In this powerful episode of Nexxt in Line, we sit down with Keshav Suri, Executive Director, Lalit Suri Hospitality Group to explore what it truly means to be the next generation in a legacy business - when identity, courage and responsibility collide.Born into one of India’s most prominent hospitality families, Keshav Suri’s journey was never just about business succession. It was about navigating expectations, silence and the invisible costs of fitting in. In this conversation, he opens up about why activism was not a branding decision or a strategic move - it became unavoidable when silence itself began to carry a price.This episode goes beyond headlines and court verdicts. It looks at the emotional inheritance passed down in business families, the pressure to conform, and the difficult choice many next-gen leaders face: belonging versus being authentic.Keshav speaks candidly about:• Growing up within a legacy system that wasn’t designed for difference• Why personal identity cannot be separated from leadership anymore• What “next generation leadership” really looks like in modern India• Why courage in family businesses is quiet, costly and deeply personalWhy This Episode MattersIndia is witnessing a shift. Legacy businesses are no longer shaped only by balance sheets and boardrooms, they are being reshaped by values, identity, and courage. Keshav Suri’s story represents a new generation that is redefining leadership by refusing to separate who they are from how they lead.

What happens when a young woman takes charge of her family business in one of India’s most male-dominated industries?In this episode of Nexxt in Line with Mohit Goel, Aakanksha Bhargava, CEO of PM Relocations, shares her journey of turning legacy into leadership — from facing gender bias and financial risk to leading through motherhood and building a global relocation empire.Her story is a powerful lesson in next-generation leadership, risk-taking, and reinventing family business in modern India.What You’ll Learn From This Video- How next-gen leaders balance legacy and innovation- What it takes to lead in a male-dominated industry- How to handle business crises with courage- The truth about motherhood and leadership- Why family business succession needs fresh thinking- How conviction and values fuel long-term growth

When your family brand suddenly becomes unusable, what do you do?

In this explosive episode of Nexxt In Line, Mohit Goel sits down with Alok Gupta (Director, Graphisads), a next-gen who faced his first business battle before he even started scaling the company.

From trademark shocks to family expectations, from three brothers running businesses in the same industry to the emotional pressure of protecting a legacy - this conversation reveals the unfiltered truth of what it means to be a next-gen in an Indian family business.

Alok opens up about:

• The day he learned his family’s brand name couldn’t be trademarked

• Why they were forced to change the brand name

• How family pressure is tougher than boardroom pressure

• Growing up around entrepreneurship

• Handling friction when three brothers share the same ambition

• What the next generation must learn to survive and lead

• If your dining table feels like a boardroom… this episode will feel painfully real.

Watch till the end — Alok shares his framework for next-gen leadership, decision-making and rebuilding brand trust after a setback.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

✔ How to handle a forced brand name change due to trademark issues

✔ The emotional and strategic side of family business legacy

✔ Why internal family friction affects leadership more than competition

✔ The difference between home pressure vs boardroom pressure

✔ How next-gens can build credibility inside the organisation

✔ Real strategies to lead when you inherit both a business and expectations

✔ How to rebuild brand trust after legal, identity, or branding setbacks

✔ Why communication becomes a survival muscle in multi-sibling businesses

CHAPTERS

00:00 — Brand Shock

02:15 — Trademark Reality

05:10 — Name Change

08:40 — Business Entry

11:30 — Father’s Lessons

14:55 — Early Exposure

18:20 — Home Expectations

22:05 — First Battle

26:50 — Trust Rebuild

30:35 — Family Roles

34:10 — Shared Industry

38:00 — Personal Identity

42:15 — Legacy Pressure

46:30 — Decision Making

50:40 — Earned Authority

54:55 — Responsibility Curve

59:10 — Learning Mistakes

1:03:20 — Next-Gen Reality

1:07:10 — Leadership Shift

1:22:04 — Legacy

In this deeply honest conversation on Nexxt in Line, Abhinav Gupta (President, Ambica Steels) reveals the emotional, financial, and leadership battles that go unseen in Indian family businesses. From shutting down a project his father spent years building, to navigating father–son conflict, trademarks, exports, digital sales, and a ₹1000-crore expansion — this episode is a masterclass in next-gen leadership.

