Srini Swaminathan : Social Development Consultant

Getting Meta

Getting Meta is a show where Deepak Gopalakrishnan (or Chuck, as the world calls him) speaks to some very smart people to unravel their habits, though…

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In the season finale of Getting Meta 2021, I am absolutely thrilled to have Srini Swaminathan as a guest. Srini is extremely active in the social service space - having organised several fundraisers, Covid reliefs, was on-ground for the farmer protests, was a part of Teach for India, and so so much more. But even if you exclude that, there is so much to talk to him about - he’s an active marathoner, he’s cycled from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, and Kutch to Guwahati. He is also just an incredible guy. Eternally optimistic, lots of stories… He started life in poverty but he’s led a very rich life. He’s recently written a book on sustainability as well, which happily, coincides with the release of this episode.

In this interview, we speak about:

His childhood and how that shaped him

Asking why - and how that has driven everything that he’s done

His motto for social service - Show up consistently, serve, share genuinely.

How he himself changed: From a sheltered life in poverty, to a dauntingly huge college, to oil fields in Venezuela, leaving a lucrative job to become a teacher, to endurance sport.

Learning from bad experiences.

Starting with an expiry date in mind & planning for worst case scenario

Near death experiences - four of them (!) and what he learnt from that

How he went from having asthma to finishing 28 full marathons

And finally… Staying positive

Everything Srini:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/srini091

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/srini091

AboutMe: https://about.me/srini091

His book about sustainability:

https://amzn.to/2UIU7h4

References made during the show, not in order: