Corporate Calling
By Bharat Innovation Fund
Corporate CallingApr 21, 2022
E5 - Amrita Singh - SG GSC
In the fifth episode of the Corporate Calling Podcast, we have Amrita Singh, who strives to create value @SG GSC through Business Transformation, Human-Centric Design, Technology R&D and Open Innovations. She spearheads thought leadership on digital transformations and investment in technology and design innovation for the future.
At Societe Generale, Amrita has led several strategic and global transformations programs to deliver sustainable growth and value in technology and operations. As an innovation and technology evangelist, Amrita has been an avid speaker at various forums on innovation adoption and change management. She is a mentor to multiple fintechs and has helped them evolve their business strategy, product placements and pricing/revenue models for fast-tracked growth.
Here, Arijit and Amrita talk about some of the criteria for evaluation by corporates and how startups can scale and build deeper relationships with corporates.
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E4 - Dr Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik - Volvo Group
In the fourth episode of the Corporate Calling Podcast, we have with us Dr Sudeendra Thirtha Koushik who holds a PhD in Innovation is the Innovation Director @Volvo Group India and Head of @CampX by Volvo. His experience is in Innovation and Technology Management in India, Singapore and The Netherlands with corporates like Philips, HCL and TTK, in various roles including new product and services development, project management, hardware, software and systems, Intellectual property, people and customer management with more than 20 patents in various stages.
Dr Koushik is also very actively engaged in the start-up sphere, by mentoring and supporting multiple start-ups, innovation centres, accelerators, and incubators in multiple domains.
Here Arijit and Dr Koushik chat about Indian DeepTech startups and some of the areas where startups can improve.
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Episode 3 - Prateek Khare - Fidelity Investments
In the third episode of the Corporate Calling podcast, we are joined by Prateek Khare, Head of the Innovation Ecosystem @Fidelity Investments India. In this role,
Prateek is responsible for discovering, exploring, and engaging with internal and external
stakeholders on new trends, technologies, and innovative companies in Asia that are shaping and impacting the global fintech industry.
Prateek also actively engages with and addresses various startup and academia communities,
open innovation, and industry forums.
The conversation centers around the future of the Indian DeepTech startup's landscape.
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E2 - Hitesh Aggarwal - Citi & Google
In the second episode of the Corporate Calling podcast, we have with us Hitesh Aggarwal, Global Payments Product Lead @ Google and eWallet Payments Global Product Head @ Citi. Hitesh has a wide range of experiences in the financial services industry. In his role at Citi, he was the Global Head of Product for Alternative Payments methods at Citibank in New York, where he led the extension of Citi’s Payments network into eWallets and other strategic emerging Payments ecosystems. Before that, he led Global Payment Strategy, Partnerships, and Strategic Build for Global Payments Business. Along with Strategic Product Build, he spearheaded Fintech Exploration, Partnerships, and Investments for Citi’s Global Payments Business.
In the episode, Hitesh and Arjit talk about how startups, especially fintech & deeptech startups, approach corporates and collaborate with them.
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E1 - Nikhil Malhotra - Tech Mahindra
In the very first episode of the Corporate Calling podcast, we have with us Nikhil Malhotra, CIO and creator of Maker’s Lab, a unique Thin-Q-Bator space within TechMahindra. Nikhil is also a World Economic Forum AI Fellow working on responsible AI and Quantum ethics. Nikhil has been a researcher all his life and is now leading the growth of AI, robotics and Quantum Computing research within Tech Mahindra. His area of personal research has been how quantum would inspire the growth of AI. He has won numerous awards including the 2020 Innovation Congress award for the most innovative leader in India.
Nikhil and Arjit talk about the process of creation of innovation and how to bring method in this process of madness.
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Episode 0 - Corporate Calling
In this introductory episode of the Corporate Calling podcast, Ashwin Raguraman and Arjit Johri talk about their aspirations behind starting this podcast and what they hope to achieve with the same. Follow along the journey on the podcast platform of your choice or on our Socials.
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