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Welcome to Trilith Institute Talks! In this episode of Trilith Institute Talks, host Hunter Barcroft sits down with filmmaker Siddarth Kantamneni to delve into the intricacies of building a career in the film industry. Siddarth shares his journey from studying computational media at Georgia Tech to working on significant projects in Atlanta. The conversation covers the importance of collaboration, the evolving nature of technology in filmmaking, and essential skills like communication and planning. Joining the discussion are film students Jane and Austin, who share their experiences and seek advice on thriving in the current film landscape. This episode is a treasure trove of insights for aspiring filmmakers, highlighting the critical balance between artistry and professionalism. Episode Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to Collaborative Filmmaking 00:20 Welcome to Trilith Institute Talks 00:53 Meet the Guests: Sidharth, Jane, and Austin 02:09 Sidharth's Journey in Filmmaking 06:00 From Student Films to Indie Features 08:16 Networking and Career Growth 12:05 Balancing Multiple Roles in Filmmaking 15:48 The Art of Lighting and Collaboration 22:12 Exploring the Giallo Genre 24:52 Modern Feminist Lens on Horror 26:16 Advice for Aspiring Filmmakers 28:08 The Importance of Networking 32:11 Celebrating Thesis Film Success 33:49 Upcoming Film Projects 40:52 Balancing Technology and Storytelling 44:08 Essential Skills for Filmmakers 47:55 Conclusion and Podcast Outro About Trilith Institute Support The Next Generation of Storytellers Take A Professional Education Course Get Involved With Trilith Institute Contact Us Follow Us On Social Media! Trilith Institute Talks Instagram Trilith Institute Instagram Trilith Institute Facebook Trilith Institute LinkedIn
Siddarth "Sid" Sridhar is Founder and CEO of BIMA Labs (https://www.bima.money), a decentralized finance platform that enables users to stake assets like Bitcoin and Bitcoin derivatives such as Liquid Staked Tokens (LST), to borrow USBD, a stablecoin pegged to the US Dollar. Sid talks about his journey from being a Draper-backed investor at 19 years old to being a crypto founder in the BitcoinFi space, the role of USDB plays in social impact by promoting financial inclusion, why over-collateralization is crucial for stability in the USBD model, how USBD differs from other traditional stablecoins - and insights on how BIMA's stablecoin, the USBD, fits into the broader financial ecosystem.
While FMCGs' growth has come to a major halt in Europe and North America, what's going on in Asia? In this episode, we are accompanied by Management Consulting Leader Kearney's Head of Consumer for Asia Sid Pathak, with who we go over what's keeping CEOs and GMs up at night when it comes to being successful in the East. Tune in to learn about: Kearney as a firm and Sid's scope there The ups & downs in South East Asia GM/CEO top priorities: Growth, Talent and Digitalisation A look into the next years What Leaders are getting wrong Some tactics and strategies Kearney is applying to help their clients today More: Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fmcgguys/ Follow us on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fmcgguys/ Audio Mixing by Rodrigo Chávez Voice Acting by Jason Martorell Parsekian
Speaker Divya is the co-founder of the Collective Intelligence Project, which advances collective intelligence capabilities for the democratic and effective governance of transformative technologies. She serves as Associate Political Economist and Social Technologist at Microsoft's Office of the CTO. She also holds positions as a research director at Metagov and a researcher in residence at the RadicalXChange Foundation.Key HighlightsIn today's rapidly evolving world, where technology is at the forefront of progress, the need for effective collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence is more crucial than ever. In this engaging and thought-provoking talk, we will explore the concept of collective intelligence and discuss how it can be harnessed to drive collective progress in various domains, including science, technology, and social innovation.About Foresight InstituteForesight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison DuettmannThe President and CEO of Foresight Institute, Allison Duettmann directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, alongside Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She has also been pivotal in co-initiating the Longevity Prize, pioneering initiatives like Existentialhope.com, and contributing to notable works like "Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy" and "Gaming the Future".Get Involved with Foresight:Apply: Virtual Salons & in-person WorkshopsDonate: Support Our Work – If you enjoy what we do, please consider this, as we are entirely funded by your donations!Follow Us: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedInNote: Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm, an innovative podcast search engine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Menners and Siddarth review Australia vs India Subscribe to our YouTube page for live streams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCk7koDKpKxe0e3yC7NXQx6Q Support the show by heading to our Patreon Page Linktree for listening on podcast apps and finding us on social media: https://linktr.ee/cricketunfiltered Show twitter: https://twitter.com/auscricketpod Menners on twitter: https://twitter.com/amenners TIKTOK: @cricketunfiltered Sponsorship enquiries for host read ads: andrew@piccolopodcasts.com.au Email the show your cricket takes: cricketunfilteredpodcast@gmail.com Piccolo Podcasts: https://piccolopodcasts.com.au/ Founder Andrew Menczel. The first episode aired August 2013. It is a multi award-winning podcast team, the show has featured 15 Australian captains and some of the greatest legends of cricket and an episode is archived in the Australian National Film and Sound Archive. Menners is an accredited cricket journalist and commentator and his interview with Alex Blackwell won a Cricket NSW Media Award. The show was the first ever regular weekly Australian cricket podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We don't have to sacrifice our freedom for the sake of technological progress, says social technologist Divya Siddarth. She shares how a group of people helped retrain one of the world's most powerful AI models on a constitution they wrote — and offers a vision of technology that aligns with the principles of democracy, rather than conflicting with them.
We don't have to sacrifice our freedom for the sake of technological progress, says social technologist Divya Siddarth. She shares how a group of people helped retrain one of the world's most powerful AI models on a constitution they wrote — and offers a vision of technology that aligns with the principles of democracy, rather than conflicting with them.
We don't have to sacrifice our freedom for the sake of technological progress, says social technologist Divya Siddarth. She shares how a group of people helped retrain one of the world's most powerful AI models on a constitution they wrote — and offers a vision of technology that aligns with the principles of democracy, rather than conflicting with them.
We don't have to sacrifice our freedom for the sake of technological progress, says social technologist Divya Siddarth. She shares how a group of people helped retrain one of the world's most powerful AI models on a constitution they wrote — and offers a vision of technology that aligns with the principles of democracy, rather than conflicting with them.
Today on the Ether we have Shade Protocol hosting Shade's inside scoop with the Frictionless sponsors! You'll hear from Carter L. Woetzel, Red_eyed_Bear, Andromeda, Dean Tribble, Siddarth, Trev, SCRTPatrick, Michele Ostrander, MrA.CULT, and more. Recorded on February 22nd 2024. Make sure to check out the newest tracks from Finn and the RAC FM gang over at ImaginetheSmell.org! The majority of the music at the end of these spaces can be found streaming over on Spotify, and the rest of the streaming platforms. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
Today on the Ether we have Cosmoverse hosting the ATOM Denver kickoff call. You'll hear from Fraser, Lex Avellino, Dean Tribble, Siddarth, La Multisig, Cosmos_Harry, Lisa Loud, SCRTPatrick, and more! Recorded on February 16th 2024. Make sure to check out the newest tracks from Finn and the RAC FM gang over at ImaginetheSmell.org! The majority of the music at the end of these spaces can be found streaming over on Spotify, and the rest of the streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
Today on the Ether we have Kinetix Finance hosting episode 4 of Into the Cosmos. You'll hear from Kava, Roc Zacharias, Siddarth, Eric Waisanen, Jacques, Melch, Marc, Jack, dave, BEngEE 721, and more! Recorded on February 7th 2024. Make sure to check out the newest tracks from Finn and the RAC FM gang over at ImaginetheSmell.org! The majority of the music at the end of these spaces can be found streaming over on Spotify, and the rest of the streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
Today on the Ether we have the Comdex hosting a discussion with Astrovault. You'll hear from Siddarth, Vi S, and more! Recorded on January 31st 2024. Make sure to check out the newest tracks from Finn and the RAC FM gang over at ImaginetheSmell.org! The majority of the music at the end of these spaces can be found streaming over on Spotify, and the rest of the streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
In this episode of the Learning Futures Podcast, Dr. Siddharth Srivastava, Associate Professor at the School of Computing and Augmented Intelligence at Arizona State University discusses the need for responsible development of AI systems that keep users informed of capabilities and limitations. He highlights exciting research on learning generalizable knowledge to make AI more robust and data-efficient. However, dangers arise from overtrusting unproven systems, so regulation and oversight are needed even as innovation continues. By prioritizing users, the current explosion in AI research can drive responsible progress. Key topics discussed: - Dr. Srivastava discusses his background in AI research and the journey that led him to focus on developing safe and reliable AI systems. - The recent explosion of interest and adoption of generative AI like ChatGPT took many researchers by surprise, especially the accessibility and breadth of applications people found for these narrow systems.- It's important to distinguish narrow AI applications like generative models from general AI. Overuse of the term "AI" can lead to misconceptions.- Considerations around safety, bias, and responsible use need to be built into AI systems from the start. Keeping users informed of capabilities and limitations is key. - Exciting new research directions include learning generalizable knowledge to make AI systems more robust and data-efficient.- Dangers arise from overtrusting unproven AI systems. Regulation and oversight will be needed, but should not stifle innovation.- Overall, it's an exciting time in AI research. With a thoughtful, practical approach focused on user needs, AI can be developed responsibly. Links:The Alignment Problem - https://brianchristian.org/the-alignment-problem/Siddharth's Website - http://siddharthsrivastava.net/Siddharth's Research Group AAIR - https://aair-lab.github.io/NeurIPS 2023 Workshops - https://neurips.cc/virtual/2023/events/workshopSiddharth's NeurIPS 2023 Workshop - https://neurips.cc/virtual/2023/workshop/66542
