Dakshana Foundation is a philanthropic foundation focused on alleviating poverty. Dakshana is focused on providing world-class educational opportunities to economically and socially disadvantaged gifted students worldwide. The focus is on providing 1-2 years of world-class coaching for IIT and medical entrance exam to gifted, but impoverished students predominantly in rural India.
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Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at JNV Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India on December 25, 2025 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:31) - Charlie Munger's mental models (00:05:40) - The Karam Yogi model; Mukesh Ambani & Jio (00:09:45) - Books: Time travel for entrepreneurs (00:12:01) - The Founders Podcast (00:16:01) - Giving back through Dakshana (00:20:29) - Upanishads: Your…
(00:00:00) – Introduction (00:01:03) - Charlie's mental models: Take a simple idea and take it seriously (00:03:23) - Be a Karam Yogi (00:07:16) - Focus at improving human lives: Narayana Healthcare Systems (00:10:55) - Purpose over profit always wins (00:13:46) - Inner scorecard beats outer approval (00:16:12) - Cloning: Anand Kumar and Super 30 (00:19:54) - Learn to build from zero: The Origin…
(00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:36) - Breaking the question pattern (00:03:22) - Overcoming hardships through learning; YouTube & Muskan Soni (00:05:41) - Mental models - take a simple idea and take it seriously; Lyndon Johnson (00:10:15) - Upanishads - Your deepest desire is your destiny (00:13:58) - Belief comes before capability; Elon Musk & the reuse of rockets (00:18:20) - Dakshana: Cloned…
Q&A session with Nisaba Godrej & Omar Momin and Dakshana Scholars at Dakshana Valley, Pune on July 25, 2025 (00:00:00) – Introduction (00:00:49) - How youth can build a developed nation (00:02:48) - Grow together, Rise together, Win together (00:04:57) - Excellence with character changes the world (00:07:51) - Big impact starts with small actions (00:09:47) - Private innovation for public good;…
Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana Scholars at the JNV Pune on December 25, 2023 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:51) - One of Dakshana's best alums: T. Ashok Kumar (00:05:00) - Public speaking, lifelong advantage: Toastmasters (00:08:27) - Education system in India vs. US (00:17:48) - Merit over Money (00:23:39) - Rule of 72 (00:34:12) - Maximizing Social Impact (00:35:49) - Don't Worry…
Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at the JNV Bangalore Urban on December 24, 2023 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:29) - Cloning Super 30 (00:03:50) - Rule of 72 (00:09:15) - Ultra-high Social Return on Invested Capital (00:17:16) - Integrity in Philanthropy (00:22:38) - Akshaya Patra: The best of the best! The contents of this video are for educational and entertainment purposes…
Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at the JNV Bangalore (Rural) on December 24, 2023 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:09) - Introduction to Buffett and Power of compounding (00:03:55) - Rule of 72 (00:13:38) - Overcoming challenges at Dakshana (00:21:20) - Caste reservation vs. Income based system (00:30:24) - Handling the global financial crisis (00:34:08) - Cloning is a powerful…
Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with Dakshana scholars at the JNV Kottayam on December 21, 2023. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:53) - Dakshana scholar: T Ashok Kumar (00:10:49) - The Dakshana model (00:21:17) - Rule of 72 (00:26:05) - Cloning Super 30; Anand Kumar (00:35:05) - Giving back to society (00:37:34) - Be a harsh grader (00:45:15) - Inner scorecard vs. Outer scorecard (00:48:18) - My…
Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at the JNV Lucknow on December 27, 2022 (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:00:51) - Usain Bolt; The Bolt Factory (00:11:09) - Khushwant Singh (00:14:59) - IIT vs. MIT (00:25:29) - Start specialising at the age of 11 (00:35:31) - Why is Brazil great at football? (00:43:31) - If I was the education minister in India (00:46:42) - Delhi school system (00:56:50) -…
Mohnish Pabrai's Q&A session with students at the JNV Pune on December 25, 2022. (00:00:00) - Introduction (00:01:51) - Be a continuous learning machine (00:04:09) - Entrepreneurs do not take risk (00:14:12) - MLK: I have a dream (00:17:59) - What happens if I lose all my money today? (00:28:48) - Inspiration for Dakshana (00:34:36) - Super 30: Anand Kumar (00:39:48) - Toastmasters (00:44:56) -…
