India’s Chandrayaan…Out of the World!
India’s Chandrayaan-2 was the single most exciting and inspiring technology event last fortnight. While its lander unit crashlanded due to a technical failure, the orbiter is performing successfully and is likely to do so for the next 7 years against … Continued
A peep into the future!
Semicon West, 19 was an interesting experience as always. Mind-blowing industry vision presentations by industry leaders including Synoptics, Applied Materials, Waymo ( a Google company)…. Waymo got its industry award – and I got my first preview of this … Continued
Feeling Swachh!
In an amazing move, PM Modi announced a national ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ campaign ion October 2014… While leading the mass movement for cleanliness, the Prime Minister exhorted people to fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of a clean and hygienic India. A shocked … Continued
Nirmala Dhara
We discovered this work of Mausi ji – a rare collection of inspring thoughts that were compiled over 5 decades back and that transcend time… The work is shared here as an ebook/pdf for all. Mausi ji’s Nirmala … Continued
CSR – Catalyzing Change…
Thoroughly enjoyed a productive half-day at Nasscom CSR Leadership Conference. Their were exceptional intervention case studies presented by ICICI and several other Corporate entities. Liked the Dell and Adobe messaging as well. Some of the key messages that I … Continued
AI Foundry- Creating a new chapter in India
Really Intelligent AI Team! Pursue Excellence, Success will pursue you! Got a strong flavor of this with the cup of coffee at AI Foundry. Umakant and Neeraj – have targeted a niche position. AI Foundry is building incubation expertise … Continued
An Evening with Padma Award Winners…
USA & India have so much in common. We share same beliefs and ideologies as two of the most powerful democracies in the world; we are both secular and believe in diversity – we even share a common language (though , … Continued
Changing the world…a smile at a time…
Helping one person may not change the world – but it can change the world for that one person. Salma’s smile says it all! The way to change the world is through Individual responsibility and taking local … Continued
Enabling a smile for Muskaan
2 year old Muskaan is having Glaucoma in both her eyes since birth. Her father is a daily wages labor who only earns Rs.6000/- per month. Sanobar from the Donor Relations Department at Dr.Shroff’s Charitable Eye Hospital reached out … Continued
Statute of Unity-a tribute to a nation-builder
November 1 – a day after the Statue of Unity was dedicated to the nation by Hon’ble PM Modi, I was in Vadodara. We had finished our meetings on schedule and since our flights were in the night, … Continued