In this deeply honest conversation on Nexxt in Line, Abhinav Gupta (President, Ambica Steels) reveals the emotional, financial, and leadership battles that go unseen in Indian family businesses. From shutting down a project his father spent years building, to navigating father–son conflict, trademarks, exports, digital sales, and a ₹1000-crore expansion — this episode is a masterclass in next-gen leadership.

Abhinav opens up about:

✔ Growing up inside a steel factory

✔ Saying "NO" to a ₹1000 crore investment his father approved

✔ Breaking down communication gaps with a family coach

✔ Managing misalignment with the MD (his father)

✔ Rebuilding trust at home and in business

✔ Why next-gens feel pressure, guilt, and expectation

✔ How Ambica Steels scaled globally, professionally, and institutionally

If you’re a next-gen entrepreneur, part of a family business, or someone navigating succession, legacy, conflict, or reinvention, this episode will hit home.

What You Will Learn

• How to handle father–son disagreements in business

• The emotional side of inheriting a legacy

• How to professionalize and scale a traditional business

• Why next-gens struggle with expectations

• Institutionalizing a family business

• Trademark battles, exports, and global sales lessons

• Digital transformation in manufacturing

• Balancing entrepreneurship, family dynamics, and personal identity

30 years and 1 lakh weddings - Tivoli Group stands as the soul of India’s wedding celebrations. In this episode of Nexxt In Line, Mohit Goel sits down with Akshay Gupta, Executive Director of Tivoli Group, to explore how an Indian family brand built a legacy of emotions, scale and trust - turning moments into milestones.

Akshay shares the inside story of how Tivoli navigated Supreme Court battles, scaled from a single venue in Chhatarpur to a national hospitality chain and redefined how India celebrates. From logistics to love, this is the story of a next-generation leader balancing growth with grace.

If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to run a wedding empire or carry a multi-crore legacy into the future...this conversation is your front-row seat to the business behind “once-in-a-lifetime” celebrations.

What You’ll Learn

• The evolution of India’s wedding industry and Tivoli’s 30-year journey

• How the Gupta family managed legacy, succession & modernisation

• Lessons on leadership, scale & emotional branding in hospitality

• Why empathy is Tivoli’s strongest business strategy

• How family values fuel multi-generational growth

Dinika Bhatia’s story is the perfect example of how women entrepreneurs in India are reshaping family businesses and building modern D2C brands.

As a 6th-generation entrepreneur, she took her 130+ year-old dry fruit legacy and transformed it into a healthy snacking brand loved by today’s millennials and Gen Z consumers. From festive dry fruit boxes to everyday lifestyle snacks, this is how legacy entrepreneurship in India evolves into global opportunities.

India’s packaged food and healthy snacking industry is booming, projected to cross $50 billion by 2030. Dinika Bhatia recognized the gap, that dry fruits were seen as “old-school” and rebranded them into modern health foods with innovative packaging, global D2C distribution, and wellness-driven positioning. Her journey is not just about nuts and dry fruits, but about how to build a consumer brand in India by balancing tradition with innovation.

This episode of Nexxt in Line dives deep into the myth of second-gen privilege, the challenges of legacy businesses, and the opportunities for women leaders in Indian entrepreneurship. Dinika shares her lessons on identity, consumer trust, and scaling family businesses in India, proving that legacy is inherited, but leadership is built.

If you’re interested in family businesses, women entrepreneurs, D2C brands, Indian agriculture and food industry, or next-gen leadership in India, this episode is a must-watch.

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Every family business begins with love but survives only with structure.

In this episode of Nexxt In Line, Mohit Goel sits down with Ankur Gupta, Joint Managing Director of Ashiana Housing, to unpack what happens when a family business grows faster than the family itself.

From emotional boardrooms to written constitutions, this episode explores how governance, purpose and self-awareness can hold a legacy together when success starts to test relationships.

This isn’t a lecture. It’s a rare inside look into a next-gen leader who rebuilt a system around trust, not titles.

What You’ll Learn

• How a family constitution turns emotion into clarity

• Why coaching can save both relationships and revenue

• The mindset shift from control to governance

• How to balance growth, values and generations

• What real succession planning looks like in modern India

What does it take to carry forward a legacy in a field the world still whispers about?In this episode, Sakshi Bakshi, Co-Founder of the International Institute of Reproduction and Fertility Training (IIRFT), opens up about her journey in the world of IVF, fertility and reproductive science - a space where empathy matters as much as expertise.From growing up in a medical family to watching couples fight stigma for the dream of parenthood, Sakshi’s story is about breaking silence, redefining success and finding purpose beyond inheritance.Because legacy isn’t always a business you inherit, sometimes it’s a belief you choose to uphold.What You’ll Get from This Episode:- A raw conversation about IVF, awareness, and acceptance in India- How legacy evolves when daughters take the lead- The emotional and ethical sides of fertility treatment- Insights on egg freezing, surrogacy, and modern parenthood- Lessons on leadership, empathy, and carrying forward purpose

What happens when your father is your boss, your surname is your brand, and your legacy feels like a burden?

In this episode of Nexxt in Line with Mohit Goel, Avneet Singh, Director of SPPL Group, reveals the unfiltered truth behind legacy businesses in India, next-gen entrepreneurship, and how technology is redefining inheritance in 2025. Avneet calls it out as it is - legacy isn’t privilege, it’s pressure.

From the emotional dynamics of family business to the challenges of rebuilding old empires with modern systems, this conversation exposes what it really takes to run, reinvent, and survive a legacy business in India. He breaks the illusion of privilege, talks about the role of technology in family businesses, and shares the mindset shift every next-gen entrepreneur needs today.

In this episode of Nexxt In Line, host Mohit Goel sits down with Yug Bhatia, the founder of ControlZ, to uncover what really goes on behind the glossy label of family business legacy in India.

Born into a business family, Yug didn’t want to just inherit success. He wanted to understand it. From early lessons at home to the supportive role of his father and brother, this conversation dives deep into what it means to balance privilege, pressure, and purpose.

At just 22, Yug founded ControlZ, a company redefining sustainable tech by giving old smartphones a new life. Through honesty and humility, he represents India’s next generation of entrepreneurs who are proving that Legacy is Inherited but Leadership is Built

From earning just ₹5000 a year on 6 acres of land to becoming a Padma Shri awardee, Ram Saran Verma’s story is one of resilience, innovation, and transformation. Known today as one of India’s most acclaimed farmers, he has redefined what it means to succeed in agriculture. This episode dives deep into how a school dropout from a small village in Uttar Pradesh empowered farmers across 100 villages and turned farming into a model of entrepreneurship.

India’s farmers form the backbone of the nation, feeding over 1.4 billion people, yet agriculture contributes only ~18% to GDP and most farmers earn less than ₹10,000/month. Ram Saran Ji breaks this cycle by adopting high-yield farming techniques, crop diversification, and mechanization, proving that agriculture can be both sustainable and profitable. His journey is a powerful reminder that farming in India is not backward, it is innovation, leadership, and nation-building.

In this episode of Nexxt in Line, discover how Padma Shri Farmer Ram Saran Verma resisted politics, stayed true to his roots, and built an agricultural model that is now celebrated across India. If you care about food security, farmer success stories, or the future of Indian agriculture, this is a must-watch.
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