Bounce Back with Nima Mankar

Mr. Sanjeev Deshmukh is a true example of Man proposes and God Disposes! He believes in adapting to situations and working smart and hard. After completing an extensive degree course of Hotel Management at Bombay, he dreamt of a promising career. His dream was at the verge of coming true, as he trained out, he almost secured a progressive career with a prestigious group of Hotels. But as misfortune struck, he was struck by a drunk driver. He had to go in for multiple surgeries on his broken bones. He faced a number of setbacks, thereafter. This rendered him totally incapable of taking up a lucrative career of a Chef in a good hotel. However, he did not give up.
In this episode,let’s hear him speak about his major setbacks and how he bounced back to success. Presently, he works as a Director of Assets for a group of Hotels, in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA.
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Dr. Manan Desai graduated from M.P. Shah, Medical College, Jamnagar and did his Surgery training from B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad. He did his specialisation from the premiere medical institute, All India Medical Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. There he received extensive training in adult and complex paediatric surgeries including robotic surgery. After completing his training he served at U.N. Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research, Ahmedabad. Soon he got connected with the leading hospital of Ahmedabad, CIMS Hospital. Along with a team of highly qualified doctors, Dr. Desai is committed to provide world-class healthcare with cutting edge technology that says, “Your Heart is in Safe Hands”!
Dr. Manan Desai is proud to be an integral part of the team which did the first first heart transplant in Gujarat.
After a fellowship in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery at Children’s National, Washington DC he is currently with Stanford University/Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital as a Clinical Instructor. He is involved in care of children with complex congenital heart diseases.

This Episode is Bilingual. As the guest is a singer, there are songs in Hindi. Mandira Sur, has a Masters degree in Fine Arts, a diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education, a Diploma in Marathi music. She has even Participated in Painting Exhibition in Pune for two consecutive years.
Mandira’s Interests are many; right from playing Golf and Badminton to Gardening, Ornithology, Astronomy, Sculpture and Painting.
Where Music is concerned, she has been a
Student of Ram Krishna Das, Gwalior Gharana and of Dr. Soma Ghosh, Padmashri, Benaras Gharana.
She belongs to a family of singers. She has sung in various languages, which include Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Gujarati, Marathi and Oriya.
She lives in South Africa. She has sung in the International film festival in honor of the Indian PM.

Devika Nadig is an Educator of high eminence. After getting a master’s degree in English Literature, and a B.Ed. from Mumbai University, she set upon a highly successful career in Education.
She has served as a Principal and as an Academic Director of a large school in Pune.
Thereafter, with her remarkable talent and sheer hard work, she effectively moulded a curriculum that led to the training of School Principals and Administrators.
Today, she is the co-founder of Shikshangan Education Initiatives; along with Mr Vijay Gupta she successfully conducts workshops for school leaders that enhance pedagogical skills for marvellous performance.

Mr Kulbhushan Chattoo is an MBA graduate with specialization in Marketing and a focus on Finance. He is currently responsible for Portfolio and Alliance Management at Novartis, one of the largest global pharmaceutical companies. He has spent over a decade in the healthcare/pharma industry including previous stints with Cipla and Biocon.
His insightful and decisive nature helped him sail through the most challenging setback he faced during his crucial year of engineering..........his success story will definitely hold a torch of hope for others

This is the fourth episode of Bounce Back with Nima Mankar. Today, we are going to talk of Origami-the art of paper folding, as a stress-reliever. The topic is an apt one, looking at the depressive atmosphere we are surrounded with. Many of you, who are looking for effective ways of relaxation, should try resorting to it. Marc Kirschenbaum- an Origami Artist from New York will lead you towards a very positive approach towards life, through his talk.
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Episode 3 Bounce Back with Nima Mankar.
Tikte : “Mask your sorrows, unmask your joys” - Mr Nitin Bhatt. He is an Engineer by profession. He has worked with a German Multinational company, where he made a mark with his expertise in the field of Medical Instruments. There is a lot to him than what meets the eye!
What we admire about him, is his unique skill to translate very interesting stories and anecdotes from English to Gujarati. The Sunday editions of Newspapers always have his popular writings. So, he is a talented LINGUIST! He has translated 12 famous books in Gujarati.
This includes best sellers like the “Pollyanna” a classic of children’s literature, by the American author Eleanor Porter and many popular, thrilling books by Agatha Christie - The Queen of Crimes!
He loves to interact with children. People of all ages can derive a lot of motivation from his life and from his talk today!

Episode 2 : Laugh Away your Worries!
In this episode you are going to listen to Mr. Manan Desai. He is a popular Comedian from Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He is an actor, a comedian and the founder of ‘The Comedy Factory’, which is Nominated for FORBES TOP 100 CELEBRITY LIST!
In this conversation, he speaks about how he bounced back to success after a major set-back, at a very young age. He has a positively powerful message to spread across the world.

Neil D’Silva ...
The “Best-Seller” Author has 12 published books, to his credit. A TEDx speaker, he conducts workshops on a wide range of motivational topics for all ages.
His books “Haunted” and “The Spirits Talk to Me” are going in for screen adaptation. He is considered to be the best horror-writers of India!
The most captivating TITLE of his books is
“Ringa Ringa Roses”, which is a collection of short stories. It is gaining great popularity.

Be it “Maya’s New Husband”, or “Yakshini” .... all the books are “spine-chilling” and “hair-raising” and yet they have a very powerful, positive message to convey to the world.

Neil’s TALK is definitely going to be refreshingly inspiring for people who are looking for a bit of motivation in these difficult times!

The episodes I share are interesting and inspiring conversations with people who have that “Never-Say-Die” spirit. The motivational stories you hear will definitely kindle a spark in you to fight one more battle to move one more mountain! So, tune in the 3rd of each month to hear successful Authors, famous Artists, Up-coming Singers, and Progressing IT Professionals and so on ... on this show: Bounce Back with Nima Mankar.