This week host Nakul is in conversation with the multifaceted Dhruv Nath. Dhruv
through the course of his career has worn many hats - from being a corporate
leader, to being a professor at MDI Gurgaon, an angel investor and also an
author!
Tune in as Dhruv gets candid about his journey as well as decodes the frequently
debated question "To MBA or Not to MBA", shares more on his experience of book
writing & offers valuable insights for new angel investors.
Dec 15, 2020
1 hr 10 min
As a kid everyone has a dream career, you know being an astronaut, scientist, a
movie star... the list goes on. But very few actually follow it through.
Aditya Raj Kaul isn't one of them. He aspired to be a journalist & was deeply
passionate about it - writing for school magazines and newspapers for a start!
As he grew up he began as an activist. Strikes odd right?
Because generally it is journalists who convert themselves into activist rather
than the other way around.
But perhaps Aditya is the one odd figure who first became an activist in his
student phase and then became a journalist.
But he never followed the course of an everyday teenager.
At 16 Aditya organised a protest at Jantar Mantar for Priyadarshini Mattoo's
brutal rape case, which successfully brought her justice and was observed by
Anupam Kher, Shiv Khera and thousands of others.
At 17 he was invited at Rashtrapati Bhavan for a meeting with the Hon'ble Dr APJ
Kalam.
At 23 he interviewed PM Modi while he was serving as the CM of Gujrat.
Tune in as host Nakul candidly converses with Aditya Raj Kaul about his exciting
journey as a journalist till now.
Dec 1, 2020
1 hr 32 min
As an 8-9 year old did you know what you wanted to make your career in?! No one
knows right… but our guest this week is truly remarkable.
Deciding to be a pro TT player in her 4th Standard, by the time she reached her
10th she was representing India. Won a Gold for the country in 2018 Common
Wealth Games & then an Arjuna Award in 2020!
Tune in for a candid conversation with Madhurika Patkar where she talks about
her journey thus far, winning the Arjuna award, the importance of mental
training, how she is using technology to prepare for the Olympics during Covid
distancing & much more.
Nov 24, 2020
42 min
He defines his journey to angel investment as "Serendipity". Having been an
investor in Zomato, PolicyBazzar.com, Cashify, Jaypore and Happily Unmarried to
name a few, our guest on the show, now has a portfolio of 17-18 startups!
Tune in as host Nakul Kumar settles in for a candid conversation with Vivek
Khare as he shares the story behind his genesis as an angel investor and his
take on how to get started as an angel investor, scaling a startup, and how
founders should balance business and technological evolutions.
Nov 17, 2020
1 hr 4 min
This week on the show, upgrade with Nakul & Rahul Seth the Co-Founder of Burger
Singh talks about the many possibilities in food-tech. Tune in to know more
about Rahul's journey with Burger Singh, the challenges of operating in a
money-conscious market and whether food delivery-apps are a bane or boon.
P.S. Rahul also happens to be Nakul's first CrossFit trainer! Hear the story
behind that too in this candid chat between two friends.
Nov 10, 2020
46 min
Working behind the camera and starting out as a VJ, he has upgraded his career
to commendable heights. Ranvir Shorey, you have seen him playing breakthrough
roles in films like Khosla ka Ghosla!, Mithya, Traffic Signal, Titli,
Sonchiriya, and Bheja Fry. He is most recently seen in the Netflix Original
series "A suitable boy" based on the magnificent novel of the same name by
Vikram Seth.
In this episode, Ranvir reveals intriguing facts & insights about theatre,
filmmaking, the growing demand for OTT platforms, and of course, cinema. Find
the fine actor talking about his days in the lockdown, his viewpoints on
Bollywood and its workings, his love for Yoga, and upcoming passion projects!
Nov 3, 2020
32 min
We are in conversation with Bedabrata Pain, a.k.a, Dr. Pain who's list of
accolades reads like an encyclopaedia. A former IITian, a NASA scientist and has
more than 75 patents to his name! In fact, one of his inventions is used by most
of us on a daily basis. Guess which one?
Wait. That's not all. He's also a screenwriter, a director and producer.
In this episode of Upgrade with Nakul, we talk to Dr. Pain and talk about things
as wide as Einstein to education system to digital world to AI and his crazy
Idea of making films from the comfort of your home. Tune in to find out Dr.
Pain's logic on how science and philosophy go together and why we need to create
problems and not solutions!
Oct 27, 2020
1 hr 8 min
This episode of Upgrade With Nakul features pathbreaking entrepreneur Shakun
Sethi. From founding the sexual wellbeing platform Tickle.Life to making sex a
part of the "normal narrative", this is her side of the story as she chats with
Nakul about her entrepreneurial venture.
While most of India still sees sex as a taboo, here's Shakun offering support
for sexual awareness. Be it cishet individuals or the LGBTQ+ members,
Tickle.Life is there to talk about the "untalkable" and help its users on the
path through sexual health. In this episode, she breaks down why it is crucial
to make this a topic to be recognized rather than dodged. Adult entertainment,
sexual paraphernalia, chatting and dating apps, hear her cover both the human
and corporate sides of all of these and more.
Oct 20, 2020
56 min
We are in conversation with Chef Suvir Saran. The man who went from being a
visual arts student to becoming a Michelin Star chef and putting Indian cuisine
on the world map.
In this episode, Nakul chats with Chef Suvir about his culinary journey, his
take on pet-friendly restaurants, reality cooking shows and how technology has
made cooking accessible for the masses to explore. Tune in to find out Chef
Suvir's favourite kitchen gadgets, food apps & what makes him an Apple fanboy!
A bonus - his favourite restaurants in India.
Oct 13, 2020
54 min
To kick off the first episode of Upgrade with Nakul, this week we are upgrading
with Arpit Agarwal of Blume Ventures.
Arpit is a principal at Blume ventures where he leads science-led and hardware
investments in sectors like Biotech, CleanTech, Energy, Electric Vehicles,
Robotics and Electronics.
In this candid conversation with Nakul, Arpit talks about his love for deep
tech, why he prefers Firefox over Chrome, his views on app censorship &
innovation, his take on the classic debate of Android v/s iOS, why
cryptocurrency is the future of the world, what exactly is deep tech and much
more…
Tune in to get upgraded!
Oct 6, 2020
45 min
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