“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 10, featuring Dr. Janki Santoke, a Vedanta Expert, Author, Management Trainer, Lecturer, Public Speaker. Founder of Vedanta Institute.  She has been into full time research and propogation of Vedanta for the last 30 years “Spirituality is about reaching back to your own divine self. It is defined in Vedanta itself. Our journey to re-discover our own self!”.Relation comes from two latin words, Re-legare, which means to join again.”- says Dr. Janki Santoke in his conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan Janki Santoke, Ph. D. (Philosophy) is a lecturer, author, corporate resource, public speaker. She studied Vedanta at Swami Parthasarathy’s Vedanta Academy, which is the three-year full-time residential course. https://janki.santoke.com Her service to society in the field of Vedanta has taken the following forms: · Delivers lectures in weekly classes on Vedanta and Gita · Author of the book How Do You Know What You Know? urging us to Think! Because our lives depend on it! More details on the Facebook page · Public Lectures and Webinars on Practical Vedantic topics · YouTube –  The channel, Team Janki Santoke, has over 150 videos & is watched worldwide · Articles in prominent Newspapers like Times of India, Speaking Tree, Dainik Bhaskar · Management Training Programs for companies such as Indian Oil Corporation Ltd, Gillette, Glaxo-Smithkline, Bharat Petroleum, Young Presidents Organization (YPO) among others “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 10, featuring Dr. Janki Santoke, a Vedanta Expert, Author, Management Trainer, Lecturer, Public Speaker.  Founder of Vedanta Institute. “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 8, featuring Shri Gaurav Mazumdar, a Grammy nominated musician, Renowned Sitar player, A Teacher, Collaborator, Composer, Music conductor and an Educator. A Music composer for the Ballet “Siddhartha” based on the book by Nobel laureate, Herman Hesse. “Spirituality is a ‘State of Mind’; Feeling or having a certain calm within you, feeling of sublime, feeling pure, feeling beautiful, feeling harmony, feeling everything is in sync with each other, feeling that everything in this world happens, not without a divine intervention, and we are all connected and part of that BIG plan!, and that we all co-exist, relate and belong to each other!”.- says Shri Gaurav Mazumdar in his conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan A Grammy Nominated musician, Gaurav Mazumdar is born to the illustrious Mazumdar family of Allahabad reaching the zenith of his music education with the legendary Pt. Ravi Shankar. His initial Gurus were his father Dulal Mazumdar, Pt. Nandakishore Vishwakarma, cousins Kamala Bose and Jayashree Roy and Uncle J.D.Mazumdar. An approved artiste of All India Radio and National Television and an empanelled artiste of ICCR (Ministry of External Affairs) for over 2 ó decades, Gaurav as a performer has appeared at premier festivals and venues across the globe, spanning the expanse of Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, and America. This includes Scottish Symphony for BBC 2019, The Chicago Symphony Hall 1997 & 2018, Royal Albert Hall 2002, 2012 & 2017, Belt & Road Festival, China 2017, Kennedy Centre 2007, Bath Festival 2006, Menuhin Festival-Gstaad 2006, Acropolis for Greece Olympics 2004, Netaji Indoor Stadium 2004, Perth Festival 2004, Kijani Festival Kenya 2004, Music Academy Chennai 2000, Vatican 1999 and Tata Theatre Mumbai 1999 amongst others. His performances include appearances with Pt. Ravi Shankar, Pt. Kishan Maharaj, Philip Glass, The Royal Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, Shenzhen Symphony, Slovak Philharmonic, English Chamber Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, Scottish Symphony Orchestra and others.  As a composer, Gaurav has composed music for the Ballet ‘Siddhartha’ – based on the book by Nobel Laureate Hermann Hesse, Ballet ‘Ritu Shringar’, ‘Woman Baring’. Gaurav has also composed music for the Film ‘Shwet’ and was, for a decade, the National Conductor for Britain’s Youth Orchestra, ‘SAMYO’. Gaurav’s albums include, ‘Echoes from India’, ‘In Search of Peace’, 'Neemrana', 'Soul Strings', 'Grammy nominated' - 'East Meets West’, ‘Orion’(recorded live at the historic concert in the Acropolis in Greece to commemorate the 2004 Olympics), ‘Gaurav Mazumdar’, 'Offerings', ‘Strings in Harmony', ‘Walking Together', ‘Shambala’ (a historic sitaar/violin double concerto), 'Colours from the Rainbow’ (a composition for western orchestra), ‘Hesse’, ‘Afternoon Serenade’ and ‘Shringaar’. www.gauravmazumdar.com “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 8, featuring Shri Gaurav Mazumdar, a Grammy nominated musician, Renowned Sitar player, A Teacher, Collaborator, Composer, Music conductor and an Educator.  A Music composer for the Ballet “Siddhartha” based on the book by Nobel laureate, Herman Hesse. