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In this conversation, Hamsa Ravikiran and Sivaguru exchange Japanese language and Sanskrit snippets as Hamsa shares her stories onWorking after her BE and getting exposure to a breadth of software development from coding and testing to project and program management at Exim SoftTaking a break, doing an entrepreneurial program at IIM Bangalore and getting the first prize for her business ideaJoining IBM to conceptualize and implement a knowledge management systemTaking another break and starting a company to deliver marketing services, by women working from homeDiscovering Youth for Seva an NGO, and finding her callingWorking with corporate CSR’s on awareness around waste management & segregationHooked onto learning Sanskrit since 2013 and conducting workshops on spoken Sanskrit to doing her MA, MPhil and now planning to do her PhD in SanskritExperiences working from home and finding a balance between remote and in-person working & setting boundaries when working from homeContrasting being an entrepreneur and a project manager in a corporate settingRelevance and applicability of techniques learned as and entrepreneur and/or working in corporates, to the social sector to help sustain those activitiesContinuously motivated and challenged while learning SanskritTranslating principles from the Ramayana by examining its stories like case studies to apply in daily life, todayFinding one’s calling or purpose in life and a message in Sanskrit An engineering graduate who joined the IT industry as a programmer,  moved on to become project manager working in Indian software company  and later an MNC. Hamsa completed the Management Program for Women Entrepreneur (MPWE ) from IIM Bangalore and  co-founded an IT & Marketing firm named AddTo . She then worked with an NGO called Youth For Seva as a coordinator for Environmental issues and Corporate Social Responsibility. She took up Sanskrit Studies, conducted  spoken sanskrit workshops, organised exhibitions and events to teach and promote sanskrit . Hamsa completed her MA - Mphil in Sanskrit and is currently pursuing a Phd in Sanskrit.Hamsa can be reached through her email hamsa.ravikiran@gmail.com