchoice.pro/  This episode is also the finale of SCM Season 2! Please refer to other episodes mentioned in the podcast here - https://scmonline.in Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #AI #Careers #Youth #Future #FutureOfJobs #Spirituality #introspection #retrospection  #SuchConversationsMatter #UniversalNative #SaurabhNanda #Information #Democratisation #AccessToInformation #sustainability #changemakers #careerconsultant #careeradvice #careercounselling #careercounseling 

“…in today's world, I think even humanities is about digital humanities. So you have to start forming those connections. You have to think about what's the state in the digital world? Can I directly contribute to that aspect if it's not really digitized?” YT - https://youtu.be/WoL6WsLH-2Y Meet Satdeep Gill, a linguist working to preserve languages and cultures with the help of technology. He is the Senior Program Officer, Culture and Heritage at Wikimedia Foundation. His journey with Wikipedia started in 2009 by becoming a volunteer and then a few years later he was representing the Punjabi language community at national and international forums within Wikimedia Foundation and other places as well. Most recently he represented the Wikimedia Foundation at the G20 Culture Working Group organised by UNESCO and Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Satdeep is a passionate story teller, poet, writer and traveller and is fluent in Punjabi, Hindi, English, French and is currently learning Balinese Bahasa. Satdeep and I met online at an internal event of an online media organisation. Since then we have stayed in touch and admired each others’ work and our passion towards that. Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/satdeepgill/ ; https://medium.com/@satdeepgill Wikisource Loves Manuscripts - https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikisource_Loves_Manuscripts Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #wikipedia #Culture #languages #SatdeepGill #DigitalTechnologies #Ethnography #Heritage #preservation #indigenouscultures #india #indonesia #cambodia #wikimedia #wikisource #wikitongue #SaurabhNanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast 

“Media Literacy is needed at the individual level for all.” YT - https://youtu.be/4YS6ov9g-pM Meet Bharat, a media professional and one of the core team members of the Logical Indian. Bharat Nayak has spent some 9 and a half years at Logical Indian, starting his journey at the Logical Indian startup, when he was still in college and worked for no money for over a year and then becoming one of the Founding Editors. He turned the Logical Indian into one of the most followed media outfits in India when he was the Editorial Director. Later he headed the Fact Checking division which has taken him to forums representing Indian media in Washington DC and Oslo. Bharat and I share very similar perspectives over media literacy, future of media and access to information. He is an alumnus of NIT Silchar.  He and I also share a spiritual seeking journey which has made us connect over mental wellness, youth empowerment and engagement and many related topics.  Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bharat-nayak-569700117/ The Logical Indian - https://thelogicalindian.com Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #logicalindian #factcheck #IndianMedia #BharatNayak #MediaTransparency #MediaTechnology #FutureofMedia #MediaLiteracy #SaurabhNanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast 

“But once that leader is in power, once the leader comes to defining policy priorities. What they need is you, is the globalized educated youth to provide your perspective. You are now essential and all the leaders, right, in their sane mind, are looking for youth's participation and for you to lead from front. The problem areas the solutions that they want to see in the country, right? So there is absolutely great political, you know, will to involve the youth, it is time that the youth steps up!” YT - https://youtu.be/onE3GbKGsog Meet Lakshit, a management and policy consultant. Lakshit Mittal is currently the track chair of the “Health Wellbeing and Sports” track at Y20, the youth engagement wing of the G20 forum. As India is the president of the G20 in 2023, Lakshit and others are convening and leading conversations around different tracks of the Y20 mission. He has earlier worked with Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission implemented by the National Health Authority (NHA). He has helped political parties campaign pre-covid and prior to that he has worked as a consultant in the healthcare sector with consultancies such as ZS Associates and McKinsey. He is an alumnus of Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh. I have worked with Lakshit since 2020 when we connected to discuss our common ideas about youth and governance. Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lakshit-mittal-19155167/ Y20 - https://y20india.in Career Break Article - https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/saurabh-nanda-experience-career-breaks-for-professionals-and-students-1675925144-1 Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #Youth #Governance #politics #policy #y20 #g20 #Leadership #YouthInGovernance #YouthMentorship #india #AyushmanBharat #NationalHealthAuthority #SaurabhNanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“ये भी समझने वाली बात है कि भारत जैसे एक विविध देश में, हर जगह की संस्कृति अलग है। अगर आप वहां के कल्चर में कुछ बहार से लेकर कोई चीज थोप देंगे और बोलेंगे के ऐसे ही करना है, ऐसे ही चलाना है, तो नहीं चलने वाला है, बल्कि आप वहां के कल्चर को समझ उसके हिसाब से इकोसिस्टम बनाने की कोशिश करें। लेकिन अगर आप ईस्टर्न यूपी जैसी जगह पर जाएं, या ओवरऑल इंडिया के लिए, ये वैलिड है, यहां पर काफी फैमिली बेस्ड एंटरप्राइज होते हैं” YT - https://youtu.be/WQhTxvGQ6Us Meet Mr. Ashutosh Kumar, CEO of Jagriti Yatra, which is an ambitious train journey of discovery and transformation that takes hundreds of highly motivated youth, from all over India and world, on a 15 day, 8000 km national odyssey to meet the role models - social and business entrepreneurs - of the country. The vision of Jagriti is 'building India through enterprise'. It is a confluence of change-makers, leaders, problem-solvers and innovators. This model has been replicated in many countries and regions of the world including the USA. He has been with the Yatra since its inception in 2008. After completing his Mechanical Engineering education from IIT Kharagapur, he joined CSC in Chennai. He left that comfortable IT job to join this movement and has led the movement since 2012. He is a 2 time TEDx Speaker. He was the invited by the US consulate’s prestigious International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), he is an Asian Development Fellow run by the Asia Foundation in 2018 and IIT Kharagpur awarded him the Young Achiever Alumni Award in 2019. Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashutoshkumar5/ His TEDx Talks - https://youtu.be/xdpQ6F8osSI ; https://youtu.be/DwUCpNsi8cI Jagriti Yatra - https://www.jagritiyatra.com/index Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #jagritiyatra #entrepreneurship #socialentrepreneurship #Youth #YouthMentor #india #incubator #saurabhnanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“… there are roughly about 30 million children who are orphaned or abandoned; they are living on the streets as far India is concerned. But out of the 30 million, roughly about five to six lacs (hundred thousand) only make up to a formalized channel itself….Surprisingly, the adoption rate is very low in India, unlike the US or Japan, there are roughly on an average 3000 to 4000 children who get adopted.” YT - https://youtu.be/h6AtuVPrAR4 Meet Mr. Vidyadhar Prabhudesai! Recipient of Thane City’s second highest civilian awards. Vidyadhar is a versatile professional who started off in the corporate sector but soon realised that his passion lies in empowering people. In this episode we talk about the adoption eco-system in India and how some reforms are urgently needed. He is a life-long change maker and now a father to the beautiful Adyaveda. He founded LeadCap Trust which empowered more than 10 million youth between 2007 and 2012 and LeadCap Ventures which consults for national governments and international institutions like UN, World Economic Forum. He is a Curator of Global Shapers of the World Economic Forum and Fellow of UN and Ford Foundation. An alumnus of Thunderbird and Aegis, he shares board seats on institutions such as International Foundation for Sustainable Peace and Development, Harvard Business Review, Dalham Foundation. He is also a member of Principal Scientific Advisor’s Consultative Group, Mentor of Change, NITI Aayog and Ambassador of Jagriti Yatra. Know more about him - http://vidyadharprabhudesai.com ; https://www.linkedin.com/in/vidyadhar/ Media Articles by Vidyadhar on this topic: https://thelogicalindian.com/app-lite/trending/low-level-of-child-adoption-in-india-38245 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vidyadhar_epw-october-8-2022-carried-my-article-ref-ugcPost-6985210303995129856-WxvH?