From Delhi to Data and Back to the Stutter That Shaped Him

About this episode

Maya Chupkov interviews Kanav Hasija about his experiences growing up with a stutter and how it shaped his journey as a tech entrepreneur.

In this episode of Proud Stutter, Maya talks with tech entrepreneur Kanav Hasija about growing up with a severe stutter in India, being bullied in school, and how changing cities gave him the chance to redefine himself. Kanav shares how facing fear head on through quizzes, speeches, and leadership roles helped shift his relationship with speaking, and how stuttering later shaped the way he communicates as a founder. He walks through his journey from early engineering experiments to building healthcare and construction tech companies, and reflects on how stuttering pushed him to be more precise, patient, and resilient. The conversation also digs into how bullying can make you guarded while also fueling ambition, and how people who stutter often move between structure and creativity. Kanav closes by sharing his current project, a free, game based app designed to help kids who stutter through early intervention, better diagnostics, and accessible technology. In this episode Speech Quest ----- Big thanks to Proud Stutter's recurring supporters: Jennifer Bolen, Jerry Slaff, Josh Compton, Pablo Meza, Alexandra Mosby, Ingo Helbig, Jonathan Reiss, Jason Smith, Paige McGill, Wayne…

People in this episode

Host: Maya Chupkov

Guest: Kanav Hasija

Topics covered

• stuttering
• bullying
• entrepreneurship
• self-improvement
• technology
• education

Keywords

• stutter
• India
• bullying
• entrepreneur
• healthcare technology
• construction tech
• communication
• leadership
• kids app

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Independent Arts & Media

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