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 7(part 2), featuring Smt. Jayanti Kathale, A TED-Ex Speaker , SEE Talk Speaker , SWAYAM - Speaker , Business Woman,  Founder & Managing Director Manaswini foods Pvt. Ltd and Brand owner of ‘Purnabramha’, the world’s largest Maharashtrian Restaurant, chain of all-veg restaurants specialising in authentic Marathi cuisine. “Success means fulfilment of dreams, and the strength / perseverance to run after those dreams; this path is success.  My dream is to open 5000 Purnabramha centres across the globe”, - says Smt. Jayanti Kathale in her conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan Dreams do come true, if you have the desire and the determination to go after them, says Jayanti Kathale, founder of ‘Purnabramha’, the world’s largest Maharashtrian Restaurant, chain of all-veg restaurants specialising in authentic Marathi cuisine. An erstwhile IT professional, and a mother who quit her high paying IT job for the sake of her dream, a dream to serve homemade delicious Maharashtrian food, now she is running over 14 restaurants successfully all over the world. From the spice-laced Misal Pav, to Sabudana Wada, to the sweet Shrikhand Puri and Puran Poli, Jayanti’s restaurants offer a wide range of true Marathi flavour.  Jayanti is also the CEO of Purnabramha LLC in the United States of America. “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 6, featuring Smt. Jayanti Kathale, A TED-Ex Speaker , SEE Talk Speaker , SWAYAM - Speaker , Business Woman,  Founder & Managing Director Manaswini foods Pvt.Ltd and Brand owner of ‘Purnabramha’, the world’s largest Maharashtrian Restaurant, chain of all-veg restaurants specialising in authentic Marathi cuisine. “In one word, Spirituality means confidence. You have to believe in yourself first, so spirituality should come from inside, and once you start believing in yourself, you will start believing in others and that leads to experiencing the meeting of two souls, resulting in a good world around us”, - says Smt. Jayanti Kathale in her conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan Dreams do come true, if you have the desire and the determination to go after them, says Jayanti Kathale, founder of ‘Purnabramha’, the world’s largest Maharashtrian Restaurant, chain of all-veg restaurants specialising in authentic Marathi cuisine.              Waqt kee Qaid mein, Zindagi hai magar              Chandh lamhe aaj bhi azaad hain              Unhee lamhon se hamaare khwwabon kee shurvaat hain             Aur wohee lamhe hamein hamaare khwabon tak             Pahunchne kee taqat deti hain! An erstwhile IT professional, and a mother who quit her high paying IT job for the sake of her dream, a dream to serve homemade delicious Maharashtrian food, now she is running over 14 restaurants successfully all over the world. From the spice-laced Misal Pav, to Sabudana Wada, to the sweet Shrikhand Puri and Puran Poli, Jayanti’s restaurants offer a wide range of true Marathi flavour. Jayanti is also the CEO of Purnabramha LLC in the United States of America. Born and brought up in Nagpur, Jayanti holds a Masters degree in Computer Applications; an IT professional and a technical guru for over 10 years in Appplication development and maintenance projects, Jayanti has worked previously in various capacities like project manager, Technical Architect, Technical Lead. Etc. Her experience in IT includes Project Management of application development, Architecture, Design and Development of Enterprise Applications, People Management and Client handling In her professional career, she has worked with people from various geographies including India, Americas, and Australia. A speaker at various international forums, such as TEDEx, SEE, SWAYAM. Etc., Jayanti, a Business Women and Founder and Managing Director, Manaswini foods Pvt.ltd and the Brand owner of “Purnabramha”.  Jayanti has 17 years of experience in the industry as an Entrepreneur. “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

Curtain Raiser for Season-3, episode 6 of “ZENPod”, featuring Smt. Jayanti Kathale, A TED-Ex Speaker , SEE Talk Speaker , SWAYAM - Speaker , Business Woman,  Founder & Managing Director Manaswini foods Pvt.Ltd and Brand owner of ‘Purnabramha’, the world’s largest Maharashtrian Restaurant, chain of all-veg restaurants specialising in authentic Marathi cuisine. “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 5, featuring Shri Manjoor Khan, A Folk Musician & President of Sarwar Lok Kala & Gramin Vikas Sansthan, Manjoor and his band have given shows in more than 40 countries. they continue to regale us with their music. “When a drop of water experiences its connection with the mighty ocean, only then it experiences the strength of the mighty ocean, similarly when I experience a connect with my Gurus, it gives me immense strength and tremendous happiness, this is Spirituality according to me”, - says Shri Manjoor Khan in his conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan Manjoor Khan is a name that finds special mention and great respect among the folk music circuits of Rajasthan. Today he sinks a wide repertoire of traditional folk and Sufi songs. The special style of the manga near folk music called ‘jangra’,  includes a universe