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Namrata Sundaresan shares her unconventional career journey from management consulting to building an artisanal cheese brand in Chennai.

While editing, we made a change in the opening sequence - because you need to know the risks that Namrata took From Boardrooms to Cheeseboards: How Curiosity Built an Unconventional Career What happens when a management consultant with a successful corporate career decides to follow an unexpected passion and ends up building an award-winning artisanal cheese brand in Chennai? In this episode of My First Job , we sit down with Namrata Sundaresan, co-founder of Kase Cheese , to explore a career journey that defies conventional expectations. From studying engineering and management, working in HR, marketing, research, and consulting, to discovering the art and science of cheesemaking, Namrata's story is a masterclass in curiosity, reinvention, and lifelong learning. This conversation goes far beyond cheese. It explores how careers evolve when we remain open to opportunities, embrace experimentation, and allow our interests to guide us toward meaningful work. Namrata shares how travel, food, entrepreneurship, personal loss, and a willingness to keep learning helped her discover a craft that eventually became a thriving business with social impact at its core. You'll learn how an…

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