TRINS TALKS

Trivandrum International School

On TRINS TALKS, every month, we bring to you, voices from India and around the globe of some of the alumni of Trivandrum International School located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. For queries, feedback and any other information requests, please reach out to us at trinstalks@gmail.com. Website: https://trins.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trivandruminternationalschool YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yckpbrnx/ DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in the episodes are personal to its participants. Trivandrum International School disclaims all responsibility and liability for the same.

Episodios

  1. 10/07/2022

    TRINS TALKS EP4 | Raj Baiju - An enterprising entrepreneur and former journalist

    After a hiatus, we're back for the fourth episode of TRINS TALKS. We speak with Raj Baiju, a graduate of the 2010 batch of Trivandrum International School having studied in the commerce stream. His younger brother Yuvraj and cousin Amal are also graduates of TRINS. Raj earned his Bachelor of Business Studies degree from Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies, Delhi. He was the founder of Rush2You, a Trivandrum based start-up that specialized in delivering everyday products at customers’ doorsteps. He is also the founder and at present the head of operations of Southloom.com. Southloom.com is a fast growing and predominantly online business dealing with authentic Kerala ethnic wear and more with its own e-commerce store. It also established its brick-and-mortar store last year in Kurvankonam, Trivandrum.  To know more about Southloom.com and place an order too, please click here: https://southloom.com/ Raj also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Print Journalism from the Institute of Journalism, Press Club Trivandrum and has also worked with BCCL (that is, Times of India) as reporter. To know more about Trivandrum International School: Website: https://trins.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trivandruminternationalschool Instagram: https://instagram.com/trinsschool?utm_medium=copy_link YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQOEKFMKQwa7_EZ7pYwj-A Timestamps for the episode: 0:30 - Introduction; 2:03 - Risk appetite and business philosophy; 8:56 - Stakeholder capitalism - practical implications; 11:45 - Trins and personality shaping; 14:22 - Kerala and doing business; 24:43 - Starting a business without the financial means; 28:10 - Passion, work and chasing lucrative avenues; 34:00 - Delhi as a geography for higher education; 36:05 - Stint at journalism; 41:00 - Laziness, slowness and irresponsibility; and 46:10 - Reflection on school days.

    51 min
  2. 30/01/2022

    TRINS TALKS EP2 | Vineet John Samuel - Researcher, Public Policy Analyst and Columnist

    In the second episode of TRINS TALKS, we speak with Vineet John Samuel, a public policy researcher at the Alexander Von Humboldt Foundation in Berlin who was awarded the German Chancellors Fellowship for the year 2021. Vineet is an alumnus of Trivandrum International School (graduation batch of 2014). He graduated from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences with a Bachelors in Social Sciences and earned his Masters in Public Policy from the National Law School of India University. He is also a columnist.  To know more about Vineet's professional life, please visit his profile below: https://de.linkedin.com/in/vineet-john-samuel Vineet is a TEDx speaker. His TED Talk sheds some light on the future of work, how the gig economy shapes it and the challenges that might arise.  The video may be accessed below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItmlqKyrZrI  To know more about Trivandrum International School: Website: https://trins.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trivandruminternationalschool Instagram: https://instagram.com/trinsschool?utm_medium=copy_link YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdQOEKFMKQwa7_EZ7pYwj-A Timestamps for the episode: 0:30 - Introduction; 2:12 - Policy studies in India; 3:30 - Policy-making in India and Kerala; 6:30 - Specialists vs Generalists; 8:20 - TRINS Days; 10:28 - Favourite Subject; 11:40 - Writing and being a columnist; 17:07 - Is MPP the new MBA? 18:52 - Tackling fake news and filtering reliable information; 21:57 - Left, Right, Center etc in the Indian political context; and 29:32 - Reading recommendations.

    32 min

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On TRINS TALKS, every month, we bring to you, voices from India and around the globe of some of the alumni of Trivandrum International School located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. For queries, feedback and any other information requests, please reach out to us at trinstalks@gmail.com. Website: https://trins.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/trivandruminternationalschool YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/yckpbrnx/ DISCLAIMER: The views expressed in the episodes are personal to its participants. Trivandrum International School disclaims all responsibility and liability for the same.