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Prarthana Majumdar, PhD

𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

When we first entered India’s informal sector, we had no idea that textiles dominated 80% of its workforce. We were city folks, oblivious…

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𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻

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2024: A young-company owner learns that “Sink the Ship” isn’t just a metaphor and how AI saved us.

I started 2024 with grand plans — finally taking that long-overdue vacation after my PhD Defense. I’d spent years juggling research…

Dec 27, 2024

2024: A young-company owner learns that “Sink the Ship” isn’t just a metaphor and how AI saved us.

Dec 27, 2024

How Startup Grants in India are Ill-Designed to Support Innovation

Three years ago, when we launched Dzukou, we were filled with excitement and a vision to bring sustainable, high-quality products from…

Nov 12, 2024

How Startup Grants in India are Ill-Designed to Support Innovation

Nov 12, 2024

For a moment I thought that I will never see that silver light again.

And that sunken feeling came again and again.

Aug 31, 2024

For a moment I thought that I will never see that silver light again.

Aug 31, 2024

WeaveTogether: The Social Innovation Project with Organic Cotton

In the realm of innovation, the Bottom of the Pyramid often gets overlooked. However, it’s precisely these communities that require…

May 29, 2024

WeaveTogether: The Social Innovation Project with Organic Cotton

May 29, 2024

The Night of the Hypothesis

It has been a rather short day. The crisp November air has started to embalm everything with a feeling of quietude and slumber. I am…

Nov 9, 2023

The Night of the Hypothesis

Nov 9, 2023

A Typology of a Typical Friends’ Group.

Aug 6, 2023

A Typology of a Typical Friends’ Group.

Aug 6, 2023

We change Habits. And then, Habits change us.

To manage the young company, Dzukou, in its growth stage, and to simultaneously conduct experiments and finish a PhD thesis, feels no less…

Jul 9, 2023

We change Habits. And then, Habits change us.

Jul 9, 2023

What working in Rural India taught me about Women Empowerment

Nine years ago, I was working in Silicon Valley for one of the poshest companies in the world: Apple, Inc. I had gone to school at…

Jun 9, 2023

What working in Rural India taught me about Women Empowerment

Jun 9, 2023

The World’s Softest Silk: How a Product Becomes a Tool For Social Innovation in India

Social innovation is the application of creative and innovative solutions to address social problems. It involves developing and…

Mar 20, 2023

The World’s Softest Silk: How a Product Becomes a Tool For Social Innovation in India

Mar 20, 2023

Room to Fail is More Effective Than Motivation.

Yesterday evening, after everyone left office, I apologized to my co-founder, Lars Hoogewerf. I believe that I have been underperforming…

Feb 24, 2023

Room to Fail is More Effective Than Motivation.

Feb 24, 2023

The Real Indian Wedding

Of all the 195 countries in the world, do you ever wonder how India has been the only one that got so closely related to the concept of…

Feb 11, 2023

The Real Indian Wedding

Feb 11, 2023

I ain’t moving. But I seem to know where I am going.

If I am in nature with a book or just my thoughts, everyday feels like liberation day. . Ennio Morricone plays tango in my head and a…

Feb 4, 2023

I ain’t moving. But I seem to know where I am going.

Feb 4, 2023

“I am a workaholic,” is the biggest self-delusion ever.

I am a final year PhD candidate who is also the co-founder in a globally shipping brand, Dzukou. But it has been years since I have stopped…

Jan 17, 2023

“I am a workaholic,” is the biggest self-delusion ever.

Jan 17, 2023

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐃 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆

Every New Year, we make tonnes of resolutions that we keep rolling till the month of December at which point we decide that it is simply…

Jan 2, 2023

𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐍𝐄𝐖 𝐘𝐄𝐀𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐃 𝐁𝐔𝐓 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐍𝐆

Jan 2, 2023

Ageism and Us.

A few weeks ago I asked a friend out for a drink. She shyly dismissed, saying, “Why would you want to hangout with me? I am much older.” I…

May 5, 2021

Ageism and Us.

May 5, 2021

“Especially for you.” Unlikely sources of Life Lessons and Salesmanshi

I come from a service-minded community for whom sales is not a forté in general. So once when I was shopping in an outlet mall in US and…

Jan 11, 2021

“Especially for you.” Unlikely sources of Life Lessons and Salesmanshi

Jan 11, 2021

A short story of wrong expectations from Indian men.

About a fortnight ago, I had to make a social visit. Someone had lost a family member and condolences were in order. I quickly slid a…

Oct 6, 2020

A short story of wrong expectations from Indian men.

Oct 6, 2020

The Quirky Things About New Startups.

21–08–2020

Aug 22, 2020

The Quirky Things About New Startups.

Aug 22, 2020

10 ways how to become a Sustainable Consumer post COVID-19 pandemic.

Since the 60’s the world has been supremely obsessed with economic growth. Powered with increased automation in the manufacturing sector…

Jun 5, 2020

10 ways how to become a Sustainable Consumer post COVID-19 pandemic.

Jun 5, 2020

Prarthana Majumdar, PhD

Prarthana Majumdar, PhD

Engineer/ Designer | Co-Founder at www.dzukou.com | Occassional Blogger: Life experiences |Design, Society, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, Social Innovation

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