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop CARA - https://cara.nic.in Previous Conversation with Vidyadhar: YT - https://youtu.be/JLEF7FXiVYc Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #adoption #adoptioninindia #cara #childadoption #orphanedchildren #surrogacy #IVF #cradlesignage #childrensday #vidyadharprabhudesai #saurabhnanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“…from yahoo chatrooms, to facebook, to twitter, to influencers, we have seen users getting more and more identity on the internet… with Web3, that pattern is solidifying…which has very real world use cases…” - Debasri Meet Debasri Rakshit and Soum Paul, founders of the Web 3 creator economy startup called Supercraft. This is the second venture that both of them are working on after Home Screen Network. Debasri has a background in publishing and Soum is a computer engineer with a passion for film making. They have both worked with creators since 2018 now and are now using the Web 3 world to give creators more autonomy and ownership of their creations. I have worked with Soum and Debasri since 2020 when I was on boarded as one of the first career consultants on their platform called Spark.Live. Since, then we have talked many times regarding future of tech and data and finally we get a chance to bring it all together in the form of this podcast episode. Know More about Supercraft - https://www.supercraft.co Know More about Debasri - https://www.linkedin.com/in/debasrirakshit/ Know More about Soum - https://www.linkedin.com/in/soumpaul/ Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #Web3 #metaverse #crypto #careersincrypto #bitcoin #etherium #bitcoin #blockchain #Education #saurabhnanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“…I think the single most important piece now, especially over the last two years that has opened up for us is for NGOs to plan for scale… What was exposed in the last 2 years was that nobody… planned for scale” - Ramesh YT - https://youtu.be/HnBEESur2_A Meet Ramesh Balasundaram and Binu Ramesh, founders and leaders of the NGO BalUtsav, headquartered in Bangalore, India. BalUtsav helps to bring life-changing education to children living in India, thus facilitating learning for the entire life cycle: from childhood to livelihood. They work in government schools in 5 states in India and impact over 800,000 students. During the COVID-19 lockdown, Ramesh and Binu also assisted in the migrant crisis, distributing food, medicines, water and other essentials. Ramesh and Binu left their corporate training careers to work in the development sector full time since 2008. Ramesh has also worked with the Government of Karnataka consulting in the Knowledge Commission. They share an indelible desire with me and SCM, for the youth of India to step in and start making the development sector more innovative and effective. Know More about BalUtsav - https://balutsav.org Know More about Ramesh - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rameshbalasundaram/ Know More about Binu - https://www.linkedin.com/in/binuverma/ Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #DevelopmentSector #NGOs #Balutsav #SocialImpact #Sustainability #Education #saurabhnanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“…transformation should not only come from outside the systems where impact is sought…but the people working within these systems have to become transformers themselves…” YT - https://youtu.be/U2YfMJPvlxU Meet Jakob, a Counsellor for Innovation, Research and Higher Education at the Royal Danish Embassy in New Delhi. This is one of the 7 such positions which exist in the world for the Danish Government. He helps in building collaboration for Innovation, Science and Higher Education between India and Denmark. I have known Jakob since 2016, when I attended his PhD defence in Copenhagen. His topic of research was “Heroes of the knowledge economy? - Futurity and Anxiety in the Lives of Indian Engineering Students”. We have had long conversations around such topics and more and this episode brings some of them to the fore. Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakobwilliamsoerberg/ Unleash - https://unleash.org Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #science #innovation #ecosystems #denmark #india #DanishEmbassy #HigherEd #Engineering #saurabhnanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“…Agar hum ye sab nai samajh pa rhe hai ki hamare andar kya chal rha hai, hum jo kar rhe hain apni day to day life me, uske karne ke peechhe reasons kya hain? Reason hote hain logo ke pas, aisa nahi hai ki reason nai hote, reason hote hain, par vo reason ho sakta hai aapne acquire kiye ho society se vo definitions leke. Ye karna chahiye, aisa hona chahiye. Par aapne kabi usko challenge nai kiya, apne question ani kiya usko, ke bhai ye kyu hona chahiye? Isse mujhe kya labh hota hai? Kya isko karne ka koi aur behtar reason bi ho sakta hai, which is much much deeper, much more beneficial for you? Aur aapne kabhi challenge hi nai kiya. To hum kuchh dharaon pe chalte rehte hain haina. Isko hum bolte hain ki ye mechanical life hai….” YT - https://youtu.be/jyIRXxSwNR8  Meet Vishal Gupta, a relationship and emotional empowerment coach. He is the founder of the Soch Kholo Foundation and conducts training, coaching and awareness sessions for all types of learners. After almost 9 years with companies like Infosys and TCS, Vishal left his job as a software engineer in 2017 to embark full-time on a journey of self-learning and helping others through his understanding of spirituality. He conducts online and offline sessions and has helped hundreds of seekers. I attended a couple of courses with Vishal in May 2022 along with a few colleagues, friends and clients. He has given me the answers which were always elusive. Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishal-gupta-80b87525/ Soch Kholo - http://sochkholo.com Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #SelfDevelopment #Spirituality #Sochkholo #SochkholoFoundation #VishalGupta #SelflessLeadership #Relationship #Parenting #Marriage #HusbandWifeRelationship #LifeSkills #Peace #RelationshipCoach #LeadershipCoach #SpiritualCoach #DecodeYourHighestPotential #MakeMarriageBeautiful #SelflessLeadershipWisdom #BecomeJoyfulParents #DiscoverNewYou #saurabhnanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“...there's a burn to build a product, then you need the best of people working on the product and therefore there's a burn to get the best of people, right. You need the smartest minds to be creating something like this. And the third then is to own the mind space, a brand. Promote your brand in such a large country, with such a large population, you again need to burn money... ” Meet Pranav Chaturvedi, an entrepreneur who helps other entrepreneurs build their ventures through a unique Digitisation, Digitalisation and Digital Transformation venture building company called Favcy. I have known Pranav since 2014, when I started working with Pratham Test Prep and Ankit Kapoor. Favcy is a culmination of Pranav’s experiences in building start-ups in the Indian eco-system. Pranav is an alumnus of Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi University. Pranav and I keep discussing startup ideas and the ecosystem in general and this conversation is a good summary of such chats. Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaturvedipranav/ Favcy - https://www.favcy.com/info/ Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #Entreprenuership #startups #venturebuilding #favcy #india #saurabhnanda #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast

“…Fellowships at their core are just about that - people development. How do you develop people while also solving some other short term problem statement… ” YT - https://youtu.be/X0nNAWpRpTA  Meet Aditya Mallya, the City Director for Mumbai at Teach for India (TFI). He has been serving at TFI since 2016. But before that he was a chemical engineer from NIT Jalandhar, worked in ITC FMCG manufacturing, then went on to finish his MBA from ISB Hyderabad and ended up becoming a consultant at Deloitte for almost 3 years. But curiosity and an urgent need to create impact, especially in education, drew him towards TFI. Aditya and I are close friends from our college days where we co-founded the institute’s first student newsletter. We share a love for learning, reading, writing and, curiously speaking. It is serendipitous that we both ended up in the education sector and a lot of common areas of interest in the development sector. Know more about him - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aditya-mallya-10996394/ Social Movements (3.5% rule) - https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/how-to-change-the-world/  Teach for India - https://www.teachforindia.org  SN’s article on Fellowships - https://www.jagranjosh.com/articles/what-are-academic-fellowships-all-you-need-to-know-1617102216-1 Recommended Listening - SCM S1E22, S1E23, S2E13  Subscribe and Follow SCM - https://linktr.ee/suchconversationsmatter #fellowships #india #teachforindia #EducationReform #SaurabhNanda  #SuchConversationsMatter #IndianPodcast #SpotifyPodcast #Podcast #GooglePodcast #ApplePodcast