Podcasts by TOS : The Other Side
As college students, it's hard to figure out what you want to do with your lives. There are so many choices out there, and so little time. Confused and disillusioned? Join Sabya and Surya, two undergraduates at IIT Madras, as they talk to their guests about life beyond college, and about their most interesting life stories. If you're embarking on a new journey, want to be inspired, or just want to hear some great career advice, this is the podcast for you.
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Hits and Misses: Kishore's Journey from IIT-M to Starting-Up from 2021-07-25T10:25:20
We're back with our latest episode! It's one that's very close to our hearts for a variety of reasons. Today's guest is Kishore Natarajan, an IITM alumnus and the co-founder of Hyperverge (where...
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Love Money and Lose Your Ego with Vinamra Pandiya from 2021-06-27T13:41:08
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2.1! Today's episode is a crash course on entrepreneurship, creativity and hope. Our guest today is Vinamra Pandiya, a serial entrepreneur who's currently wor...
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CAT Fight : How Surya got offers from IIM A, B & C, while scoring 770 on the GMAT from 2021-06-13T13:59:04
In today's episode, we take a break from regular programming to welcome a very special guest, *drumroll please*, our very own host, Surya. Over the past few months, Surya has received offers fro...
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From Struggling with Nicotine Addiction to Cycling the Himalayas with Prof. Ganesh Nayak from 2021-06-06T14:22:52
We're finally back after what feels like a very long time! It's been over a year since our first ever episode, and today we're here with Season 2.1, our attempt to salvage a rather short Season ...
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Living Life The 5F Way : Communication & Leadership Lessons with Dr. Ganesh Natarajan from 2021-03-07T10:34:40
How much can one person do during a lifetime? After this interview, we had to go back to our drawing boards and rethink our answers to this question. Today’s guest is Dr. Ganesh Natarajan. He ha...
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S2 Ep 3.2 : How I Grew a Bootstrapped Business to $700,000 in Revenues with Karthik Sridharan from 2021-02-07T14:43:32
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2. Last time, we spoke to Kainaz Messman, the founder of Theobroma, about building a traditional brick and mortar business. This time around, we speak to an e...
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S2 Ep3 : How I Grew a Bootstrapped Business to $700,000 in Revenues with Karthik Sridharan from 2021-02-07T14:33:44
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2. Last time, we spoke to Kainaz Messman, the founder of Theobroma, about building a traditional brick and mortar business. This time around, we speak to an e...
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Part 2 : How I Grew a Bootstrapped Business to $700,000 in Revenues with Karthik Sridharan from 2021-02-07T13:43:32
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2. Last time, we spoke to Kainaz Messman, the founder of Theobroma, about building a traditional brick and mortar business. This time around, we speak to an e...
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How I Grew a Bootstrapped Business to $700,000 in Revenues with Karthik Sridharan from 2021-02-07T13:33:44
We're back with Episode 3 of Season 2. Last time, we spoke to Kainaz Messman, the founder of Theobroma, about building a traditional brick and mortar business. This time around, we speak to an e...
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S2 Ep2 : The Business of Making People Happy, The story of Theobroma and Kainaz Messman from 2021-01-24T12:30:02
We are not in the food business, but we are in the business of making people happy. Iconic words from a guest that needs no introduction. In this episode, we are honored to welcome the founder o...
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The Business of Making People Happy, The story of Theobroma and Kainaz Messman from 2021-01-24T11:30:02
We are not in the food business, but we are in the business of making people happy. Iconic words from a guest that needs no introduction. In this episode, we are honored to welcome the founder o...
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S2 Ep 1.2 : The Young India Fellowship and my most insightful experiences from filmmaking with Samarth Mahajan from 2021-01-13T10:56:33
We received some amazing feedback about our first episode with Samarth. As promised, here we are with Part 2. In this episode, Samarth talks about his YIF experience at Ashoka University, what m...
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S2 Ep 1 : From Engineering to Film-Making, A story of how I followed my passion with Samarth Mahajan from 2021-01-10T10:47:45
We're back! Welcome to Season 2 of 'The Other Side'. We hope you missed us as much as we missed you. Our never-ending quest for diversity and inspiring stories continues in Season 2 and we're th...
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LinkedIn Hacks - Tips from a LinkedIn Insider | License to Skill ft. Astha Srivastava from 2020-11-06T17:11:33
What better way to end our series on networking than by getting an insider to share her take on the topic? This week, we're joined by Astha Srivastava (a former program manager at LinkedIn), who...
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Lessons from Life at IIT Madras ft. Dr. Nithin S and Girish A | The Other Side Podcast from 2020-10-25T20:40:31
What should you spend your undergraduate life doing? What makes the IIT experience special? How can you build strong and long-lasting relationships? How can you find your calling? If you'r...