of songs for all occasions in life. “Classical music has its roots in folk”, declares Manjoor Khan, who belongs to the Manganiyar community from Barmer in Rajasthan. “There is absolutely no doubt that classical music was born from folk music. Notation came later. We, as folk singers, do not use notes in our singing. Just like, classical musicians learn from the books, we sing from our memory. Our tradition is one of the oral traditions that gave birth to the classical tradition,” says Manjoor Khan confidently. From traditional wedding songs to welcome songs for a newborn child especially the happy occasions of life are accompanied by the strong and colorful songs of the Manganiar musicians. Manjoor and his group organize and collaborate with organisations and have presented the extraordinary western Rajasthan traditional music worldwide. One of their most famous collaborations has been with ‘Papiya’ a female kalbiliya dancer from Jodhpur. Manjoor and his band have given shows in more than 40 countries some of which have been Paris Switzerland Los Angeles Chicago Dubai Hong Kong Bangkok Vienna and Italy they continue to regale us with their music. Their songs such as Nimbooda and Dum a Dum mast kalandar makes the crowd go crazy whenever they sign it at public functions “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

Curtain Raiser for Season-3, episode 5 of “ZENPod”, featuring Manjoor Khan, A Folk Musician & President of Sarwar Lok Kala & Gramin Vikas Sansthan, Manjoor and his band have given shows in more than 40 countries. they continue to regale us with their music. “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message

“ZENPod” Season-3, episode 4, featuring Ms. Jacqueline Shaw, A professional Fashion Designer, Birthed the Africa Fashion Guide, Author of “Fashion Africa”, International Public Speaker and African Fashion Business Coach. “Spirituality for me is about connection with God, understanding who I am, knowing that I am here for a purpose’, - says Jacqueline Shaw in her conversation with Venkatesh Mahadevan With 16 years experience in the global fashion industry, living and working in 4 countries over 4 continents, Jacqueline has worked for brands and retailers such as Puma, C&A, Fila, Russell Athletic, Animal, Wilson. A Professional Fashion Designe, Jacqueline birthed Africa Fashion Guide, the only sourcing consultancy and information based platform for African fashion, as a tool to educate, inform and retune the perceptions of Africa's fashion and textile industry - a vehicle she sees for trade and development. Jacqueline is the Author of the coffee table book Fashion Africa (2011 and 2014) and the business book ‘Fashion Cannot Be Made in Africa (2020). An International Public Speaker, a University Fashion lecturer, an African Fashion Business Coach, a Sourcing Consultant and industry researcher, Jacqueline, who is a Masters degree holder in Ethical Fashion and a Masters in Social Research is known for being an expert and most proudly an ambassador in the Ethical African fashion landscape. Jacqueline believes Africa is Fashion's Future and has used her African fashion tee shirt campaign using Fairtrade, organic African cotton tees made in Africa by Africans to spread this message on the catwalks of London Fashion Week to Ghana to Los Angeles. She aims to equip as many people as possible in setting up businesses in Africa to build trade, contribute to Africa's GDP, and impact thousands of African lives using the vehicle of Fashion. Jacqueline has delivered talks at elite venues such as House of Lords in London, @ the London Eye, European Commission Brussels, Fashion Institute Technology NYC, Who's Next Paris and a Panel moderate at the UK-Africa Investment pre-Summit Manufacturing Panel, to name a few. She actively campaigns for a more responsible way of doing fashion business and doing it well in Africa. Jacqueline has built up her name and is recognised internationally as a public speaker As an African Fashion Business Coach with past clients that include Lineapelle, Miroglio, Brighton Museum for Fashion Cities Africa exhibition, Prospero World and British Council for their Enterprise Africa Summit she uses her expertise to bring to life African fashion led projects. Jacqueline, with her unique tools and strategies, specialises in creating sustainable solutions that help new and existing fashion businesses successfully navigate the sourcing and manufacturing landscape of Africa's fashion and textile industry. Jacqueline through Africa Fashion Guide Ltd has now launched programs including Fashion Africa Conference, Fashion Africa Voices, Fashion Africa Business Academy, Fashion Africa Trade Expo and Fashion Africa Sourcing Trips." “ZENPod” is a Podcast series that features trailblazers from different walks of life, with a purpose to build an empowered eco-system where learnings and experiences from these enlightened professionals, will be available within “arms reach of desire” for those who aspire to scale higher and wish to contribute, in their life’s pursuit. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/venki/message