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Will e-bikes kick off the EV revolution in India?
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
02/10/22 • -1 min
In this episode, Aditya Munjal, the CEO of Hero Lectro, joined host Nandagopal Rajan to discuss the e-bicycle space in India. The duo discuss the experiences e-bikes can offer, the target market of e-bike manufacturers, the EV revolution, and a lot more.
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Nandagopal Rajan: [00:00:00] So you're back with,another episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan and this time, our guest is Aditya Munjal at least a surname that does not need introduction, but this Munjal is after a different set of bikes. We'll come to that. So we are basically going to talk about e-bikes in India and e-bikes is a new segment, but it's the segment that is any, a lot of visibility and people are more and more aware of this.
There's a lot to talk about here. Aditya welcome to the show.
Aditya Munjal: Thank you very much. Great to be here.
Nandagopal Rajan: So Aditya, I'll start with a small anecdote. So I have a ten year old son and I was checking out Hero Lectro and he asked me this very strange but very pointed question in that see, Dad that I know that the electric car, it saves petrol, but what does electric bikes save?
And really, I did not know the answer to that initially. And I did the review and then I had a little bit of an idea about, okay, where does this fit in? But as somebody who is selling this product, what's your [00:01:00] answer to this question?
Aditya Munjal: Depends who I'm answering. Let's see, I'm speaking to your ten year old son.
What's his name?
Nandagopal Rajan: His name in Anay
Aditya Munjal: , Anay, so I would tell Anay that firstly, it adds excitement to his life comparing to a normal cycle, which he may choose, there's a thrill quotient where it's like you put engine on a battery. So be it him experiencing the pedals and assistance. Via that, there's a certain thrill, Be it him applying the throttle.
So if he may do general ride in the evenings or with his friends around, he'll probably end up doing a longer ride. So it adds thrill and that's what we experienced many times with the guys for the first time when they get on this and they ride it, it's something very unexpected..
Nandagopal Rajan: Absolutely. I could feel that.
So actually using an E-bike for the first time and I'll be very frank, I maybe doing a bike after many years or maybe a decade or so, you know, I have not, but I have been toying the idea of buying a cycle and just to keep fit, and I do have a treadmill. Maybe I need a bike too. But being on an e-bike and actually went on a very [00:02:00] long ride.
And you know, it reminded me of the nitro mode when you are playing some of these games, like know, Asphalt and all, you know, where you click on the nitro button and it just vroom. It just goes and then see the look on people's faces. So I am in Noida and I was actually climbing and over bridge without peddling and there was this guy in a car who gave me this look and you know the bewilderment on his face that did it for me.
I was like, wow, that is what I'm looking for. So at the time you have to sell the product. Now what are the kind of users you're looking at? Because it's not really a cheap bike to buy . Right. Like to compare it even with the, expensive cycles in the market, this is slightly even more expensive. So how do you fit this in?
Is it for the businessman? Is it for an executive? Is it for like, you know, how do you fit it
in?
Aditya Munjal: Got it. I'll answer this question two parts. The first part is when we started the journey three years ago, we saw it as a cycling 2.0, the new phase of cycle, taking products, adding thrill, adding a convenience to it, [00:03:00] and, uh, sort of seeing that, so this extended to cyclists.
Like you said, who would consider this as a new phase of cycling. We saw a variety of use cases. There could be recreational cyclists who go for weekend rides, evening errands. There could be teams and so on. So there, we saw an added convenience and added thrill and added excitement converting them from, uh, the cycle to this, as we went through the journey.
Now the part two is we saw actually three out of 10 customers who are coming and taking this for the everyday commute doesn't mean they ride it everyday to commute, but they'd probably be motorcycle riders, sharing, car sharing, other people who take this two, three times a week to work. So that was an exciting fact.
Then we got back to the drawing board. Okay. And we truly, sort of understood the problems which may exist and we saw that listen commute daily is boring. No one wants to go in, you know, excited in that part of commute. Of ...
