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Diving deep into the journeys of trailblazing South Asians. To date, Host Simi Shah has interviewed Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Zarna Garg, Raj Shamani, Ananya Birla, Vas Narasimhan -- from founders to Fortune 300 CEOs, comedians to congressmen. Learn more at SouthAsianTrailblazers.com.

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  • Intel's CLO Aparna Bawa & Author Kamini Ramani: A New Playbook for Powerful Women

    Intel's CLO Aparna Bawa & Author Kamini Ramani: A New Playbook for Powerful Women
    Nov 5 2026
    How do the most powerful women in business actually rise? It's not by mimicking the men, nor by just following the advice to Lean In.In this episode, Simi Shah unlocks the new playbook for powerful, ambitious women.Simi speaks with Aparna Bawa — EVP and Chief Legal & People Officer at Intel, and the COO who saw Zoom scale from 10 million to 300 million users — alongside Kamini Ramani, Author of Lotus Leadership: A Modern Playbook of Ancient Wisdom. Together, they share fresh takes on female ambition, success, and leadership through the lens of this pioneering book.Lotus Leadership is the first book to tell the story of the surging force of Indian women (and women of color) in American business: how they got to the top and the wisdom they drew on to get there.Kamini spent a year interviewing 33 of the most powerful women in the world — PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, HubSpot CEO Yamini Rangan, investors, operators, and c-suite leaders at Amazon, Google, PayPal, and Waymo. She distills their lessons into a five-petal framework she calls "yoga for business" that any ambitious young leader can follow.Profiled in the first chapter of Lotus Leadership, Aparna Bawa embodies the Shiva-Shakti principle. She shares the deeply personal story of losing her mother in a car crash at age 11, and how it shaped her into the C-suite leader she is today.Disclosure: Kamini Ramani is a client of The Trailblazers Agency. Trailblazers only backs projects we truly believe in — this book is one of them.IN THIS EPISODE:Kamini Ramani on the inspiration behind her book Lotus LeadershipThe five principles of leadership inspired by Indian mythologyAparna Bawa's personal journey, from childhood adversity to leading Zoom through the pandemic — and what Shiva-Shakti had to do with itThe untold challenges and sacrifices behind powerful women's successHow women are redefining success beyond traditional career pathsWhat women supporting each other looks like in actionWhat makes these 33 women different in how they lead — and why they winWhy stepping back from your career doesn't mean giving up on ambitionHow to build harmonious romantic partnershipsHow cultural expectations, relationships, and family influence women's leadership journeysThe power of authenticity and wisdom in the age of AIABOUT KAMINI RAMANI — Author, Lotus LeadershipKamini Ramani is the author of Lotus Leadership: A Modern Playbook of Ancient Wisdom — a USA Today bestseller. A Silicon Valley tech executive for 40+ years, she served as CMO at Mayfield, one of the Valley's top-tier venture capital firms, and has helped narrate the stories of iconic companies including Lyft, Poshmark, HashiCorp, and Genentech. She advised Steve Jobs during his exile from Apple, and delivered the book on her 63rd birthday.FOLLOW: Website · Instagram · LinkedIn · Buy the BookABOUT APARNA BAWA — EVP & Chief Legal & People Officer, IntelAparna Bawa is Executive Vice President and Chief Legal and People Officer at Intel. Previously, she served as COO of Zoom through the company's COVID-era inflection, when daily users surged from 10M to 300M. Her extensive career also includes leadership roles at Magento Commerce and Nimble Storage. A Harvard Law grad, she began her career in investment banking at Lehman Brothers and Deutsche Bank before pivoting to tech. Raised in Nigeria, India, and the US, she lost her mother at age 11 — a story she shares for the first time in Lotus Leadership.FOLLOW: LinkedInSouth Asian Trailblazers is an award-winning podcast, community, and agency dedicated to elevating leading South Asians. Join our community at SouthAsianTrailblazers.com. Subscribe to our newsletter to get new episodes and updates on our latest events in your inbox. Follow us @southasiantrailblazers on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms, including Apple and Spotify.
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  • Neerja Birla: The Matriarch Building India's Mental Health Movement

