About this episode

Simi interviews Ananya Birla, a multi-talented business leader and artist from the Birla dynasty, discussing her diverse ventures and impact.

Simi sits down with Ananya Birla, business leader, artist, mental health advocate, and 7th-generation scion of one of India's oldest and most storied family businesses — the Aditya Birla Group. Ananya is building across more industries than most people will touch in a lifetime. At 17, she founded what is now India's second-largest microfinance institution. After dropping out of Oxford to pursue music, she became the first Indian artist to go platinum with an English single. A consummate multi...

People in this episode

Host: Simi Shah

Guest: Ananya Birla

Topics covered

• business
• music
• mental health
• entrepreneurship
• family business

Keywords

• Ananya Birla
• Aditya Birla Group
• microfinance
• music
• mental health advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Aditya Birla Group

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