Episodes

  • Radhika Gupta and Nalin Moniz from Edelweiss joining Aditya Joshi from Brookfield Asset Management

    Radhika Gupta and Nalin Moniz from Edelweiss joining Aditya Joshi from Brookfield Asset Management
    Mar 22 2024
    Welcome to another episode of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. In this episode, Aditya Joshi (Managing Partner at Brookfield Asset Management) host the wonderful Radhika Gupta and Nalin Moniz. Radhika is the MD & CEO, Edelweiss Mutual Fund , a Young Global Leader at WEF, and Author of 'Limitless'. Her life partner, Nalin Moniz, is the Chief Investment Officer - Alternative Equity at Edelweiss Global Asset Management.

    Radhika and Nalin share some fascinating details about their journey before and after joining Edelweiss. They delve into the following themes:

    • How to make the most of your time during your undergrad?
    • Doing the safe thing vs doing what you’re passionate about
    • First job: Prioritize Brand, Salary & Title, or something else?
    • Building a business for India and Bharat
    • Advice for parents of girls
    And much more!

    Join us for this fascinating new episode!

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    57 mins
  • Nitin Jain, Co-founder & CBO at OfBusiness

    Nitin Jain, Co-founder & CBO at OfBusiness
    Mar 12 2024
    Welcome to another episode of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. In this episode, Kumar Sambhava hosts Mr. Nitin Jain. Nitin is an IIT Delhi class of 2008 alumnus (Silver Medalist) and the Co-founder & CBO of OfBusiness, a new-age b2b commerce and fintech unicorn startup in India.

    Nitin shares his story of joining OfBusiness leaving his cushy Finance job in London. In this episode, we delve into:
    • Why Nitin chose to move back to India, leaving his comfortable life and high-paying job in London
    • Nitin's decision of joining OfBusiness, and the founding team
    • Nuances of building a B2B business in India
    • Importance of resilience for entrepreneurs
    • Nitin's advice to young entrepreneurs in India
    And much more!

    About Nitin Jain:
    Nitin is an experienced Entrepreneur with a demonstrated history of working in the e-commerce industry. He graduated from IIT Delhi as a silver medalist in B.Tech+M.Tech in Computer Science in 2008, worked with Royal Bank of Scotland for 7 years till 2015, and has been at OfBusiness since then, as a Co-Founder.

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    57 mins
  • Manish Sabharwal, Co-founder and Chairman of Teamlease Services

    Manish Sabharwal, Co-founder and Chairman of Teamlease Services
    Mar 6 2023
    Welcome to another episode of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. In this episode, Nayan Bader hosts Mr. Manish Sabharwal. Manish is a Wharton class of 1996 alumnus and the Chairman and Co-founder of Teamlease Services, India's largest staffing company.

    Manish is one of the foremost thinkers on the Indian Economy. In this episode, we delve into:
    • Manish’s journey of moving back to India after finishing his MBA at Wharton in the 90s
    • Why are countries poor
    • The trend of globalization and de-globalization
    • Regulatory cholesterol that hobbles India’s ease of doing business
    And much more!

    About Manish Sabharwal:
    Manish Sabharwal is the Chairman and Co-founder of Teamlease Services, India's largest staffing company. He is also a member of the National Skill Development Mission and has served on various committees and task forces set up by the Government of India. Manish has been recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and as an Outstanding Social Entrepreneur by the Schwab Foundation. He has an MBA from the Wharton School and Bachelors degree from Shriram College of Commerce, Delhi.

    For more about Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF), please visit:

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    39 mins
  • Anuj Golecha, Co-founder at Venture Catalysts

    Anuj Golecha, Co-founder at Venture Catalysts
    Feb 9 2023
    Welcome to another episode of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. In this episode, Nayan Bader hosts Mr. Anuj Golecha. Anuj is the Co-founder at Venture Catalysts, 9Unicorns, Beams Fintech Fund and Samyakth Capital.

    The domain of venture capital has not been easy to enter for outsiders and Anuj is no stranger to this struggle. From struggling to get into an angel investing platform in the early days of India tech story to starting funds spanning idea stage to growth stage, Anuj’s career arc has taken him full circle. In this episode, we talk about:
    • Anuj’s career journey and how he found himself in the world of venture investing, and eventually starting his own angel investing platform
    • The opportunity in India tech for operators and investors
    • Advice for budding angel investors
    • Venture Catalysts’ initiatives for the MBA founder ecosystem in the US
    And a lot more!

    About Anuj Golecha:
    Anuj Golecha is Co-Founder at Venture Catalysts, Beams Fintech Fund, 9Unicorns and Samyakth Capital. Entered angel investments space in 2014 and has been Rated as the top 10 prolific angel investors in India by VCCircle since 2017. At present his personal portfolio includes 100+ companies including Koinex, Fynd, Coutloot, BharatPe, SuprDaily & many more. Anuj is a Chartered Accountant by qualification. He has won several accolades, including recognition by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India – Shri Narendra Modi as a Champion of Change for Fintech policies at Special Commission under NITI Aayog.

    For more about Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF), please visit:
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    42 mins
  • Sandiip Bhammer, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Green Frontier Capital

    Sandiip Bhammer, Managing Partner and Co-founder of Green Frontier Capital
    Jan 18 2023
    Welcome to another episode of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. In this episode, Nayan Bader hosts Mr. Sandiip Bhammer. Sandiip is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Green Frontier Capital (GFC), India’s first venture capital fund focused exclusively on the theme of climate change.

