Podcast Episodes

Is Digiyatra more about cash than convenience?

Episode 119

The government of India launched Digiyatra, a contactless, facial-recognition-based passenger-entry system, in December last year. The idea is for those who sign up on the platform to avoid the tedio…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

The “Big 3” consulting firms have a talent problem

Episode 118

For the longest time, consulting at the “Big 3” strategy consulting firms—McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Co.—is not only one the most sought-after careers but also one of the highest-p…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Is Rapido trading passenger safety for growth?

Episode 117

Lately, India's bike taxi leader, Rapido, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. With numerous complaints of sexual harassment, theft, and even impersonation, the startup has been reckless w…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

India has over 10,000 unemployed pilots but airlines can’t hire them

Episode 116

Airlines in India, from Indigo to Akasa, are on a spree to expand their fleet. Around a thousand more aircrafts will be flying the Indian skies in the coming few years.

Usually, each aircraft usually …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

There's more to Unacademy's U-turn than what meets the eye

Episode 115

Last month, Unacademy did something very unsusal. It introduced a new policy, restricting how much its educators can engage online.
Ever since, Unacademy has either suspended or sent show cause notic…

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Your EV is a computer on wheels and your data is its fuel

Episode 114

Between 2018 to 2021, incidents related to breach of cybersecurity in the auto industry rose by 228%. In the next few years, this number is only expected to get worse.

In India though, it is not much …

Published on 2 years, 3 months ago

Disney leaves Jio the keys to the kingdom

Episode 113

A few months ago, multiple Hotstar executives had told The Ken the same thing. “IPL or no IPL, cricket is going to be the platform’s most important customer-acquisition funnel this year.” It seems Di…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Sleepwell isn’t sleeping on the mattress business anymore

Episode 112

The mattress industry in India this year is valued at around $2.5 billion and growing at a CAGR of 10%. Up to 9 million mattresses are sold in the country every year.

Among the top brands in the matt…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

Byju’s had one escape route. Now, it is in limbo

Episode 111

Over the course of a year or so, we’ve seen how one by one, the chances of Byju's survival have been narrowing down. However, there’s one thing that could possibly save it from falling apart: Aakash,…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago

How Tata’s using “innovation managers” to enter the FMCG race

Episode 110

For the longest time, despite being a giant steel-to-software conglomerate, Tata’s consumer goods game was nowhere close to India's top FMCG companies.

Ever since 2019 though, when it decided to merge…

Published on 2 years, 4 months ago