What sets the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra apart?
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
01/23/21 • 25 min
When comparing the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra and the iPhone 12 Pro Max, it comes down to the cameras. What are the pros and cons of the Samsung S series? What is a telephoto lens like? In this episode, Nandagopal Rajan and Nimish Dubey discuss the Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, the new flagship of 2021, and the features that make it far superior to its predecessors.
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What you should know before investing in cryptocurrency
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
09/25/21 • -1 min
In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Tanvi Ratna, founder and CEO of Policy 4.0, a global blockchain & cryptocurrency policy advisor. The duo discuss India's regulation policy on cryptocurrency, El Salvador's adoption of bitcoin as a legal tender, why cryptocurrency is often seen as a threat to banks, and even the Bharat-COIN. They also go over the most important points to remember while investing in cryptocurrency.
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Piyush Singh from Accenture on the shift from big data to small data
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
06/16/22 • -1 min
In this episode of Our Own Devices, our host Nandagopal Rajan speaks to Piyush Singh from Accenture about the rapid change in consumer preferences in a post-pandemic world. A pause in our physical human interactions pushed the consumers to a digital world overnight. How is this ‘phygital world’ (physical+digital) changing the consumer preferences and behaviours in the new normal and how are the financial institutions keeping up with these changes?
How AI can revolutionise healthcare
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
05/05/22 • -1 min
In this episode, the CEO of Suki, Punit Soni, speaks to host Nandagopal Rajan about their voice assistant that can help relieve some pressure on medical professionals, our misunderstandings about what exactly AI means and does, how a healthcare revolution is on the horizon in India.
How Spotify curates content for its multi-lingual user base in India
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
03/03/22 • -1 min
In this episode, Gustav Gyllenhammar, VP of markets and subscriber growth at Spotify, joins host Nandagopal Rajan to discuss Spotify’s growth strategy in India, how operating in India has helped the company problem-solve in other countries, playlist curation, and future plans.
TRANSCRIPT
Nandagopal Rajan: Hello, everyone, and welcome back to another episode of Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan. And as you guess, right, this is Nandagopal Rajan bringing you another guest. And this time we have a guest from Stockholm, and I'm in sunny, very hot, very sultry Kerala. And our guest is in the beautiful weather of Scandinavia, but he'd rather swap places with me. Welcome to the show, Mr. Gustav Gyllenhammar.
Gustav Gyllenhammar: Well, thank you so much. It's such a delight to join your podcast today. And yes, as you said, it's icy and snowy here in Stockholm. I'm dreaming of sunny Kerala. But next time we'll try to do this in person.
Nandagopal Rajan: So Gustav is Spotify's VP for markets and subscriber growth. And he is the guy who knows all about podcasts and the entire audio space. So Gustav, let's start by asking you what is Spotify 's strategy for India? And where is Spotify placed in this fast evolving space of audio streaming?
Gustav Gyllenhammar: Yeah, listen, India, for us, is a hugely important market. It's obviously, and this is not a surprise to you or your listeners in India, but it's the biggest opportunity market there is in the world. Nowhere in the world is the audience opportunity larger than India. And we're just crossing our third year in the market. And for us, it's been a hugely rewarding experience being in India, where we're seeing strong growth, we're seeing customer delight, consumers are really happy with the experience we're able to deliver to them. And also creators, both on the music and on the podcast side are telling us that they're really happy we are in market and are helping them grow their audiences.
Nandagopal Rajan: So, Gustav I had a very interesting experience this weekend. And I was driving to this place called Wayanad which is a couple of hours from where I am. But it's a very beautiful drive. And I was on Spotify all through and I let Spotify decide the songs for me. And I was really blown away by the selection. Like I absolutely didn't have to skip even one song. Everything was what I would like to listen. And I have a very eclectic choice of music, and I listen to a lot, all sorts of things from all over the world. And it was actually throwing me those kinds of songs. How does that technology work? And that's something really fascinated me always.
