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Prarthana Majumdar, PhD

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

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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