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Redefining Family Office Capital: Inside Ishani Chanana’s Philosophy of Patient Investing
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Redefining Family Office Capital: Inside Ishani Chanana’s Philosophy of Patient Investing

Ishani Chanana, Partner and Co-founder at Sarcha Advisors, represents a new generation of investors redefining how family offices think about capital, conviction, and time. Her philosophy blends reflection with rigor, emphasizing that good investing is not about prediction but participation. Through patience, alignment, and values-led decision-making, she and her father, Rohit Chanana, are shaping a model of capital that measures success not by speed or scale, but by the integrity of what endures.

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The Thinking Investor: Vandana Tolani’s Theory of Responsible Capitalism
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The Thinking Investor: Vandana Tolani’s Theory of Responsible Capitalism

Vandana Tolani views capital not as fuel for growth, but as a test of character. Across decades of advising founders and investors, she has seen how money amplifies behavior: rewarding clarity, exposing confusion, and accelerating whatever already exists beneath the surface. For her, responsible capitalism is not about valuation or velocity, but about discipline, predictability, and the ability to build trust that endures beyond market cycles. In a world awash with capital, she argues, the real differentiator is not access to money, but the wisdom to use it well.

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Beyond Valuation: Tushar Kansal on Redefining Capital for the Global South
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Beyond Valuation: Tushar Kansal on Redefining Capital for the Global South

Tushar Kansal decodes the behavioral DNA of modern capital. His thesis is precise: nations do not grow powerful by chasing foreign funding but by engineering financial systems that mirror their own temperament. India’s ascent, he argues, hinges on a new capital doctrine built on transparency, time, and trust. The question he leaves for the Global South is both strategic and moral: can we build markets that reflect our character, not our dependencies?

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Beyond the Algorithm: Abhilekh on Trust, Education, and the Next Generation of AI Leaders
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Beyond the Algorithm: Abhilekh on Trust, Education, and the Next Generation of AI Leaders

Abhilekh’s journey shows that AI only amplifies human intent never replaces discipline, preparation, or cultural foundations. His work across continents proves that real transformation comes from strong habits, trusted systems, and environments where people not algorithms drive the momentum. Whether guiding founders or students, his message stays constant: technology is leverage, but consistency, culture, and clarity are what truly build the future.

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The Long Game: Ujjwal on Systems, Resilience, and Nation-Building Through Capital
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The Long Game: Ujjwal on Systems, Resilience, and Nation-Building Through Capital

Ujjwal Minocha blends lessons from hospitality, alco-bev, poker, and deeptech to build a worldview where resilience outperforms brilliance and systems matter more than stories. As co-founder of Velmenni and investor at I9ovare Capital, he backs founders who can survive variance, design for chaos, and operate with discipline over noise. His core belief is simple: entrepreneurs are nation-builders, and the institutions they create not the recognition they receive are what truly endure.

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The Patient Capital Paradox: Sarjeet Yadav on Redefining Venture Capital for Sovereignty
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The Patient Capital Paradox: Sarjeet Yadav on Redefining Venture Capital for Sovereignty

Colonel (Retd.) Sarjeet Yadav, a decorated combat veteran turned defense tech investor, views risk not as the enemy of safety but as an opportunity that must be deliberately designed and mitigated—lessons forged in counterinsurgency and now applied to strategic investing. He backs only founders who deeply understand the soldier-user, build true sovereign capability (beyond mere assembly), and practice “active patience” through rigorous milestones, while rejecting consumer-style timelines that dilute deep-tech defense products. In an incomplete ecosystem, his core discipline remains “holding ground”: structured endurance with purpose, because India’s technological sovereignty will be earned through decades of credibility, not quarters of hype.

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Vinita Surana: The Discipline of Becoming
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Vinita Surana: The Discipline of Becoming

Vinita Surana’s journey is a story of earning legitimacy, not inheriting it. She entered her family’s business as the first woman at the table, proved herself by reviving a discarded carbon credit deal, and learned that legacy is raw material to be shaped through persistence and competence. Her leadership blends discipline, humility, and reinvention, professionalizing systems, anchoring decisions in data, and treating energy as a core asset. As an investor and now founder of VinSpace, she operates with conviction, clarity, and a long-term lens, showing how successors, founders, and leaders can turn inherited structures into platforms for authentic, sustainable impact.

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Lower Entry, Higher Exit: The Architecture of Angel Capital According to Dhiraj Kumar Sinha
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Lower Entry, Higher Exit: The Architecture of Angel Capital According to Dhiraj Kumar Sinha

Dhiraj Kumar Sinha blends a lawyer’s precision with an operator’s intuition, backing founders not with spreadsheets but with belief, dialogue, and disciplined entry. His philosophy reframes angel investing as 30% capital and 70% presence scaffolding built to support resilience, resolve ego clashes, and guide founders through ambiguity. By entering low, exiting high, and keeping trust at the center, he proves that in early-stage ventures, conversations compound faster than capital.

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Jugaad Is Not Enough: Why India's Next Million Entrepreneurs Need Systems, Not Shortcuts
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Jugaad Is Not Enough: Why India's Next Million Entrepreneurs Need Systems, Not Shortcuts

Murali Bukkapatnam champions a founder’s inner architecture discipline, truth, and emotional strength long before capital enters the room. His vision reimagines mentorship as public infrastructure and entrepreneurship as a slow, steady craft built on systems, not shortcuts. Through models like 1x10x100, he’s shaping a distributed, dignified startup culture where confidence and capability rise from every district, not just the loudest hubs.

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