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Tanuj Prakash

Evaluator · DISC type scd
Founder at Gurucose
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Tanuj Prakash is the founder of Gurucose, a health-tech venture focused on diabetes management. He leverages his prior experience as a product and business analyst at major tech companies like Slintel, udaan. com, and Flipkart. Tanuj holds both a Bachelors and Masters degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.

His passion for his current work stems from his personal life, as he was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2015. Outside of his professional pursuits, he has a background in competitive sports, having been the captain of his hostels aquatics team and a medalist in swimming, water polo, and hockey during college.

He founded Gurucose after personally discovering how Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) technology transformed his own diabetes management.

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Experience
9 Years
Current Role
Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Tanuj shows up

Fast But Analytical
Hard To Convince
Quality Focused

They focus on the results, but can still be quite procedural and analytical about how to get there They have a unique set of diverse traits where they are decisive and methodical but can sometimes be extra cautious and skeptical They are not very likely to become strong advocates of your product or service

Priorities

Topics Tanuj cares about

Diabetes Management
As a Type 1 Diabetic, he is deeply invested in this topic, creating content and building products around managing blood sugar, HbA1c, and Time in Range (TIR).
Health Tech
He is the founder of Gurucose, an app designed to help diabetics, placing him directly in the health technology and digital health space.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Founder
Gurucose
7-2021 - 4-2024
Lead Product Analyst
Slintel
12-2018 - 7-2021
Product Analyst
udaan.com
6-2015 - 3-2018
Business Analyst
Flipkart
5-2013 - 7-2013
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Colorado School of Mines
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Media appearances

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Education
2010 - 2015
Dual Degree (Bachelor's and Master's degree)
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
2016
Education details unavailable
CFA (USA)
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Steadiness (S)

Steadiness (S) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to focus on cooperation, support and taking everyone along. Those scoring high tend to be consistent and calm.

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