Governors Celebration of Innovation AZ Tech Council w/ Steve Zylstra + Future Innovators - BRT S04 EP44 (207) 11-5-2023 What We Learned This Week Arizona Technology Council, in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority, honors technology leaders and innovators from across the state with the Governor's Celebration of Innovation Awards. Interviews w/ Future Innovators Guest: Steve Zylstra, President / CEO AZ Tech Council https://www.aztechcouncil.org/ https://www.aztechcouncil.org/kfnx_july2021/ Steve Zylstra of AZ Tech Council joins BRT to talk all things technology in the Valley. The Arizona Technology Council is one of the largest technology-driven trade associations in North America, with over 850 members and growing, the only organization specifically serving technology companies statewide. They protect innovators and truly believe that technology moves all of us forward; and are dedicated to the future of Arizona. Steve Zylstra advocates for AZ tech, as well as his recurring writing about the industry. Steve, and the Council are a major source for updates on technology, business growth, and what legislation is being drafted. The Arizona Technology Council, in partnership with the Arizona Commerce Authority, has announced the winners of the 2022 Governor's Celebration of Innovation awards. Winners of this prestigious annual award program represent the best of the best in Arizona's technology, science and education ecosystem. This year's recipients were recognized tonight in a ceremony at the Phoenix Convention Center. “The Governor's Celebration of Innovation award winners represent the pinnacle of innovation and cutting-edge problem solving throughout the state,” said Steven G. Zylstra, president and CEO of the Council and its foundation, SciTech Institute. “It was a pleasure to celebrate our winners, as well as the many outstanding finalists, at tonight's awards show. Each year we are so proud to see how far Arizona has come as a leader in technology, science and STEM education.” “Each year, the Governor's Celebration of Innovation awards showcase Arizona's vibrant technology community,” said Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority. “This year's winners and finalists certainly carry on that tradition. We are proud to partner with the Council to highlight the entrepreneurs and local leaders making Arizona a magnet for innovative technologies.” The winners in their respective categories are: Future Innovator Awards · Siddarth Adda – Basis H.S., Scottsdale · Sruti Peddi – Basis H.S., Scottsdale · Ram Bubby – Basis H.S., Scottsdale · Baochan Fan Future Innovator Honorable Mentions · Maya Marie Schwickert – Texas Women's Univ. · Prisha Shroff – Hamilton H.S., Chandler Notes: 1st Half Steve Zylstra of the AZ Tech Council joins the show to preview the upcoming Governor's Celebration of Innovation Interviews with Future Innovators Awards Winners & Honorable Mentions · Siddarth Adda – Basis H.S., Scottsdale AI diagnostic tool to read for eye disease, uses app on a phone to take a picture of the eye and scan the picture for any disease issues, this can help with telehealth and make the optometry industry more efficient Siddarth has family who has eye diseases and partially blind Future Major – Biology for a Medicine career · Maya Marie Schwickert – Texas Women's Univ. , Chemistry & Math major Maya's Science Project reducing LED blue light on wildlife and nature Thru gelatin used seaweed to create a light cover to reduce light emissions Career objective FBI analyst 2nd Half More Interviews with Future Innovators Awards Winners & Honorable Mentions · Sruti Peddi – Basis H.S., Scottsdale Sruti's Science Project Built an AI tool that can predict future floods and warn residents 3 days in advance of a high flood area to get away for safety, help people who do not have access to good data Sruti has family who have farms and experienced the devastation of floods Future career aspirations is to work in government and public policy · Ram Bubby – Basis H.S., Scottsdale Ram's Science Project was to test the affect of UV light on crops to improve crop yields for agriculture, used spinach as a test crop UV light had good results helping crops grow better vs LED or fluorescent light Outdoor fields cannot keep up with demand Future career aspirations is to get a degree in environmental engineering to work in sustainability and more efficient use of energy · Prisha Shroff – Hamilton H.S., Chandler Prisha's Science Project was an AI algorithm that can predict blood sugar levels for Diabetics based on inputting what foods they will be eating in their next meals to help manage health and give alternate ideas if not a good choice. The App User would need to enter 2 weeks of historical data, plus health information to help setup up the process. Prisha has both family and friends who have diabetes so she has seen firsthand how this info can help daily. Tech Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Tech More - BRT Best of Tech: Best of AZ Tech Council BRT of Tech 2022 BRT S02 EP52 (99) 12-26-2021 – Tech for the Holidays – BRT Best of Biotech from AZ Bio & Life Sciences to Jellatech: HERE Biotech Shows: HERE AZ Tech Council Shows: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=az+tech+council *Includes Best of AZ Tech Council show from 2/12/2023 ‘Best Of' Topic: https://brt-show.libsyn.com/category/Best+of+BRT Thanks for Listening. Please Subscribe to the BRT Podcast. AZ Tech Roundtable 2.0 with Matt Battaglia The show where Entrepreneurs, Top Executives, Founders, and Investors come to share insights about the future of business. AZ TRT 2.0 looks at the new trends in business, & how classic industries are evolving. 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Today's guest is Siddarth Ranganathan, Senior Director of Data Science, BI & Analytics at Nintex. Founded in 2006, Nintex's process management and automation software improves the way you work with easy-to-use tools for visually managing, quickly automating and continuously optimizing business processes and workflows. Today, 10,000+ public and private sector organizations, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500, turn to the Nintex Process Platform to accelerate digital transformation. Siddarth is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of experience in data science, business intelligence and analytics. In his role, he helps organizations harness the power of data to drive strategic decision-making and achieve remarkable outcomes. Siddarth specializes in building and leading high-performing teams that deliver actionable insights and solutions to complex business problems. His approach revolves around developing and implementing robust data analytics strategies, fostering innovation and leveraging cutting-edge technology. In the episode, Siddarth will tell you about: The success they have enjoyed in the past two years, Day-to-day life of the data science & analytics team, Their focus on Process Intelligence, AI & ML, Plans for growing the team, What excites him or the future at Nintex
Divya SiddarthDivya is the co-founder of the Collective Intelligence Project, which advances collective intelligence capabilities for the democratic and effective governance of transformative technologies. She serves as Associate Political Economist and Social Technologist at Microsoft's Office of the CTO. She also holds positions as a research director at Metagov and a researcher in residence at the RadicalXChange Foundation.In today's rapidly evolving world, where technology is at the forefront of progress, the need for effective collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence is more crucial than ever. In this engaging and thought-provoking talk, we will explore the concept of collective intelligence and discuss how it can be harnessed to drive collective progress in various domains, including science, technology, and social innovation. See here: https://foresight.org/summary/divya-siddarth-collective-intelligence-for-collective-progress/ The Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees, and shares this work with the public. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. Apply to Foresight's virtual salons and in person workshops here!We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page.Visit our website for more content, or join us here:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEvery word ever spoken on this podcast is now AI-searchable using Fathom.fm, a search engine for podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
IAN Unplugged 2327 070823 Line Up On Sat, July 8, 2023, from 3 - 4 pm on “IAN UNPLUGGED” on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), Jay & Sanchali play the current affairs quiz “I Think I Know This” with Sridhar Dadi & Mythili Chagariti of Hungama Radio and National Worldquest Quiz contestant, teenager Siddarth Dasari --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/indo-american-news-radio/support
Today on the Ether we have the Comdex weekly space hosted by Siddarth featuring DoraHacks. You'll hear from Shankhesh Mutta, Pratik Kumar, Crypto_beans, and Vi S. Recorded on June 15th 2023. Make sure to check out the two newest tracks from Finn and the RAC FM gang over at ImaginetheSmell.org! The majority of the music at the end of these spaces can be found streaming over on Spotify, and the rest of the streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
Today on the Ether we have the Comdex weekly space hosted by Siddarth featuring Stride. Recorded on June 1st 2023. Make sure to check out the two newest tracks from Finn and the RAC FM gang over at ImaginetheSmell.org! The majority of the music at the end of these spaces can be found streaming over on Spotify, and the rest of the streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
Democracy in action has looked the same for generations. Constituents might go to a library or school every one or two years and cast their vote for people who don't actually represent everything that they care about. Our technology is rapidly increasing in sophistication, yet our forms of democracy have largely remained unchanged. What would an upgrade look like - not just for democracy, but for all the different places that democratic decision-making happens?On this episode of Your Undivided Attention, we're joined by political economist and social technologist Divya Siddarth, one of the world's leading experts in collective intelligence. Together we explore how new kinds of governance can be supported through better technology, and how collective decision-making is key to unlocking everything from more effective elections to better ways of responding to global problems like climate change.Correction:Tristan mentions Elon Musk's attempt to manufacture ventilators early on in the COVID-19 pandemic. Musk ended up buying over 1,200 ventilators that were delivered to California.RECOMMENDED MEDIAAgainst Democracy by Jason BrennanA provocative challenge to one of our most cherished institutionsLedger of HarmsTechnology platforms have created a race for human attention that's unleashed invisible harms to society. Here are some of the costs that aren't showing up on their balance sheetsThe Wisdom GapThis blog post from the Center for Humane Technology describes the gap between the rising interconnected complexity of our problems and our ability to make sense of themDemocracyNextDemocracyNext is working to design and establish new institutions for government and transform the governance of organizations that influence public lifeCIP.orgAn incubator for new governance models for transformative technologyEtheloTransform community engagement through consensusKazm's Living Room ConversationsLiving Room Conversations works to heal society by connecting people across divides through guided conversations proven to build understanding and transform communitiesThe Citizens DialogueA model for citizen participation in Ostbelgien, which was brought to life by the parliament of the German-speaking communityAsamblea Ciudadana Para El ClimaSpain's national citizens' assembly on climate changeClimate Assembly UKThe UK's national citizens' assembly on climate changeCitizens' Convention for the ClimateFrance's national citizens' assembly on climate changePolisPolis is a real-time system for gathering, analyzing and understanding what large groups of people think in their own words, enabled by advanced statistics and machine learningRECOMMENDED YUA EPISODESDigital Democracy is Within Reach with Audrey Tang They Don't Represent Us with Larry LessigA Renegade Solution to Extractive Economics with Kate RaworthYour Undivided Attention is produced by the Center for Humane Technology. Follow us on Twitter: @HumaneTech_
Episode 96 of "The Raj&Pablo Show" featuring Jim Sarubh, Nikhil Advani & Siddarth Roy Kapoor.
Episode 96 of "The Raj&Pablo Show" featuring Jim Sarubh, Nikhil Advani & Siddarth Roy Kapoor.
Siddharth Kara is a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Health and holds a law degree from London's BPP Law School. He's the author of numerous books, including Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives. Today on Change Agents, Siddarth and Andy Stumpf discuss his book, the reality of modern cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and how Change Agents listeners can make a difference. Change Agents is an IRONCLAD original. Follow on IRONCLAD @thisisironclad Shop IRONCLAD Apparel
Banner: Sumanth Arts Cast: Siddartha, Trisha, Srihari, Veda, Santoshini, Nandita, Prakash Raj, Sunil, Tanikella Bharani, Giri Babu, Parachuri Venkateswara Rao, Geeta, Jayaprakash Reddy, Dharmavarapu Subramanyam, Chandra Mohan, Narsingayadav, Narra Venkateswara Rao, Abhishek, Raghubabu, Sana, Pavala Syamala, Master Nandu, Gundu Hanmantha Rao Story: Veeru Potla Dialogues: Paruchuri Brothers Music: Devi Sri Prasad Lyrics: Sirivennela Seetarama Sastry Cinematography: Venu Gopal Editing: KV Krishna Reddy Fights: Vijayan Choreography: Prabhu Deva & Vishnu Deva Producer - Screenplay: MS Raju Direction: Prabhudeva Release date: 14th January 2005 Interesting Facts: In 2004, while filming the song Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana in Varsham movie, MS Raju was watching the song and Prabhudeva was the choreographer. He felt that there is storytelling in the song itself. Gave Prabhudeva a chance to direct. 8 years dream to become a director. Next movie director is you. Action thriller subject at first Prabhudeva narrated, then MS Raju said lets try do a love story or family movie because Okkadu and Varsham were action films. MS Raju's writer Veeru Potla said a line. Both MS Raju and Prahbudeva liked. MS Raju said please develop it and in Pragathi Resorts within 70 days, Veeru Potla finished the story. Parachuri brothers wrote the dialogues and MS Raju handled screenplay, Trisha was cast as she was in the mind of the makers, auditions with everybody but didnt like anybody, Uday Kiran was also considered but Prabhudeva suggested Siddarth's name, did a look test and he was selected. For brother character, Veeru Potla suggested Srihari, Srihari heard the narration and accepted it. DSP and Malayalam cinematographer Venugopal, May 14th, 2004 opening muhurtham same day & date when Okkadu and Varsham were launched. Budget was 2.5 crores and planned for Dussera 2004. Filmed in Araku Valley and surroundings, Annapurna Studios, and then Ramanaidu Studios. Filmed in 100 working days and budget went to 4 crores. Titled was Oh Prema Nuvvostanante Nenuoddantana, but MS Raju suggested the change to NVNV, released with 90 prints, clashed with Naa Allude. That was a disaster. Decent openings, then word of mouth picked up and it became a blockbuster. Struck a chord with people for the beautiful love story and sister sentiment. Sirivennela read the script 10 times before writing the songs. Gave a break to Srihari as a character artist and Siddarth got his breakthrough in Telugu cinema. Released with 90 prints and increased to 160 prints later on, 50 days in 80 centers, 100 days in 35 centers, 24 cross gross and 16 crores share, blockbuster at the box office. Sankranthi winner 2005. Remade in 9 languages highest ever for any film in Indian film history and won 9 Filmfare Awards, the highest ever for any South Indian Film
India Policy Watch #1: What Do Successive Defence Budgets Reveal?Insights on burning policy issues in India— Pranay Kotasthane(An edited version of this article was published in Hindustan Times on 13th Feb)Another defence budget zoomed past us on Feb 1. Since then, analyses have focused on how the defence spending for the coming year departs from the last year. Some have waved a red flag as defence spending has fallen below 2 per cent of GDP for the first time in many years. On the other hand, the defence ministry's post-budget press release emphasised a 44 per cent increase in operational spending, which is expected to “close critical gaps in the combat capabilities and equip the Forces in terms of ammunition, sustenance of weapons & assets, military reserves etc.” The ministry also highlighted that the capital outlay for modernisation and infrastructure development has risen by a seemingly handsome 57 per cent over the last five years. How, then, do we make sense of these conflicting narratives?Comparing allocations with those in the previous year gives us a confusing picture. Every interest group can pull up a number from the budget to suit their pre-formed narrative. Taking a step back from these narratives, this article will show that this was another run-of-the-mill defence budget, just like the previous one was. Nothing in it indicates any significant change in the defence posture. Unlike Japan, which has announced a doubling of its military spending in the next five years, India's approach is about gradually improving the operational efficiency of the armed forces.Looking under the hoodThis article looks at the defence expenditure over the last six budgets to make sense of the numbers. To put numbers into context, let's use an earlier year (FY16). FY16 is a useful reference point as it predates two major developments: China's visibly aggressive posture on the border and the budgetary commitments arising from the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. Three observations follow from such an analysis.One, not only has defence spending fallen as a proportion of GDP, but it has also fallen as a percentage of government expenditure. In other words, defence has slipped in priority relative to non-defence functions (Figure 1). Two, the China challenge hasn't led to any spectacular change in the composition of defence expenditure. Defence spending can be divided into four major components: salaries, pensions, capital outlay, and others. As Figure 2 shows, capital outlay was being squeezed by rising pension expenditure over the last few years. For two consecutive years (FY19 and FY20), more money was spent on pensions than on capital acquisition and modernisation. The balance has now been marginally restored since FY21, after the Galwan crisis flared up.Crucially, the rises in pension and capital expenditures have come at the cost of operational and maintenance expenditures, including ammunition stores (under the Others category). It is hence not surprising that the latest budget is trying to arrest this decline in combat capabilities.Three, this period has been relatively better for the Indian Navy in terms of capital expenditure. Since the procurement of new platforms happens over multiple years, a temporal view is useful in analysing how capital outlay is split between the three armed forces. Figure 3 suggests that the big change in the last four years is in the capital outlay for the Indian Navy, with the FY24 figure having doubled in absolute terms since FY20.The Big PictureBy connecting these dots over the last five years, the picture that emerges is this: the government seems confident that China can be handled without a substantial rise in defence expenditure. The latest budget serves as a bellwether indicator for this claim. It was the first budget of the post-pandemic period, at a time when the economic prospects for India had improved considerably. The government achieved better-than-expected buoyancy in income taxes and GST in the current financial year, while the cooling of global fertilizer prices has led to a decline in the projected subsidy bill. Consequently, the government, for the first time in many years, had some fiscal room to play with. It has used that space to increase the overall capital outlay to Rs 10 lakh crore, almost three times the outlay in 2019-20. Despite this increase in the overall capital outlay, the defence budget resembles the middle overs of a one-day cricket match.From a financial savings perspective, there have been just two important changes over this period in the defence domain. The first was the announcement of the Agnipath scheme. It might reduce the pension burden, but these savings will reflect only after a decade-and-a-half. Other proposals, such as theatre commands, haven't come to fruition yet. The proposal to create a non-lapsable fund for modernisation — a proposal the union government gave an in-principle agreement way back in Feb 2021, still hasn't found a mention in the latest budget.Probably, the defence budget is the wrong place to infer India's strategic posture against China. Perhaps, the government considers other tools of statecraft—diplomatic, economic, or non-conventional—more suitable for the purpose. This point needs deeper reflection. The discussions over the roles of these tools of statecraft currently operate under mistaken assumptions. Attempts at getting India into an anti-China alliance are spurned at the altar of “strategic autonomy”. The opponents seem to assume that India only needs to equip its armed forces with greater firepower. For too long, many parliamentary standing committees and defence organisations have gone hoarse trying to convince the government that defence expenditure should be raised to 3 per cent of GDP. If anything, the change is in the opposite direction.The defence budget trends are a reminder that the government does not prefer using the military instrument to outflank China. At best, it wants to equip the armed forces such that China's incursions can be matched or repulsed. Given that there's no significant increase in allocations for the Navy and the Air Force, it also means that the government is not considering an increased presence in the South China Sea. So, the military is being equipped to plug a vulnerability and not to gain an asymmetric political advantage over China. This line of thinking probably makes sense. There's no point in matching China's defence spending dollar-for-dollar. After all, the Indian armed forces are more adept at fighting at high altitudes. But this line of thinking should also make it apparent that India must develop capabilities in domains other than those involving force to inflict pain on China. The government should build a political consensus that closer relations with China's adversaries are not a matter of choice but an imperative. That we need to double down on economic growth and technological upgrading if we are to constrain China's hand in other domains. It also means that we shouldn't be indiscriminately banning China's investments in India; a better approach would be to make their companies in non-strategic domains more dependent on the Indian market. We will then have more tools in our kit to deploy if the situation on the border worsens. Each of these posture changes needs an updating of our priors and payoffs. For that to happen, it is necessary that the government comes clean about China's incursions. Pretending that all's well might give us false comfort, but they will also dissuade the strategic establishment from confronting the tough trade-offs in non-military domains. Without this pivot, we would merely rely on hope as a strategy. India Policy Watch #2: Through The Looking GlassInsights on burning policy issues in India— RSJWe talk about the arbitrary powers of the state on these pages often. Now, we cannot grudge the state's sovereignty because we have voluntarily handed it that power. One argument that follows from this is that such power is often prone to be used arbitrarily. And that's a problem for the citizens. The typical solution we have offered on these pages over time is to restrict the domain of the state to a narrow set where it can make the maximum impact or to design its incentives in a way that makes the state act with accountability. Now, these are good design principles. We could use them to create structures and institutions that are strong and independent that could hold their own against any arbitrary use of power. But are these enough? A natural question that should follow is how do we know things are working in practice like they were meant to? How do we get authentic information about how the state is conducting itself? How do we confirm that it is not subverting the institutional design that is in place to control its powers? These questions lead us to the other pillar of a well-functioning democracy - transparency. It is a topic we haven't discussed enough on these pages. Transparency is a moral good, and it is vital for a healthy democracy. Darkness stunts democracy. It needs light to thrive. In the early part of the 20th century, the US Supreme Court judge Louis Brandeis famously remarked, “sunlight is the best disinfectant” while making a case for a transparency imperative. Or, if we were to go further back, Bentham, often credited to have done the most original thinking on transparency, summed it up with - the more strictly we are watched, the better we behave - a principle he put at the heart of his advocacy for an open government. So, what has triggered my early morning ruminations on transparency? Well, there are two reasons. Here's one. The Indian Express reports:“The Supreme Court said it did not want to accept in a “sealed cover” the Centre's suggestions on who could be the members of a committee the court had proposed to assess the market regulatory framework and recommend measures, if any, to strengthen it in the wake of the Adani-Hindenburg affair. It refused to accept any suggestions on names from the petitioners as well.Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, who headed a three-judge bench hearing a clutch of petitions on the Hindenburg Research report and its aftermath, told Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, the court wanted to maintain “full transparency”. The court would appoint a committee of its own that will promote a sense of confidence in the process, he said.”CJI Chandrachud said, “We would rather not accept the sealed cover suggestions from you for this reason; in constituting a committee which we want to do, we want to maintain full transparency. The moment we accept a set of suggestions from you in a sealed cover, it means the other side is not seeing them. Even if we don't accept your suggestions, they will not know which of your suggestions we have accepted and which we have not. Then there may be an impression that well, this is a government-appointed committee which the Supreme Court has accepted even if we have not accepted your suggestions. So, we want to maintain the fullest transparency in the interest of protecting the investors.”Bravo. The Chief Justice was almost channelling Bentham there, who famously wrote, “secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government.” I mean, what even is a sealed cover in a matter that concerns millions of ordinary investors? Why should there be secrecy in the name of experts and their recommendations? A sealed cover is a strange invention. It gives the sheen of a fair and independent process to what is essentially a subversion of a democratic principle. It ranks up there among one of the great Indian coinages. The top spot, of course, is forever occupied by ‘mild lathicharge'. And now, onto the other reason for all this talk on transparency. This was the headline-grabbing news of this week in India - “Weeks after its documentary taken off, BBC gets I-T knock”. Here's the Indian Express reporting on this with many quotes from “unnamed government sources”:“The Income-Tax Department surveys at the premises of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday (February 14) were conducted in view of the BBC's “deliberate non-compliance with the transfer pricing rules” and its “vast diversion of profits”, government sources said.The surveys were looking into “manipulation of prices for unauthorized benefits, including tax advantages”, sources said.The BBC has been “persistently and deliberately violative of transfer pricing rules, it has “deliberately diverted a significant amount of the profits”, and has not followed the “arm's length arrangement” in the allocation of profit, the sources said.”A very garrulous source there with a lot of information. I don't want to ascribe motives to the tax raids yet. There's enough in the timing of these ‘surveys' to raise suspicions. The I-T department has been used to settle political and other scores for decades. It speaks poorly of our institutional strength and independence. But that's not the issue we are discussing today. The question is about transparency. Does anyone know why the surveys were carried out? The sources have cleverly given some reasons, but what stops the department from giving an official reason for them? Is it because it is likely that if they give the official reason, there will be further questions on the arbitrary nature of the actions? So, it is best to share nothing officially, selectively leak information to the media to paint the BBC in poor light and get away with harassment that then sends a message across to other foreign media outlets. Because even based on the merits of what the sources have said, it is difficult to justify a two-day survey. To quote the same news report:“Transfer pricing issues are very common for foreign companies but survey/search actions against them are not common. Assessment is usually opted for but is not the only route through which such cases can be approached. If tax officers want to do a survey/search, then transfer pricing issues can get covered.However, it is an approval-driven process with prior approvals required within the tax department before carrying out survey action. They would be having some information against the company and there might be a history of non-compliance too,” a Delhi-based tax expert said. A notice preferably is issued to a company in an assessment exercise by the tax authorities flouting transfer pricing rules before undertaking any such action, experts said."It shouldn't surprise anyone that political actors don't like transparency. It adds to their burden of accountability and increases the political costs of any missteps, deliberate or otherwise. So, how should the citizens keep up the demand for transparency in a democratic setup? After all, for the citizens to be involved in the governance process, they must have access to the government's information, plans and intentions. Also, there is a line beyond which too much transparency could be counterproductive. Too much information, too early in the process, could mean stalling the plan as interest groups jump in and skew the decision-making process. I have outlined three frames that one could use to think about transparency in a democracy.First, it is in the long-term interest of political parties to seek transparency in a democratic setup. For those in the opposition, it is about making the incumbent party in power more accountable. For the incumbent, too, there's always the uncertainty about the future when they might not be in power. In such a scenario, it is better for them to have stronger laws on transparency for their own access to government information, which they can use to hold others accountable. A lack of certainty about future electoral prospects for any party is a feature of a good democracy. It is in this environment most transparency laws are made. In India, too, the RTI came about because of grassroots activism and a broad consensus among the political class led by the party in power then. However, it is important to note that the Overton window was right during that time when getting re-elected was an exception. It meant the political actors were keen to have access to information in future. In that sense, any period when transparency is suppressed in a democracy is a good surrogate for the power of the party in power. In India, the RTI laws allow for access to a significant amount of government information. The problem is that there is a gradual erosion of its ambit as the dominant political class comes to view it as an irritant. The only way to counter this is for the citizenry to continue using the RTI tool to its fullest extent. The more people know the tool's power, the harder it will be to blunt it. Second, it is important to devolve transparency to state and local governments. This is where the political uncertainty is still high in India, which means there's an incentive for political actors to support transparency moves to guarantee their own access to information in future. This is also the space where petty corruption is still rampant. One of the challenges of RTI in India is that most of the activism here is focused on big-ticket issues. The opportunity to bring sunlight as a disinfectant and its payoffs are the highest at the local level of governance. Separately, there are also specific areas in the private sector that could do with improved transparency. This is tricky territory, and let me be very specific about this. There's a significant amount of information that's collected, often without explicit consent, from the citizens by the private sector, which is then monetised in various ways. The mechanism by which their information is used and the extent to which the private sector, especially the social media platforms, benefits from it are not transparent to the citizens who are the customers. If your attention is being monetised through multiple trackers and personalised ads, it is only fair you must know the rules of the game and agree to play it. This is still a white space of policymaking in India. Lastly, the oft-cited risk of policy waters being muddied because of transparency, where various interest groups will lobby for their positions and slow down the decision-making process, is a bit misplaced. Those in favour of transparency do not argue for the innards of policymaking being put out for display. That process requires stakeholder mapping and seeking inputs in a way that's been documented by various policy thinkers. We have written about the eight-step process of policymaking on these pages on multiple occasions. The issue of transparency is important in two areas. First, the implementation and measurement of a policy proposal. How did a policy fare compared to its promise? Were the public resources and efforts prudently used? Was there a clear understanding of why something failed? Access to this information is important for the public and experts outside the government to hold the government accountable and improve future decisions. Second, the size of the state in India often means it is the biggest, often the sole, customer in multiple sectors and its decision on setting the rules of games in these sectors, awarding contracts and its performance in managing its budget should be available for public scrutiny. Again, this doesn't mean the government should vet its decisions at each stage with prevailing public opinion. Rather it must be able to explain its process and the rationale for decisions openly and transparently. The practice of sealed covers or I-T surveys and raids without a clear reason isn't new to India. What's new is the somewhat strange support for these actions by the mainstream media that are being fed by the ever-bizarre theories cooked by the partisans on social media. BBC isn't doing a documentary on Gujarat because China is now funding it. Nor is there a leftist cabal that's busy bringing Adani down one week and using BBC the next to show the government in a bad light. This playbook is reminiscent of the Indira era of the mid-70s, where in the name of national interest, we buried transparency and accountability. It took us decades to get out of that mire. Learning from history is free, but most of us fail the eventual test.PolicyWTF: Casually Banning Films Committee, RepriseThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay Kotasthane Last week, I came across an excellent report by Aroon Deep in The Hindu that explains how the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) is going way beyond its usual stance of “demanding” cuts of scenes showing sexual content, violence, or abusive language. Instead, the CBFC now also has a perspective on dietary preferences (demanding that mention of “beef” be struck off), foreign policy (demanding that references to ex-KGB officers, China, and Pakistan be removed), and even corruption (how can a filmmaker dare depict a police officer accepting a bribe?). Seriously, what an omniscient body.Despite its activism, the Censor Board hasn't impressed the extremists. One Hindu group leader has called for creating a ‘Dharma Censor Board' “to review Bollywood films and keep a check on any anti-religious content or distortion of facts about Sanatan Dharma.” In his words:“Our experts will see a film when it is released and if we find it suitable for people belonging to Sanatan Dharma, we will issue a certificate. At present, films passed by the censor board set up by the government have been found carrying scenes that hurt the sentiments of people. We have repeatedly asked for a religious person to be included in the censor board but this demand has not been accepted. This is why we had to constitute our own board.”While it sounds absolutely absurd at face value, there is a liberal way out to assimilate this conservative critique. We covered it in edition #122, and I want to re-emphasise those points.In 2016, my former colleagues Madhav, Adhip, Shikha, Siddarth, Devika and Guru wrote an interesting paper in which they recommended that film certification should be privatised.Deploying the Banishing Bureaucracy framework, they wrote:The CBFC be renamed the Indian Movie Authority (IMA) and that the primary purpose of the IMA would be to license and regulate private organisations called Independent Certifying Authorities (ICAs) which will then certify films.So, the Hindu group can very well have its own ICA, which will rate the movie on its Sanatana Dharma compliance score. But…The certificate granted by ICA will only restrict what age groups the film is appropriate for. This is the only form of pre-censorship that is necessary in today's age as all other restrictions on film exhibition should be applied retrospectively. The choice of ICAs available for producers to approach will render the question of subjectivity moot as the producer can switch to another ICA if unsatisfied with the certificate. The IMA will set the guidelines for the ICAs to follow and will be the first point of appeal.In other words, this solution reimagines the CBFC as a body that grants licenses to independent and private certification organisations called ICAs. These ICAs must adhere to certain threshold criteria set by the CBFC. Beyond these criteria, some ICAs may specialise themselves as being the sanskaari ones trigger-happy to award an “A” certification, while others may adopt a more liberal approach. In the authors' words:This will allow the marketplace of ideas to draw the lines of what kind of content is fit for what kind of audience with the government still being capable of stepping in to curb prurient sensibilities.This solution has the added benefit of levelling the playing field between OTT content and films. Currently, the CBFC has no capacity to certify the content being churned out on tens of streaming services. By delegating this function to private ICAs, the government can ensure adherence to certification norms.In essence, just as governments can often plug market failures, markets too can sometimes plug government failures. Reforming our ‘Censor Board' requires giving markets a chance.There's much more detail in the paper about grievance redressal, certification guidelines, and appeals procedure. Read it here.HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters* [Podcast] Over at Puliyabaazi, we discuss technology geopolitics with Anirudh Suri, author of The Great Tech Game.* [Paper] Laxman Kumar Behera's take on the defence budget.* [Paper] This paper has a fantastic framework for understanding policy failures and successes. This is a public episode. 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Comdex's Co-Founder, Siddarth Patil, joins Coruzant Technologies for the Digital Executive podcast. His story starts out in traditional economics and finance, as an investment advisor. However, over time his interest and curiosity with DeFi and Crypto peaked his attention. With a strong partner in this space, they launched Comdex to build the next generation of DeFi applications.
We catch up with Siddarth Patil, cofounder of Comdex, and seasoned finch entrepreneur and innovator to learn about their new project and how it can help to solve some key financial sticking points. Siddarth also outlines how you can become part of their upcoming airdrop. He also explains why they chose to base the company in Singapore, and why it is no bad thing to be developing the product during these bear market times. More about Siddarth Patil Comdex Co-founder and COO. Before co-founding Comdex, Siddarth's professional endeavors centered on finance, with working experience in wealth management and investment banking. He began building Comdex in 2018 as a blockchain-based solution to digitize the commodity supply chain industry. Along with the Comdex team, Siddarth launched Comdex chain in 2021 as a DeFi infrastructure layer to power a multi-chain ecosystem. https://twitter.com/SidP95 https://twitter.com/Harbor_Protocol https://twitter.com/ComdexOfficial More about Comdex A DeFi infrastructure layer for the Cosmos ecosystem. A layer-1 infrastructure for seamless deployment of DeFi applications in the Cosmos ecosystem, powering DeFi in the multi-chain future. The Comdex chain is built to enable bridging of capital to assets across the DeFi and CeFi ecosystems. A truly decentralized ecosystem of solutions enables limitless access to global liquidity in finance. Comdex aims to deliver a robust infrastructure layer that supports seamless creation and deployment of DeFi applications in the Cosmos ecosystem. The Comdex chain enhances investor's access to a broad range of assets that help investors diversify and generate yield on their investments.
Today on the Ether we have Inter Protocol hosting a space exploring the new Osmosis 3Pool. You'll hear from RoboMcGobo, monetsupply.lens, Dean Tribble, Siddarth, Abhishek Singh, Cosmos HOSS, and more! Recorded on February 9th 2023. If you enjoy the music at the end of the episodes, you can find the albums streaming on Spotify, and the rest of your favorite streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
Today on the Ether we have the Comdex AMA hosted by White Whale. You'll hear from Siddarth, Sebastian, Abhishek Singh, Sen Cøm, and more! Recorded on January 11th 2023. If you enjoy the music at the end of the episodes, you can find the albums streaming on Spotify, and the rest of your favorite streaming platforms. Check out Project Survival, Virus Diaries, and Plan B wherever you get your music. Thank you to everyone in the community who supports TerraSpaces.