Gustav Gyllenhammar: Yes, I'm really happy to hear about your delightful drive. It's similar for me. I drive up to my parents are up in the North of Sweden. And often you know, I can just turn on Spotify. And it brings me songs, sometimes familiar ones, sometimes really new discoveries. And it's really exciting to let the service pick for you. And technology as you may understand is really the heart and soul of both the Spotify product and the user experience. It's what drives our ability to deliver a unique experience to consumers. And quite frankly, for the more than 400 million consumers we have, every one of them have a unique Spotify experience. And it's because discovery and personalisation are really the two key pillars that we built our service on. Each user has a unique experience. And we build up a taste profile for every single user and then use machine learning technology to deliver personalised content for users. And based on the signals that you then send back: do you like a song? Do you skip a song? Which artists do you follow and so on, we can continuously evolve and deliver a richer and richer and more personalised experience for you as the user. And that also means that we can enable a true engagement with both music and podcast for you and cultivate those connections between you and the creators that you are interested in.
Nandagopal Rajan: So is that tougher to do in a country like India, which is so complex, which is so layered, it has so many regions, so many languages, and people have very different preferences from what you would get in a Europe where maybe a maximum you have two languages, but like, you know, I am comfortable in six languages, for instance, like I would listen to songs, and maybe more. So how do you manage something like that? Because it gets complex, you know, as you go every 10-15 kilometres?
Gustav Gyllenhammar: Yes, you're absolutely right about that. Spotify was founded in Sweden back in 2006. And we launched the service here in 2008. And most of our early years were focused on Western European markets. And we went to the US and even to Latin America. ...
What are truly wireless audio devices?
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
02/03/22 • -1 min
In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Gyanendra Singh, head of audio at Sony India to discuss what truly wireless audio devices are. They talk about how the pandemic and work from home have transformed the audio space, how noise cancellation is growing in India, the demand for audio devices compatible with music as well as online meets, and a lot more. They also discuss what Sony’s truly wireless audio range.
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The big takeaways from Apple’s Spring loaded event
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
04/24/21 • -1 min
In this episode, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Nimish Dubey to discuss the latest range of new hardware products Apple launched at an event held at its campus in California. From the redesigned iMac to the iPad Pro, the duo share notes on the products and talk about the niche ecosystem Apple has managed to create for its consumers.
How live sports broadcast reinvented itself in the pandemic
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
03/27/21 • -1 min
While coronavirus hit the global live sporting events industry hard initially, it did not take too long for sports federations and broadcasters to begin experimenting with technology to cut losses.
In this episode, host Nandgopal Rajan is joined by Dhaval Ponda who leads media and entertainment globally at Tata Communications. The duo discuss how the world of live sports has managed to survive the pandemic thanks to the innovative use of technology.
What’s cyber resilience and how do you prepare for it?
Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan
04/01/24 • -1 min
In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan, COO, The Indian Express Online is joined by Jeetu Patel, Executive Vice President and General Manager of Security and Collaboration, Cisco. With every passing day, the importance of cyber security is increasing. And according to our guest, Mr Patel, we need to assume that every organisation at some point in time will get breached. So, how do we deal with this? Through the concept of cyber resilience. But, what is cyber resilience? Does AI play a part in detecting and dealing with cyber threats? Where does India stand in terms of cyber security? To find out all of this and more, tune into today’s episode of Our Own Devices.
Introduction 00:00
What is Cyber Resilience 00:31
How does Cisco cater to organisations and governments 01:58
How does AI help in cyber security 04:23
Does the size of a company co-relate to its use of AI? 06:43
India and cyber security in 2024 07:36
Security index of Cisco 09:36
3Es of cyber security 10:46
Challenges to cyber security in 2024 12:35
Future of AI in the industry 14:18
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
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