Tanush Pradhan · 2026
01 / About

The longer
story.

Finance postgraduate. Cybersecurity engineer. Founder. Closer of deals, builder of communities, occasional shipper of Python tools.

Tanush Pradhan at IIM Bangalore

I grew up in Mumbai and gravitated toward computers early. By the time I finished my B.Tech in Cybersecurity at ITM (SLS) Baroda University in 2024, I'd already started a student community called HEXSOCIETY — initially just a place to learn things the curriculum didn't cover, eventually a 600+ member network with strategic ties to Polygon, GDSC, and AWS.

Somewhere along the way, my interests shifted from pure tech to the people, money, and decisions that shape it. I started reading about strategy, watching consulting breakdowns, and entering case competitions. That redirect led me to the Master of Management Studies (MMS) at the University of Mumbai, where I'm specializing in Business Analytics and Digital Marketing while keeping a strong Finance foundation.

The thread between the two — engineering and management — is what I want to keep pulling on. AI is the obvious place where both live, but more broadly I'm interested in being the kind of person who can talk strategy with a CFO in the morning and ship a working prototype by evening. That's the bet I'm making with my career.

I'm certified through IBM, Wharton, and Google in AI engineering and AI strategy, and I've built things — an LSTM forecasting tool, a PE-style MSME framework in development, a few smaller experiments. None of them are finished products, all of them taught me something.

02 / Five things

A handful
of specifics.

— First thing

The best chai is a debate I refuse to settle.

Mumbai has a kind of corner-stall chai that becomes part of your rhythm. I have three contenders I rotate between and won't disclose them under interrogation.

— Second thing

I learn fastest by building badly.

My first LSTM forecasting model was nearly unusable. The second was worse. The third taught me more than any course did. I keep going until the thing works, and then I learn what I should have done from the start.

— Third thing

My curiosity has phases.

Some weeks it's quantum mechanics, others it's an obscure Formula 1 strategy from 2007. I don't pace myself — I go deep until the curiosity wears off, then move on. The "off the desk" section below is what that looks like in practice.

— Fourth thing

I think in frameworks, not opinions.

When I disagree with someone, my first move is to find the structural disagreement underneath — different time horizons, different priors, different risk profiles. Opinions don't move; frameworks do.

— Fifth thing

I'm worst at being patient with bad systems.

If something can be automated, documented, or removed entirely, I will probably try to do all three before doing it manually a second time. It's a strength and a weakness depending on the day.

03 / Off the desk

When I'm not
working.

Physics rabbit holes
Quantum mechanics · string theory · cosmology

When my brain wants something completely outside business, I disappear into physics. I'll never publish a paper, but I love watching the universe make less sense the more carefully you look at it.

Space exploration
Probes · missions · the long-now stuff

From Voyager to JWST to ISRO's quiet competence. I read mission reports the way some people read novels — slowly, with reverence for how much went right.

Formula 1
Strategy > speed

Watching F1 isn't really about the cars for me. It's about how teams convert split-second decisions into championships — pit strategy, tyre calls, the boring parts that decide races.

Making music
Producing & uploading to youtube.com/@tanushpradhan

I produce music and upload to YouTube. Mostly a creative outlet that has nothing to do with my day-job brain — which is exactly why it keeps me sane.

Gaming
The healthier kind of downtime

I've been playing games since I could hold a controller. These days it's how I switch off — and occasionally how I notice good UX, good narrative pacing, and what "fun friction" actually feels like.