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Pese al crecimiento del mercado de las criptomonedas y el espacio DeFi, todavía existe mucho valor que puede ser agregado para ayudar a la continua adopción de la tecnología blockchain. El día de hoy nos acompaña Siddarth Patil, co-fundador y COO de Comdex, una solución layer 1 dentro del ecosistema de Cosmos, que busca conectar instrumentos del mercado tradicional con el mundo crypto, para democratizar estos mismos y dar más opciones de inversión a los criptonautas. Enlaces de interés: * Comdex (Sitio Oficial) * Criptomonedas.do (Sitio Oficial | Instagram | Twitter ) * Criptomonedas Latam (Comunidad de Telegram) * Blockchain RD (Dev. Community en Discord). * La Cripto Uni con Javier Suárez ( YouTube | Instagram | Twitter ) * BDecrypt - Video Tutoriales de Crypto (YouTube) Otros enlaces recomendados * Millstonelab.com Todas las ideas expresadas por los hosts de este podcast y la de sus invitados son únicamente sus propias opiniones, y no deben ser tratadas como una inducción a la compra o venta, ni como recomendación a alguna estrategia financiera. Este podcast es solamente para fines informativos y educativos. This Episode is NOT sponsored. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/criptomonedasdo/support
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SUPPORTING 1000s OF ENTREPRENEURS THROUGH TAMILPRENEUR | Shyam Siddarth and Praveen Krishna #TGV252"One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you"~Jeff BezosTune into #TGV252 to get clarity on the above topic. Here are the timestamp-based pointers from Shyam Siddarth and Praveen Krishna's conversation with Naveen Samala0:00:00 INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT SETTING 0:02:45 Shyam's PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY AND THE TOP 3 THINGS THAT HELPED IN His SUCCESS0:05:00 Praveen's PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY AND THE TOP 3 THINGS THAT HELPED IN His SUCCESS0:08:45 TAMILPRENEUR - WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT0:13:25 Toughest lessons learned in their entrepreneurship journey?0:17:00 ABOUT SANGAMAM - CONFLUENCE OF STARTUPs in Tamilnadu, India0:21:00 WHAT IS ONE COMMON PROBLEM THAT ENTREPRENEURS ARE FACING TODAY?0:25:00 Great marketing tactics followed by successful startups0:30:00 WHAT should we do to further strengthen the INDIAN STARTUP ECOSYSTEM0:32:00 WITTY ANSWERS TO THE RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS0:35:00 ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TO THOSE ASPIRING TO MAKE BIG IN THEIR CAREERS 0:37:30 TRIVIA ABOUT SHARK TANK ABOUT THE GUESTs:SHYAM SIDDARTH AND PRAVEEN KKIRHSNA ARE THE FOUNDERS OF TAMILPRENEUR Connect with Shyam Siddarth and Praveen Krishna:https://www.linkedin.com/in/shyamsiddarth/https://www.linkedin.com/in/krpraveenkrishna/Sign-up for Tamilpreneur's clubhttp://www.tamilpreneur.in/clubHere's a flat INR 100 discount code for TGV listeners use TGV100 while signing upCONNECT WITH THE FOUNDERS ON LINKEDIN:Naveen Samala: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveensamalaSudhakar Nagandla: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvsudhakarFOLLOW ON TWITTER:@guidingvoice@naveensamala@s_nagandla Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
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What will be the next dominant stablecoin in Cosmos & the interchain after the Terra/ $UST drama? There are some upcoming candidates like $IST from Agoric or $CMST from Comdex - but also existing solutions like the e-Money stablecoins such as $EEURO or $ECHF. So, which of them will take the lead? And besides, how will these stablecoins work and peg to the USD/ Euro. This is what host Juri Maibaum discusses with Dean Tribble from Agoric, Siddarth Patil from Comdex, and Henrik Aasted Sørensen from e-Money. - - - - CHECK OUT AGORIC: https://agoric.com/ CHECK OUT COMDEX: https://comdex.one/ CHECK OUT e-MONEY: https://e-money.com/ FOLLOW FRENS VALIDATOR: https://twitter.com/frensvalidator STAKE WITH FRENS VALIDATOR: https://frens.army/ FOLLOW JURI: https://twitter.com/jurimaibaum - - - - DISCLAIMER All information presented in this podcast is meant for informational purposes only and should not be treated as financial, legal, or tax advice. This podcast's content solely reflects the opinion of the producer, who is not a financial advisor. Investing in cryptocurrencies is risky!
Justin Gordon (@justingordon212) talks with Jonathan Siddarth (@jonsidd), CEO and Founder of Turing, a company on a mission to help unleash the world's untapped potential. Turing's hiring platform combines planetary reach and AI to deliver your ideal engineers in order to help you spin up your engineering dream team. Their deep matching intelligence finds the best Turing developers across 100+ skills like React, Node, Python, Golang, Angular, Swift, Java, and many more. As part of their rigorous vetting process, they also review software engineers' technical abilities, English skills, and remote working capabilities. Turing ensures time zone overlap, transparency, and reliable communication in order to make remote development easy for you after the match.The Turing team has deep expertise in AI and building engineering dream teams in the U.S. at top companies. Turing is backed by well-known investors like Facebook's initial CTO (Adam D'Angelo), executives from Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Founders Fund (investors in Facebook, Tesla, Asana, etc). Turing.com is led by serial A.I. entrepreneurs Jonathan Siddharth and Vijay Krishnan, whose last A.I. firm leveraged remote talent and had a successful acquisition. Website: TuringLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jonsid/Twitter: @jonsiddShow Notes: Jonathan's path to Turing's moment of inception in 2018 How COVID accelerated Turing's growth as our world quickly turned remote-first The challenges that come with hiring and managing fully remote, distributed teams The importance of the market evaluation and opportunity validation stage of building a company Early customer acquisition and why it's important to start with non-scalable approaches The value of specificity and curiosity when narrowing down your ideal customer profile Why companies are choosing Turing today Turing's silicon valley-caliber, cloud-based vetting and matching process When companies should start using Turing and the value it provides Jonathan's thoughts on the future of work More about the show:The Vitalize Podcast, a show by Vitalize Venture Capital (a seed-stage venture capital firm and pre-seed 300+ member angel community open to everyone), dives deep into the world of startup investing and the future of work.Hosted by Justin Gordon, the Director of Marketing at Vitalize Venture Capital, The Vitalize Podcast includes two main series. The Angel Investing series features interviews with a variety of angel investors and VCs around the world. The goal? To help develop the next generation of amazing investors. The Future of Work series takes a look at the founders and investors shaping the new world of work, including insights from our team here at Vitalize Venture Capital. More about us:Vitalize Venture Capital was formed in 2017 as a $16M seed-stage venture fund and now includes both a fund as well as an angel investing community investing in the future of work. Vitalize has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles.The Vitalize Team:Gale - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCCaroline - https://twitter.com/carolinecasson_Justin - https://twitter.com/justingordon212Vitalize Angels, our angel investing community open to everyone:https://vitalize.vc/vitalizeangels/
Our guest today, Siddarth Jena, has learned a lot about growth running the largest platform for fans of India's most popular sport, Cricket. Siddarth came into Cricket.com at a time when they had to scale their marketing efforts from 0 to 100, he shares how they tested Google, Facebook, affiliates, and many other growth channels to capture the market. They were able to rapidly test and then scaled their growth channels to drive 5 million installs in just 4 months. Hear more on Siddarth's story including his love for travel, how he and his team adapted marketing during COVID, how to deploy empathy in your marketing efforts and so much more in this episode of How I Grew This. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more.
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Political economist and social technologist at Microsoft, and a researcher at the RadicalxChange Foundation, Divya Siddarth introduces us to The Pluriverse and challenges us to consider just how many worlds are possible.
Commodities is an industry of a massive scale and it's here to stay. This is where Sid Patil finds his niche. Sid is the co-founder and COO of Comdex, a platform that focuses on enabling traders and investors to connect/trade assets from different block chains. Joining Monika Proffitt in this conversation, he shares how this system works and why he and his team chose to venture on this technology. Listen in and get immersed in the exciting world of commodities!Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share!Here's How »Join the New Trust Economy Community today:newtrusteconomy.comNew Trust Economy FacebookNew Trust Economy YouTubeTracy Hazzard LinkedInMonika Proffitt LinkedIn
So, for today's Masterclass, (Drumroll) Let me welcome myself. The masterclass is about User-research. So I'll kill your time for a few minutes without going into the episode with the takeaways from MacAppStudio Suresh's episode. You ask why ? Because it is important. We don't want you to miss important things, Youtube : https://youtu.be/MxUHrSsLH_E Podcast : https://anchor.fm/tamilpreneur/episodes/S05E15---MacAppStudio-Suresh--Season-Finale--Tamilpreneur-Fellowship-Program--Tamil-Entrepreneurship-Podcast--Tamilpreneur-e1844jd/a-a6k8n43 Takeaways from Masterclass 1 It starts with an idea ? Wrong. You want to startup to make money ? Wrong. Which one is right ? Tune in :) Alright alright, You got only 30 seconds to pitch your idea to an investor from Sequoia or Accel or A16Z. How do you do it? How do you find out whether people are willing to pay for your product ? By talking to them ? Just kidding. You first ask yourself this question - "Whom to talk to for my user research" What if you can find out all the potential users who would be willing to pay for your product. Awesome right ? I give it you in a single slide. You can get it here. And then Just like love is in the air, tomatoes were in the air. Yup. We discussed on how Zomato would have chosen their target audience. Once you have asked yourself the first question, I give you a few questions to your "target audience" That's the end of it ? No.. The last few minutes will change the way you think about your startup. If you read this far, but did not click the play button on the episode yet, the previous line was probably a bait. Common, Tune in :) Checkout more about us by clicking on this link : https://instabio.cc/tamilpreneurlinks
Essa série original da Netflix, vai do comum ao surpreendente apresentando nove histórias com diferentes diretores, roteiristas e elenco. Cada uma dessas histórias explora nove emoções humanas se distanciando do óbvio e surpreendendo a casa episódio. Trailer da série As Nove EmoçõesEntrevista com Mani Ratnam eJayendra Panchapakesan Making Off da SérieMaking Off Abertura Plataforma: NetflixAno: 2021Criação e Produção: Mani Ratnam e Jayendra PanchapakesanDireção: Bejoy Nambiar, Priyadarshan, Karthik Narain, Vasanth S. Sai, Karthik Subbaraj, Rathendran Prasad, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Sarjum KM, Arvind SwaniElenco: Suriya, Vijay Sethupathi, Revathy, Prakash Raj, Siddarth, Parvathy, Delhi Ganesh, Gautham Vasudev Menon, Anjali, Yogi Babu, Aditi Balan, Remya Nambeesan, Pooma, Prayaga Martin, Rythvika Suriya, Arvind Swamy, Prasanna, Atharva, Bobby Simha, Ashok Selvan, Nedumudi Venu, Kishore. Roteiro e Pesquisa @Nandu_u22 Edição @AudioHeroes Redes Sociais: Instagram e no twitter e-mail: falaainandu@gmail.com Todo mês um review de uma série de uma plataforma de streaming. Beijos e até mês que vem!
