Empowering Indian Expats: Create more Impact & Influence, beyond just making a living
51 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -Bringing Stories, Strategies and Life Lessons of inspiring Indian Expats who dared to take the leap and successfully transitioned from Employee to Entrepreneur or excelled in Corporate Career itself beyond an average 9-5.Your host Ehsan Ali moved from India to Australia in 2008 with big dreams but without realising settled into a normal job. A decade later, when he tried to escape the mediocrity trap, he couldn‘t get enough help and encouragement. Finally, he launched this podcast as an endeavor to unpack stories of Indian expats who have already made it and are willing to share their journey with the rest of us. Ehsan‘s objective is to build a powerful knowledge database covering a wide variety of transition and transformation stories.
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E40 - Building Linkedin Profile With Karen Tisdell, LinkedIn Profile Writer and Trainer
June 20, 2022 16:04 - 56 minutes - 103 MBDespite LinkedIn being the need of the hour, this episode is unique in its own right. This week's guest is one of the early users of LinkedIn, who has not only built her career through LinkedIn but has also helped a lot of people do the same. From being an account manager to HR recruiting to becoming LinkedIn's top voice in 2021, Karen Tisdell followed her passion. She is running her own business for the last 13 years and has been a LinkedIn user for the last 18 years. She is currently a...
E39 - Using Technologies To Impact Human Lives With Jaya Vaidhyanathan, CEO, BCT Digital
May 16, 2022 19:09 - 1 hour - 110 MBThe less traversed path comes with unique challenges that change the way we think. The guest of this week, Jaya Vaidhyanathan, has stretched her boundaries to show that we can accomplish whatever we set our minds to. Jaya was listed in the top 10 most influential women in tech and has also been named India's most trustworthy CEO. She started her career as a computer science graduate. She wanted to work with people rather than systems, so she studied finance and strategy in an MBA program...
E38 - From Door-to-Door Sales to Building a Technology Platform With Tinesh Chhaya, Founder, Decipher Cyber
March 14, 2022 18:43 - 48 minutes - 88.4 MBDo you want to start a side hustle? Do you want to shift from corporate to entrepreneurship? Then this episode is the answer to your questions. From finance to sales, From banking to cybersecurity, Tinesh Chhaya has experienced it all. He started his journey in finance but soon realized he needed to switch. He moved to sales, where he sold address verification software door to door. It didn't take him long to realize there was much more to life than what he was doing. He t...
E37 - From a Programmer to Global Innovation Leader & CEO of a Startup Incubator/Accelerator, Malik Irfan
March 07, 2022 18:35 - 50 minutes - 92.4 MBStarting as a programmer, Malik Irfan has evolved into a Serial Entrepreneur and Innovation thought leader. Today, he runs a Start-up Accelerator as well as a successful IT Consulting Company. He is also the president of AIBC (Australia India Business Council – a 30+ years old non-profit organisation). There is a lot to learn from Malik’s experience – both in entrepreneurship as well as a corporate career. Malik’s journey in short: Malik was born and raised in Kerala. He worked for a c...
E36 - From The Study of Medicines to Tutoring Neurodivergent Kids and NLP Trainer With Fatema Kudrati, Director, Kip McGrath Education Centre Ringwood
February 21, 2022 16:44 - 30 minutes - 55.7 MBWe often find it difficult to pursue our passions. This week's guest Fatema Kudrati shares how a medical school graduate got into child tutoring, development, and NLP training. In 2004, her son was diagnosed with ADHD, and that's when she realized it's not a learning difficulty, it's a teaching difficulty, and all brains can learn. She then started helping neurodivergent kids to build self-esteem and self-confidence in themselves. Initially, she served as a mentor for Toastmasters ...
E35 - Running a Portfolio Career With Founder and CEO of Wisedoc, Akash Kannegulla, Ph.D
February 14, 2022 17:48 - 43 minutes - 80.3 MBMost of us find it challenging to manage a job along with family. This week’s guest Akash Kannegulla shares how he manages a full-time job and a start-up alongwith a family. He is a perfect example of living his passion, working for a cause and perseverance. While pursuing his Phd in nano-photonics (heard of it before?), he ventured into the world of entrepreneurship and developed a cloud-based product for researchers to help create thesis faster and named Wisedoc. During covid, his...
