Episode 4: Dharmendra Kumar

Akash Agarwal has been into consumer retail space for more than 30 years and proudly proclaims to have started his career at an age of 9 years when most kids his age were busy playing in grounds, as an assistant to his entrepreneur mother who was among first few women entrepreneurs in his home town Agra during the mid ’80s.Akash completed his formal education in science and attained his PG in Management from Symbiosis Institute of International Business followed by another PG degree in Economics. He has been instrumental in launching and selling multiple concept brands and products in Indian Market starting from Nakshatra Diamonds, Magppie, Zwilling, Recliners India, SIGG, ZAGG to his own startup ideas in healthcare and emergency response communication. He believes that there is no shortcut to hard work and success and investor funding should never be used to discount your product or services for the end consumer.myresQR.life is India’s ONLY 360° Emergency Response Platform providing end to end Solutions in Emergency. Its the ONLY Emergency Alert ID in the World that also works without a smartphone and without Internet. This is 1st of its kind Emergency Response Communication Interface that bridges the gap of communication between an unidentifiable and unconscious emergency victim & his stakeholders like Family & friends, Emergency care providers, Ambulance Services. Akash having spent most of his life in sales witnessed many such Emergency situations either with himself or with his peers and few of these incidents resulted in the demise of the victim since the info was not available to any stakeholder. This inspired him to find a solution which is frugal, can be used by masses and still is affordable to use, providing complete end to end solution for an emergency victim across the globe.You can write to me - [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshram/Insta: umsramTwitter: @UmeshramA Do Creative Labs ProductionExecutive Producers: Boris Kenneth and Anand AkalwadiAssociate Producer: Prithvi BharadwajSound Recording and Editing: Tejas Thilak KumarPoster Design: Hannah BaptistRecorded at Do Creative Labs, Bangalorewww.docreativelabs.com

Supreet Shah is the Co-founder and CTO of Woloo. She has played a key role in designing the complete architecture for the woloo app and implemented solutions that enable women to locate the nearest clean, safe and hygienic washrooms. You can write to me - [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshram/Insta: umsramTwitter: @UmeshramA Do Creative Labs ProductionExecutive Producers: Boris Kenneth and Anand AkalwadiAssociate Producer: Prithvi BharadwajSound Recording and Editing: Tejas Thilak KumarPoster Design: Hannah BaptistRecorded at Do Creative Labs, Bangalorewww.docreativelabs.com

Dharmendra Kumar is a Therapist, Entrepreneur, Ultra Marathoner, Life Transformation & Fitness coach and also a filmmaker. He founded Protons Sports & Fitness and Good Bugle Media and Entertainment. Dharmendra was in the tech industry for more than 10 years and he was also the director of sales and marketing in a startup. You can write to me - [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshram/Insta: umsramTwitter: @UmeshramA Do Creative Labs ProductionExecutive Producers: Boris Kenneth and Anand AkalwadiAssociate Producer: Prithvi BharadwajSound Recording and Editing: Tejas Thilak KumarPoster Design: Hannah BaptistRecorded at Do Creative Labs, Bangalorewww.docreativelabs.com

Mr. Leo Peter Charles is an avid aero modeler and a drone platform evangelist. He is also a serial entrepreneur who has the experience of having start-ups in the IT, Hobby Retail, and UAV training industry. Mr. Leo has trained more than 5000+ students in Aeromodelling in his career spanning 6 years now.Mr. Leo Peter Charles is also a Committee member for the Centre of Excellence for Agriculture and Robotics. Mr. Leo founded Jane Aerospace Pvt Ltd in December 2019.Jane Aerospace is India’s First Aerospace Ecosystem Start-Up whose primary purpose is to assist the aerospace industry in scaling up. Jane Aerospace has worked tirelessly to raise awareness, provide infrastructure support, test site access, skilled aerospace workforce, business solutions, investment access, government liaising, and foster industry-academia collaboration. Jane Aerospace so far has conducted more than 200 Workshops, Professional Talks, Webinars, and Seminars in numerous top Institutions, Colleges, and Organizations to help give an insight into the Aerospace Sector with a particular focus on drones.Jane Aerospace is also a member organization of the Drone Federation of India and actively participates in regulatory framework discussions.Website: www.janeaerospace.co.inLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/jane-aerospace-pvt-ltdInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jane_aerospace/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneAero2019Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanePvtYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfqz6-4zRRLsLfYk0_pKeog You can write to me - [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshram/Insta: umsramTwitter: @UmeshramA Do Creative Labs ProductionExecutive Producers: Boris Kenneth and Anand AkalwadiAssociate Producer: Prithvi BharadwajSound Recording and Editing: Tejas Thilak KumarPoster Design: Hannah BaptistRecorded at Do Creative Labs, Bangalorewww.docreativelabs.com

Prithvi Sankar is the co-founder of Humit, the social music app. He has previously worked in product teams at growth stage startups including Ola and Atlan. Having recently graduated from BITS Pilani, he was also a founding team member of Hyperloop India.You can write to me - [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshram/Insta: umsramTwitter: @UmeshramA Do Creative Labs ProductionExecutive Producers: Boris Kenneth and Anand AkalwadiAssociate Producer: Prithvi BharadwajSound Recording and Editing: Tejas Thilak KumarPoster Design: Hannah BaptistRecorded at Do Creative Labs, Bangalorewww.docreativelabs.com

Naren is the Co-Founder of IamHere, an AI-powered hyperlocal community platform for social collaboration, local commerce and citizen engagement. Through a location-first social network, IamHere is changing the way people connect nearby. IamHere is the recipient of Govt of India's AatmaNirbhar app challenge, Govt of Karnataka's Elevate grants and winner of Economic Times "Emerging Tech Startup" award.Website: http://iamhere.app/App download link: http://bit.ly/IamHereAppNaren is an MBA from ISB, Hyderabad and engineer from BITS, Pilani. He has led products and business at Cisco, Schneider Electric and Intellve. He is a Guitarist and has been part of Band Agam that plays progressive rock. He is the recipient of the “Young Asian Entrepreneur” Award by AsiaOne.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thisisnarenYou can write to me - [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshram/Insta: umsramTwitter: @UmeshramA Do Creative Labs ProductionExecutive Producers: Boris Kenneth and Anand AkalwadiAssociate Producer: Prithvi BharadwajSound Recording and Editing: Tejas Thilak KumarPoster Design: Hannah BaptistRecorded at Do Creative Labs, Bangalorewww.docreativelabs.com

Umeysh Ramalingachar is a Global Power Networker, having worked for corporates and global start-ups, he understands the Startup ecosystem well. He is a Mentor with Global Incubators & Accelerators and in his current role he is associated with startups as a Strategic Partner, Growth Advisor handling - GoToMarket, Global expansions, Partnerships and Investments. Umeysh is a Hard-core Bangalorean, an avid cyclist and a Badminton playerIn his podcast, Namma Podcast produced by Do Creative Labs, Umesh shall be interviewing entrepreneurs who are from different parts of Bengaluru and India, sharing their startup journey, their ups and downs and the roller coaster ride they have been on as entrepreneurs. You can write to me - [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/umeshram/Insta: umsramTwitter: @UmeshramA Do Creative Labs ProductionExecutive Producers: Boris Kenneth and Anand AkalwadiAssociate Producer: Prithvi BharadwajSound Recording and Editing: Tejas Thilak KumarPoster Design: Hannah BaptistRecorded at Do Creative Labs, Bangalorewww.docreativelabs.com