Janak is a Chartered Accountant with a decade of experience working across the private, public, and non-profit domains. He is the founding member and lead of partnerships and strategy at Wadhwani AI, the world’s first and only technology non-profit building 30+ AI-powered solutions for social impact. Previously, he was the team lead in the Chief Minister's War Room in Maharashtra, where he accelerated public infrastructure projects worth $40BN and built an AI ecosystem in the State. Janak is also an advisor to two startups.

In 2021, Janak was shortlisted as 'Young Talent Of The Year' by Berkeley University and also conferred a 'Warrior of Change' award by the Governor of Maharashtra for volunteering on the frontlines during COVID.

We talked about his journey in the government and his new venture in AI. Have a look at the topics we discussed - 

3:07 - Background story
5:20 - Articleship and 1st job
7:15 - Experience of working in consultancy
8:40 - Govt of Maharashtra's CM Fellowship
12:13 - How to deal with bureaucrats and ministers?
17:43 - Learning new skills
25:31 - Becoming a Covid Warrior
29:40 - About Wadhwani AI  @wadhwaniai9048  
34:37 - CAs role in government and AI
38:22 - Rapid fire questions: Big 4 vs. Mid-size firms; Studies vs. Articleship experience; Quitting CA on time vs. Keep giving attempts; Usual role - Higher pay vs. New role - Pay cut
40:12 - Ranting on the syllabus, articleship and much more
44:40 - AI, ManU and Travel - his obsessions
47:38 - Recommendations:
Books - Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki) - https://amzn.to/3s8e951, The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) - https://amzn.to/3Yqpcmd, Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future (Ashley Vance) - https://amzn.to/3OxtJ1F, Shoe Dog (Phil Knight) - https://amzn.to/3DPMjNv, India's Most Fearless (Shiv Aroor & Rahul Singh) - https://amzn.to/3DO6Qlo

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Janak is a Chartered Accountant with a decade of experience working across the private, public, and non-profit domains. He is the founding member and lead of partnerships and strategy at Wadhwani AI, the world’s first and only technology non-profit building 30+ AI-powered solutions for social impact. Previously, he was the team lead in the Chief Minister's War Room in Maharashtra, where he accelerated public infrastructure projects worth $40BN and built an AI ecosystem in the State. Janak is also an advisor to two startups.
In 2021, Janak was shortlisted as 'Young Talent Of The Year' by Berkeley University and also conferred a 'Warrior of Change' award by the Governor of Maharashtra for volunteering on the frontlines during COVID.
We talked about his journey in the government and his new venture in AI. Have a look at the topics we discussed - 
3:07 - Background story 5:20 - Articleship and 1st job 7:15 - Experience of working in consultancy 8:40 - Govt of Maharashtra's CM Fellowship 12:13 - How to deal with bureaucrats and ministers? 17:43 - Learning new skills 25:31 - Becoming a Covid Warrior 29:40 - About Wadhwani AI  @wadhwaniai9048   34:37 - CAs role in government and AI 38:22 - Rapid fire questions: Big 4 vs. Mid-size firms; Studies vs. Articleship experience; Quitting CA on time vs. Keep giving attempts; Usual role - Higher pay vs. New role - Pay cut 40:12 - Ranting on the syllabus, articleship and much more 44:40 - AI, ManU and Travel - his obsessions 47:38 - Recommendations: Books - Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki) - https://amzn.to/3s8e951, The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) - https://amzn.to/3Yqpcmd, Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future (Ashley Vance) - https://amzn.to/3OxtJ1F, Shoe Dog (Phil Knight) - https://amzn.to/3DPMjNv, India's Most Fearless (Shiv Aroor &amp; Rahul Singh) - https://amzn.to/3DO6Qlo
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You can also support me by buying the books mentioned above from the Amazon affiliate links given above.

This podcast is specially curated for Chartered Accountants and CA students.

The journey of becoming a CA is undoubtedly one of the most difficult ones. As a CA student, one must choose whether to join a small firm or a Big 4 for articleship. Then, managing that along with the studies is an arduous task. How to study for exams and how to revise in the last few months before the exam are common things that everyone would like to know. We will talk about that.

It is easy to say that ‘Failure is the part of Success’. But we know that it is not that easy to accept it. So how one should cope with failure during a CA course? How to be really really positive in that phase? That is also something this podcast will try to address.

When you become CA, you know that life after CA is more complicated. You like certain things, you hate some work, you want to learn newer things, but you are not getting job in the field of your choice. Does it sound familiar? It is because, we all go through it. But we don’t understand where and how to approach this dilemma of life. Right?

We will take care of that. At least, through podcast, I will try to introduce to as many people as possible, who can become your new mentors.

In short, what this podcast will be all about – Everything that happens before, during and after CA!

So are you with me in this journey? I will meet you every Thursday.

The podcast will be available on YouTube as well as all leading podcasting apps.

Follow me on LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and my blog.

If you like what I am doing, you can support me by buying me a cup of coffee or a heavy lunch here.

This podcast is specially curated for Chartered Accountants and CA students.
The journey of becoming a CA is undoubtedly one of the most difficult ones. As a CA student, one must choose whether to join a small firm or a Big 4 for articleship. Then, managing that along with the studies is an arduous task. How to study for exams and how to revise in the last few months before the exam are common things that everyone would like to know. We will talk about that.
It is easy to say that ‘Failure is the part of Success’. But we know that it is not that easy to accept it. So how one should cope with failure during a CA course? How to be really really positive in that phase? That is also something this podcast will try to address.
When you become CA, you know that life after CA is more complicated. You like certain things, you hate some work, you want to learn newer things, but you are not getting job in the field of your choice. Does it sound familiar? It is because, we all go through it. But we don’t understand where and how to approach this dilemma of life. Right?
We will take care of that. At least, through podcast, I will try to introduce to as many people as possible, who can become your new mentors.
In short, what this podcast will be all about – Everything that happens before, during and after CA!
So are you with me in this journey? I will meet you every Thursday.
The podcast will be available on YouTube as well as all leading podcasting apps.
Follow me on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapkar" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.linkedin.com/in/swapkar&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689946928142000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3dyUPrtljsG7bxZXlWOH8A">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Swap_Kar" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/Swap_Kar&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689946928142000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1G5TT152LjRbQw9tXml6dN">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/swap_kar/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/swap_kar/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689946928142000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3KqmKEhMwQVJ_oMQk90loE">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Swap_Kar" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/@Swap_Kar&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689946928142000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0zS-brRj7S2XsW8wErZ52k">YouTube</a> and <a href="https://econgullyblog.wordpress.com/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://econgullyblog.wordpress.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1689946928142000&amp;usg=AOvVaw23-EOB4u2LBFrA9kLEY5OA">my blog</a>.
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CA Podcast- Thinking beyond

CA Podcast – Thinking Beyond

We discussed how the work with the government was like. We talked about his newer venture on artificial intelligence.

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