Dear Readers, Please find the first part of the interview with Abhiruchi Thatte here. Let us continue with our second part of the interview. I am sure you are going to have quite a few surprises as the interview progresses. You can watch abhiruchi performing for Sare Gaana here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3CG2SkSlSc Coffee With Abhiruchi Thatte Me: Sundar [...]

Singing, they say, heals the world! Today, it is my pleasure to welcome a song bird from Gwalior. We have Abhiruchi Thatte on the show. Born and brought up in a musically rich background, Abhiruchi started her music journey very early in her life. Having persisted with her musical interests, Abhiruchi recently made waves in [...]

Dear Readers, Please find the last & final part of the series with Brenda. What a series of interviews we have had. You can find the previews parts here: Part 1, Part 2 & Part 3. So here goes the final part of the interview. Coffee With Brenda Hoddinott – Founder of Art Portal – [...]

Dear Readers, Continuing your exciting discussion with Brenda from Part 2, we have our part 3 of the interview today! Trust me, it only gets better here today. Enjoy your next ten minutes reading this exciting conversation with Brenda Hoddinott. Me: What did you love about your profession [as a forensic artist], and what did you [...]

Dear Readers, Please find the part 1 of the interview here. Me: People say that art is genetic to some extent. So did you belong to an artistic family? Were there other members in your family who are into this? What is your view on this? BH: I can’t think of anyone in my family who [...]

Dear Readers, It has been nearly two months since I posted the back to back interviews of Roddam Narasimha & BS Chandrasekhar to celebrate the 2 year completion of CWS. After that I took an interesting journey of pencil sketching.. And as you would have probably guessed, my next interview is indeed with an artist [...]

Continuing our discussion with Prof. Roddam Narasimha (Part 1 can be found here), please find the part 2 of the interview. Question: Could you say a few words about Dr.C.N.R.Rao ? He is yet another great academician who has been recognized worldwide for his research work, but not many in India are aware of his [...]

Dear Readers, Today is a very special day for Coffee with Sundar as it completes 2 years.. And for this special occasion, we have 2 special interviews. The first is the interview with B S Chandrasekhar – Legendary Indian Leg Spinner and second, we have another legend in todays show – Roddam Narashima – India’s [...]

Dear Readers, CWS has completed 2 years since it was launched on 19th March 2008. To celebrate this special occasion, we have 2 really amazing guests for the CWS show today! In the first of the two interviews today, we have a legendary leg spinner of Indian Cricket – B S Chandrasekhar! It is indeed [...]

Hi All, We are continuing the interview with Mr. Suraj in this blog post. The part 1 of the interview can be found here. Me: So what after Manifesh Technologies? SS: I joined Jain College in Bangalore for doing my BCA. I was living without pocket money.. My parents gave only as much as i [...]

Hi All, I am very happy to introduce Mr. Suraj Sreenath – Head – Sales & Operations at Dream Gains Financial Pvt. Ltd. Before taking over the sales & operations at DG, Suraj has played a number of sales roles at  Transworks, Dell & finally at PTC. A salesman has a number of stories to [...]

Nithyashree Mahadevan was here in IIM Bangalore to give a live performance at Yamini ’09. Thanks to SPICMACAY student body, I got a chance to conduct a quick interview for CWS-2! Please find a brief introduction about Nithyashree. Brief Introduction: Nithyashree Mahadevan is a leading carnatic music artist and a playback singer. Her paternal grandmother [...]

Hi All, Continuing the interview with Mr. Sundarshan (Part 1), please find the part 2 of the interview below. Me: You joined Viveks after the brief stint at Hyderabad. How was your experience? What was your role? Sudarshan: Retail was the sunrise sector when I started. Viveks was a small family company with 3 stores [...]

Dear CWS Readers, It gives me immense pleasure to invite Mr. Sudarshan, former General Manager of HR at Viveks (Retail chain in South India) and a visiting faculty at Symbiosis Management Institute. Mr. Sudarshan holds an MA in Personnel Management after completing B Sc in Physics and MA in Indian Philosophy. He also had a [...]

Hi CWS Readers, Continuing the interview with Mr. Mukesh Sharma, the part 2 of the interview is here in this video. Mukesh talks about how his interests started in theatre, how he formed his group and most importantly, an exciting incident…. of how things almost fell a part just a few days before his big [...]

In the first video interview on CWS-2, I am glad to host Mr. Mukesh Sharma as a guest. A brief profile about Mr. Mukesh can be found below. In this part 1 of the interview, Mukesh talks about his experience in Automobile Industry. In part 2  (which will follow this post), Mukesh speaks about his [...]

