Episode 008: Niraj Suresh

We welcome Niraj Suresh on the podcast for our next episode. Niraj is part of the HBS Class of 2026, and opens up about what it was like growing up across six cities and two countries... from small-town Pennsylvania to Bangalore and eventually back to the US.Niraj shares how constantly moving shaped his ability to form relationships, the pressure of the Indian academic system, and how chasing gold stars from a young age led him down the aerospace engineering path to Boeing, only to realize he needed a course correction. He also talks about his deep passion for piano and the road not taken as a musician.We close with a conversation about what home really means when you don't have one fixed place to call your own, and how he and his wife Neha are thinking about building stability for their future family. Tune in for another episode as you think about what it means to find belonging and what you're willing to trade off to get there.