Music For is the new podcast between artist, designer and producer Amrita Sen and citiesabc and openbusinesscouncil Founder Dinis Guarda. This is Music For Buddha 2 with Special Guest Suvarna Jha Sira, where Amrita, Dinis and Suvarna explore Buddha’s life by reconstructing the myth and they give a very personal note on the importance of his figure in current India.
Thought as a collaborative work between the two, the podcast showcases the power of music to improve our wellbeing and healing as well as Amrita’s exclusive ideas in terms of narratives from Indian Mythology. She aesthetically introduces a fresh perspective to the potentials of music in alleviating one’s inner self by taking an illustration of Buddha’s life.
More Music For
Episode #1 – Music For Series – Reimagining Buddha’s Life By Amrita Sen And Dinis Guarda
Episode #2 - Music For Career: You Shrink Before You Expand By Amrita Sen x Dinis Guarda
About Suvarna Jha Sira
Suvarna Jha is an Indian television actress known for her role in the TV Series Tripti Virani in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Suvarna Jha was also a part of a 2003 Bollywood movie Sssshhh. It was Farah Khan, the daughter of the yesteryear Bollywood actor Sanjay Khan who offered her role in a show titled 'Jannat' which was broadcast on Channel Nine Gold. She played the character of Zoya in that Muslim social drama. Soon after she was offered a role in Dekho Magar Pyaar Se, which was to be aired on the Star Plus channel. She hosted LUX Kaun Jeetega Bollywood Ka Ticket which aired on 9X. In 2005 she began to play the role of Mishti in Kaisa Ye Pyar Hai, and in 2006–07 she played the role of Karuna in Kasamh Se. The role of Tripti Sahil Virani in a very popular TV series of its time, Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi (July 3,2000 – November 6, 2008), aired on Star Plus, is what gave Suvarna a boost in her career. Tripti is the name by which a large portion of her fans know her, and the way she presented her character made her sparkle among the other members of the cast, resulting in many directors and producers casting her in different TV shows/series.
About Amrita Sen
Originally from India, Amrita Sen is a US-based designer, singer, producer and business woman of Indian-themed products and entertainment for global markets. Amrita Sen combines the creation of original artistic content with extensive business experience to commercialize unique products at retail and on-the-air. Among her many achievements, Amrita performed at the 2009’s Academy Awards with music legend AR Rahman, singing Jai Ho from the Oscar-winning movie, Slumdog Millionaire. As an entrepreneur, Amrita creates original Indian-themed art on successful lines of fashion and home products and distributes it through her own personal brand, Amrita Sen Designs.
About Dinis Guarda
Dinis Guarda is an author, academic, influencer, serial entrepreneur and leader in 4IR, AI, Fintech, digital transformation and Blockchain. With over two decades of experience in international business, C level positions and digital transformation, Dinis has worked with new tech, cryptocurrencies, drive ICOs, regulation, compliance, legal international processes, and has created a bank, and been involved in the inception of some of the top 100 digital currencies. Dinis has created various companies such as Ztudium tech platform a digital and blockchain startup that created the software Blockimpact (sold to Glance Technologies Inc) and founder and publisher of intelligenthq.com, hedgethink.com, fashionabc.org and tradersdna.com.
Dinis is also the co-founder of techabc and citiesabc, a digital transformation platform to empower, guide and index cities through 4IR based technologies like blockchain, AI, IoT, etc. He has been working with the likes of UN / UNITAR, UNESCO, European Space Agency, Davos WEF, Philips, Saxo Bank, Mastercard, Barclays and governments all over the world. He has been a guest lecturer at Copenhagen Business School, Group INSEEC/Monaco University, where he coordinates executive Masters and MBAs. As an author, Dinis Guarda published the book 4IR: AI, Blockchain, FinTech, IoT, Reinventing a Nation in 2019, among others. His upcoming book, titled 4IR Magna Carta Cities ABC: A tech AI blockchain 4IR Smart Cities Data Research Charter of Liberties for our humanity is due to be published in 2020.
He is ranked as one of the most influential people in Blockchain in the world by Right Relevance as well as being listed in Cointelegraph’s Top People In Blockchain and Rise Global’s The Artificial Intelligence Power 100. He was also listed as one of the 100 B2B Thought Leaders and Influencers to Follow in 2020 by Thinkers360.