E34 - Starting Biz From Scratch in a New Country, With Naheed Khan, Founder of FuturWits
January 10, 2022 14:37 - 50 minutes - 92.9 MBEstablishing your own company can be a little intimidating at times. Shifting to a new country is often challenging. Isn't it? Naheed dealt with all of it and is now a Transformational Learning and Development Consultant and a Co-Founder of Futurwits. She started her journey way back in 2004 as a Sales Trainee Manager at Bajaj Life Insurances. And eventually moved to SBI as a Training Manager, where she started applying NLP concepts even before being certified as an NLP practitioner. ...
From Chef to Airline CEO, With Koustav Dhar, CEO At Zoom Air
January 03, 2022 18:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBSuccess leaves clues. It's intriguing how a Chef can become CEO of an airline. Not only that, Koustab became an authority in starting full-service airlines from scratch in the Build-Operate-Transfer model. As a hotel management graduate, Koustav started as a chef and grew rapidly into leadership positions in the hospitality industry. By a twist of fate, Koustav sat next to Sahara Airlines chairman in a flight. That conversation led to him getting invited to work at Sahara Airlines. That'...
E33 - From Chef to Airline CEO, With Koustav Dhar, CEO At Zoom Air
January 03, 2022 18:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBSuccess leaves clues. It's intriguing how a Chef can become CEO of an airline. Not only that, Koustab became an authority in starting full-service airlines from scratch in the Build-Operate-Transfer model. As a hotel management graduate, Koustav started as a chef and grew rapidly into leadership positions in the hospitality industry. By a twist of fate, Koustav sat next to Sahara Airlines chairman in a flight. That conversation led to him getting invited to work at Sahara Airlines. That'...
E32 - A Senior Marketing & Digital Innovation Professional to Mental Health Start-up With Vijay Solanki, Co-founder & CEO at ParentalEQ, TEDx Speaker
December 27, 2021 17:54 - 47 minutes - 86.3 MBAre you keen to build your career around marketing? Does psychology excite you? Are you a parent dealing with a mental health issue? This episode might be the answer to all your questions. From medical school dropout to psychology graduate, From practicing marketing and digital innovation to building his own startup on parent-child psychology, Through his journey, Vijay expresses his desire to serve parents and children struggling with mental health issues and also continue growing as...
E31 - From HR Recruiting to Building His Own Sports Analytics Business With Nakul Pednekar, Founder, Wicky
December 20, 2021 16:54 - 58 minutes - 107 MBAre you considering starting your own company?? Are you ready to have a paradigm shift in the way you perceive things? This episode has the answers to your questions. From HR graduate jobs to Analytics and Data Science Recruiter, From slacking off on science tests in school to owning an analytical firm, His journey demonstrates his passion for learning, his drive to find his purpose, and his desire to maintain a work-life balance. Nakul left Mumbai, India when he was 5 to move...
E30 - From a Doer to a Thought Leader With Kshira Saagar, Chief Data Officer, Latitude Financial Services
December 13, 2021 17:39 - 37 minutes - 68.6 MBAre you feeling stuck in your job and unable to find a way to grow. Then this episode has got the answer you might be looking for. From being a doer to becoming a thought leader, From a data analyst to becoming CDO at a leading financial services organisation, Kshira Saagar demonstrates his passion to learn, his drive to apply, and his determination to help others, through his journey. He started his career as a Data Analyst after completing his BTech in Computer Science from India. Befo...
E29 - Dare to Build Unconventional Career With Ashi Singhal, Linkedin Personal Branding Expert
December 06, 2021 17:35 - 59 minutes - 108 MBAre you interested in building a brand on LinkedIn? Whether you are a new startup or a full-fledged business, a student or professional in any field, this podcast will help you build an impressive online presence on LinkedIn. Graduating in Computer Science to becoming a Personal Branding Strategist, From self-doubt to self-discovery, Her journey illustrates her desire to help others build their brands, her determination to maintain a work-life balance, and her thirst for knowledge. Orig...
