Mechanical Engineer | Cyclist | Sports Scientist | Author   In this 2 part special episode with Raman, we discussed the impact of Hyderabad Bicycling Club on Raman’s cycling, Sports as a career, getting bored easily and what to do about it, the importance of complexity in a passion or pursuit, why cyclists shave their legs and so much more! Tune in to find out more.  In part 1 of this episode we spoke about Raman's upbringing in Hyderabad, the winding career path he took, why he's reading...

Mechanical Engineer | Cyclist | Sports Scientist | Author In this 2 part special episode with Raman, where we discussed Raman's upbringing in Hyderabad, the winding career path he took, why he's reading Range from David Epstein, his favorite podcasts and the reason he stopped playing football. Stay tuned! Raman Garimella is an engineer, cyclist, and a sports scientist, in that order. He started endurance cycling at the age of 22. In 2010, Raman joined a local cycling club in Hyderabad with...

Journalist | Advertising Copy Writer | Comic Book Writer | Podcaster | Youtuber  We continue our conversation with Vijayendra Mohanty aka Vimoh who runs the acclaimed Mythofiction podcast currently! Chose English lit and did not end up there because of rejection from Economics. "My mentor had a profound impact on me. He was that someone who told me that I was on a path that had merit." "You're an arts student, what are you going to do in your life?" Half life of technology implementation with...

Journalist | Advertising Copy Writer | Comic Book Writer | Podcaster | Youtuber  We talk about Indian culture, becoming more Indian as one moves abroad, a lack of personal space in the country, how it is such a small world, a past guest and future collaborator for the Passion People Podcast - Rupen Paul.    Vijayendra Mohanty is an Indian comic book writer. He has authored a ten-issue comic series called Ravanayan and is presently writing several new Indian superhero titles to be published...

Avanti Ubhayakar Mother | Entrepreneur | Aspiring Comic | Storyteller  As someone who’s made the switch from Corporate to being on their own, Avanti strongly recommends one to have a financial runway of atleast 6 months to ensure that they do not run into any personal troubles.  “As women, I believe that we need to take the pressure off. The house should be sparkling clean, the family should be eating full course meals and we should be excelling at work. It is not possible. I have let some of...

We talk about privilage and the associcated social inclination to do something good, trekking the Amazon, building a football stadium and accelerating the change to solar energy with Manan, one of the co-founders of the energy start-up - Unergia.  This episode is special for a couple of reasons, firstly since Manan has the awareness and grace to accept that getting what he got meant that he came from a place of privilage, secondly he took that privilage and turned it into a driving force to...

A quick update on what we have been upto, Naga's love story and a huge huge announcement coming your way in this episode of the Podcast! Tweet to us at - @ThePassionPeop1 and @n1n3stuff (https://twitter.com/n1n3stuff)

In case you folks were missing me and wondering where the hell Naga vanished to, here is a quick snippet! Feel free to reach out to us at [email protected]/@ThePassionPeop1 with your thoughts, comments and feedback and what you think about having a passion people podcast meet-up!

I'm narrating a small story of how our passion also helps us to survive during our difficult moments as part of our update for a mid-season break that the Passion People Podcast would be on until late June, 2019. Until then, stay tuned @ThePassionPeop1 on Twitter! Stay Passionate, Love - Naga

In conversation with the award winning voice actor and genius story teller of Indian Noir - Nikesh Murali for our first ever, remote interview! Horror is about existential problems that we tackle with. Issues in our family, death, fears we have about work, parents, spouses and our worries when we hear something in society. Why audio as a medium of story telling? The theatre of the mind of course! The speed of technological change has forced creative and non-creative folks alike to constantly...

This is who Tanushree Ishani Das is in her own words - "Dibrugarh, Assam, Bangalore, London and now Hyderabad, I believe the world is my oyster.  The year 2017 gave me the opportunity to venture into the entrepreneurial world. It was exciting but at the same time nerve wrecking because I realised that I have a huge responsibility on my shoulders- what I think or how I think could probably shape other people’s thoughts, what I do could inspire or influence the actions of people; but I’m here...

This episode in so many ways is a reminder for us. It is a reminder that you can accomplish and do whatever you set your mind to, regardless of your age. Monish's story is a trail-blazing example of how small nudges in one's childhood can transform someone. Monish, age 18, is one of the youngest Computer Scientists working in the field of Deep learning, Cognitive Computing, and Cloud Computing. Monish, a child prodigy, excelled in several Olympiads and went on to pursue research in...

