This teenager is using tech to manage diabetes, and is laughing her way through life

Adya Satapathy, who has Type 1 diabetes since birth, is leading a Change.org petition asking PM Modi to include the disease in the list of disabilities.
Young engineers should be ‘very worried’ about future of Indian IT, says Vineet Nayar

In this week’s Outliers podcast with Vineet Nayar, we discuss the future of Indian IT and why employees need to take charge of their careers.
Meet Rajiv Chilaka, the man behind India’s animation superhero, ‘Chhota Bheem’

Ten days before Chhota Bheem was aired, Rajiv Chilaka’s new office was gutted in a fire. Listen to Chilaka’s long, hard entrepreneurial journey.
Inside Tejas Networks’ long, slow journey: From near-death experiences to IPO

Tejas Networks recently launched a Rs 450 cr IPO, the first by an Indian telecom equipment maker. Listen to Outliers podcast with it’s founder Sanjay Nayak.
Sonam Wangchuk wishes people more problems, so they can learn

This podcast is the first in a series of three stories on Outlier Sonam Wangchuk that FactorDaily captured during a two-day trip to Leh.
Life of an ordinary founder — Abhishek Sinha’s extraordinary battle to build Eko

Sinha’s experiences — some read stranger than fiction — capture the essence of an entrepreneur’s journey.
Shakthi Vadakkepat on the creation of “social media influencers”

He also talks about challenges faced by the disabled despite “inclusion” being promised by the government, by companies and by society.
Sairee Chahal says sexism is a ‘cancerous phenomenon’

Chahal’s Sheroes has launched a new product for companies to assess their internal systems and ensure an equitable workplace.
How Osama Manzar plans to take the next billion Indians online (and fight for net neutrality)

Digital nomad Osama Manzar shares his next battle — fighting greedy companies looking to assemble all of the world’s data to serve their corporate interests.
R S Sharma, the bureaucrat who codes

Ram Sewak Sharma has been a digital warrior since the mid-eighties, much before the term digital became mainstream. In 1986, Sharma wrote a software application in dBase programming language to keep a record of all stolen firearms in Begusarai, a district in Bihar with high crime rates. Over the next three decades, Sharma has led […]