AI research is often framed as a kind of human-versus-machine rivalry that will inevitably lead to the defeat — and even wholesale replacement of — human beings by artificial superintelligences that have their own sense of agency, and their own goals. Divya Siddarth disagrees with this framing. Instead, she argues, this perspective leads us to focus on applications of AI that are neither as profitable as they could be, nor safe enough to prevent us from potentially catastrophic consequences of dangerous AI systems in the long run. And she ought to know: Divya is an associate political economist and social technologist in the Office of the CTO at Microsoft. She's also spent a lot of time thinking about what governments can — and are — doing to shift the framing of AI away from centralized systems that compete directly with humans, and toward a more cooperative model, which would see AI as a kind of facilitation tool that gets leveraged by human networks. Divya points to Taiwan as an experiment in digital democracy that's doing just that.
What is decentralized AI and how and why should we design and implement it? To answer this question and more in this episode we interview Divya Siddarth about decentralizing AI, democratization, and how we can utilize the logic of social movements to influence our technology design. Divya Siddarth is a Political Economist and Social Technologist at the Microsoft Office of the CTO working to understand, preserve, and extend democracy through technological progress and innovation. She previously taught classes at Stanford University on building technology for good and creating a more secure world for political activism and engagement in civil society. Divya also spent a few years in India as a research fellow, working with activists and politicians to think through democratized alternatives to existing tech platforms. Full show notes for this episode can be found at Radicalai.org. If you enjoy this episode please make sure to subscribe, submit a rating and review, and connect with us on twitter at twitter.com/radicalaipod
While excellent newsletters on specific themes within public policy already exist, this thought letter is about frameworks, mental models, and key ideas that will hopefully help you think about any public policy problem in imaginative ways. Audio narration by Ad-Auris.Global Policy Watch: A Mint With a Role- RSJThe People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has been trialling a form of digital Yuan for the past year. Last week the trials entered their second phase. (Umm, they seem to have more phases for this than for developing their Covid vaccines).The Wall Street Journal woke up to the digital Yuan (paywalled) last week with this article that starts off like a Marquez novel:“A thousand years ago, when money meant coins, China invented paper currency. Now the Chinese government is minting cash digitally, in a re-imagination of money that could shake a pillar of American power.” What’s not to like an article that begins with hyperbole? But there’s some grain of truth there. Before we go further we need to make sense of sovereign digital currencies or what’s now being called Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC). What’s Money?Like we have written in an earlier post, money performs three roles for us: it is a store of value, it is a medium of exchange, and it is a unit of measure. Through it we save for the future, pay for goods and services and measure the value of very different things using a common unit. These roles mean anything that aspires to be a currency (the usable form of money) should have a relatively stable value over time and should be widely acknowledged as a store of value and unit of account among people. If it does so, the network effect takes over after a while and it becomes a widely used currency. Throughout history, a key feature of a sovereign state was its control over the supply and circulation of money that’s used within its boundaries. The royal mints, after all, have been around for more than two thousand years. As modern nation-states emerged through the 19th and 20th centuries and as global trade increased, central banks emerged to manage the monetary system and provide financial stability. There are three forms of money in any modern economy: Banknotes: These are physical paper currency notes issued by the central bank that we all use in our everyday lives. This is a direct promise by the central bank to pay the holder of the note a specified sum of money. This promise is printed on all currency notes.Bank Deposits: Ordinary people and businesses don’t hoard banknotes to conduct their business. They deposit their money in commercial banks. These deposits are stored in electronic form by these banks. The banks offer two services to their customers. They convert these deposits to central bank money in the form of banknotes when you demand it at an ATM and they offer to transfer your money to someone else through a payment system that exists between banks. Unlike banknotes, your deposits aren’t risk-free. They aren’t backed by any sovereign guarantee. A bank will be able to convert your money into banknotes only if it is solvent and it is able to honour its commitments. We have seen instances of a bank failing to do so in India (Yes Bank, PMC etc).Central Bank Reserves (“reserves”): Commercial banks have their own accounts with the central bank where they deposit their funds. These deposits are used by banks to pay each other to settle transactions between them. The reserves are the other form of central bank money apart from banknotes. These are risk-free and therefore used for settlements among commercial banks. Where does CBDC then fit in?Simply put, a CBDC is a digital form of a banknote issued by the central bank. Now you might think we already use a lot of digital money these days. Yes, there’s money we move electronically or digitally between banks, wallets or while using credit/debit cards in today’s world. But that’s only the digital transfer of money within the financial system. There’s no real money moving. The underlying asset is still the central bank money in the form of reserves that’s available in the accounts that commercial banks have with the central bank. This is what gets settled between the commercial banks after the transaction. This is an important distinction. We don’t move central bank money electronically. But CBDC would actually allow ordinary citizens to directly deal with central bank money. It will be an alternative to banknotes. And it will be digital. CBDC: The Time Is NowSo, why are central banks interested in CBDC now? There are multiple reasons. One, cryptocurrency that’s backed by some kind of a stable asset (also called ‘stablecoin’) can be a real threat as an alternative to a sovereign currency. Stablecoins are private money instruments that can be used for transactions like payments with greater efficiency and with better functionality. For instance, the current payment and settlement system for credit cards in most parts of the world has the merchant getting money in their bank accounts 2-3 days after the transaction is done at their shops. A digital currency can do it instantly. For a central bank, there could be no greater threat to its ability to manage the monetary system than a private currency that’s in circulation outside its control.Two, in most countries, there’s an overwhelming dependency on the electronic payment systems for all kinds of transactions. As more business shifts online and electronic payment becomes the default option, this is a serious vulnerability that’s open to hackers and the enemy states to exploit. A CBDC offers an alternative system that’s outside the payment and settlement network among commercial banks. It will improve the resilience of the payment system. Three, central banks need to offer a currency solution for the digital economy that matches any form of digital currency that could be offered by private players. Despite the digitisation of finance and the prevalence of digital wallets in the world today, there’s still significant ‘friction’ in financial transactions all around us. You pay your electricity bill electronically by receiving the bill, then opening an app and paying for it. Not directly from your electric meter in a programmed manner. That’s just an example of friction. There are many other innovations waiting to be unleashed with a digital currency. Central banks need to provide a platform for such innovations within an ecosystem that they control. CBDC offers that option.Lastly, digital money will reduce transmission loss both ways. Taxes can be deducted ‘at source’ because there will be traceability of all transactions done using CBDC. It will also allow central banks and the governments to bypass the commercial banks and deliver central bank money in a targeted fashion to citizens and households without any friction. The transmission of interest rates to citizens for which central banks depend on commercial banks could now be done directly. While these are the benefits of a digital currency, there are other massive macroeconomic consequences including the loss of relevance of bank deposits that we have with our banks. A CBDC that offers interest would mean we will have a direct deposit account with the central bank. This will mean a move away from deposits in banks to CBDC with the central bank. Also, the nature of a bank ‘run’ will change. Today a bank ‘run’ means a rapid withdrawal of banknotes from a bank by its depositors who are unsure of the solvency of the bank. This takes time and is limited by the amount of money available in ATMs. In a CBDC world, the ‘runs’ will be really quick and only constrained by the amount of CBDC issued by the central banks. Depositors will replace their deposits with CBDC pronto. This secular move away from deposits will increase the cost of funds of commercial banks. They will have to depend on other sources of funds than the low-cost deposits that customers deposit every month in the form of salaries to them. A reduction in deposits will reduce the availability of credit in the system. This will have a repercussion on the wider economy. It will also mean greater demand for reserves from the central bank by the commercial banks to provide credit to their customers. Central banks will increase their reserves and their balance sheets will become bigger. In summary, central banks will become more powerful. China’s Digital Yuan Play For these reasons, I believe CBDC is inevitable in this decade. Central banks will have to contend with the competition of cryptocurrency and the needs of the digital economy. They will find a mechanism to create a ‘platform-based model’ where the central banks create CBDC using a Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) or a centralised ledger model while allowing private players to provide interfaces for customers to deal with this ledger. They will have to provide some level of comfort on privacy to their citizens by separating the transaction layer of CBDC from the core ledger. But for China, the benefits of a digital Yuan do not just stop there. Beyond these benefits, a CBDC is a boon for a surveillance state as it turns into an ‘eye in the sky’ for every transaction happening in the economy. For China where all banking is owned by the state, the secular shift from deposits of commercial banks to CBDC is also a lesser problem. And most importantly, China is looking at leadership in CBDC to replace the US Dollar in global trade. A digital Yuan is the most feasible option for it to challenge the entrenched ‘dollarisation’ of the physical currencies around the world. 88 per cent of global trade is done using the US Dollar and it is what sustains the Dollar as the global reserve currency. For China to replace the US as the future global superpower, it will have to find ways to make Yuan the reserve currency. An early lead in adopting CBDC for domestic and cross-border payments is a great option to make a real fist of it.China’s early trials in this space will force a response from other large economies on CDBC. The interoperability of sovereign CBDCs and how quickly the US is able to put together a CBDC alliance that counters China will be interesting to watch. In the meantime, I expect the current Chines regime to overplay its hand here like it has been usual for it in the last few years. Expect China to play hardball with the digital Yuan in global trade. This will be an interesting space in geo-economics to watch. PolicyWTF: Casually Banning Films CommitteeThis section looks at egregious public policies. Policies that make you go: WTF, Did that really happen?— Pranay KotasthaneMost film certification authorities in democratic republics categorise movie content according to age-appropriateness and nothing more. But India’s is an exception. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) — commonly referred to as the “Censor Board” — also plays the role of a film editor. The CBFC is empowered to ask filmmakers to drop certain scenes. Not just that, the CBFC in its wisdom can just plainly refuse to certify a movie. In such cases, filmmakers have the option of appealing to the reviewing committee of the CBFC. If even that fails, they could hitherto appeal to a 5-member Delhi-based tribunal called the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal (FCAT). This tribunal has now been shut down through an ordinance along with eight other tribunals. The stated intent is that this move will streamline legal recourses. Filmmakers will now have to appeal to High Courts directly and wait for the law to take its own (long) course. In other words, “tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh, tareekh pe tareekh…”You would have already guessed why this is a PolicyWTF. Higher transaction costs, the existing burden on our High Courts, lack of state capacity, yadda yadda yadda. You can read these arguments here, here, and here. I won’t go there.Instead, let’s address the larger PolicyWTF - the CBFC itself. As long as it is a government-appointed body with the power to play the role of a film editor, absurdities will continue. It is for this reason that the Shyam Benegal Committee in 2016 recommended that the CBFC’s powers to modify and change movies should be taken away and it should purely function as a certification body. Exactly what was needed. But it was also exactly what the government wouldn’t allow. And so, five years after that report, we still have a CBFC which is rubbing its hands to also edit OTT content. Moreover, the percentage of films without any cuts fell to its lowest levels over the last 100 years in 2016-17. And now, even the FCAT has been shut down. Clearly, film censorship is going in a direction opposite to what previous committees have recommended. So, is there a solution to this meta policyWTF? Yes, turns out markets can help here. In 2016, my former colleagues Madhav, Adhip, Shikha, Siddarth, Devika and Guru wrote an interesting paper in which they recommended that film certification should be privatised. Deploying the Banishing Bureaucracy framework, they wrote:The CBFC be renamed the Indian Movie Authority (IMA) and that the primary purpose of the IMA would be to license and regulate private organisations called Independent Certifying Authorities (ICAs) which will then certify films. The certificate granted by ICA will only restrict what age groups the film is appropriate for. This is the only form of pre-censorship that is necessary in today’s age as all other restrictions on film exhibition should be applied retrospectively. The choice of ICAs available for producers to approach will render the question of subjectivity moot as the producer can switch to another ICA if unsatisfied with the certificate. The IMA will set the guidelines for the ICAs to follow and will be the first point of appeal.From Privatising Film Certification: Towards a Modern Film Rating Regime, Madhav Chandavarkar et al, Takshashila Discussion Document.In other words, this solution reimagines the CBFC as a body that grants licenses to independent and private certification organisations called ICAs. These ICAs need to adhere to certain minimum threshold criteria set by the CBFC. Beyond these criteria, some ICAs may specialise themselves as being the sanskaari ones trigger-happy to award an “A” certification while others may choose to adopt a more liberal approach. In the authors’ words:This will allow the marketplace of ideas to draw the lines of what kind of content is fit for what kind of audience with the government still being capable of stepping in to curb prurient sensibilities.This solution has the added benefit of levelling the playing field between OTT content and films. Currently, the CBFC has no capacity to certify the content being churned out on tens of streaming services. By delegating this function to private ICAs, the government can ensure adherence to certification norms.In essence. just as governments can often plug market failures, markets too can sometimes plug government failures. Reforming our ‘Censor Board’ requires giving markets a chance.There’s a lot more detail in the paper about grievance redressal, certification guidelines, and appeals procedure. Read it here. PS: A couple of days after the FCAT was shut down in India came the news that Italy on the other hand has abolished all film censorship and moved to a self-certification system instead. Saluti! A Framework a Week:Tools for thinking about public policy— Pranay KotasthaneDr Yuen Yuen Ang is one of the most insightful writers on China’s economy. Her first book explained how China managed to escape poverty. Her second book, China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Growth and Vast Corruption has a framework on corruption that’s relevant to us in India.Created based on China’s Gilded Age: The Paradox of Economic Growth and Vast CorruptionThe framework classifies government corruption on two axes — “who in the government engages in corruption?” and “does the money giver get anything in return?”. Four types of corruption result from this categorisation as shown above.Ang claims that in most East Asian economies, the dominant mode of corruption is “access money” — bribes given to political elites with an explicit quid pro quo arrangement. On the other hand, the dominant mode of corruption in India is “speed money” — bribes given to low-level bureaucrats for property registration, a driving license, and so on. Though it intuitively sounds right, I take this result with heaps of salt as it is based on a survey measuring perceived corruption from the eyes of just 15 experts from the countries discussed. Nevertheless, I found the framework interesting. A typology of corruption is a great idea. The book claims that with rising income levels, corruption doesn’t vanish but just gets institutionalised in the ‘access money’ quadrant. To drive the point home, Ang connects these four types of corruption to four kinds of drugs. In her words:“all corruption is bad – they are all drugs – but petty theft and grand theft are like toxic drugs [or drinking bleach, a term suggested by Jordan Schneider]; speed money is like painkillers; access money is like anabolic steroids – they help you grow rapidly but come with serious side effects that accumulate over time.Access money functions as an incentive system for politicians and capitalists to work together, especially when massive infrastructure, involving huge sunk costs, is required for an emerging economy to take off. Access money overpays capitalists to do this, through cheap loans, subsidies, state backing, and in return you get feverish growth that lifts 700 million people out of poverty.”That’s neat storytelling!HomeWorkReading and listening recommendations on public policy matters[Article] Stewart Paterson’s white paper on the Hinrich Foundation site: The digital Yuan and China’s potential financial revolution.[Article] Shyam Benegal on his tryst with CBFC. Money quote: ‘With Bhumika, there were no cuts, no obscenity. According to the censor guidelines, there was nothing that was transgressed, yet it was given an A certificate. I asked, why? They said, the subject of your film is adult. Get on the email list at publicpolicy.substack.com
Today's guest is Siddarth Ranganathan, Director of Data Science, BI & Analytics at Nintex, who are the global standard for process management and automation. Founded in 2006, more than 10,000 public and private sector organizations across 90 countries turn to the Nintex Platform to accelerate progress on their digital transformation journeys by quickly and easily managing, automating and optimizing business processes. In the episode, Siddarth will tell you about: What he has learned on his journey so far, Nintex’s impact in process management and automation, His role leading the BI, Data Science and Analytics function, Building the foundations for success, How to structure a successful data science team and Advice on how to make the most of your data science career
In this lesson, we have Siddharth Shah with us who is talking about how just a change in mindset can bring considerable and positive changes in our life. If you're interested to find out more about Mindset and Success Coach Successful Export Industry Expert you can visit: https://www.instagram.com/coachsiddharthshah/ This lesson is showing Mindset and Success Coach Successful Export Industry Expert valuable information but also try to cover the following subject: -how to become a life coach and get paid -how to become a life coach and get paid -how to become a successful life coach So you want to find out more about Mindset and Success Coach Successful Export Industry Expert, I did too and here's the result. Mindset and Success Coach Successful Export Industry Expert intrigued me so I did some research and published this to YouTube . Our YouTube channel has various other similar lesson clips regarding how to become a life coach and get paid, how to become a life coach and get paid and how to become a successful life coach Please check them out : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy7B... One link for all:- linktr.ee/chakradhar.dixit If you were trying to find more info about how to become a life coach and get paid or how to become a life coach and get paid did this lesson aid? Maybe you wish to comment listed below and let me know what else I can assist you with or info on Mindset and Success Coach Successful Export Industry Expert. I have started my online classes and if you want to make yourself truly unforgettable here is your link. Memory Unleashing Mastery: https://bitclass.live/cdacademy/Cd82af4 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years. Listen to all that's been trending in the world of #Entertainment & #Lifestyle with Mallika Bhagat.
The transformation of the consumer-product relationship has been redefined in recent years through the troika of what we like to call “Connect-Purchase and Delivery”. But on an equal measure it's also the pace of addition of not just more products but evolving newer product categories by modern brands that has changed the foundational principles of the business landscape. One such company in India has been Drums Food International through it's brand Epigamia.On this episode, Varun is joined by Siddarth Menon, CMO, Drums Food International to talk about how they build new products and product categories at the pace that they do. They also discuss how the addition of their direct to consumer or D2C business in mid-2020 has evolved how they work as a business even more.Follow Siddarth Menon on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddarthmenonSign onto Varun's new newsletter at: Varunduggi.comTalk to Varun Duggirala on Twitter and Instagram: @varunduggiPlease send in your feedback at talktous@indusvox.comYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app.
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We're joined by Siddarth Nair as we discuss disasters from student film sets, the push and pull of using film school equipment, and proper faculty conduct.
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Our guest today, Siddarth Jena, has learned a lot about growth running the largest platform for fans of India’s most popular sport, Cricket. Siddarth came into Cricket.com at a time where they had to scale their marketing efforts from 0 to 100, he shares how they tested Google, Facebook, affiliates, and many other growth channels to capture the market. They were able to rapidly test then scaled their growth channels to drive 5 million installs in just 4 months. Hear more on Siddarth’s story including his love for travel, how he and his team adapted marketing during COVID, how to deploy empathy in your marketing efforts and so much more on this episode of How I Grew This. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and more.
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In 2019, Dean Foods, America’s largest dairy producer filed for bankruptcy prompting analogies of the proverbial canary in the coal mine as the 94-year old company’s struggles narrowed down to one undeniable fact: conventional milk sales have declined for the last 4 years in the U.S. Alternatives like plant-based dairy products have meanwhile soared to a $17.4 billion industry, staking claim to 13% of dairy sales by value. During Covid-19, plant-based milk sales have gained further with brands like Oatly becoming predominant. Technology think tank RethinkX predicts that this is just the beginning, and within a decade, the U.S. dairy and cattle industry will collapse and a slew of technologies will satisfy consumer demand, effectively rendering the cow obsolete as a food producer. What does this trend mean for India - where the cow is holy, dairy products are not just on our plates but also used for worship and dairy brands like Amul have a storied legacy in our economic development? GFI India’s Sci-Tech Specialist Siddharth Bhide joins us for this special episode to talk about pathways to growth for plant-based dairy in India with the gains made by companies like pioneering plant-based dairy company, Good Mylk and yoghurt brand Epigamia, which recently launched its first coconut-milk based yoghurt. Siddarth explains how food technology is key to the 2.0 version of plant-based dairy products.NOTES:COMPANIES MENTIONED:OatlyGoodMylkChobaniPerfect DayRippleTurtle Tree LabsBiomilqBibliography:The RethinkX report5 charts that show how milk sales changed and made it tough for Dean Foods to avert bankruptcy, CNBCDairy farmers forced to dump milk as demand drops amid coronavirus closures, NBC NewsAmul aims to achieve a business turnover of Rs 50,000 crore by 2021, The Economic TimesIs the milk you are having safe? Here's what you need to know, The Economic TimesFeeding 10 Billion, S1Ep.04, The Business of Food with Mark KahnClimate change: Which vegan milk is best? BBCFor Further Reading:The GFI India Plant-Based Dairy Webinar by Siddarth Bhide, Miranda Grizio and MJ Kinney will be uploaded soon on our website.GFI's Plant-based State of the Industry Report, 2020Contact Us:You can write to us at india@gfi.org or connect with GFI India on LinkedIn | Twitter | Instagram | YouTube or join our GFIdeas India Smart Protein Innovation Community on LinkedIn.
This episode Aadhi and Poorvesh discuss caste. We talk about its origins, current state and how it has shaped society. We have 4 guests, Maitreyi, Siddarth, Abishek, and Aldrin - each with their unique insight into the matter. We finish with an excellent piece of writing by Aldrin, that you don't want to miss!
In the fifth episode, YourStory Founder and CEO Shradha Sharma will be joined by Mohandas Pai, Chairman of Aarin Capital and Manipal Global Education, and Siddarth Pai, Founding Partner of 3one4 Capital, to discuss how India can create 100 unicorns to propel it to realise a $5 trillion economy.
We talk about our lives and studies in India and how they are so different from the Gulf and Rebin and Siddarth from the Mentorpad podcast join us on this episode.
Socialization: the process of mixing and getting along with others; learning to behave in a way that is acceptable to society. This week's 8th grade hosts, Salil and Shauna, are back in action for 2020! They are joined by Siddarth, Megan, and Makenzi. The group discusses relationships and social interactions, with some tangents into school projects, Health Class activities, honors classes, and the potential of dating in middle school. RESOURCES Teens and Socializing: Relationships, Coping Skills, Substances from Newport Academy Socially Active Teens are Physically Healthier from Today Social & Emotional Learning Competencies from CASEL Tune in next week as our other two hosts, Lauren and Rhys, take the lead with a new topic and a new set of guests. Make sure to subscribe to keep up to date on our podcast episodes throughout the school year. Teaching insight, blog posts, and more from the Health Education classroom: LifeIsTheFuture.com
Guest: Siddarth Pai, Host: Vishal Chawla. In the first-ever episode of Simulated Reality, we talk with Siddarth Pai- Founding Partner of 3one4 Capital- one of India's largest venture capital funds. Siddarth gives the inside story of India's booming startup landscape. He shares his thoughts on India's fast-emerging tech economy, education system, jobs, new-age skills, entrepreneurship, the deep impact of AI, Aadhaar, data privacy, blockchain, and how the issue of angel tax still prevails in the country. The video recording of the podcast is available here: youtube.com/watch?v=fHCVUV8QuLs Produced By Analytics India Magazine © 2020 Analytics India Magazine. All Rights Reserved.