    Conventional venture capital focused on backing ideas that could gain non-linear scale with a small input of capital, primarily focused on technology. With climate change become center stage of the world’s focus, GFC is focused on applying the VC mentality to back companies helping fight climate change with promise to scale non-linearly. In this episode, we talk about:

    • Sandiip’s career journey spanning Investment Banking, Hedge Funds to starting his own early stage VC fund
    • The gap Sandiip saw in financing for companies fighting climate change, that formed the thesis to start GFC
    • GFC’s theses behind building an early portfolio, especially in Electric Vehicles space
    • His thoughts on the controversies surrounding ESG focused investing and why he thinks the philosophy of investing is deeply mis-understood
    And a lot more!

    About Sandiip Bhammer:
    Sandiip is the Founder and Managing Partner of Green Frontier Capital, which is India’s First Venture Capital Fund focused exclusively on investing in climate change. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance of Isenberg School of Management, focused on teaching sustainable finance. He is the winner of Meaningful Business 100 award, given to business leaders who are engaged in furthering UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. He sits on the Board of Cornell’s Emerging Markets Institute to bridge the academia and professional world.

    For more about Wharton India Economic Forum (WIEF), please visit:
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    1 hr
  • Swati Ganeti, Director at Masters' Union

    Swati Ganeti, Director at Masters' Union
    Jan 2 2023
    Welcome to another episode of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. In this episode, Nayan Bader hosts Ms. Swati Ganeti. Swati is a Director at Masters’ Union, which is a unique Practitioner-led Business School in India.

    Conventional Higher Education in India is still rooted in pedagogical concepts from the 20th Century. Masters’ Union is attempting to re-imagine it with it’s MBA and newly launched Undergraduate program in Technology and Business. In this episode, we talk about:

    • Swati’s career journey and her path from Wharton MBA to the Edtech sector in India
    • Masters’ Union’s vision in taking on conventional MBA
    • State of Higher Education space in India and the gaps Swati observed in it, comparing it with her Wharton MBA experience
    • Aspects of Masters’ Union’s newly launched Undergraduate program
    And a lot more!

    About Swati Ganeti:
    Swati Ganeti is a Wharton class of 2019 alumnus. She did her engineering from IIT Delhi and had a stint in consulting with Bain. Post MBA, she narrowed her focus on the Edtech space, joining White Hat Junior as a Chief of Staff to CEO Karan Bajaj. Early in 2022, she started her own Edtech company Softclay and recently came onboard with Masters' Union to lead their Undergraduate program. 

    About Masters' Union:
    Masters’ Union, established in 2020, as a premium Technology and Business School counts Rajat Mathur (MD, Morgan Stanley), Naveen Munjal (MD, Hero Electric), Elkana Ezekiel (CMO, Samsung), and over 200 other CXOs from Tata, and Mckinsey amongst its faculty. Earlier this year, Masters’ Union hosted Nithin Kamath, the founder of Zerodha as its Convocation speaker. Other C-suite visitors include Rajan Anandan (MD, Sequoia), Ghazal Alagh (Founder, MamaEarth), Ashneer Grover, Pramod Bhasin (Founder, Genpact), etc.

    Please join us for Wharton India Economic Forum on 7th January, 2023 at St. Regis in Mumbai. Tickets are available at: https://bit.ly/3FKT43R

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    41 mins
  • Dr. Sajjid Z. Chinoy, Chief India Economist at J.P. Morgan

    Dr. Sajjid Z. Chinoy, Chief India Economist at J.P. Morgan
    Dec 21 2022
    Welcome to the inaugural episode of a brand new edition of Wharton India Economic Forum Podcast. We are Wharton’s premier India focused conference. In these episodes, we will host eminent leaders, academics and young professionals to discuss India’s evolution into a prominent economic global power. 

    In this episode, Nayan Bader hosts Dr. Sajjid Z Chinoy, Managing Director and Chief India Economist at J.P. Morgan. Dr. Chinoy is also currently serving his second term as a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister.

    2022 will be known as a period marked by intense global uncertainty induced by a variety of factors such as the e conflict in Ukraine, global interest rate rise and high inflation. India has emerged as a bright spot for growth amidst this uncertainty. In this episode, we talk about:
    • Sajjid’s journey from a PhD at Stanford, IMF, Mckinsey to J.P. Morgan and EAC-PM
    • Is the optimism in India justified?
    • Can India continue to defy gravity and keep growing amidst macro uncertainty?
    • What policy interventions do we need to get to a $5T economy?
    And a lot more!

    More about Dr. Sajjid Z Chinoy:
    Dr. Sajjid Z Chinoy, is Managing Director and Chief India Economist at J.P. Morgan. He is also currently serving a second term as a part-time member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, also known as EAC-PM. He has previously worked at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and McKinsey & Company. Since 2013, he has been ranked as one of India’s best fixed income researchers by Asset Magazine every year. He has authored several publications on the Indian economy including co-editing a book on Indian economic reform titled: “Reforming India’s External, Fiscal and Financial Policies” with Dr. Anne O. Krueger (World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986, and the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund from 2001 to 2006). He received his Ph.D. in economics at Stanford University in 2001. 

    All views expressed in this podcast belong to the podcast host and guest, and do not reflect the views of Wharton India Economic Forum or Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister

    Please join us for Wharton India Economic Forum on 7th January, 2023 at St. Regis in Mumbai. Tickets are available at: https://bit.ly/3FKT43R

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    45 mins