Raghu Bala Founder of Clinitraq, a company specialising in Smart Radiation Dosimeters that reduces the time for measuring cumulative radiation from 60 days to 60 secs. Raghu possesses an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School (University of Pennsylvania), an MS in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a BA/BS in Math and Computer Science from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He is the Head Managing Instructor for MIT courses in AI, Decentralized Finance and Blockchain on the 2U platform. He is also an Adjunct Professor at VIT (India) and an ex-adjunct Lecturer at Columbia University.

In this episode, we explore the lack of education surrounding the pernicious consequences of radiation exposure, discover the hidden hazards healthcare workers face, oblivious to their exposure levels due to measurement inadequacies, delve into his transition from the tech industry to MedTech and the motivations behind it, uncover his strategies for funding multiple companies he nurtured and eventually sold, alongside diverse capital-raising methods and gain valuable insights from his candid revelations about the mistakes he encountered as a serial entrepreneur

Timestamps:

[00:02:32] Antiquated methods of radiation diagnostics

[00:05:41] Radiation health risks overlooked, ignored

[00:12:14] Misconceptions about radiation risks

[00:18:01] Underestimated risks

[00:23:20] Medical tech advances: Embracing tech for better care

Get in touch with Raghu Bala - https://www.linkedin.com/in/raghubala/

https://clinitraq.com/

Get in touch with Karandeep Badwal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/karandeepbadwal/

Follow Karandeep on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@KarandeepBadwal

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