This episode features tunes from Double Touch, Weird Sounding Dude, Ashana, Valeron, Davi, Hosh and more. On the guestmix for this episode is Siddarth Raheja. Follow Goos: http://www.goosmusic.com Follow Siddarth Raheja: https://soundcloud.com/siddharthraheja https://instagram.com/siddharthraheja Artwork by Hyphen Design - https://www.instagram.com/hyphendesign
A super dreamy set from the boy wonder Siddharth Raheja for the 6th Flip Mag podcast. An airy progressive journey definitely worth more than one listen. Flip Mag podcasts are now also available on Apple Music and Spotify. About the artist: Siddarth Raheja took his cue at the age of 16 to follow his passion and become a DJ, starting like most with a few parties, and from there swiftly moving on to take up residencies at some of the most prominent venues in the Chennai. Within the age of 21 Siddarth managed to play at some of the biggest events such as Go Madras, The Beat Circus and many others, and has played alongside some of the biggest names in the industry like Adam Rahman, Matt Sassari, D Formation, Arjun Vagale, Likwid, Blot!, Kohra, Mladen Tominc, Ankytrixx and many more. A very versatile artist with an ardent following. He can seamlessly blend in between genres and give any party goer the time of their lives. Follow Siddarth Raheja: Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/siddarthraheja Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siddarthraheja/
Nosa is in Sydney for the MBA World Summit and sits down with an Indian student schooling in Hong Kong; talking about his experiences in multiple countries and how he came up with his Instagram Handle @idiotnomad
This week on “Marketing Today,” Alan talks with Siddarth Taparia, senior vice president and head of marketing transformation at SAP, where his duties include overseeing partner marketing and strategic transformation. During the course of their discussion, Taparia talks about his 13-year career at SAP, including his transition to marketing. He also discusses the efforts by SAP to transform their brand — both internally and for its clients. In talking about that transformation, Taparia said, “I firmly believe that transformation starts and is successful with people. Everything else is an ingredient. But the thing that really makes it work is that the people have to transform — there has to be a transformational mindset.” He later added, “Any type of brand transformation is driven by how your customers perceive you, what they think about you, and how they champion your products and solutions.” Highlights from this week’s “Marketing Today” podcast include: Taparia discusses his background and his career and transition to marketing at SAP. (1:19) How SAP tells its story in the marketplace. (3:53) The genesis of SAP’s brand transformation. (5:33) Making the consumer journey fundamentally better. (10:09) SAP and the customer experience: “We are looking at the future of customer experience and that future is being built right in front of our eyes.” (15:36) Taparia is focusing on things that bring people together as well as being a role model for his two daughters. (19:49) Disruption, dynamic change, and a reckoning regarding the use of personal data: Taparia’s take on the future of marketing. (23:39) Support the show.
Our third episode features two very special guests — Siddarth Satish, Founder and CEO of Gauss Surgical, and Dan Galles, Partner at Providence Ventures and Board Member of Gauss Surgical.
This episode we talk with Siddharth Saxena, Founder & CEO of Oblix, a VR startup based in Brooklyn New York. Siddarth joins us to discuss their first product release - Go Guess - which is a multiplayer geographic guessing game for virtual reality. It's now available on Steam for Rift and coming soon on VIVE. Siddharth talks about how their team concepted and built the experience, and where the game is headed in the future. He also talks about the industry’s distribution challenges, and how Oblix is tackling it, along with their unique multi-faceted monetization strategies. Connect with Siddharth at siddharth@oblixvr.com or at oblixvr.com. To learn more about the VR/AR Association, please visit: thevrara.com
When Sid Satish saw his first surgery he was struck by the contrast between the advanced technologies in use side by side with ancient practices such as the negotiation over how much patient blood has been lost. He saw an opportunity to apply technology to create an informed calculation of blood loss. This was in 2011, now this technology runs on iPad Pros and is in use at 30 hospitals. Here are some highlights from this eye-opening interview: Siddarth Satish’s Bio Got Hooked on Entrepreneurship from Business Plan Competitions at UC Berkeley Gauss’ Device & Software Scans the Operating Room to Estimate Blood Loss – Too Cool! [The Product Is Called Triton and Has Been Adopted at 30 Hospitals and Used on 100,000 patients Already] How Gauss Got Started “…we've had a few of our health systems study the delivery of the system and find that it has clinically impacted blood transfusions, made them more efficient, it has led to a significant increase in the recognition of hemorrhage, which is the problem we're trying to solve….by almost 400 percent.” “When you're trying to change an entire field and trying to change the way that medicine is ultimately practiced with a completely new perspective, it takes re-imagination both on the technical front, but also on the clinical front, on the customer-facing front.”
Games are prevalent, we play it on our laptops, consoles and even carry it around in our pockets. From the days of tetris and super mario, the global gaming industry today is worth 109 billion dollars, with mobile games taking 42% of the market. Along with its rapid growth, corporate learning and educational institutions have adopted various game-based methods and technology. But can we effectively learn from games? Joining us is Siddarth Jain, the creative director of Playware Studios, a game-based learning company here in Singapore. Highlights available on our podcast website at:
Теломеразын нээлтээр ирээдүйд хүний хөгшрөлтийг зогсоох, эсвэл хавдрын эсийг идэвхигүйжүүлэх эмчилгээний асар том боломж байна гэж шуугицгааж байна. Бясалгал хийснээр теломераз идэвхижих үү гэдгийг эмнэл зүйн туршилт судалгаагаар туршжээ. Дэлгэрэнгүйг: Lavretsky, H., Epel, E. S., Siddarth, P., Nazarian, N., Cyr, N. S., Khalsa, D. S., ... & Irwin, M. R. (2013). A pilot study of yogic meditation for family dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms: effects on mental health, cognition, and telomerase activity. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 28(1), 57-65.
Теломеразын нээлтээр ирээдүйд хүний хөгшрөлтийг зогсоох, эсвэл хавдрын эсийг идэвхигүйжүүлэх эмчилгээний асар том боломж байна гэж шуугицгааж байна. Бясалгал хийснээр теломераз идэвхижих үү гэдгийг эмнэл зүйн туршилт судалгаагаар туршжээ. Дэлгэрэнгүйг: Lavretsky, H., Epel, E. S., Siddarth, P., Nazarian, N., Cyr, N. S., Khalsa, D. S., ... & Irwin, M. R. (2013). A pilot study of yogic meditation for family dementia caregivers with depressive symptoms: effects on mental health, cognition, and telomerase activity. International journal of geriatric psychiatry, 28(1), 57-65.
Siddarth Varadarajan, cofounder of Indian news website The Wire, talks independence, advertising and journalistic integrity. In this podcast, Varadarajan discusses establishing India’s first non-for-profit news organisations and how The Wire has thrived and survived in a world where people are expect news to be free.
I sit down and have a chat with my friend Siddarth, who after a couple decades of video game development is just starting his first Kickstarted board game, Avertigos: South China Sky. We talk about the creative process, boardgame development, marketing, and distribution, and running a Kickstarter. Great stuff. Want to know more about Avertigos? The Kickstarter is HERE !
In this episode, I sat down with Siddarth Sharma. Sid was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2015, rode the London to Paris bike ride in 2016 and will be doing the Ride across America at the beginning of June (From New York to San Francisco). For more information about Siddarth connect with him on Facebook, and on Twitter. For more information about Mind Set Game connect with us on Facebook @mindsetgamepodcast For more information about James Roberts (the host of the podcast), visit fitamputee.co.uk and connect with me on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram
This is the ceremony for Siddarth’s anagarika ordination along with a talk by Ajahn Viradhammo about the values of monastic life (the Dhamma talk begins at 22 minutes).… Read the rest
Siddarth Das is the Director of Digital Engagement at WWF International and the Executive Director of WWF’s Earth Hour. Earth Hour is a very interesting campaign in the way that it’s run. Actually, WWF and their online communication in general is quite outstanding. The panda brand is recognized almost everywhere. So, it was interesting when Sid mentioned some common misconceptions about what WWF actually does, but also, how they’re using digital media tools for education and to support their social impact work. There’s a lot to talk about in this interview so I hope you enjoy! Favourite quote from episode: “It is everyone’s collective problem and it’s everyone’s collective solutions that are going to fix it as well. It’s not a single government or just a few people in the policy or business world that are going to fix this. Climate change is the most universal problem that we have and it’s the most universal issue that we have. And the solution for that is going to come from all of us” – Sid [14:20] People/ items mentioned in this episode: Earth Hour WWF International WWF Singapore, Earth Hour – Haze Campaign Earth Hour Sri Lanka Campaign WWF Russia, Earth Hour – Protect Russian Seas Campaign Get in contact with Sid on Twitter, LinkedIn or Email [Download the MP3 here] Show notes “It was always meant to be a six-month gig, and seven and half years, I’m still here” [06:00] How does an initiative like Earth Hour create change? [06:15] Earth Hour and WWF International work with corporations around the world in innovative ways. Sid gives us some examples of these partnerships and what they entailed. (Shoutout to Serena Tan for this question! Have a question that you’d like me to ask in a future interview? Get in touch!) [16:30] Digital engagement at WWF: streamlining, amplifying & localizing global communications [21:25] Sid urges people to think about careers in social impact - “When you balance everything out, the social enterprise world or the NGO world actually offers quite a bit of movement for people to come in to and experience just one different side of it” [33:05] Looking in to the future of WWF: partnerships, technology & innovation [40:27] Sid dishes out some useful advice [45:47] Three Things [49:21] QUESTION(S) OF THE DAY: What was your favorite quote or lesson from this episode? Let me know in the comments!
Jana of the Jungle hosts Siddharth Chakravarty, Captain of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s My Steve Irwin live from Australia. Siddarth talks about his experiences in the campaign in Antartica to saving whales from Japanese illegal whaling in a Sanctuary to protect whales. Siddarth is in charge of the vessel, oversees the vessel safety, navigation, campaign planning and strategies with the … Read more about this episode...
Jana of the Jungle hosts Siddharth Chakravarty, Captain of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society's My Steve Irwin live from Australia. Siddarth talks about his experiences in the campaign in Antartica to saving whales from Japanese illegal whaling in a Sanctuary to protect whales. Siddarth is in charge of the vessel, oversees the vessel safety, navigation, campaign planning and strategies with the other captains on campaigns. A riveting interview as plans are made for the upcoming Campaign Relentless.
Rajeev Masand tells us his deep dark secrets and embarrassing Bollywood guilty pleasures. Karan Johar and his students Alia, Varun and Siddarth on their new movie.
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