What India Needs with Shutapa Paul
Join Shutapa Paul as she delves into social, economic, and environment issues that should matter, speaks to inspiring individuals, while diving deep into every conversation.Shutapa Paul is an anchor, commenter, author, and media entrepreneur. She has spent almost two decades within the media space, ...
Recent Episodes
March 14, 2026
What India Needs: Building India's Next Tech Decade with BV Naidu
Send a text India is projected to become a $110 billion semiconductor market by 2030. But can the country move beyond being the world’s back office and build a true deeptech and hardware innovation economy? In this episode, Shutapa Paul sits down with tech industry veteran, BV Naidu, Chairman of th…
Feb. 14, 2026
What India Needs: The Financial Literacy Deficit with Karthik Rangappa
Send a text Only 27% of Indians have basic financial literacy, and that gap becomes dangerous as more people enter the stock market and rely on digital financial tools. In this episode of ‘What India Needs’, Shutapa Paul speaks with Karthik Rangappa, Chief of Education at Zerodha and Curator of Var…
Jan. 18, 2026
What India Needs: Reading India’s Past Today with Dr. Vikram Sampath
Send us a text India’s past has many versions. Which version of history do you believe? In this episode of What India Needs, Shutapa Paul deciphers bygone times with historian and acclaimed author Dr. Vikram Sampath. From Mahatma Gandhi and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar to Jawaharlal Nehru and B R Ambed…
Nov. 17, 2025
What India Needs: Building Equitable Workplaces with Shreya Krishnan
Send us a text 36% of India’s tech workforce is women, but only 8% reach senior leadership. What’s keeping women from leading the future of work? In this episode of the What India Needs Podcast, Shutapa Paul speaks with Shreya Krishnan, Managing Director - India, of AnitaB.org, a global non-profit …
Oct. 24, 2025
What India Needs: Crafting Change with Emily Chakraborty
Send us a text 67 lakh handloom weavers in the 1980s; just 31 lakh today. In this episode, Shutapa Paul speaks with Emily Chakraborty, founder of Kaisori, on the challenges facing India's weaving communities, including supply chain struggles, low wages, and middlemen that threaten artisanal livelih…
Sept. 24, 2025
What India Needs: Cracking the Startup Survival Code with Dr. Subhrangshu Sanyal
Send us a text The Indian startup ecosystem may be thriving but over 28,000 startups have failed in recent years. In this episode, Shutapa Paul speaks with Dr. Subhrangshu Sanyal, CEO of IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, about the challenges facing the Indian startup ecosystem and how innovation and en…
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