Inspire Someone Today
Inspiration is all around us. You don’t have to be an epitome of success to be inspiring. This podcast focuses on bringing in stories, learnings, and experiences from a cross-section of people that is worthy and has messages to all. People who are like you and me - our heroes are someone in our neighborhood, in the family, the storekeeper, the aspiring student or the budding entrepreneur, and many more unsung individuals. Join me on this journey of learning together and growing together so that together we can, Inspire Someone Today!
Episodes
180 episodes
E170 | Stories that Stayed | Change Makers Series - Srikanth
Clarity is overrated. The real beginning of change is that uneasy feeling you keep trying to outgrow, ignore, or rationalise away. We close our Changemakers series with a reflective summary of the conversations that lingered long after recordin...
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Episode 170
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17:04
E169 | Breaking The Ice | Change Makers - Palakh Khanna
A single whispered conversation about periods during COVID became a wake-up call and a launchpad. We’re joined by Palakh Khanna, founder of Break the Ice, a youth-led nonprofit that creates spaces for honest dialogue around the topics ma...
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Episode 169
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37:42
E168 | Building the Second Act | Change Makers - Archana Dutta
What if the life you want begins the moment you give yourself permission to start again? We sit down with Archana to trace a quiet, insistent nudge that grew into a full second act—one grounded not in escape, but in intention. She opens up abou...
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Episode 168
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46:19
E167 | Responsibility before Results | Change Makers - Manoj Krishnan
Grades get the spotlight; the child gets the shadow. We sit down with Manoj Krishnan, founder of the Compass Team, to unpack a different way of helping students thrive—through comprehensive assessments that look at emotional health, cognition, ...
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Episode 167
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45:29
E166 | When Care Calls | Change Makers - Bhavana Issar
What if love isn’t enough when care gets real? We sat down with Bhavana to trace a bold pivot from corporate certainty to building Caregiver Sathi, a mission grounded in lived experience, practical skills, and the quiet courage to act. The jour...
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Episode 166
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54:59
E165 | Who Am I Making Invisible | Change Makers - Vishal Talreja
E165 | Change Makers Series - Ft. Vishal TalrejaStart with a quiet truth: change that lasts rarely shouts. It begins with seeing what we’ve trained ourselves to ignore—poverty on the commute, a child shut down in class, a system r...
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Episode 165
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56:14
E164 | Dignity by Design | Change Makers - Soumita Basu
Change rarely waits for permission, and Soumita Basu didn’t either. After losing most of her mobility, she refused to hand over her identity to illness and instead asked one practical question each day: What can I still do? That mindset led her...
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Episode 164
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45:46
E163| Year-End Voices Of Inspiration | IST Community Members
Community voices reflect on a year of purpose, passion, and the future of work, sharing the habits and moments that changed how they live and lead. We co-create bold themes for 2026, from thriving in the AI era to authentic health and financial...
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Episode 163
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47:29
E162 | Leading Simply, Staying Human - Leadership for a Complex Age | Rajneesh Singh
What if the most powerful leadership tool isn’t a metric or a model, but the decision to be simply human? That’s the throughline of our conversation with Rajneesh “RS” Singh—factory-floor HR leader turned media CHRO turned co-founder of SimplyH...
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Episode 162
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E161 | Leading with Influence | Gauri Seshadri
The moment you forget your own name on stage can define you—or free you. We sit down with Gauri Seshadri, a global leader at Toastmasters International, to explore how a shaky first step turned into a career built on clarity, connection, and se...
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Episode 161
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43:55
E160 | Life by Design | Navyug Mohnot
What if you treated your life like a design project, not a rigid plan? We sit down with Navyug, a transformation coach and life design educator, to unpack a practical way to build your fut...
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Episode 160
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59:03
E159 | Don't Chase your career. Coach It. | Shyam Sadasivan
Career growth doesn’t have to look like a ladder to the top. We unpack what it means to build a lattice—moving sideways, going deeper, and sometimes stepping down to step forward—with practical tools you can use today. With coach and speaker Sh...
