Learning by Proxy with Vivek Srinivasan Vivek Srinivasan

I had the opportunity to speak with Rohan Choukkar, Vice President of Investment at Bharat Innovation Fund.
During the conversation, we spoke about his involvement in the same, the evolution of climate investments in India, the state of the innovation eco-system in the country and the areas that would be interesting to watch out for in the coming years.
It was an incredibly insightful conversation with much to learn from.
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Shriti Pandey came back from New York University and watched the stubble burning envelop Delhi with smoke. She decided to do what she could about it and Strwcture was born. The company turns straw into compressed boards that can be used for building.
In this conversation, I spoke to her about how she got started and where she sees the business going in the future.
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I spoke with Rashmi Vittal, Chief Customer Officer for Eevie; a startup working on making it easier for corporations to engage their employees to make them think about climate change and action.
What are some of the corporates doing? What kind of change is it resulting in? We delve into some of these questions with Rashmi on this podcast.
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Blume Ventures is an extremely active and respected venture fund. In this podcast speak with Mudit Narain about his choice to study climate change and technology and policy's role in shaping the world.
We also spoke about what thoughts guide how Blume Ventures looks at Climate Tech and how this problem of climate change can ultimately be solved.
I enjoyed my conversations with Mudit. Please share your thoughts in the comments section.
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I have been publishing this podcast off and on for the last 3 years. I had taken a year-long hiatus in the middle.
Things are going to be changing. Just a short update.


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The cause and effect that economics predicts does not seem to be playing out in the real world. Something fundamental has changed in the nature of work and the structure of societies. Banks are not the main source of debt for the ultra-rich and the ultra-poor, hence tweaking bank interests makes no difference!
Under these circumstances, the old theories of economics do not work. We need to go back and take another look at all of them.
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