E28 - First Female Senior Executive In The Family Business to Becoming an Executive Coach With Vinita Surana, Entrepreneur, Creative Director, & Performance Coach
November 29, 2021 18:07 - 1 hour - 140 MBAre you feeling stuck in your career? Are you planning to become an entrepreneur? Then this episode might be the answer to your questions. From living in a conservative and protective family to being the first working woman in her family, From not choosing the traditional path to owning her business, Her journey showcases her passion to accept challenges, her purpose to mentor, and her determination to create a benchmark. Vinita Surana started her career as an engineer. Soon afte...
E27 - From Chartered Accountant to Cyber Security with Anu Kukar, Associate Partner, IBM & Keynote Speaker
November 22, 2021 17:21 - 48 minutes - 89.3 MBDo you want to switch career? Do you want to enter into management roles? Then this episode is the answer to your questions. From being a doer to entering into management roles, From being an Executive Manager to becoming an Associate Partner at IBM, Her journey showcases her passion to learn, her purpose to implement, and her determination to achieve. Anu Kukar was born and raised in Denmark and has an Indian background. Soon after completing her graduation, she moved to Aust...
E26 - Discovering The Purpose of Life with Chinmay Ananda, Financial Educator, Business Storyteller & Author
November 15, 2021 17:40 - 1 hour - 67.5 MBIf you are struggling in finding the purpose of your life, then this episode might be the right place to tune in. From being a door to door salesman to becoming the operational manager of the company, From failing in 6 startup ideas to owing his full-fledged finance academy, His journey showcases his hunger to learn, his passion to explore, and his drive to experiment. Mr. Chinmay Ananda started his career as a civil engineer. He is currently working as a financial educator for t...
E25 - Building Authority and Personal Brand with Aruna Pattam, Head of AI and Data Science, HCL
November 08, 2021 15:25 - 59 minutes - 110 MBIf you are battling with self-doubt, This episode might help you to get out of that dilemma. From moving to Australia to spending almost 24 years there, From getting pregnant in the middle of the training period to becoming Head of AI and Data Science at HCL, Her journey showcases her passion for learning and her Determination to become better. Aruna Pattam was born and raised in Chennai, she is currently serving in HCL as Head of AI and Data Science in the Asia Pacific and the ...
E24 - From Attempting to End Her Life to Becoming a Global Pharma and Technology Leader, With Dr Kamala Maddali
November 01, 2021 16:02 - 1 hour - 128 MBIf you think you need a degree to pursue your dream in any field, Then this episode might help to debunk this thinking. From a rare disease since childhood to becoming a TEDx speaker, From a suicidal attempt to becoming the founder of a company, her journey showcases her passion for life, purpose to live, and determination to achieve. Dr. Kamala is currently demonstrating her talent in multiple domains like Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Business Development, Strategic Marketi...
E23 - Creating Your Inner Circle with Jay Hira, Executive Cyber Security Advisor, Salesforce
October 25, 2021 17:23 - 58 minutes - 107 MBIf you are feeling stuck in your career, this episode may be just what you needed to listen to. From a hopeless student to building a career, most professionals would envy, Jay Hira's journey represents passion, drive, purpose, and lots of practical strategies. Starting his career as a Pen Tester, Jay currently serves as the Security and Compliance Advisor at Salesforce. In this episode, Jay shared his life story in three stages An average student with big dreams A mid-career...
E22 - Fast Tracking Your IT Career, with Prakhar Rawat, CTO, Simple.io
October 18, 2021 15:25 - 1 hour - 130 MBThis is by far the most relatable episode I have had on the Empowering Indian Expats podcast. He started as a typical IT professional in India and currently working as CTO in Australia. At a very young age, Prakhar has shown the importance of both hustling and stability in his life. At the age of 19, he started finding out his interests and building his surroundings accordingly. While doing his side hustle with his better half, he kept on constantly growing horizontally as well as vert...
