Season 1
Oct. 8, 2025
Ep. 36: Empathy, Resilience & Social Innovation with Bhavana Issar
In this episode of the Impressive Empress podcast, host Malathi engages in a heartfelt conversation with Bhavana Issar, a multifaceted leader, social entrepreneur, and motorcyclist holding a Limca record. We journey with Bhav...
Aug. 25, 2025
Ep. 35: Adaptability, Strategic Thinking & Leadership with Dr. Kalika Uttarkar
In this enlightening conversation, Dr. Kalika Uttarkar shares her journey from a childhood steeped in philosophy and spirituality to becoming a leader in the field of Hindu parenting, counselling and education. She emphasizes...
March 7, 2025
Ep 32 : Resilience, Transformation & Purpose - with Preethi Srinivasan
This episode is a journey of spreading love, light and laughter in the world by our guest Preethi Srinivasan. Preethi Srinivasan is a force of resilience, transformation, and purpose. Once a national-level swimmer and the you...
Oct. 28, 2024
Ep 29 : The Power of Questions, Motivation & Spirituality with Ananthalakshmi Adinarayanan
In this empowering episode, we explore the profound Power of Questions with Matrushree Ananthalakshmi Adinarayanan, co-founder of the Anaadi Foundation and Dharma Gurukulam. A trailblazer in spirituality and education, Matrus...
June 6, 2024
Ep. 28 Power of Intent, Community & Purpose with Madhura Dasgupta Sinha
In this episode, we bring to you an incredibly inspiring guest who is reshaping the landscape of leadership, empowerment, and women's participation in the workforce. Our guest is Madhura DasGupta Sinha, the dynamic Founder & ...
Oct. 16, 2021
Ep 17 The Power of a life without an UNDO Button with Dr. Rashi Gupta
Dr. Rashi Gupta is a Woman Entrepreneur who has been fearless & ferocious in creating a brand for herself & her company in these male dominated fields. She is the Founder & Managing Director of Vision Mechatronics Private Ltd...
July 23, 2021
Ep. 16 The Power of Emotional Bonding with Shraddha Marathe
Shraddha Marathe is a dietician by profession, working as a freelancer and also associated with Deendayal Research Institute, Delhi. She is a founder member of Foodrik, a web portal related to Nutrition and Wellness for child...
June 18, 2021
Ep. 15 The Power of Passion with Prof. Dr. Parul Shah
Prof. Dr. Parul Shah is one of the rare combinations of Performing artiste, Cross-cultural Choreographer, Bharatanatyam Guru, Dance Educator, Scholar, Researcher, Arts Administrator and highly motivated human being. Though ha...
Oct. 2, 2020
Ep 14 : The Relevance of Right Communication with Gayatri Puranik
Our today’s guest Ms. Gayatri Puranik who is an Entrepreneur based out of Germany. She has been running her Ayurveda business for over 20 years now. She thinks a certain kind of leadership comes naturally to everyone, is gra...
Sept. 11, 2020
Ep. 13 : Strengths to Satisfaction with Beena Kuttiparambil
Beena is a seasoned development professional with 24 years of progressively responsible work experience with technical and managerial expertise in the field of Adolescent Development and Participation, Reproductive Health, HI...
Aug. 21, 2020
Ep. 12 : The Fragrance of Values with Neeraja Ganesh
Our guest Ms. Neeraja Ganesh comes with 25 + years of experience in the IT industry. For the last few years, she has been working as freelance consultant, who conducts various training programs and workshops on leadership and...
Aug. 7, 2020
Ep 11: Understanding the Power of Knowledge with Vishakha Hari
We all know that Knowledge is power. In today’s digital world, a lot of information and content are freely available on anything and everything at the touch of a button. The knowledge is obtained by taking in the information,...
July 24, 2020
Ep. 10 - Understanding the Psyche of a Psychologist with Dr. Neeradha Chandramohan
The work of navigating the human mind and finding solutions for individuals battling mental, social, and emotional afflictions is at best, challenging and rewarding and at worst, daunting. Dr. Neeradha Chandramohan, a Clinica...
June 19, 2020
Ep 9: Become the Gift you are with Dr. Mala Kapadia
Our mind is like a monkey, playing tricks with impulsive, irrational and at times even destructive behavior. Any excellence that we strive to achieve, the monkey mind becomes our biggest hurdle and, once tamed, it becomes our...
June 5, 2020
Ep 8 : Be your Own Boss with Dr. Chidatmika Khatua
A Social Entrepreneur works for the empowerment of the weaker section of the society by identifying the gaps. While they are visionaries, they are also realistic in their approach, trying to implement innovative solutions to ...
May 22, 2020
Ep 7 : A Social Entrepreneur's Mindful Journey with Ms. Madhuri Sahasrabhudde
As human beings, we all bring our unique characteristics or personality traits to the fore. A successful leader holds on to this uniqueness, ever curious and open to new ideas, while staying true to the principles and values ...
May 22, 2020
Ep 6 : Winning with Love with Ms. Geetha Pennathur
It is imperative that to have a better tomorrow, the children of today be provided with value based education, which inspires & excites them. Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future ...
May 8, 2020
Ep 5 : A Diplomat's Mission in Life with Her Excellency Madam Pratibha Parkar
A social leader is one whose leadership is built upon humility, fairness, kindness and respect, but it is NO soft form of power; it is a power that is earned and, because of that, it carries great weight. It’s built upon trus...
April 24, 2020
Ep 4 : A Doctor for the Hour with Dr. Kalyanasundari
A humanitarian and medical doctor who believes that there is a lot to learn in this short span of life from the world as well from each other! Dr. Kalyani practices doctoring as an art and appreciates the resilience of human ...
April 10, 2020
Ep 3 : Educationalist's S.P.I.C.E. for Life with Dr. K.R. Maalathi
Dr. K R Maalathi is an educationalist based out of Chennai. Specialized in Early years Education and setting up of successful school, she is the Founder & CEO of Auuro Educational Services. She has set up around 14 Internatio...
March 27, 2020
Ep 2: Align your Body, Mind and Spirit through Dance with Bharathi Avireddy
Bharathi Avireddy is a very experienced dancer and teacher of Indian Classical Dance styles - Bharatanatyam and kuchipudi. Her tagline is “Art is Divine and Divinity is love,” meaning anything which is done in the form of Art...
March 7, 2020
Ep 1: Danseuse performs Musical Cognitive Therapy with Surangama Das Gupta
Surangama Das Gupta is a dancer and psychologist. Using her unique skills, she combined natya shastra with psycho analysis and cognitive behaviour therapy to help many of those inflicted with mental health problems. Her focus...