    Neerja Birla: The Matriarch Building India's Mental Health Movement
    Oct 22 2026
    Simi Shah speaks with Neerja Birla, matriarch of the storied Birla family, about how she's taking on India's most taboo topic: mental health.Content Warning: Mrs. Birla briefly references her work with victims of sexual violence. The reference is contextual and non-graphic.Mrs. Neerja Birla is the Founder & Chairperson of the Aditya Birla Education Trust, the force behind her organization, Mpower. Founded in 2016, Mpower is a full-stack mental health care and advocacy organization serving individuals, schools, corporates, and government across India. One decade later, Mpower has impacted over 180 million lives and delivered more than 300,000 clinical sessions. Today, Mrs. Birla is a global voice on mental health, serving as Global Chair for Mental Health at G100 (Group of 100 Global Women Leaders) and the first Indian representative on Headspace's advisory board.Married at 18 to Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, Mrs. Neerja Birla has spent 37 years at the center of one of India's most storied families. Her most personal work, though, has been building alongside her daughters: Mpower, the mental health organization she co-founded with Ananya Birla, and Ujaas, the menstrual health venture Advaitesha Birla started at 17. She dives into how she approaches leadership, legacy, and the thesis the entire movement rests on: mental health does not discriminate — not by age, gender, geography, nor how much a person has in their bank account.Catch up on our conversation with her daughter: business leader, artist, mental health advocate, Ananya Birla, from March 2026.IN THIS EPISODE:Why Mrs. Birla chose mental health advocacy over every other cause she could have taken onBuilding Mpower and challenging India's deep mental health stigmaWhy wealth and privilege do not protect against mental health strugglesParenting across generations and raising independent daughters at the center of a dynastic familyThe opportunities and risks of AI in mental healthcare, from first-layer ChatGPT counselors to the loneliness pandemicExpanding mental health access across the Global SouthMarriage, personal growth, leadership, and the meaning of legacyShe also opens up about being a social entrepreneur, mother, wife, and matriarch from one of India's foremost industrial families; the role of language and culture in mental health care; the loneliness pandemic in the age of AI; and her ambition to build mental health infrastructure in the Global South.ABOUT NEERJA BIRLA — Educationist, Mental Health Advocate & PhilanthropistMrs. Neerja Birla is an Indian educationist, mental health advocate, and philanthropist. Beyond her landmark work in mental health through Mpower — a pioneering initiative under the Aditya Birla Education Trust (ABET) — she leads premium educational institutions, including schools designed specifically for children with special needs. She is a powerful voice for empathy, education, and holistic societal change.FOLLOW: Instagram · LinkedIn · MpowerSouth Asian Trailblazers is an award-winning podcast, community, and agency dedicated to elevating leading South Asians. Join our community at SouthAsianTrailblazers.com. Subscribe to our newsletter to get new episodes and updates on our latest events in your inbox. Follow us @southasiantrailblazers on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms, including Apple and Spotify.
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  • Founder Garima Shah: How She Scaled a $10M FinTech in 5 Years

    Founder Garima Shah: How She Scaled a $10M FinTech in 5 Years
    Oct 7 2026

    Simi speaks with Garima Shah, Co-founder & President of Biller Genie, on scaling a fintech to $10M+ in revenue. Biller Genie tackles a simple key problem: helping small businesses (SMBs) get paid faster. The company has doubled every year since 2022, and takes the average small business from 47 days to get paid down to 8.

    In an era where the glorification of venture capital has convinced a generation of founders that revenue is optional, Garima Shah wants to set the record straight on building strong, sustainable businesses...sometimes solving unsexy problems.

    From starting her career in door-to-door sales at 19 to entering fintech, Garima shares how those early experiences shaped her approach to entrepreneurship, leadership, and business. Garima also opens up about being a founder, mother, and wife, the importance of communication and soft skills in the age of AI, and her non-profit Brown Girls on a Mission.

    KEY TOPICS:

    • Why door-to-door sales at 19 was the single most important early-career training
    • Scaling Biller Genie to $10M+ without raising massive VC rounds
    • Why the glorification of fundraising is hurting young founders
    • Taking small businesses from 47 days to get paid down to 8
    • Why human connection and soft skills matter in the age of AI
    • Balancing entrepreneurship, motherhood, and Brown Girls on a Mission

    ABOUT GARIMA SHAH

    Co-Founder & President, Biller Genie Born in the UK, raised across the US (Detroit, Chicago, Missouri, Florida), Garima Shah graduated from Boston University at 19 and holds an MBA from Rollins. Before co-founding Biller Genie, she led sales at Bell South, built and sold her own outsourced sales firm, and ran sales for Payment Alliance. Garima is the founder of Brown Girls on a Mission — a giving circle for minority women that has donated over $80,000 and 1,600 volunteer hours in its first year.

    FOLLOW GARIMA: Instagram · LinkedIn

    South Asian Trailblazers is an award-winning podcast, community, and agency dedicated to elevating leading South Asians. Join our community at SouthAsianTrailblazers.com. Subscribe to our newsletter to get new episodes and updates on our latest events in your inbox. Follow us @southasiantrailblazers on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, and all major podcast platforms, including Apple and Spotify.
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