She runs an HPCL dealership, a fashion studio, a book and a social foundation, and now she is

launching swimwear. In this episode of Leadership Lounge with CEO Magazine, host Shwetha talks

to the founder of Lash Studio about building more than one business at a time.

In this conversation:

• How a political campaign became her first lesson in people management
• Why an engineer takes every business toward technology
• How a social tailoring project turned into Lash Studio
• The Lash Atelier app that Covid stopped, and why she is rebuilding it
• Why customized fashion is now a luxury
• Her plan for sustainable fashion, a waste-management initiative and a new book
• Why she is launching swimwear, and the risk she admits she is taking
• Her finance rules: plan for the gestation period and never keep borrowing

⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 - Welcome & intro

01:11 - Why entrepreneurship is never boring

02:05 - First venture: NIIT multimedia courses

03:08 - Politics, people skills & the HPCL dealership

06:27 - Technology as a business advantage

08:21 - How Lash Studio began

11:12 - The sustainable fashion plan

12:12 - Custom fashion & the Lash Atelier app

15:09 - Pivot to content creation

17:27 - Becoming an author

19:30 - The social foundation: agriculture & waste management

21:32 - Why swimwear? Swimwear vs gymwear

25:13 - The risk of a new launch

28:14 - Entrepreneur lessons: risk, funding & borrowing

31:22 - Advice if you have too many interests

32:44 - What's next

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From working on construction sites across India and the Middle East to founding one of the country's most trusted names in expansion and seismic joint systems, Santosh Gosai, Founder & Director of 3R Joints and Seals Pvt. Ltd., joins the show to unpack the engineering detail most people never notice — and why it can make or break a building's entire lifespan.

In this conversation, Santosh breaks down what expansion joints actually are and why they matter, the human-body analogy he uses to explain structural design, the story of the small "troubleshooter" project that built his company's reputation, and his role in landmark projects like the Motera Stadium (one of the largest stadiums in the world) and the Surat Diamond Bourse.

He also shares his honest take on India vs. Middle East construction quality, how AI, BIM modeling, and precast technology are reshaping how fast (and how well) India builds, where India's infrastructure sector is heading over the next decade, and the mindset shift he believes separates an employee from an employer.

In this episode:

• The overlooked engineering detail that controls a building's entire life cycle

• Why he compares a structure to the human body

• The origin story: from senior engineer to founder

• Landmark projects: Motera Stadium, Surat Diamond Bourse, and more

• India vs. Middle East: the quality gap, and how fast it's closing

• Is India building faster, or building better?

• How AI, BIM, and precast concrete are cutting build times to just 2 months

• What it will take for Indian engineering firms to compete globally

• His advice to young engineers and entrepreneurs

• What he hopes his life's work will mean, decades from now

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From studying computer science to leading HR transformations, advising boards, and now mentoring founders — Dr. Anupama Vaidya's career has been one long act of reinvention.

In this conversation, the Founder & Chief Strategist of Los Aurigas opens up about the moment she realized business and people strategy are inseparable, why she calls founders "unpolished diamonds," how neuroscience quietly shapes leadership behavior, and the one mistake even the most capable leaders keep repeating: not knowing when to let go.

We also get into resilience after becoming a single mother, why AI will make empathy and wisdom more valuable — not less — and her four-eyed model (Ideation, Innovation, Integration, Influence) for the leaders of the next decade.

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