E21 - Building First of Its Kind Fintech Platform in Australia, with Anto Joseph, CEO & MD of STROPRO
October 11, 2021 17:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBThis is by far the most practical and comprehensive Career, Start-up and Business conversation I have had on the Empowering Indian Expats podcast At such a young age, Anto has demonstrated a very high level of competency and success both in his career as well as in running a business. Whatever be your ask... Want to build a career Want to be an intrapreneur Want to start a fintech company Anto has revealed valuable strategies, best practices, and mindset required to succeed. He shared ...
E20 - From Humble Beginning to a High-Flying Career in Cyber Security, with Abbas Kudrati, a Multiple Award-Winning CISO
October 04, 2021 18:35 - 1 hour - 113 MBHow did a B.Com graduate found his way up to becoming Chief Cyber Security Adviser at Microsoft, APAC? Not only that, Abbas Kudrati is also a Professor, Mentor, and Keynote speaker. Abbas has demonstrated that life is full of Opportunities if you are willing to grab one. His story starts way back in a small town in Gujarat named Jamnagar. He completed his secondary education from Patna, Bihar, and moved back to Gujarat for senior secondary schooling. In 1993, due to less percentage in ...
E19 - From Battling with Cancer to Becoming an Award-Winning Actor, Model and CEO, with Saroni Roy
September 27, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBThis is one of the most eye opening conversations on Empowering Indian Expats Podcast. It's an inspiring story of passion, grit, courage, and giving back... Saroni Roy is a media and PR professional who concurred cancer and moved to Australia to build a new life all over again. She applied for more than 700 jobs in PR and Media, without any success. She pivoted and started with a call centre job. She was hit by another health issue that made her bed ridded for a while. During that down ti...
E18 - Failing in School to Becoming an International Trainer, Author & Public Speaker, with Amandeep Thind
September 20, 2021 14:38 - 1 hour - 146 MBFailed in 11th, Got compartment in 12th, Attempted suicide at 16, Struggled with employment Worked multiple jobs Almost got deported from UK His life has been full of twists and turns. He went through a lot of hardships, Yet he kept his spirit high to fight back, His willingness to help people remained high, He continued to develop each day with a high level of enthusiasm. Amandeep shares his journey of consistently failing to meeting people who inspired him and then c...
E17 - From building corporate brands to becoming a brand herself with Punita Parekh, Content Strategist & Influencer
September 13, 2021 14:39 - 44 minutes - 36.7 MBWorking in a high profile marketing job for 18 years with brands like Time Network and CNBC, Punita Parekh decided to quit, with no plans whatsoever. Scary isn't it? But she had enough, she was completely burnt-out. And what she did is worth noticing and learning from. She used linkedin as a platform to build a thriving consulting business. In this episode, she shares the strategies, tips and learnings. You will learn: The 4C's of LinkedIn How she overcame all the self-doubt Wh...
E16 - A Career Wild Ride, with Shailendra Kumar, Technology Evangelist and Top Global Tech Influencer
September 06, 2021 14:44 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBMy life is accidental. I was so surprised when Shaily said this. How can one's life be so spontaneous! Before diving any deeper, I would like to give some background of Mr. Shailendra Kumar. He is a Machine Learning Leader, Evangelist, Best Selling Author, Keynote Speaker, and recognised as Top 50 Global Tech Influencer. He also got recognised as top 10 AI influencers to follow in 2021. Till now, he has spoken at more than 300+ live events with Fortune 500 companies worldwide and...
E15 - Building career in Industry 4.0 with Chirag Joshi, Cyber Security and Technology Leader, Best-Selling Author
August 30, 2021 14:12 - 1 hour - 59 MBIs the linear career paradigm obsolete? Have you heard of a portfolio career? Been working hard but not happy with the growth? This week’s episode reveals some of the reasons why hard work alone is not the answer. I spoke to a wonderful human being and a well-rounded professional, who also maintains a very good work-life balance. He represents the true successful professionals of industry 4.0 Built his authority by leveraging opportunities that weren’t available that easily in any other ...
