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Kapi Poha Session Season 2
Ittefaq Series on Life Skills
Episode 25 on Retail
Guest Speaker: Prabhuraj Siddappa
Insta ID: @prabhuraj_siddappa
Date : 30th Dec 2021

Prabhuraj Siddappa is a Retailer for Life and is passionate about Travel, Reading, Theatre, Himalayas, Calvin and Hobbes !!. He has completed Textile Engineering & MBA in Marketing & HR.

Listen to know about the discussion on Tales of Retail with Prabhu

· Insightful Journey of being a retailer for life

· Options available for youngster to explore in Retail

· Shared stories about his growing up years and favourite memories of Port Blair

· His life mantra – Follow your heart and  Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)

· His time management  tips which helps him take out time for his hobbies

· Important Life skills – Surround yourself with Smarter People, Listen More, Observe, Be Empathetic and Travel More.

One of his messages to youngster is to travel more and read books  on retail
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Episode 24 on Love for History
Guest Speaker: Meera G Muralidharan
Insta ID:@meeragm_
Date : 25th Dec 2021

Dr Meera Muralidharan completed her PhD in History and Teaching Fellow in the School of History, Victoria University of Wellington She has master’s in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Institute of History, Leiden University, The Netherlands

Listen to know about the discussion we had on love for history, travel food and our culture.

· Interesting journey about the love for history which made her travel places .

· Her experience as an international student and then a teaching fellow which has been really enriching one.

· She also shared the options available for youngsters if they opt for history

· She shared about her growing up years in Kochi and memories of her college days.

· Her favourite childhood memories were vacations and enjoying life with our cousins and friends.

· Embracing failures and being ok to make mistakes is among the life skills which is important

· Her hobbies included travelling, reading, hiking and dancing.

· One of her messages to youngster is to travel more as it makes you a better human being

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Episode 23 on A to Z of Excel
Guest Speaker: Rinkoo Jainn
Insta ID:@rinkujaink73
Date : 20th Dec 2021

Rinkoo Jainn is an Author, Soft Skills trainer, Japanese Language Translator. She graduated in B.sc. (H) Maths and also got an advance diploma in Japanese Language from Delhi University.

She worked in MNC for 19 years . She moved out in 2015 and started with Japanese language training and Six Sigma Consulting. Recently her book A to Z of Ms Excel was published - A self-paced learning guide for both learners and trainers.

Listen to know about various aspects we discussed in our interactive session.

· Her journey from moving out of corporate sector to pursue something of her own.

· Her experience being a Japanese language expert

· Her reasons for falling in love with Excel

· Her experience of writing , publishing and marketing her book

· Her life mantra which makes are always full of energy and a smile on her face is having no grudges.

· Communication, Problem Solving and Stress management are important life skills according to her

· She is working on her next book which is autobiography.

· Her hobbies including teaching maths and loves music.

· Message for youngsters- Focus on Learning and acquiring Skills will help you in life .

Take life as it comes and move on as life will give you another chance.

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Episode 22 on Reinventing Career 

Guest Speaker: Hemant Deshpande 

Co-host : Nitin Bhagwat

 Date : 11th Dec 2021 

Hemant Deshpande is a Career Coach and a mentor for CXO & Senior Leader. He is an Electrical Engineer by qualification. He is a NLP as well as Strengthscope Practitioner. He has received Executive Coaching Certification from Canada. He is also a ICF Professional Certified Coach(PCC).

 Co-host – Nitin Bhagwat is a Manager by profession & an Artist by heart who is a curious learner. He loves to explore People and places which give him new insights & learning to grow at a personal level. 

Listen to know about  various aspects we discussed in our interactive session with Hemant Deshpande.

•His Journey as a coach from last 7 years has been fantastic & he considers it to be a great opportunity to contribute to people •His transition journey from a corporate career after working for 18 years in IT industry to an independent Leadership Coach. •He shared challenges and fears encountered during transitioning phase to becoming a Coach.  

•He mentioned about the importance of reinventing careers and ourselves which in turn helps in redesign life. His passion helped him in redesigning his life.  

•Continuous Learning & Openness to develop yourself are important life skills to have in life. 

•His quest for purpose in Life which lead him to find something fulfilling and satisfaction along with 3 crucial factors which lead to transformation  •His life Mantra is Continuous Learning in Life  

•Life skills important for transforming your life and Career -Exploration , Developing Clarity in Life goals, Moving out of Comfort Zone, Being Persistent . •He shared how he overcame his challenges  while switching from corporate career to follow his passion  

•His message to youngsters is to never settle for ordinary but extraordinary which an individual can decide for themselves. "To create a life you love". 

•He beautifully answered the question whether everyone needs a coach or not. It is not the need to have a coach but when you want to transform or your life then it's helps seeing life in a different light.  

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Episode 21 on Importance of Coaching

Guest Speaker: KS Ramanan

Insta I'd : @kolazhi_ramanan

Date : 4th DEC 2021



K S Ramanan is an independent Learning & Development consultant-facilitator and coach. He comes with over 30 years of work experience in the corporate sector and about 4 years in the social sector.

He has created 366 Quotes of his own which has been published as a desk diary titled, ‘366 Insights for Life’. He published his first e-book, '31 Ways to Reclaim Your Happiness'. He is currently working on his next book titled, ‘Life In Small Bites’. His website www.ksramanan.com is about Sights & Insights. Sights is about his travel stories and Insights is about his lessons from life. He also writes short-form content under the category, Seeds.



Listen to know about the episode 



• His Journey as a coach

• His Transition Journey from Corporate career to becoming a coach

• Importance of Coaching & How to find a Coach?

• His Life Mantra being “In Life, look for the extraordinary in the ordinary”

• Life Skills – Curiosity, Empathy and Compassion are according to him 

• His Hobbies which included travelling, writing etc

• Message to youngsters. To be Curious in life





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Episode 20 Love for Trekking

Guest Speaker: Lakshmi Selvakumaran

Insta I'd : @zerowaste_vegan_desi,@indiahikes

Date : 27th Nov 2021



Lakshmi is  Head of  Experience  at India Hikes . She handles Training an HR function for IH. She also heads our Green Trails Initiative. Personally, she is a strong advocate of zero waste and vegan lifestyle

Listen to the episode to know about

• The journey of India Hikes into the trekking world 

• Her journey of becoming part of  IH Family

• Meaning of Green Trail & its importance tips  

• The practices she follows for zero waste & tips we can follow in everyday life. 

• Impact of trekking in her  life. KGL experience  being her favourite trek and her favourite story related to Dayara Bugyal Trek.

• Benefits of trekking and key learnings from Trekking. 

• Humility is one of the important life skill is important in life.

• Her life mantra in life 

• Message to youngsters.



Loved conducting fun quiz at the end

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