Honored to be presenting this wonderful conversation with Yogesh that covers aspects like control of time, self-awareness, brain-food and better decision making. All of which will nudge you towards your passion and making it manifest. Here's a small write up by Yogesh for us - Reach out to Yogesh - https://www.facebook.com/yogesh.parmar Reach out to us  - [email protected] / Twitter - @ThePassionPeop1 Everyday reading/unreading recommendation(s) for 2019. Twenty months back, I...

We hosted a cool meet up! The Bangalore Meet-Up with the podcasters and listeners was the largest one yet and we got covered by podnews :) Read more here - a. https://podnews.net/update/close-captioning-google-podcasts b. https://medium.com/o2pod/bangalore-podcast-and-listener-meetup-12-january-2019-786c2afd464b Cheers, PPP

Anu is a true multi-potentialite. She's a carnatic vocalist, an Odissi dancer, a Warli artist, a playback singer, a music guru who run's her own academy and a lot more. She's sung scores for popular Kannada TV Shows like Shani/Mahakali. During our conversation we covered areas including the speed of decision making, importance of something to do apart from work and the toxic corporate culture where one wears extra work time spent in the office as a badge of honor. Anu is living her...

I was interested in Economics because it is a smart way to deal with the problems faced by people. However, as I grew up, the choices I made deviated more and more from where I started in the first place - Larger impact. Freelancing allows Rishika to go where the work is and more autonomy over the number of pieces and regulate the level of editorial control and pressure to contribute, just to keep up with the frantic pace of publishing.  What's endearing about Rishika is the free...

I was interested in Economics because it is a smart way to deal with the problems faced by people. However, as I grew up, the choices I made deviated more and more from where I started in the first place - Larger impact. Freelancing allows Rishika to go where the work is and more autonomy over the number of pieces and regulate the level of editorial control and pressure to contribute, just to keep up with the frantic pace of publishing.  What's endearing about Rishika is the free...

Today, we are in conversation with Rahul Nair of Storiyoh. Storiyoh is a podcast social network. What does that mean? Why don't you try out Storiyoh to find out? However, this episode is not about Storiyoh, it is about the man behind it. What inspires one about Rahul is the varied kind of experiences that he brings to the table, ranging from stock broking, trying to become an accountant, managing IPOs to coffee shops, heading education innovation at a global education company and finally to...

This is part 2/2 of our conversation with Hera Hussain. We explore the following broad questions in this episode - How are Startups and social enterprises similar and different? The thing that stands out is the need to drive productivity and having a tight feedback loop that gets integrated into the product that is being built. Chayn works on a more, feet on the ground approach where solutions are being crafted for survivors, by survivors. It is unlike an academic study where an established...

Given the depth of our conversation with Hera, this episode would be released in 2 parts of about 30 minutes each. In her day job, Hera works at the open contracting partnership as a senior community manager.In 2018 alone, Hera has been featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 and MIT Tech Review’s list of 35 Innovators Under 35\. She also received the UK Prime Minister’s Points of Light award in July 2018\. "I got into what we do at Chayn because gender based violence was something that really made me...

Jaideep wasn't really given an option to figure out what he liked or what he wanted to do. The conventional career path awaited him as his parents thought it to be a fitting start to his journey. (he had very different plans for himself which we will find out in a short while) The impact of one of Jaideep's teachers (Mrs. Rashmi) cannot be understated as she was the one who posed faith and confidence in his ability to study and perform. We see so many such stories that with just a...

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We get together with the gang from #TheMusafirStories and #WriterandGeek Show to interview Naga from the Passion People Podcast on the very special occasion of International Podcast Day. This episode focuses on the genesis of the podcast and how we make this magic happen on a regular basis. You can tune into the Musafir Stories here - http://themusafirstories.com/ Writer and Geek - www.writerandgeek.com Tune in to find out more!

**_10% Discount Coupon!!!  - RBABHIPOD10_** **_www.royalbrothers.com_** You may find somebackground noise due to the recording location, I trust it would add to the overall feel of the episode :) "My passion to travel manifested with my mobility start-up, Royal Brothers where we're disrupting the way people move within and across cities on motorbikes."  An impression was created when dad elaborated on the responsibility of having familes who's livelihood is dependant on working at our...

Software engineer by profession, mountaineer by passion Never scolded for falling down or getting a cut. A rugged childhood. Asthma diagnosis at an early age of 17 made a drastic change in life, things being done to reduce dependency. If someone had told me at this point of time that I am going to Mount Everest, it would have been a cruel joke, but it's funny how life comes around! Inflection point when a friend showed a picture of a trek in Tamil Nadu, Parvathmalai in 2005, it was...