T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva

Join Kunal Vasudeva, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Indian School of Hospitality for riveting conversations with industry leaders. Watch his podcasts to learn about the ever-evolving world of hospitality, sales, marketing, finance and education.

T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva is a education podcast hosted by Indian School of Hospitality, with 34 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Indian School of Hospitality hosts T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva, a education show with 34 episodes published.

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  Episode #4

  THE GARDEN THAT MOVES MILLIONS I Feat. Hari Marar - MD & CEO I Kempegowda International Airport

  Aug 18, 20261h 40mS4

  HARI MARAR • INSIDE BLR T2 THIS EPISODE HAS A GATE NUMBER. We took T.A.L.K. inside Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, and walked the terminal with the man who runs it. Hari Marar, MD & CEO of BIAL, has spent nearly two decades shaping one of the world’s finest airports. He and Kunal Vasudeva also go back to their Jet Airways days. That history takes this conversation somewhere most CEO interviews never reach. Terminal 2. Cargo. Connectivity. Tens of millions of new flyers. The future of Indian aviation, while the airport moves around them. Shot like a documentary. Told from the inside. As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  S4 E2 I Why India’s Middle Class Is Paying the Price I Feat. Saurabh Mukherjea I Kunal Vasudeva

  Apr 30, 20261h 20mS4

  India’s middle class carried the weight of a growth story built on the wrong foundation. 40 million income tax filers. Stagnant wages. Rising debt. A consumption engine that is running out of fuel. Saurabh Mukherjea wrote the book on it. Literally. T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva ft. Saurabh Mukherjea, Author of Breakpoint and Founder, Marcellus Investment Managers. As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  India's Middle Class Doesn't Exist Anymore I Feat. Kalyan Chakrabarti - CEO - EMAAR I Kunal Vasudeva

  Apr 14, 202637 min

  Middle income housing in India’s Tier 1 cities. The numbers behind the gap. A household earning ₹30 lakh a year sits in the top decile of urban earners in India. In Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Gurugram, that income does not service a home loan on a 2BHK within 30 - 60 kilometres of the city centre. Government housing schemes are designed for households earning below ₹18 lakh annually. Developer inventory in Tier 1 cities is priced for households earning above ₹75 lakh. The bracket in between has no product designed for it. The hospitality industry sits inside this gap in a specific way. Front office managers, F&B leads, and operations staff earning ₹4 to 15 lakh annually are the operational backbone of India’s hotel economy. The average commute for this cohort in a Tier 1 city runs between three and five hours daily. The industry cost of that commute shows up in attrition, not in any balance sheet line. On the sustainability question, green building carries a higher construction cost and a lower operational cost over a 20 year asset life. For the middle income buyer, the long term economics favour sustainable construction. The barrier is financing at the construction stage, not the lifecycle logic. Blueprint 2026 spent one day with students and industry professionals examining these numbers together. The white paper is being written. The question was simple. Can India build for its own? As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  Episode #1

  It Starts Earlier Than You Think | Dr Ajay Yadav | Season 4 I Episode 1

  Apr 2, 20262h 12mS4

  Season 4 of TALK with Kunal Vasudeva Show begins with a conversation that examines how individuals and societies think about risk, prevention, and long-term responsibility. Filmed across multiple environments inside Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, this episode with Dr Ajay Yadav explores what medicine reveals about decision-making under uncertainty. 👉 Why do individuals delay preventive action even when information is available. 👉 Why do consequences often become visible only when intervention becomes complex. 👉 How does clinical judgement actually operate inside real hospitals. 👉 What role can technology and AI realistically play in improving early detection and follow-up discipline. Conversations like these shape how we think about leadership, judgement, and capability building within ISH, where preparing individuals for complex environments requires clarity of thought, not only technical knowledge. Season 4 moves beyond single-setting conversations. Each episode is filmed across multiple real environments to study one issue in depth. Featuring Dr Ajay Yadav Vice Chairman Institute of Vascular and Endovascular Sciences Sir Ganga Ram Hospital TALK with Kunal Vasudeva Show Season 4 As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  Episode #7

  S3 E7 I He Carried 45000 People Through A Storm I Feat. CP Gurnani I T.A.L.K With Kunal Vasudeva

  Oct 15, 20251h 27mS3

  He took charge when India’s tech world was shaken. He stood up when everyone else looked away. This is CP Gurnani: the force behind Tech Mahindra’s rise after the Satyam collapse, and now the Co-founder & Vice Chairman of AIONOS. From Neemuch to boardrooms, from trust to technology, from silence to strategy, this conversation goes where business school never did. Talk with Kunal Vasudeva Also streaming on YouTube As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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