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Sharing Opinions on Public Platforms | Creating Content with Kamalika | License to Skill 005 from 2020-10-01T16:08:08
25000+ followers, 100+ posts, and over a million views. By all measures, Kamalika Poddar is a bona fide celebrity on LinkedIn. And in today's episode she shares the secret behind her success: co...
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How Do You Network On LinkedIn? - Connecting the Dots | License to Skill 003 from 2020-09-16T16:18:20
500+ connections, 100 followers, and 1000 profile views -- Do numbers mean anything in networking? Well, License to Skill is back with our next segment, in which we dissect the conundrums of net...
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FI&B Ep 6: Been there, done that! | AI, Research and Diversity with Prof. Anima Anandkumar from 2020-09-11T14:29:24
It's great to be back! (The video of this episode is out on Youtube - (https://youtu.be/tTRTbVxKuUM). Today's episode is a very special one and brings down the curtains on our series 'From Insti...
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Networking on Steroids: Why LinkedIn is important as a college student and fresh graduate | License to Skill 001 from 2020-08-26T12:36:33
Networking has always been the buzz word in college circles. It's how you get that dream job or prestigious internship. In today's digital age, LinkedIn has gained prominence as the finest...
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License to Skill : 00...0 from 2020-08-24T14:58:39
TOS is all set to launch yet another mini-series: License To Skill with a brand new host - Ranjani. In the first leg of the series, she will walk you through actionable pointers that you can app...
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FI&B Ep 5 : Leaving a legacy with Sarvesh Agrawal, Founder - Internshala from 2020-08-15T10:29:03
It's great to be back! Wish you a very happy Independence Day and we're here with the 5th episode of From Insti & Beyond, which we're running in collaboration with the Alumni Relations Cell ...
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FI&B Ep 4: Focus on your Intrinsics! Nothing else matters with Mithun Sundar from 2020-07-25T11:37:52
It's great to be back! We're here with the 4th episode of From Insti & Beyond, which we're running in collaboration with the Alumni Relations Cell of IIT Madras. Our guest today is Mithun Su...
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FI&B Ep 3: Mentorship, Leadership and Reflection with Manoj Madhusudanan from 2020-07-18T11:10:28
We're back! This time with the 3rd episode of our all-new series, From Insti & Beyond, which we're running in collaboration with the Alumni Relations Cell of IIT Madras. This week, we are th...
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FI&B Ep 2: Communication, Conversation and Collaboration with Nitin Chandalia from 2020-07-11T10:53:55
It's great to be back! We're here with the 2nd episode of our all-new series, From Insti & Beyond, which we're running in collaboration with the Alumni Relations Cell of IIT Madras. Our gues...
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FI&B Ep 1: Don't Wait!. Act like a Leader Today with Shiv Shivakumar from 2020-07-04T09:59:43
We're back! This time, with our all-new series, From Insti & Beyond, which we're running in collaboration with the Alumni Relations Team of IIT Madras. In our first episode today, we are tru...
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Ep 12 Part 2: My journey as a researcher with Pranay Patil from 2020-06-26T16:00:28
Episode 12 is here! And there are quite a few exciting announcements at the start. (Don't skip:p) There's a new series coming up and we're really excited about it! But on to the episode. Our gue...
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Ep 12 Part 1: From a high-school tryst with physics to quantum computing research with Pranay Patil from 2020-06-26T15:38:19
Episode 12 is here!!!. And there are quite a few exciting announcements at the start. (Don't skip:p) There's a new series coming up and we're really excited about it!!. But on to the episode. Ou...
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Episode 11: Life & Career lessons from traversing the world with Chaya Maheshwari Gupta from 2020-06-19T13:10:24
'The universe is made of stories, not of atoms', Muriel Rukeyser once wrote. As podcasters, we couldn't agree more. Episode 11 is here and in it we welcome Chaya Maheshwari Gupta, a 2013 graduat...
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Episode 10 : From being a 7 pointer at IITM to doing a Ph.D at the MD Anderson Cancer Center from 2020-06-12T14:17:46
Episode 10 is here!!. And it features a researcher who works at the cutting edge. About time we got a researcher on the podcast and we're confident that this episode won't disappoint. Our guest ...
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Episode 9 Part 2 : What does it take to build a career? with Pratik Kejriwal from 2020-06-05T13:36:42
Episode 9 is here!! And it's one to keep coming back to. Our guest today is Pratik Kejriwal, a mechanical engineering grad from IITBHU and a 10 year FMCG veteran at Unilever. Pratik, an Economic...
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Episode 9 Part 1 : FMCG Diaries and Leadership Lessons with Pratik Kejriwal from 2020-06-05T13:27:16
Episode 9 is here!! And it's one to keep coming back to. Our guest today is Pratik Kejriwal, a mechanical engineering grad from IITBHU and a 10 year FMCG veteran at Unilever. Pratik, an Economic...
