From pre-doc to start-up: hard work, serendipity, and potential

17/11/2025 35 min
From pre-doc to start-up: hard work, serendipity, and potential

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Episode Synopsis

Lalita du Perron talks to Daniel Praburaj, former pre-doctoral fellow at the Stanford King Center on Global Development about his journey to Stanford (spoiler: it did not involve an IIT) and his plans for the future. Lalita and Daniel are joined at the start of the podcast by the meows of Lalita’s cat Michelle, but after about 10 minutes she gives up trying to be the main character of the episode. Daniel is the Co-founder & CTO of Mithram.