Hey πŸ‘‹πŸ½, I'm Abhinav.

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I read, write, work, make videos, do podcasts, and have fun doing nerdy stuff.

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What do I do?

Ah, the classic question. I write emails, I read emails, I talk to people, I attend meetings. On paper, though, I'm 'Chief of Staff to Vice Chairman' at The Times of India Group.

✍🏽 πŸ“Ή πŸŽ™ Content

πŸ–ŠοΈΒ I publish a weekly newsletter called "Weekly Insights," which you can find here. I also occasionally post my thoughts onΒ Medium here. πŸ–ŠοΈΒ Also, I occasionally report stuff onΒ The Times of India here.

πŸ“Ή I occasionally post videos on myΒ YouTube channelΒ where I post content about how to learn better, work better, and live better.

🎀 I have a podcast called 'Half A Thought' where I talk about ideas, concepts, and life, with my freshman-year roommate Ali Jafri.

πŸƒπŸΌβ€β™‚οΈ A Little Bit About Me...

🎩 I love wearing different hats. I like to think of myself as an engineer, writer, YouTuber, podcaster, and mentee, for starters. Right now, I'm CoS to Vice Chairman at Times Group.

πŸŽ“ Where Did I study?

πŸ‘¨πŸΌβ€πŸŽ“I graduated from UC Berkeley in Summer 2020 as a Computer Science major. Before Berkeley, I was at The Doon School, India, an all-boys boarding school.

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Where Did I work?

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’»Β In 2019, I worked at Adobe as a Product and Customer Analytics intern.

πŸ‘¨β€πŸ’» Currently, I work as Chief of Staff at Vice Chairman's Office, The Times of India Group


πŸ“š Book Notes

Here are my book notes of the various books I've read so far. (I wish I'd have started this sooner.)

I recently finished Ayn Rand's Fountainhead, Jim Mckelvey's The Innovation Stack, Richard Meadows's Optionality, and Alain De Botton's What They Forgot to teach you at School.

πŸ“š Book Notes

πŸ“œ Tabula Rasa

This section comprises of longform posts I've written on topics that interest me β€” media, tech, internet, VC, companies, self-improvement, and other thoughts

πŸ“œ Tabula Rasa

Find out which are the right paragraphs to look.