Info Rush

Rudrakshi Deshpande, Disha Jain

Every big idea starts with a decision. Some build companies. Some build empires. Behind every product we use and every platform we depend on are stories of innovation, strategy, risk, ambition, and timing. Join Rudrakshi Deshpande and Disha Jain as they dive into the choices leaders made, the technologies they bet on, the risks they took, the failures they faced, and the forgotten histories, business inflection points, cybercrime, and hidden forces that continue to shape modern success. Welcome to Info Rush!

Episodes

  1. 19 HR AGO · BONUS

    Series 1 | India Inc Loading: Byte by Byte (Ep 1 - Ep 6)

    Now presenting Series 1 | India Inc Loading: Byte by Byte as a movie covering all episodes without any interruptions!

    37 min

  2. 22 HR AGO

    S1 | Ep 6: When the Clock Struck '00

    By the 1990s, India’s IT industry had matured but it was about to hit the global stage in a big way as the digital countdown to chaos began.

    10 min

  3. 1 FEB

    S1 | Ep 5: A Bumpy Ride

    By the early 1980s, India had found its edge - lower costs and a workforce fluent in English, and it seemed India had finally secured a lane on the global technology highway. But that didn’t mean the road was smooth.

    8 min

  4. 25 JAN

    S1 | Ep 4: Trendsetters

    When we talk about India’s software boom today, we imagine start-ups, code, campuses and global clients. But rewind to the 1950s and 60s and here’s the twist: There was no Indian software industry.

    6 min

  5. 18 JAN

    S1 | Ep 3: The Big Blue Void

    India was locked in a tense standoff with a multinational giant, and a country trying to assert control over its own IT destiny.

    6 min

  6. 11 JAN

    S1 | Ep 2: The Powerpuff Play

    India’s first attempt at self-reliance in technology had hit a wall. IBM wouldn’t play ball, early regulations backfired and the government was learning the hard way that ambition alone wasn’t enough.

    5 min

  7. 4 JAN

    S1 | Ep 1: Aatmanirbhar Before It Was Cool

    When we talk about India’s IT success story, we usually jump straight to Bangalore, startups, outsourcing and billion-dollar tech giants. But India’s IT revolution didn’t begin with software. It began with fear, borders and a very deliberate decision to stop relying and start building.

    7 min

  8. SEASON 1 TRAILER

    Series 1 (From the Archives) | India Inc Loading: Byte by Byte

    The clock was ticking towards midnight, December thirty first, 1999. While the world braced for a digital apocalypse, a mammoth industry was in making on the far side of the world which was then viewed as a struggling agrarian nation. The seeds of that revolution were planted decades earlier, in a very different India.

    2 min

  9. TRAILER

    Trailer: Info Rush

    Join us as we figure out the world of chaos of technology and business into tales that grip you. Brilliant ideas from past, high stakes decisions, cutting-edge breakthroughs, simplifying complex technologies and the shadowy side of cybercrime - all unpacked into tales that reveal how they rewire our world.

    2 min

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About

Every big idea starts with a decision. Some build companies. Some build empires. Behind every product we use and every platform we depend on are stories of innovation, strategy, risk, ambition, and timing. Join Rudrakshi Deshpande and Disha Jain as they dive into the choices leaders made, the technologies they bet on, the risks they took, the failures they faced, and the forgotten histories, business inflection points, cybercrime, and hidden forces that continue to shape modern success. Welcome to Info Rush!

Information

  • Creator
    Rudrakshi Deshpande, Disha Jain
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Rudrakshi Deshpande, Disha Jain
  • Show Website
    Info Rush