The Mashelkar Secret for success in technology, leadership and life | KVKurious Podcast Episode 26

Dr. Raghunath Anant Mashelkar (RAM), FTWAS, FNA, FASc, FRS, FREng, FRSC, also known as Ramesh Mashelkar is a former Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). He was also the Director of National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), President of Indian National Science Academy (2004-2006), President of Institution of Chemical Engineers (2007) as also the President of Global Research Alliance (2007-2018). He was also first Chairperson of Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society, Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (FREng), Foreign associate of US National Academy of Engineering and the US National Academy of Sciences.

In this episode of the KVKurious Podcast, Dr. Mashelkar shares his experiences and learnings of the last 5+ decades in academia, industry and policymaking.

He speaks about how Reliance Jio has managed to disrupt telecom as well as the success stories of Aravind Eye Care, Narayana Hrudyalaya and Bharat Biotech (Covaxin).

He unravels the secrets behind the success of Mashelkar committees, how dangerous optimism has helped him navigate through the years, and the recipes for innovation at the grassroot levels.

He explains actionable approaches to bridge the gap between academia and industry, and consequently accelerate the pace of improvement in the quality of life.

Listen to this conversation between Dr. Mashelkar and KVK to learn what it takes to build a successful lasting career in technology and innovation, and what it takes to be an impactful leader.

CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:18 Creation and use of knowledge
00:08:02 Investment in research
00:14:12 Priorities of industry
00:19:10 Reliance's pole vault
00:24:15 Mind to marketplace
00:30:35 Mashelkar Secret
00:38:20 Early days
00:46:11 Dangerous optimism
00:54:05 Tackling unemployment
00:59:00 Right way of education
01:06:08 Outlook

EPISODE LINKS
RAM's Twitter:   / rameshmashelkar  
RAM's LinkedIn:   / raghunath-mashelkar-a99a45168  
Exprovement - Uncovering Parallels for Ex: Exponential Improvement Through Converging Parallels: https://www.amazon.in/Exprovement-Unc...
From Leapfrogging to Pole-vaulting: Creating the Magic of Radical yet Sustainable Transformation: https://www.amazon.in/Leapfrogging-Po...

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Host: K V Krishna (aka KVK)
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Editing credits: Abhishek Mishra
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