E14 - Dare to lead, Fresh Graduate to CMO to Founder of Crikey, with Sheetal Bairamadgi
August 23, 2021 14:14 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBGraduate Degree, Masters, Certifications & more formal education Vs Learning on the job Doing what you love That energises you That uses your highest potential! Check out Sheetal's story to find out what brings in success and fulfillment. A fresh graduate in mechanical engineering, gets married and moves to Australia. To utilise her time at home, she starts to learn the world of online marketing. Falls in love with it. Within a year, with no formal training or a certificate,...
E14 - Dare to lead, Fresh Graduate to CMO to Founder of Crikey, with Sheetal
August 23, 2021 14:14 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBGraduate Degree, Masters, Certifications & more formal education Vs Learning on the job Doing what you love That energises you That uses your highest potential! Check out Sheetal's story to find out what brings in success and fulfillment. A fresh graduate in mechanical engineering, gets married and moves to Australia. To utilise her time at home, she starts to learn the world of online marketing. Falls in love with it. Within a year, with no formal training or a certificate,...
E12 - Building and Selling business in two different countries, With Sunil Jha, CEO of Akiko Group
August 16, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBDo you feel that no fields are left for advancement in this fully digitized era? To debunk this myth and to share his life experience, we have Mr. Sunil Jha for this episode of the Empowering Indian Expats podcast. Sunil started his journey way back in the 1980s when companies like HCL, Wipro were just settling in the Indian market. Over the last 35 years, Sunil founded 2 companies (one was sold to a firm before he moved to Australia ) and currently living in Sydney Australia. At presen...
E13 - Building and Selling business in two different countries, With Sunil Jha, CEO of Akiko Group
August 16, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 95.9 MBDo you feel that no fields are left for advancement in this fully digitized era? To debunk this myth and to share his life experience, we have Mr. Sunil Jha for this episode of the Empowering Indian Expats podcast. Sunil started his journey way back in the 1980s when companies like HCL, Wipro were just settling in the Indian market. Over the last 35 years, Sunil founded 2 companies (one was sold to a firm before he moved to Australia ) and currently living in Sydney Australia. At presen...
E12 - Career growth is not always upwards, with Bhuvan Unhelkar, Professor of IT, Author & Consultant
August 09, 2021 14:22 - 52 minutes - 95.4 MBI will have no regret in life if I fall dead right now... It was 2012 and I had just acquired my Personal Trainer certification. I needed someone as a guinea pig to hone up my newly learned skills. That's when Dr. Bhuvan Unhelkar trusted me and took the risk.😄 We were friends for a couple of years by now. We started to meet at 5 am every morning in the field to jog and perform a series of exercises. During one of those huffing and puffing moments, I vividly recall Bhuvan saying "you k...
E11.2 - A full Circle of life, with Founder and CEO of StickmanCyber
August 02, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBFailed in 12th exam … The same year Ajay Unni built software for a school that printed 3000 report cards for year 11 and 12 students. How did that happen? Much later, he shared his story in LinkedIn article “The joy of failure” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140603131707-5693854-the-joy-of-failuer/ That one freelancing work turned into a company with 100 employees. Yes, he did pass his year 12 next year and also graduated while building his business. Ajay ran his company from the a...
E11.1 - A full Circle of life, with Ajay Unni, Founder and CEO of StickmanCyber
August 02, 2021 15:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBFailed in 12th exam … The same year Ajay Unni built software for a school that printed 3000 report cards for year 11 and 12 students. How did that happen? Much later, he shared his story in LinkedIn article “The joy of failure” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140603131707-5693854-the-joy-of-failuer/ That one freelancing work turned into a company with 100 employees. Yes, he did pass his year 12 next year and also graduated while building his business. Ajay ran his company from the a...
E11.1 - A full Circle of life, with Founder and CEO of Stickman
August 02, 2021 15:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBFailed in 12th exam … The same year Ajay Unni built software for a school that printed 3000 report cards for year 11 and 12 students. How did that happen? Much later, he shared his story in LinkedIn article “The joy of failure” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140603131707-5693854-the-joy-of-failuer/ That one freelancing work turned into a company with 100 employees. Yes, he did pass his year 12 next year and also graduated while building his business. Ajay ran his company from the a...
