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The Sketch

The Sketch

Mint - HT Smartcast



In this new podcast, Mint Editor-In-Chief Sruthijith KK speaks to business leaders about the methods, motivations and influences that shape them. These wide-ranging conversations are meant to help us understand the world of their work but also a bit about who they are and what makes them tick. In short, a sketch.

This is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast.

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Available Episodes

78:15
Why do people invest in Luxury Cars ft. Santosh Iyer, MD & CEO, Mercedes Benz India
EPISODE 19

Luxury car sales in India have reached all-time high levels, with Mercedes-Benz India leading the race, closely followed by other German players like BMW Group and Audi as an incre ... Read more

28 Sep78 MINS
69:16
‘India Can Become A Semiconductor Superpower…’: Vedanta-Foxconn CEO
EPISODE 18

A ‘no margin for error’ business, semiconductor chip manufacturing requires high precision and expertise over extremely complex processes. It has been a year since PM Modi launched ... Read more

16 Jun69 MINS
62:30
A sports fan’s dream run
EPISODE 17

Harsh Jain is the founder and CEO of India’s biggest fantasy sports app—Dream11. In this conversation with Mint editor in chief Sruthijith KK, he talks about the startup’s early da ... Read more

31 Mar63 MINS
39:16
The art of discovering medicines
EPISODE 16

Vasant 'Vas' Narasimhan is a physician and CEO of the $50 billion Swiss pharma giant Novartis AG. In this conversation with Mint editor-in-chief Sruthijith KK, he discusses the com ... Read more

23 Feb39 MINS
72:58
The art of modern retail
EPISODE 15

In this episode of The Sketch, Metro AG India MD Arvind Mediratta discusses the intricacies of modern retail, what makes the kirana store a formidable force in India, the shifts in ... Read more

27 Dec73 MINS
62:53
Harsh Mariwala: Lessons from the FMCG battleground
EPISODE 14

In this episode, Marico chairman Harsh Mariwala, who turned a small family-run business into an FMCG behemoth with marquee brands such as Parachute and Saffola, a top-line exceedin ... Read more

21 Nov63 MINS
55:18
Dopamine, economics and regulation: the art and science of real-money gaming
EPISODE 13

In this hour-long conversation, economist-turned game developer Trivikraman Thampy, co-founder and co-CEO of Games 24X7, talks to Mint Editor-in-Chief Sruthijith KK about how he bu ... Read more

08 Nov55 MINS
61:44
Meta and our digital future, with Ajit Mohan
EPISODE 12

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta runs a suite of apps that are among the most used in India—Whatsapp, Facebook, and Instagram. In this conversation with Mint editor-in-chief Sruthijith KK, M ... Read more

19 Sep62 MINS
54:02
Steering a $12 billion bank through crises, with purpose and profits
EPISODE 11

Alison Rose became the CEO of Natwest Group in November 2019 and has since had to steer the bank through Brexit, the Covid 19 crisis and now the Russia-Ukraine war and high inflati ... Read more

18 Aug54 MINS
57:00
The magic of movie halls, with PVR’s Ajay Bijli
EPISODE 10

Starting with India’s first multiplex—PVR Anupam in Saket in 1997—Ajay Bijli has built an exhibition and lifestyle brand that is now merging with Inox to create India’s largest mul ... Read more

03 Aug57 MINS
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