Desi Return Diaries

12 Years Abroad, 1 Incredible Return: Malvika and Ajay’s Journey into Entrepreneurship, Career transition and Raising Kids in India

Malvika and Ajay share their journey of going to the US for MS/MBA and living there for 12 years before returning to India. They have been living in Bangalore for 5 years.  Ajay talks about this transition to begin a startup company in India and the startup ecosystem in India. Malvika talks about transitioning with the same company to India, then transitioned to pet grooming as well as teaching and how they planned the move. 

Family First: Suyash’s Journey Home - Bringing Generations Together Through a Thoughtful Move

Suyash shares his journey of returning to India after living in the US for 10 years to be part of a big joint family.  He describes the thoughtful planning to relocate and the importance of upbringing kids as part of a joint family. Suyash shares his family experience living in India for 5 years
Here’s some of the topics we covered:
Background and reasons to move back to India 
Logistics of moving back
Career transition
Transition while settling in India
Work life balance working in India
Living in tier2 city in India
Advice for future aspirants

Returning India: Candid Insights on Returning Home For Career Progression and Starting a Business with Shravan & Tejasvi

Shravan and Tejasvi  share a candid conversation on the reasons to move to the US. After living there for 9.5 years, they decided to reignite Shravan’s career progression and Tejasvi to start her own business by returning to India. They share their personal work culture experience in India and advice to future returnee aspirants.

Global Dreams, Local Impact: Shweta’s Inspiring Journey from USA to a Tier 2 City in India, Pioneering Early Retirement, and Entrepreneurship

Shweta, an IIT graduate moved to the US to explore the opportunities after working in India for a few years. She shares her story of returning to India and life of living in a Tier2 city as an early retiree and how they started their own start-up . In this episode we covered a lot of topics related simplified living, early retirement, exploring passions, etc,
 
Here’s some of the topics we covered:
Background and reasons to move back to India 
Career transition
Early retirement 
Exploring on what to do as part of retirement and starting own firm
Early retirement cost of living numbers
Living in a big metro vs small town
Food quality in India
Starting startup in India
Things that they miss from US 

Crossing Borders, Finding Home: Manasa’s Story of navigating immigration and rediscovery in India with spouse in US

Manasa shares her story of going to the US for Masters and then working for 3 years before returning to India due to immigration reasons. She shares about how she is managing the long distance relationship with her spouse in the US and the reason to move to India. 

Building Dreams: A Working Family’s Relocation from the US to India and Crafting a Startup Lifestyle with Shyam

Shyam returned to India after spending 17 years in the US and has been living in India for 3 years.Shyam dives into several aspects of this transition (thought process, planning,  social life, career transition, starting his own company, etc. He also describes how he's been living in India for the last 3 years. 

From Global Dreams to Indian Ventures: Prasad’s Entrepreneurial Odyssey

Prasad was working as a software professional in India, and moved to the US for onsite to explore and grow his career.  After 5 years, Parasad returned to India to start his own startup and he shares valuable information on building a startup, work culture in India and much more.

Thriving Career : How a Young Professional with Phd in Chemistry built a career path after moving to India with Puspam

Puspam went to the US for his PhD in Chemistry and returned back to India to contribute to India's progress. Puspam talks about how to apply for jobs in India while living abroad, work culture in India, etc., 

Building a Financially Independent Life in India Insights and Strategies with Karthik

Karthik shares how he planned and executed returning to India to lead a financial independent retire early (FIRE) life after living in the US for 14 years.  Karthik talks through different reasons for moving back to India.

Journey of Becoming a Successful Entrepreneur for a Cause after retuning to India with Prashanthi

Prashanthi did masters in chemical engineering and was working in India before going to the US as a dependent when her spouse moved for the  job and lived there for 3 years before returning to India. Prashanthi talks about some challenges working in the US, which helped her to build a company that provides employment for 100+ women with a flexible schedule after returning to India.