Episodes

  • Struggle, Transformation & Language Barriers ft Rajesh Jharwal

    Struggle, Transformation & Language Barriers ft Rajesh Jharwal
    Dec 10 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we have a really inspirational story of my IIT classmate, Rajesh Jharwal who went on from selling vegetables and working on a Pharmacy to becoming a nuclear scientist. He talks about his struggles to crack IIT JEE, to cope up with the English language and the curriculum at IIT and how going for an internship in Taiwan changed his life.
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    21 mins
  • Procrastination, Patience and Self Awareness ft Apoorva Bansal

    Procrastination, Patience and Self Awareness ft Apoorva Bansal
    Dec 3 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we have Apoorva Bansal, my senior from IIM Shillong currently working at IDFC First Bank. She talks about a common habit of procrastinating and how self awareness is the key to dealing with it.
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    19 mins
  • Instinct, Satisfaction & Reinventing Yourself ft Amit Bhattacharya

    Instinct, Satisfaction & Reinventing Yourself ft Amit Bhattacharya
    Nov 27 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we have Amit Bhattacharya who took up law after securing a JEE rank of 500 and then left law to become a product manager. His career has been full of uncertain and unpredictable choices where he gave preference to his satisfaction over his skills. He emphasises on the importance of reinventing yourself.
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    21 mins
  • Expectations, Parenting & Meaning of Life ft Kinshuk Sarkar

    Expectations, Parenting & Meaning of Life ft Kinshuk Sarkar
    Nov 19 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we've Kinshuk Sarkar, an alumni of IIT Delhi, IIM Shillong and currently working for Amazon. He talks about his struggle during his 4 years of UPSC preparation, the load of expectations on young men and the true meaning of life.
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    22 mins
  • Vulnerability, Health & Taking Help ft Vidhi Kasliwal

    Vulnerability, Health & Taking Help ft Vidhi Kasliwal
    Nov 13 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we have Vidhi Kasliwal, the strongest woman I know. She talks about her life over the last two years where the world seemed to be against her and eventually changed her as a person. She went through a lot to eventually realized that strength lies not in taking the world head on but to be able to take help and be vulnerable. This is a beautiful conversation about the small things in life and how they can create big impact.
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    22 mins
  • Business, Academia & Being Open ft Dr Ridhi Agarwala

    Business, Academia & Being Open ft Dr Ridhi Agarwala
    Nov 5 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we have Dr Ridhi Agarwala, an ex entrepreneur and currently a professor at multiple IIMs. She started her journey as a Montessori teacher and went on to study at prestigious places like IIIM Calcutta and Kozhikode. In thee 15 minutes, she talks about the dark side of entrepreneurship and helps me figure out if I am made for teaching. We also briefly touch upon her research on Semiotics.
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    15 mins
  • Stress, Persistence & Risk Appetite ft Saloni Jain

    Stress, Persistence & Risk Appetite ft Saloni Jain
    Oct 29 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we have Saloni Jain, an entrepreneur, a marketer and a former national level basketball player. She comes with 7 years of corporate experience in which she has been into writing, journalism, PR and digital marketing. She talks about the importance of having a risk appetite in life along with stress, burnout, entrepreneurship and her learnings from sports. This episode is full of life advise irrespective of your career stage.
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    18 mins
  • Insecurity, Identity & UPSC Diaries ft Shruti Pandey

    Insecurity, Identity & UPSC Diaries ft Shruti Pandey
    Oct 22 2021
    In this episode of EFIP, we have Shruti Pandey, a freelance data science consultant and an MS student at Duke University. She has spent years going through the hardships of UPSC preparation and post that took significant risks to become a freelancer. She has beautifully described our failures and struggle and has also touched upon multiple aspects like insecurity, kindness, identity, compassion, mediocrity and taking a break. 
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    21 mins