GoBarefoot Podcast with Shital Kakkar Mehra

For our next session we had Shriyans Bhandari, Founder & CEO, Greensole.   Shriyans Bhandari is an Indian social entrepreneur, author and co-founder of Greensole. He has done Bachelor of Management studies in finance from Jai Hind College Mumbai and MSM Entrepreneurial Leadership from Babson College Franklin W Olin.   Shriyans is an ardent marathon runner who ran in 85 long-distance races. He started as athletes from Mumbai and run hundreds of kilometers each year and in the process, he went through several pairs of sports shoes. He noticed wasted sneakers that had no future life, just increasing the pollution. This passion gave him a unique business idea of recycling the used shoes. In 2015 Shriyans and his friend Ramesh Dhami decided to recycle old footwear and founded Greensole.

For our next session we had Hisham Mundol, Chief Advisor - India, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).   EDF’s work in Indian is centered on playing a catalytic role towards a vision of an Indian pathway to shared sustainable prosperity. He started his career in sales, marketing and consulting with Hindustan Unilever, WorldTel, Accenture & Infosys. He subsequently moved to the development sector where he led the National Condoms Programme for the Indian Government’s National AIDS Control Organisation and later set up operations in South Asia for Wikimedia Foundation, promoting projects like Wikipedia. Most recently, he led the work of Children’s Investment Fund Foundation in India (across health, nutrition, adolescence, education, girls & women’s rights and livelihoods, child protection and climate change. 

For our next session we had Shloka Nath, Head of Sustainability and Policy & Advocacy, Tata Trusts.   Shloka Nath currently leads the Sustainability and Policy & Advocacy portfolios at the Tata Trusts, one of India’s leading philanthropic foundations. As head of Sustainability, she is focused on the organization’s work on climate, energy and environment, implementing and funding sustainable and scalable solutions that help both people and nature thrive through India.   As head of Policy and Advocacy, Shloka holds a critical responsibility in advancing the Trusts’ key strategic and policy priorities for greater impact through strong relationships and external liaison with government, relevant industry organisations as well as close work with development sector leaders. She is the Acting CEO of the India Climate Collaborative, an India-led platform founded in 2018 by a group of philanthropies interested in continuing to accelerate India’s development, while also exceeding its climate goals.   Connect with us:  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobarefoot.co Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobarefoot_co LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/bare...  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gobarefoot.co/ Website : https://gobarefoot.co/

For our next session we had Dr. Mukund Rajan, Chairman, ECube Investment Advisors.   Dr Mukund Rajan is the Chairman of ECube Investment Advisors, a first of its kind platform created in 2019 to catalyse Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) changes in Corporate India. Prior to this, he held a number of senior executive positions through his 23-year career with the Tata Group, where he served as the first Brand Custodian of the Tata Group, Chief Ethics Officer of the Group, Chairman of the Tata Global Sustainability Council, and Member of the Group Executive Council at Tata Sons. He served on the boards of various Tata companies including Tata Teleservices, Tata Communications, Tata SIA Airlines and Tata AIG.   Connect with us:  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobarefoot.co Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobarefoot_co LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/bare...  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gobarefoot.co/ Website : https://gobarefoot.co/

For our next session we had Luis Miranda, Chairman & Co-Founder, Indian School of Public Policy (ISPP).   Luis Miranda is Chairman of Centre for Civil Society and CORO. He is Co-Founder the Indian School of Public Policy and Take Charge, mentoring programme for Catholic youth in Mumbai.   Luis spends his time, with his wife, connecting dots; using their networks to help the organisations are connected with. He is also on the board of Educate Girls and SBI Foundation. Luis is also Chairman of ManipalCigna Health Insurance and Senior Advisor at Morgan Stanley. He is a Trustee, University of Chicago Trust in India and a member of the Global Leaders Group and the Advisory Council of the Rustandy Center for Social Sector Innovation at Chicago Booth.   Connect with us:  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobarefoot.co Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobarefoot_co LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/bare...  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gobarefoot.co/ Website : https://gobarefoot.co/

For our next session we had Priya Kapadia, Head of the Foundation, Marico Innovation Foundation.   Priya has nearly 20 years of experience in Business Planning, Brand Management, Promotions and Marketing Operations. Currently, she is passionately working with innovative enterprises and helping them grow their business. She has extensive experience in Advertising, Media Marketing and Financial Services. Proficient in analyzing market trends for formulating and implementing marketing strategies, she can independently conceptualize and implement programmes encompassing mass media, activation and digital outreach. She is focused on ideas, is data-driven, measurement-oriented with a strong work ethic and continuously striving for improvement coupled with excellent administrative aptitude.   Connect with us:  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobarefoot.co Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobarefoot_co LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/bare...  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gobarefoot.co/ Website : https://gobarefoot.co/

For our next session we had Sudarshan Suchi, CEO, Save the Children.   He is a seasoned civil society leader with both local and global experience in academics, development and in corporate settings, and an authority in Participatory Practices to empower communities to lead transformation. An alumnus of St. Stephens College, Delhi University, and Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Sussex, UK, Sudarshan is a leading development professional, with exceptional strength in conceptualising development programs and development-based business models, efficient resource mobilisation, establishing partnerships, and effecting collaboration and coalitions towards issues that impact children’s fair access to basic human rights.   Connect with us:  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobarefoot.co Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobarefoot_co LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/bare...  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gobarefoot.co/ Website : https://gobarefoot.co/

For our next session we had Anshu Gupta, Founder Director, Goonj.   Popularly known as the Clothing Man and the recipient of 2015 Ramon Magsaysay award, Anshu Gupta founded Goonj with a mission to highlight some basic but ignored needs of people on the development agenda, using clothing as a metaphor. Anshu did double diplomas in Journalism and Advertising and PR, apart from doing a Masters in Economics and started as a freelance journalist. He left a corporate communication job in 1998 and initiated Goonj.   Connect with us:  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/gobarefoot.co Twitter : https://twitter.com/gobarefoot_co LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/bare...  Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/gobarefoot.co/ Website : https://gobarefoot.co/

For our next session we had Sumit Tayal, COO, GiveIndia.    Sumit is serving at GiveIndia as COO, to fulfill the organisation’s mission of alleviating poverty by enabling the world to give. Sumit's journey spans consulting, private equity and business operations. Prior to joining GiveIndia, he was the COO for Netscribes, a data and insights firm. Earlier, he led the India investment team for Helix Investments, a US-based private equity fund, and consulted for large Indian corporates while at KPMG. He started his career writing code and managing projects at Tata Infotech and Cognizant. Sumit holds an MBA from IIM Bangalore and a B.E. from NIT, Nagpur.

For our next session we had Vidya Shah, Executive Chairperson, EdelGive Foundation. With over three decades of rich industry experience, Vidya has channelled EdelGive’s structure of giving to include both financial and non-financial support to over 150 grassroots organisations, scaling their budgets, impact, and reach, exponentially.  She also serves on the boards of various prominent Civil Society Organisations such as Akshaya Patra Foundation, Agastya International Foundation, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, Centre for Social Impact and Philanthropy at Ashoka University, Olympic Gold Quest, Mann Deshi Foundation, and the Indian School of Public Policy. She is also a member of the Governing Board of the Indian Institute of Management, Udaipur.