Introducing Cost to Company

Introducing Cost to Company

Cost to Company [https://the-ken.com/podcasts/cost-to-company/] is a brand new podcast by The Ken. We tell you how your workplace is changing before you hear it on slack. Hosted by Sneha Vakharia and Shreevar Chhotaria, each week Cost to Company brings to you a fresh narrative, told from multiple perspectives, around significant but underreported aspects of our work lives. You can subscribe to the show wherever you get your podcasts.

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How Tata Power and Jio-BP are charging up for an EV empire

As the EV space picks up pace in India, so is the fuel behind it all: charging. And big players like Tata Power and Jio-BP are pushing their weight to establish themselves in the budding infrastructure. Add to it all, an all-electric cab fleet operator BluSmart is scaling and paving the way for broader charging infrastructure. But with both charging biggies making big moves, who really has the upper hand in the foreseeable future?   Stories originally reported by   Seetharaman G: ‘Low margins, high stakes: The Tata Power foundation to Tata Group’s electric empire’   Olina Banerji, Sruti Sonal: ‘EV rivals Tata, Jio-BP supercharge BluSmart’s India expansion plans’   Hosts: Anushka Chhikara, Olina Banerji.   Produced by Nithin Shamsudhin, editing by Rajiv CN, music by Sameer Rahat of Baqsa Studios.   Write to us on podcast@the-ken.com

Bhavish Aggarwal's electric dreams

Ola Electric has tried to replicate the Tesla story in India. With a lofty vision to convert all two-wheelers sold in India to electric by 2023, has Bhavish Aggarwal bit off more than he can chew? Delayed delivery dates, angry customers, senior leaders quitting—what’s going on at Ola Electric?   Story originally reported by Olina Banerji, with COO and author of The Nutgraf Praveen Gopal Krishnan.   Produced by Nithin Shamsudhin, editing by Rajiv CN, music by Sameer Rahat of Baqsa Studios.   Credits: Links Watch: Founder Bhavish Aggarwal On How Ola Is Building The World's Largest Scooter Factory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0fHmJeydw&t=43s [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go0fHmJeydw&t=43s] Ola's COO & CFO Steps Down From The Firm Ahead Of IPO Plans: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-mXvNpl1w [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM-mXvNpl1w] Ola's Arun Srinivas, COO & global chief marketing officer, quits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kv19pZvsgA [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kv19pZvsgA] Many Colours. All Green: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CzqUt0u1yI [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CzqUt0u1yI] Ola Electric Scooter Delivery Bad News - Delayed once Again For 1 month Now from 15th December: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOzjWyB5Uao [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOzjWyB5Uao] OLA Future Factory Flooded  | OLA Scooter Delivery Delayed | OLA S1 S1 PRO Delivery Delay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r63gHUOhWkQ [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r63gHUOhWkQ]

Does Stoa need to be schooled?

Stoa school is riding on the wave of cohort based courses in online learning with the promise of getting a business education, a salary hike, a job at a shiny startup and the confidence to hold your own in a room full of MBAs. But taking a look at the business and its courses, it’s unclear just how it all works as a system. While some fellows have a serendipitous success story with the disruptor, is one year old Stoa really ready to challenge the decades-old MBA system?   Story originally reported by Olina Banerji ‘Stoa School’s open challenge to the IIM MBA’ Read it for free: https://the-ken.com/podcastoffer [https://the-ken.com/podcastoffer]/   Hosts: Anushka Chhikara & Olina Banerji.   Guests: Raj Kunkolienkar, co-founder of Stoa.  Stoa fellows: Aashutosh Joshi, Adithi*, Ankit Ruparel, Pranav Manie (*name changed to retain anonymity).   Music and editing by Sameer Rahat of Baqsa Studios.   Share your feedback with us on podcast@the-ken.com