Josh Talks is an Indian media platform headquartered in

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which hosts content in 9 languages. Josh Talks was awarded with the National Media Award by Honourable

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Ram Nath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind (; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the 14th President of India from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the second person after K. R. Narayanan, from the Dalit community ...

and also featured in

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magazine 'Asia 30 Under 30' list for 2018.

History

The company was founded in 2015 by Shobhit Banga and Supriya Paul. It is seed-funded by investors such as Ritesh Malik (Founder of Innov8), Sumit Ranka (Founder of Thinkpot) amongst other names in the Indian investor circuit. Josh Talks began its journey with conferences in 2014 in

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and

Bengaluru Bangalore (), officially Bengaluru (), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Karnataka. It has a population of more than and a metropolitan population of around , making it the third most populous city and fifth most ...

. The speakers were social activists, business leaders, entrepreneurs, scientists, academics, administrators, sportspeople, authors, musicians, actors and other artists. The marquee Josh Talks LEAP 2016 took place October, featuring 24 speakers and 5,000 attendees. In August 2017, the company has been on the road with monthly conferences in various tier 2 cities across India. Josh Talks on 27 February raised $1.5 million in pre-Series A funding round led by New York-based Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF).

Awards

On 25 January 2019, Josh Talks was awarded with the National Media Award by Honourable President of India,

Ramnath Kovind Ram Nath Kovind (; born 1 October 1945) is an Indian politician who served as the 14th President of India from 2017 to 2022. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the second person after K. R. Narayanan, from the Dalit community ...

for #MakeYourMark campaign to create awareness and engagement amongst the first time voters. The company was named in a list of "Top 50 Startups of India" for 2017 by Economic Times.

Partners

Some of the major partners of Josh Talks are

UN Women The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, also known as UN Women, is a United Nations entity working for gender equality and the empowerment of women. UN Women advocates for the rights of women and girls, and focu ...

United Nations Development Programme The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)french: Programme des Nations unies pour le développement, PNUD is a United Nations agency tasked with helping countries eliminate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth and human dev ...

ILO The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and ol ...

, DICCI,

Indian Army The Indian Army is the land-based branch and the largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head is the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), who is a four- ...

,and among many others. One of Josh Talks' major partners is

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with whom they conduct conferences, workshops & bootcamps to encourage entrepreneurship in India. The company's content can be found on

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Saavn JioSaavn is an Indian online music streaming service and a digital distributor of Hindi, English, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Bhojpuri and other regional Indian music around the world. Since it was founded in 2007 as Saavn, th ...

amongst other online platforms. Josh has covered over 1,000+ speakers with over 8.93 Million subscribers on YouTube and 999,000+ fans on Facebook., and receives 20 Million views monthly.

Speakers

Some of Josh Talks' speakers have been

Boman Irani Boman Irani (born 2 December 1959) is an Indian actor, photographer and voice artist who works predominantly in Hindi cinema he has also worked in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. He has acted in more than a 100 films in his career. Ear ...

Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap (born 10 September 1972) is an Indian filmmaker and actor known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards. For his contributions to film, the Government of France a ...

Sonam Wangchuk Colonel Sonam Wangchuk, MVC is an Indian Army veteran, who served with the Assam Regiment and the Ladakh Scouts. He was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra, India's second highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy, during his successful ope ...

, Laxmi Narayan Tripathi,

Zeishan Quadri Zeishan Quadri is an Indian writer, actor, director and producer who wrote the story and co-wrote the screenplay for the Bollywood crime genre film ''Gangs of Wasseypur'', directed by Anurag Kashyap. Quadri has also acted in '' Gangs of Wassey ...

, and Ankur Warikoo.

References

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