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Nikin Tharan believes in using technology and leveraging existing resources to challenge the status quo and impact lives. He is currently the CEO and co-founder of Medsix, a medical device startup based in Boston. Growing up in India, Nikin discovered he had a talent for electronics and started working at a lab affiliated with the Border Security Force at 9 y/o and secured a scholarship to study university in the US at 16 y/o. After graduating, he worked at a startup building novel radiation detectors backed by NASA before founding Medsix.Time Stamps:0:00 Intro1:18 Embracing risk as an Entrepreneur8:06 Who is Nikin Tharan20:01 The World as an "Embedded system"32:02 Nikin's childhood as an 'Anomaly'48:00 Flaws of the Indian education system51:45 Ending up in Northeastern University, Boston57:31 The American University Experience1:03:32 How MEDSIX came into being1:10:44 What is a Hackathon and how does it work1:14:45 What happens at MEDSIX?1:24:05 Where is Nikin headed?Connect with Nikin TharanLinkedin: Nikin Tharan Instagram: @ntharanArt of ConversationLearns to have better conversations with anyone. Taught by Prakhar himself artofconversation.inConnect with us [email protected] on InstagramGet in touch:email: [email protected]