The part 1 of the interview with Mr. Sunil Robert can be found here: http://coffeewithsundar.com/i-will-survive-sunil-robert/ Mr. Sunil Robert works for TCS Financial Solutions, where he runs the global Analyst Relations and Public Relations program. Sunil has also been the front end of the Marketing arm for i-flex in North & Latin America. Sunil holds a [...]

Hello CWS-2 Readers, I am happy to introduce you all to Mr. Sunil Robert – Head of Analyst Relations & Public Relations at Tata Consulting Services and author of the book “I will Survive”. Here is the profile of Mr. Sunil Robert Mr. Sunil Robert works for TCS Financial Solutions, where he runs the global [...]

Hi all, I take immense pleasure to invite a special guest – Anil Menon R, to Coffee With Sundar – Season 2. Welcome Sir! He is a Production Engineer with a Masters in Management from Bajaj. Subsequently he worked for SBICAPS for 6 years in the areas of Treasury, Project Finance and OTC. He then [...]

Dear Readers, The part one of the interview can be found here -Kutral Ramesh – Arjuna Awardee. Kutral, born and brought up in Tamil Nadu, went on to become a marathon swimmer. He swam across English Channel in 1994 when he was just 13 years old. That very same calendar year, he swam across 6 [...]

Hello Everyone, We have a very special guest to kick start the Coffee With Sundar – Season 2.It is my pleasure to welcome Kutral Ramesh.Kutral, born and brought up in Tamil Nadu, went on to become a marathon swimmer. He swam across English Channel in 1994 when he was just 13 years old. That very [...]

Thanks to Orkut! I got in touch with my childhood friend – Kumara Ganesh!! We were really close friends in school.. He joined IIT subsequently and I went to REC.. We completely lost contacts.. (Remember.. those were the days of no mobile & no orkut ) We recently got in touch! Kumara Ganesh is now [...]

Hi all, Its my pleasure to invite my senior – Abhishek Gutgutia to share some information about life @ Michigan Ann Arbor. He pursued his Masters degree there. Gutgutia is now handing his family business back in India. Thanks a lot Gutgut for this useful information. Coffee With Abhishek Gutgutia * Entry Criteria: – Approx [...]

Hello All, Today we have a fantastic interview about life @ SP Jain by Saravanan R. It is a must read for SP Jain aspirants. Coffee With Saravanan R – Life at S P Jain Brief introduction I am Saravanan R. I graduated from NITT in the year 2004 in Electrical & Electronics Engineering. Then [...]

Mr. Kreisa has been working in high tech for over 17 years and is now leading product marketing at Mark Logic. He is responsible for all aspects of product marketing for MarkLogic Server. Prior to Mark Logic he spent more than 6 years with Business Objects. There he led the corporate demo team and had [...]

Hi All, Its my pleasure to have Vidhyashankar from NIT Trichy 2005 batch to talk to you about life as an MBA student at Arizona State University. Here is what Vidhya Shankar has to say.. Coffee With Vidhya Shankar – Life at ASU Brief Intro about yourself I am Vidhyashankar, NIT Trichy 2005 Chemical Engineering. [...]

Hi All, Its my pleasure to introduce you all to the Uhooroo.com founders Vinay & Bharath in this edition of Coffee With Sundar. Coffee With Vinay & Bharath – Founders of UhoorooMe: Sundar Rajan G SUF: Uhooroo founders Me: What is Uhooroo all about? What is the business model? who are your target audience?UF: Uhooroo [...]

Hi All, Its been a while since I interviewed a fellow blogger. And today I am glad to interview Mr. Raghuram of Happy Schools Blog, striving to help students achieve their dream of studying in US. Coffee With Raghuram, Founder of Happy Schools BlogMe: Sundar Rajan G SRR: Raghuram Me: Hi Raghuram, Welcome to Coffee [...]

Hello All, It has been a while since we had a CWS interview show. Thanks to summer placements @ IIMB. Next post will be on my experiences et al here @ IIMB during the most talked about summers.. Today, we have a very special guest who is going to shed light on research from an [...]

Hey Guys, Hope you had a great diwali!! I was damn impressed with the fireworks here in IIMB. I certainly a had time here on diwali with a couple of classes and 1 extra class Anyways, today’s guest on Coffee With Sundar was the one who initiated a cracker of an event at NIT Trichy [...]