Abhinav opens up about:

✔ Growing up inside a steel factory

✔ Saying "NO" to a ₹1000 crore investment his father approved

✔ Breaking down communication gaps with a family coach

✔ Managing misalignment with the MD (his father)

✔ Rebuilding trust at home and in business

✔ Why next-gens feel pressure, guilt, and expectation

✔ How Ambica Steels scaled globally, professionally, and institutionally

If you’re a next-gen entrepreneur, part of a family business, or someone navigating succession, legacy, conflict, or reinvention, this episode will hit home.

What You Will Learn

• How to handle father–son disagreements in business

• The emotional side of inheriting a legacy

• How to professionalize and scale a traditional business

• Why next-gens struggle with expectations

• Institutionalizing a family business

• Trademark battles, exports, and global sales lessons

• Digital transformation in manufacturing

• Balancing entrepreneurship, family dynamics, and personal identity

30 years and 1 lakh weddings - Tivoli Group stands as the soul of India’s wedding celebrations. In this episode of Nexxt In Line, Mohit Goel sits down with Akshay Gupta, Executive Director of Tivoli Group, to explore how an Indian family brand built a legacy of emotions, scale and trust - turning moments into milestones.

Akshay shares the inside story of how Tivoli navigated Supreme Court battles, scaled from a single venue in Chhatarpur to a national hospitality chain and redefined how India celebrates. From logistics to love, this is the story of a next-generation leader balancing growth with grace.

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to run a wedding empire or carry a multi-crore legacy into the future...this conversation is your front-row seat to the business behind “once-in-a-lifetime” celebrations.

What You’ll Learn

• The evolution of India’s wedding industry and Tivoli’s 30-year journey

• How the Gupta family managed legacy, succession & modernisation

• Lessons on leadership, scale & emotional branding in hospitality

• Why empathy is Tivoli’s strongest business strategy

• How family values fuel multi-generational growth

Dinika Bhatia’s story is the perfect example of how women entrepreneurs in India are reshaping family businesses and building modern D2C brands.

As a 6th-generation entrepreneur, she took her 130+ year-old dry fruit legacy and transformed it into a healthy snacking brand loved by today’s millennials and Gen Z consumers. From festive dry fruit boxes to everyday lifestyle snacks, this is how legacy entrepreneurship in India evolves into global opportunities.

India’s packaged food and healthy snacking industry is booming, projected to cross $50 billion by 2030. Dinika Bhatia recognized the gap, that dry fruits were seen as “old-school” and rebranded them into modern health foods with innovative packaging, global D2C distribution, and wellness-driven positioning. Her journey is not just about nuts and dry fruits, but about how to build a consumer brand in India by balancing tradition with innovation.

This episode of Nexxt in Line dives deep into the myth of second-gen privilege, the challenges of legacy businesses, and the opportunities for women leaders in Indian entrepreneurship. Dinika shares her lessons on identity, consumer trust, and scaling family businesses in India, proving that legacy is inherited, but leadership is built.

If you’re interested in family businesses, women entrepreneurs, D2C brands, Indian agriculture and food industry, or next-gen leadership in India, this episode is a must-watch.

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Every family business begins with love but survives only with structure.

In this episode of Nexxt In Line, Mohit Goel sits down with Ankur Gupta, Joint Managing Director of Ashiana Housing, to unpack what happens when a family business grows faster than the family itself.

From emotional boardrooms to written constitutions, this episode explores how governance, purpose and self-awareness can hold a legacy together when success starts to test relationships.

This isn’t a lecture. It’s a rare inside look into a next-gen leader who rebuilt a system around trust, not titles.

What You’ll Learn

• How a family constitution turns emotion into clarity

• Why coaching can save both relationships and revenue

• The mindset shift from control to governance

• How to balance growth, values and generations

• What real succession planning looks like in modern India

What does it take to carry forward a legacy in a field the world still whispers about?In this episode, Sakshi Bakshi, Co-Founder of the International Institute of Reproduction and Fertility Training (IIRFT), opens up about her journey in the world of IVF, fertility and reproductive science - a space where empathy matters as much as expertise.From growing up in a medical family to watching couples fight stigma for the dream of parenthood, Sakshi’s story is about breaking silence, redefining success and finding purpose beyond inheritance.Because legacy isn’t always a business you inherit, sometimes it’s a belief you choose to uphold.What You’ll Get from This Episode:- A raw conversation about IVF, awareness, and acceptance in India- How legacy evolves when daughters take the lead- The emotional and ethical sides of fertility treatment- Insights on egg freezing, surrogacy, and modern parenthood- Lessons on leadership, empathy, and carrying forward purpose