T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva

Join Kunal Vasudeva, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Indian School of Hospitality for riveting conversations with industry leaders. Watch his podcasts to learn about the ever-evolving world of hospitality, sales, marketing, finance and education.

T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva is a education podcast hosted by Indian School of Hospitality, with 37 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Indian School of Hospitality hosts T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva, a education show with 37 episodes published.

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  Episode #6

  Some Conversations Get Better The Second Time | Feat. Nikhil Sharma, MD & COO, Radisson South Asia

  Sep 17, 202645 minS4

  177 new markets. One changing industry. If you are starting your career today, hospitality will look very different by the time you graduate. That is why industry conversations belong in the classroom. Talk with Kunal Vasudeva feat. Nikhil Sharma, MD & COO, South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  Episode #5

  HE LEFT WHILE STILL WINNING I Feat. Manish Mehrotra - Founder, NISABA I T.A.L.K With Kunal Vasudeva

  Sep 3, 202656 minS4

  He left while still winning. Indian Accent was on the world’s lists. Chef Manish Mehrotra was already one of India’s most celebrated chefs. Then he chose to become a beginner again. “Happily nervous,” as he calls it. That is the story we wanted the world to hear. Beginning Again. T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva feat. Chef Manish Mehrotra. As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  Episode #4

  THE GARDEN THAT MOVES MILLIONS I Feat. Hari Marar - MD & CEO I Kempegowda International Airport

  Aug 18, 20261h 40mS4

  HARI MARAR • INSIDE BLR T2 THIS EPISODE HAS A GATE NUMBER. We took T.A.L.K. inside Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, and walked the terminal with the man who runs it. Hari Marar, MD & CEO of BIAL, has spent nearly two decades shaping one of the world’s finest airports. He and Kunal Vasudeva also go back to their Jet Airways days. That history takes this conversation somewhere most CEO interviews never reach. Terminal 2. Cargo. Connectivity. Tens of millions of new flyers. The future of Indian aviation, while the airport moves around them. Shot like a documentary. Told from the inside. As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  Episode #2

  S4 E2 I Why India’s Middle Class Is Paying the Price I Feat. Saurabh Mukherjea I Kunal Vasudeva

  Apr 30, 20261h 20mS4

  India’s middle class carried the weight of a growth story built on the wrong foundation. 40 million income tax filers. Stagnant wages. Rising debt. A consumption engine that is running out of fuel. Saurabh Mukherjea wrote the book on it. Literally. T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva ft. Saurabh Mukherjea, Author of Breakpoint and Founder, Marcellus Investment Managers. As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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  T.A.L.K. with Kunal Vasudeva

  India's Middle Class Doesn't Exist Anymore I Feat. Kalyan Chakrabarti - CEO - EMAAR I Kunal Vasudeva

  Apr 14, 202637 min

  Middle income housing in India’s Tier 1 cities. The numbers behind the gap. A household earning ₹30 lakh a year sits in the top decile of urban earners in India. In Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Gurugram, that income does not service a home loan on a 2BHK within 30 - 60 kilometres of the city centre. Government housing schemes are designed for households earning below ₹18 lakh annually. Developer inventory in Tier 1 cities is priced for households earning above ₹75 lakh. The bracket in between has no product designed for it. The hospitality industry sits inside this gap in a specific way. Front office managers, F&B leads, and operations staff earning ₹4 to 15 lakh annually are the operational backbone of India’s hotel economy. The average commute for this cohort in a Tier 1 city runs between three and five hours daily. The industry cost of that commute shows up in attrition, not in any balance sheet line. On the sustainability question, green building carries a higher construction cost and a lower operational cost over a 20 year asset life. For the middle income buyer, the long term economics favour sustainable construction. The barrier is financing at the construction stage, not the lifecycle logic. Blueprint 2026 spent one day with students and industry professionals examining these numbers together. The white paper is being written. The question was simple. Can India build for its own? As part of Sommet Education , the Indian School of Hospitality (ISH) stands as India's premier institute for hospitality management and culinary arts, in partnership with Ecole Ducasse and Les Roches. Located in Gurugram, the international campus offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in both fields, delivering a global education guided by esteemed academicians and industry experts. Check out this podcast in video format on the I SH Official YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@indianschoolofhospitality

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