Our guest for today is @shivangidharne , a Finance major who graduated from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Japan, earlier this year. She shares her experiences with landing multiple jobs after college, how she learned about the substitute to hard work without stress and having dreams that you can work towards without the long hours and sleepless nights but by taking this small advice. This episode is for anyone in the field of Finance and also anyone who might feel they are not good enough for a particular task. Shivangi shares some of her personal experiences of following that one special advice that helped her come out on top of anything that came her way. With all the restrictions that has come about because of the pandemic, Shivangi did not give up on what she wanted and worked through it and found her own solution which provided multiple job opportunities. Listen to the latest episode of the podcast now to learn that small lesson to help you take that big leap into making your dreams a reality.

MentorSpeaks #17 Let's take a trip to Delhi to meet our guest for today @riabhatia24 . Ria is a fresh graduate of Computer science Engineering from Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University For Women. She shares her experience on how she made the most out of her college life by being a part of the multiple clubs and societies that she enjoyed and learned so much from. Those experiences helped her move forward and landing some of the best internships and scholarships. ◾️ With a successful project during her three month workshop with Google Summer of Code, she was motivated to push forward and landed an opportunity to earn a scholarship with Google Women Techmakers. Ria kept that drive to find and eventually apply for the Nutanix Women in Technology Scholarship, of which she was a proud recipient. ◾️ "Throughout my journey I had applied for so many opportunities, got some and was rejected from way too many, but in the end what mattered was of course...Applying!" ◾️ Connect with Ria Bhatia on LinkedIn and drop a follow @thementorpadpodcast for more!

Our guest for today is @sachinsuresh3 , alumnus of ISB and VIT, and he is here to share his personal journey through college and how he spent time figuring out what step he had to take, to move his career forward. “Go above and beyond your job description to create impact, as it helps get visibility and more opportunities…..Be clear about what you like and what you don’t like about your job, when the time comes take the necessary steps to move ahead in your career”  - Sachin Suresh   This episode is full of key lessons to be learned by anyone focusing on their career and our goal here at The Mentorpad is to help bring the voices of those who have figured out that one step forward, so that you don’t have to go looking for it on your own.

Our guest for today is Priyanka Dani, a graduate in Mechanical with specialization in Automotive Engineering. Priyanka has joined us today to talk about her journey through college as an undergraduate student to working in the controls domain. Learn about how her experiences with internships led her to make the decision of the staying back in India and explore the world of Automotive Controls. Priyanka says, do not limit your options to either looking for a job or going for higher studies, design your own option C. Ask yourselves three important questions: 1. Where does the industry stand? 2. Where is the industry heading? 3. What do you stand to offer? Lead with these three questions and see where you need to plant yourself. For more such wonderful insights, take some time to listen to the latest episode of MentorSpeaks.

MentorSpeaks #14 - “When the going gets tough, the tough women get going” - Shrinkhla Our guest for today is @shrinkhla_bhabya , a chemical engineering graduate and she talks to us about her journey to fulfil her aspirations of being a great leader in the field of science. Her experience throughout her college years has taught her to be proud of being a girl in chemical engineering and prove to everyone that questioned her, nothing is impossible in the eyes of perseverance and determination. This episode is a great listen especially for those struggling with deciding what to do next and build yourself, to take you forward on your career path. If you want to ask Shrinkhla for any advice, connect with her on LinkedIn and drop a follow if you liked the episode.

Everyone is unique with their own way of thinking. We often conclude what the majority thinks is right, and get deterred by subtle changes around us. Today we have @shaswaty.22 . He is a mechanical engineering graduate and an incoming MS IN student at Columbia University In this episode, he attempts to uncover some of the few myths in relation with multiple research papers and extraordinary co-curricular involvement to name a few by discussing about his journey of self-realization and becoming aware of what actually needs to be done to achieve your desired outcome. The experience of undertaking the MS goal with precision, efficiency and certain amount of perseverance is key for all aspirants and he manages to convey a personal message of finding your own calling despite your circumstances.

Today, we have a very special guest who co founded one of the best initiatives we have come across. Our guest is Shatakshi Sharma, Mangament Consultant at Boston Consulting Group. She Co-Founded @global.governance_initiative in 2018, with a dream to re-imagine and re-build higher education on impact topics to embrace youth and women in India and globally through interactive-agile boot camps on important sectors involving critical reasoning, structured communication and soft skills like networking.  She talks about her journey as an entrepreneur and what inspired to start GGI and shares some of the lessons she learnt growing up and how she built her character through it and is now out to teach and bring up more mentors with a similar mentality.  There is a lot we learnt from Shatakshi, and we are so glad to be able to bring this episode out for you all! 

Today, we have a guest who went against the stereotypical expectations and found her place in the field of engineering. Our guest for today is @_shrutigangopadhyay_ a fresh graduate of mechanical engineering and on this episode of MentorSpeaks she talks about her journey through college and shares some of the struggles she faced being a girl in engineering. ▪️ Shruti was the only girl in a class of 64 students studying mechanical engineering, but that did not stop her from joining the RoverX club in her university, to go on to be the mechanical lead of her team. ▪️ She also talks about how important it is to take care of your mental health throughout your time in college. Regardless of the tasks you may have at hand, there is no compromise when it comes to mental health and taking care of yourself first! ▪️ If you are looking to pursue your Master’s after graduating but not sure how to build your profile and go about the process to bring out the best results, make sure you get in touch with @rubeusconsultancy for more guidance in your graduate applications. Follow @thementorpadpodcast for more inspiring stories like this and other special content. Share this episode on your IG story and tag us so we can share it on ours. 

Our guest for today is the very talented @sarthak_dilawari , a musician, composer, producer and a singer at times. He is a member of two bands, a funk hard rock experimental project called @candiesandchaos and an Indian progressive metal core band called @duravasa.music . The solo you heard above is from Duravasa’s new song Metanoia which is available on all music platforms. ▪️ Sarthak has been playing the guitar for over 10 years now and is now one of his greatest passions. If you have picked up the guitar / any other instrument or connected with any form of music but not sure how to take it forward, then this podcast is for you. ▪️ Listen as he talks about his journey from first picking up the guitar to playing in concerts.

Capture that perfect moment with our MentorSpeaks guest for today @itissmit . He is a final year computer science engineering student, his expertise lies in Photography, Cinematography and Video Editing. He talks to us about his journey into discovering his passion for Photography and how he was able to learn and teach himself the art over the years. ▪️ We all dream to capture that special moment with our eyes and hope to share with the people around us. ▪️ Send us some of your special moments that you have captured to be featured on our IG.