Chinmayee Balabhadrapatruni: Between worlds from Kuchipudi to AI and public policy in the US

by Amrita Priya | Feb 10, 2026

(February 10, 2026) During Chinmayee’s childhood, every weekend, her family would drive an hour to a temple in Maryland. While her parents attended spiritual classes, a young Chinmayee, growing up in the pre-iPad, pre-smartphone era, found ways to occupy herself at...

Karan Chopra: Harmonizing heritage and healing in the U.S. with the wisdom of Ayurveda

by Amrita Priya | Jun 3, 2025

(Jun 3, 2025) Karan Chopra didn’t follow a conventional script. Born in Mohali, Punjab in 1982 and now based in Somerset, New Jersey, he is the driving force behind a multi-faceted Ayurveda enterprise that includes The Vedic Store, a holistic Ayurvedic brand, a...

The ‘DesiEntropy’: How Deepak Karamungikar went from techie to instagram influencer in the US

by Mallik Thatipalli | Jan 13, 2025

(January 13, 2025) In March 2024, Telugu actor Vijay Devarakonda shared a reel on Instagram. It was a short video on corporate terminology spoken by an ‘uncle from Telangana’, who is baffled by all of it. The creator was DesiEntropy, then a new entrant to...

The fortune at the bottom of the pyramid: How CK Prahalad changed the way the world did business

by Darshana Ramdev | Jan 9, 2025

(January 9, 2025) When Karsanbhai Patel, an unknown chemist from a small town in Gujarat began making soap in his backyard, selling it door to door on his bicycle on his way to work, Hindustan Unilever, then the reigning Indian giant, only scoffed at him. This soap...

How Vishal Gupta established Seclore Technology as a leader in data loss prevention

by Bindu Gopal Rao | Dec 14, 2024

(December 14, 2024) From going to school in small towns in North India to founding a global tech company, Vishal Gupta has come a long way. Vishal is the CEO of Seclore, a SaaS company that builds data security software for enterprises that was recognized back in 2012...