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Bonus Episode : Recreating Ramu Ramblings with Jugal Choksi (Our Key Takeaways from the podcast so far) from 2020-05-31T13:37:48
We're back with this week's episode. As you can see, it's a bonus episode where we're joined by a very special guest, a close friend of the two of us, Jugal Choksi. Jugal is a 4th-year undergrad...
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Episode 8 Part 2 : R&D, Entrepreneurship and the lessons I've learned along the way with Akshay Gulati from 2020-05-26T12:20:13
Episode 8 is out!!. And it's a deeply philosophical and a highly insightful one. Imagine staying back at university for 4 years after you've graduated. The typical reaction : confusion, disbelie...
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Episode 8 Part 1 : My Tryst with Space and How it all began with Akshay Gulati from 2020-05-26T12:11:12
Episode 8 is out!!. And it's a deeply philosophical and a highly insightful one. Imagine staying back at university for 4 years after you've graduated. The typical reaction : confusion, disbelie...
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Episode 7 : My journey as a product designer with Saptarshi Prakash from 2020-05-17T10:35:24
Episode 7 is out!!. Our guest today: Saptarshi Prakash, an accomplished product designer who's very well known in the Indian startup ecosystem. Saptarshi graduated from IIT Madras in 2014 and is...
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Episode 6 Part 2 : From McKinsey to studying economics at the Indian Statistical Institute with Aroon Narayanan from 2020-05-10T12:41:11
We're back with Episode 6!!!. Given that several of our episodes so far have had consultants, we thought we'd stay away from consulting for a bit. But this particular story was too intriguing to...
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Episode 6 Part 1 : Life at IIT Madras and the lessons I learned with Aroon Narayanan from 2020-05-10T12:32:40
We're back with Episode 6!!!. Given that several of our episodes so far have had consultants, we thought we'd stay away from consulting for a bit. But this particular story was too intriguing to...
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Episode 5 Part 2 : My passion for education and the places it's taken me with Shashanka S Rao from 2020-05-03T11:42:37
Episode 5 is out!!!. And it’s one that is very close to our hearts. Our guest, 2016 IITM graduate, Shashanka S Rao. Shashanka, formerly a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, currently wo...
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Episode 5 Part 1 : Engineering, Consulting and Social Development in Africa with Shashanka S Rao from 2020-05-03T11:35:16
Episode 5 is out!!!. And it’s one that is very close to our hearts. Our guest, 2016 IITM graduate, Shashanka S Rao. Shashanka, formerly a business analyst at McKinsey & Company, currently wo...
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Episode 4 Part 2 : Building a Career and the Power of Networking with Anuradha Sethuraman from 2020-04-26T11:14:36
Episode 4 is here!!. Our guest is Anuradha Sethuraman, a career investment banker who is currently a director at Natixis (Hong Kong), a leading French investment bank. She was formerly a V...
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Episode 4 Part 1: Dance, Investment Banking and How I manage them both with Anuradha Sethuraman from 2020-04-26T11:08:22
Episode 4 is here!!. Our guest is Anuradha Sethuraman, a career investment banker who is currently a director at Natixis (Hong Kong), a leading French investment bank. She was formerly a VP at M...
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Episode 3 Part 2 : Consulting, PE and everything in between with Varun Srinivas Sridharan from 2020-04-19T11:08:14
Episode 3 is out!!!. And it’s one to remember. Entertaining and hilarious with a heavy dose of life lessons, this episode is one that you’ll keep coming back to. Our guest, 2018 IITM graduate, V...
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Episode 3 Part 1: What is Purpose? with Varun Srinivas Sridharan from 2020-04-19T10:57:48
Episode 3 is out!!!. And it’s one to remember. Entertaining and hilarious with a heavy dose of life lessons, this episode is one that you’ll keep coming back to. Our guest, 2018 IITM graduate, V...
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Episode 2 : The story of a young product manager with Shubham Nandeshwar from 2020-04-12T11:17:33
Shubham Nandeshwar is a very close friend of the show. In fact, when the two of us were still ideating about the podcast, we knew that an episode with Shubham was on both our bucket-lists. Shubh...
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Bonus Episode! Get to Know Your Hosts | Sabya and Surya from 2020-04-05T06:47:22
In this bonus episode, we take a few minutes to talk about our inspiration and then delve into our college lives and what we have learnt along the way.
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Episode 1 : The Involve Journey with Samyak Jain from 2020-04-05T06:46:52
Samyak Jain isn't your typical IIT graduate. For that matter, he isn't your typical Indian college graduate. During his 4 years as an undergraduate at IIT Madras, he co-founded Involve, a social...
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The Other Side Podcast Trailer from 2020-04-05T06:46:39
A sneak peek of our new podcast. Stay tuned to hear more about life beyond college and the damn interesting stories of those who have already taken the leap.
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