Co-founder profile

Abhinav Lal and the Code Behind Practo

Abhinav Lal started coding in school and co-founded Practo with a college batchmate.

Abhinav Lal began coding in school. His school introduced computer science in 1997. He later joined NITK Surathkal in 2005 to study information technology.

At college he built an email suite for the campus, inspired by Gmail. It was also where he met Shashank ND, now Practo's CEO. The two worked on Practo while they were students.

Practo was founded in 2008. In 2009 it launched Practo Ray, clinic software that the team sold door to door. The consumer marketplace Practo.com followed in 2012.

Lal is the technology co-founder. A 2020 profile put the engineering team at 110 people in a larger office in JP Nagar, Bengaluru.

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Where did Abhinav Lal study?

Abhinav Lal studied information technology at NITK Surathkal. He joined the college in 2005 and says he picked it after seeing its website and its beach.

How did Abhinav Lal start Practo?

He met Shashank ND at NITK Surathkal. The two began building Practo while still students. The company was founded in 2008 and sold its Practo Ray clinic software in 2009.

What is Abhinav Lal's role at Practo?

Abhinav Lal is a co-founder of Practo and leads its technology work. Practo is a Bengaluru healthtech company for doctor discovery, appointments and clinic software.

How did Abhinav Lal get into coding?

His school introduced computer science in 1997, and he began coding early. In college he built an email suite for the campus, inspired by Gmail.