E11.1 - A full Circle of life, with Founder and CEO of StickmanCyber
August 02, 2021 15:00 - 58 minutes - 40.3 MBFailed in 12th exam … The same year Ajay Unni built software for a school that printed 3000 report cards for year 11 and 12 students. How did that happen? Much later, he shared his story in LinkedIn article “The joy of failure” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140603131707-5693854-the-joy-of-failuer/ That one freelancing work turned into a company with 100 employees. Yes, he did pass his year 12 next year and also graduated while building his business. Ajay ran his company from the a...
E11.2 - A full Circle of life, with Ajay Unni, Founder and CEO of StickmanCyber
August 02, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBFailed in 12th exam … The same year Ajay Unni built software for a school that printed 3000 report cards for year 11 and 12 students. How did that happen? Much later, he shared his story in LinkedIn article “The joy of failure” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140603131707-5693854-the-joy-of-failuer/ That one freelancing work turned into a company with 100 employees. Yes, he did pass his year 12 next year and also graduated while building his business. Ajay ran his company from the a...
E11.2 - A full Circle of life, with Founder and CEO of Stickman
August 02, 2021 15:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBFailed in 12th exam … The same year Ajay Unni built software for a school that printed 3000 report cards for year 11 and 12 students. How did that happen? Much later, he shared his story in LinkedIn article “The joy of failure” https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/20140603131707-5693854-the-joy-of-failuer/ That one freelancing work turned into a company with 100 employees. Yes, he did pass his year 12 next year and also graduated while building his business. Ajay ran his company from the a...
E10 - International Student to becoming an Award Winning Entrepreneur, with Aamir Qutub, CEO Enterprise Monkey
July 26, 2021 15:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBSemi-retired at 30! When most students are stressed about finding a job, Amir Qutub was putting the foundation for building his dream. That was 2014. Today, Aamir’s company Enterprise Monkey, which he started with AUD 2000 in 2014, is a well-oiled machine with 200+ staff serving clients in 5 countries. And, he doesn’t need to spend more than a couple of hours a day in the business. So, he used his free time in investing in tech start-ups – 7 so far. He is also the co-founder of 4 start-...
EI09 - Starting a business in a new country, With Manasi Khanna, Founder of Tasty Talks
July 19, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBNo capital, no connection, no experience... Just the Passion and the Will to do... This week's story is all about that. Manasi moved to Amsterdam from New Delhi with her husband. Prior to this move, Manasi had Corporate (Auditor with Deloitte) and Social Sector experience. Rather than looking for a job, she experimented with inviting people at home for sharing authentic meal. From the success of one event to another and to another, she realised it could be a business. In last 3 year...
EI09 - Starting a business in a new country, With Manasi Khanna, Founder of Tasty Talks
July 19, 2021 14:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBNo capital, no connection, no experience... Just the Passion and the Will to do... This week's story is all about that. Manasi moved to Amsterdam from New Delhi with her husband. Prior to this move, Manasi had Corporate (Auditor with Deloitte) and Social Sector experience. Rather than looking for a job, she experimented with inviting people at home for sharing authentic meal. From the success of one event to another and to another, she realised it could be a business. In last 3 year...
EIE08 - IT Systems Manager to Sales Expert for Small Businesses, with Sukhdev Sethi
July 12, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBAll of a sudden, one day someone says you don't have a job. He was made redundant .. the whole IT department got outsourced He felt he lost control of everything. That was 2013... and that's when he said to himself "I want to take control of my life" He started to seriously build his runway in 2018 And finally, took the leap of faith in 2019 Sukhdev's biggest regret is losing so much time in fear... Says "Wish I had taken the plunge much earlier" He shares his journey from IT Syste...
