I have always tried to meet and learn from the guests whom I host on my podcast SoS. But I was more than humbled when I had the pleasure of meeting Anand Deshpande, Persistent Systems. I had many questions which were on my mind since long, both about life and career. He was kind to hear some of my ideas and share his valuable inputs. Some of the lessons and wisdom were more than I could have hoped for.

He shares some of it in this interview discussion where we talk everything from how he started his journey to what he does after joining the billionaires club, how the startup and entrepreneur culture in India is maturing and where we are headed as a country.