Indian Innovators - Vivek Mundkur

Welcome to the PaperCircuit podcast series - Indian Innovators.

My first guest is Vivek Mundkur. I have known him since about 1993 when I first started getting interested in hang-gliding. I was an aero-modeler until then and my aero-modeling guide, Capt. Bhole mentioned that I should meet up with Col. Vivek Mundkur and try out hang-gliding. That was a life-changing moment for me.

I got to know Vivek really well as I learned to hang-glide and later built my own hang-glider with him. We flew it one afternoon in 1995 at the hill behind his Kudje farmhouse. I also learned sailing, wind-surfing, and the art of jugaad (tinkering) from him over the course of many years in the 90s.

View and listen to our chat and see first-hand why he is such an inspiration to everyone…

Vivek Mundkur -pioneer of hang-gliding in India

PaperCircuit Podcast - Indian Innovators

Today is the launch of my PaperCircuit podcast - Indian Innovators. I have been meaning to launch a podcast, ever since the first podcast showed up on my iPod almost 16 years ago. That was the This Week In Tech podcast by Leo Laporte.

During the last few months of COVID, I finally buckled down and put together a plan to interview some amazing Indian creators, mentors, and motivators that I have known throughout my life. These are people I have known first-hand and have caused deep impressions on me and shaped my life so far.

I plan to do these interviews as a limited series of 12 episodes - interviewing a dozen interesting people that have influenced and befriended me. The podcast will be available on my YouTube channel and also on Apple Podcasts. Hope you enjoy the series.