EIE08 - IT Systems Manager to Sales Expert for Small Businesses, with Sukhdev Sethi
July 12, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBAll of a sudden, one day someone says you don't have a job. He was made redundant .. the whole IT department got outsourced He felt he lost control of everything. That was 2013... and that's when he said to himself "I want to take control of my life" He started to seriously build his runway in 2018 And finally, took the leap of faith in 2019 Sukhdev's biggest regret is losing so much time in fear... Says "Wish I had taken the plunge much earlier" He shares his journey from IT Syste...
EIE07 - Corporate Lawyer turned Chai Walli, With Uppma Virdi
July 05, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBForbes 30 under 30 Microbusiness of the year by IABCA Business Woman of the year by IABCA Deakin Young Alumni of the year Award Finalist, Small Business Championships Award Are just some of the accolades she received for her business CHAI WALLI. This week on Empowering Indian Expats podcast is Uppma Virdi, CEO of Chai Walli She moved to Australia with her parents as a kid Grew up in Melbourne Started her career as a Lawyer 4 years into her career when in high momentum, she decided to ...
EIE06 - Murdering Mediocrity | Career Coach, with Shilpa Kulshrestha
June 28, 2021 13:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBShilpa Kulshrestha used her redundancy to introspect and come back with renewed energy, not be employed again but to create a life of her choice. Today, she is a Peak Performance Coach, Keynote Speaker, Influencer and Bestselling author of the book “Play it Full”. In this episode, she talks with the host Ehsan Ali about her journey Redundancy Recovering from the shock Enrolling in a course that was way beyond the budget Financial Challenges Developing skills Setting goals Generating reven...
EIE5 - Corporate to Food Distribution Business, with Manishi Dave
June 21, 2021 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBManishi comes from extensive corporate experience working with likes of PWC, KPMG, Essar and Tech Mahindra. His journey into entrepreneurship has been interesting. He recalls Steve Jobs statement "we can only connect the dots backward" After he left his senior IT executive job, he started to consult with SMEs. During that time, a relative of his from India who was in the food business and had already expanded to the UK requested Manishi for a bit of research in Australia. He did but not...
EIE04 - Building a Successful Career and Business as Expat, with Preetie Shehkkar
June 14, 2021 14:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBOthers' opinion of me doesn't define who I am! Courage, listening to her heart, and leaning into her heritage and mentors have helped Preetie transition and transform her life and help many others do the same. From Hospitality, Executive Search and Project Mgmt, Dropping out of the corporate career to raise her children, Running a successful childcare business so she could be with her daughters in their formative years, Closing the business and getting back to corporate, Starting her...
EIE03 - Building a Thriving Career Coaching Business, with Kapil Kulshreshtha
June 04, 2021 11:00 - 41 minutes - 28.8 MBJoin Ehsan Ali with his guest, Kapil Kulshreshtha, a senior Corporate Executive turned Career Transformation Coach who shares his story of why he quit his job, his rather bumpy start to entrepreneurship, finding help, making bold choices, and of Grit & Determination. He explains steps to build a thriving coaching business He also talks about new rules for building a career in today's world. Listen to the full episode - may stoke your inner FIRE!🔥 Outline of the Episode: [02:37] The sto...
EIE02 - Building a Cyber Security SaaS business, with Prabir Saha
May 29, 2021 06:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBOn this episode your host Ehsan Ali talks to Prabir Saha, an ex Senior IT professional who decided to leave his lucrative career in late forties to launch his start-up, which he turned into a multiple 7 figure business within 3 years. Not only that, he transformed multiple areas of his life at the same time. Prabir is fun, inspiring and full of wisdom.. Prabir shares his complete roadmap: starting from building the runway before quitting his job, finding the right environment to learn ...
EIE01 - Overcoming Depression to Finding Purpose & Becoming Multiple Award Winning CEO, with Esha Oberoi
May 23, 2021 14:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBOur guest this week is proof that you don't need a university degree to succeed in business. In spite of episodes of bullying and depression throughout school and dropping out of school in year 11, Esha has built an organisation that recently got recognised as the third best place to work across Australia and New Zealand. Launched her startup in Aged Care sector at 24 by herself that has grown into 800 carers and 75 full-time office staff. I ask her about how she won over depression, what...