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Episode 159
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55:15
E158 | The Playbook of High Performance | Anindya Dutta
We explore the habits that make success repeatable: focus on the moment, remove ceilings, and bring your best every day. Stories from sport and business show how to turn uncertainty into an edge, lead diverse teams, and build cultures that outl...
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Episode 158
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48:18
E157 | Joy of Giving P2 | Venkat Krishnan
Rejection can bruise the ego—or it can build the roadmap. We sit down with Venkat to unpack why the best salespeople talk less, listen more, and treat every “no” as free R&D. That simple shift—separating the rejection of an idea from the wo...
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Episode 157
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36:19
E157 | Joy of Giving P1 | Venkat Krishnan
What if success and significance weren’t opposites but the same metric—impact? That question runs through our conversation with Venkat Krishnan, the quiet builder behind platforms like GiveIndia and DaanUtsav, which have helped millions find cl...
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Episode 157
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33:12
E156 | Roots. Reforms. AI. Prof. Rao on India’s Educational Future P2 | Prof. V Ramgopal Rao
Curiosity drives learning in different ways across the globe. For students in developed countries, passion guides their educational journey, while those in developing nations like India often prioritize job security over personal interests. Pro...
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Episode 156
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31:50
E156 | Roots. Reforms. AI. Prof. Rao on India’s Educational Future P1 | Prof. V Ramgopal Rao
What does it take to transform India's higher education system? Professor V. Ramgopal Rao brings a unique authority to this question, having journeyed from a Telugu-medium school in rural Telang...
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Episode 156
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37:51
E155 | A Journey of Possibility, Purpose, and Portfolio Careers | Maj. Pallavi Shivanna
What does it take to break barriers as one of the first 300 women officers in the Indian Army? Major Pallavi Shivanna shares her remarkable journey from a small-town girl in Mysore to becoming an Army officer, leadership coach, and mental healt...
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Episode 155
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E154 | Building Founding Fuel | Indrajit Gupta
Indrajit Gupta shares his journey from advertising to journalism to entrepreneurship, highlighting how career pivots often require intuitive leaps rather than perfect planning.• Career shifts should be based on solid principles, connect...
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Episode 154
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54:31
E153 | The Mountain She Chose to Climb | Rigzen Wangmo
Rigzen Wangmo shares her journey from a small village in Ladakh to Harvard Kennedy School and back, where she founded the Village Lab Foundation to revolutionize education by integrating local context, culture, and community.• Grew up i...
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Episode 153
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45:57
E152 | Turning Constraints into Catalysts | Dr. A Velumani
Dr. A. Velumani's journey reads like a masterclass in defying expectations. Born in abject poverty in a small village near Coimbatore, studying in a single-teacher school with just a slate and plate for midday meals, his childhood was defined b...
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Episode 152
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58:55
E151 | The 3 Mantras from Neeraja - Reflect. Rewire . Rise - Part 2 | Neeraja Ganesh
What makes the difference between a mediocre organization and a thriving one? The answer lies not in policies or procedures, but in a leader's ability to paint the big picture vision that connects every team member to a larger purpose.L...
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Episode 151
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35:24
E151 | The 3 Mantras from Neeraja - Reflect. Rewire . Rise - Part 1 | Neeraja Ganesh
Neeraja Ganesh shares her journey from a timid software professional to a bold community leader, offering insights on authentic leadership, priority-setting, and intentional career development.• Started in the 1990s IT boom, doing basic...
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Episode 151
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38:26
E150 | A Thank You, A Reflection, and A Promise | Srikanth
Five years of https://inspiresomeonetoday.in/ has transformed from a single-mic pandemic project to a community of thousands through unwavering consistency and purpose-driven conversations. Thi...
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Episode 150
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8:20
E149 | Compassion in Action | Dr. Abraham George
What happens when someone walks away from Wall Street wealth to transform the lives of India's most marginalized children? Dr. Abraham George's remarkable journey answers this question with heart-stirring clarity.From a near-death exper...
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Episode 149
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