Snigdha Sharma

Bangalore, Kārsiyāng, New Delhi

Producer and Host at The Ken

Head of Podcasts at @TheKenWeb. Previously at @IndianExpress, @newslaundry, and @oltraveller

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Don’t talk R&D, please, we are Indian industry

1 week ago | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma

If you were to think about the world’s most technologically advanced economies, a few nations come to mind. The United States has Silicon Valley as its cradle of innovation, China’s scientists and researchers develop state-of-the-art IP every day, and Japan remains a global leader in robotics, especially industrial automation. India doesn’t register in that cluster. A few figures show us present conditions in more detail. Thirty years ago, India spent 0.6% of its GDP on R&D.
India’s wi-fi rebellion comes for Airtel-Reliance Jio’s turf

3 weeks ago | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma

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The elusive women powering India’s economy

1 month ago | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma

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100 mn diabetics. Still no country for insulin

1 month ago | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma

India had as estimated 101 million diabetics in 2023, with another 136 million people in pre-diabetic state. Among them, 11 million people are on insulin therapy. It’s a market worth nearly Rs 5,000 crore with Novo Nordisk as the leader, controlling 60%. Two other MNCs—Sanofi and Eli Lilly—control another 25%. All three companies are phasing out their insulin products in the country.
Stop hating on China. Embrace it

2 months ago | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma
Daybreak, The Ken’s flagship podcast, crosses 1 million downloads

Aug 2, 2024 | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma |Rahel Philipose |Seema Singh |Anand Kalyanaraman

Can daily business podcasts be lively, conversational, and insightful? We certainly think so“Welcome to Daybreak, a brand-new podcast from The Ken. I’m your host Snigdha Sharma, and in each episode, I will tell you a business story that is current, significant, and most importantly, interesting.”Current. Significant. Interesting. Those were our promises to listeners of Daybreak in January 2023, our then thrice-a-week business podcast. We had just started a month ago.
A beginner’s guide to building a f*** off fund

Jul 25, 2024 | the-ken.com | Rahel Philipose |Snigdha Sharma

Money is power, and no one understands this better than women. Because women have been surviving in a world where they’ve been systematically deprived of it for centuries, be it the countless hours of unpaid labour, the gender pay gap, or the pink tax. Even in a ‘developed’ country like the US, for example, women did not have the right to independently operate their own bank account until 1974(!). They needed a man—a father or a husband—to co-sign.
Daybreak, our flagship podcast, hit #1 on Apple’s news chart!

Jun 19, 2024 | the-ken.com | Snigdha Sharma |Katrina Bianca Cuaresma |Seema Singh |Arundhati Ramanathan

Three hours later, it dropped to #3. But that brief moment on top reminded me of why we started Daybreak in the first place Yesterday, 18 June, was a big day for us. At 6:30 am – after nearly a million downloads, more than 250 episodes, and 18 months – The Ken’s flagship podcast, Daybreak, finally hit the #1 spot on Apple charts. A few kind colleagues even ordered a cake for us to celebrate. But by the time we got to cutting it late in the afternoon, someone checked the charts again.