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Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involve automation and impending precarity, Hemangini Gupta details the everyday forms of experimentation, care, and friendship that sustain and reproduce life and labour in India's current economy. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involve automation and impending precarity, Hemangini Gupta details the everyday forms of experimentation, care, and friendship that sustain and reproduce life and labour in India's current economy. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involve automation and impending precarity, Hemangini Gupta details the everyday forms of experimentation, care, and friendship that sustain and reproduce life and labour in India's current economy. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involve automation and impending precarity, Hemangini Gupta details the everyday forms of experimentation, care, and friendship that sustain and reproduce life and labour in India's current economy. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involve automation and impending precarity, Hemangini Gupta details the everyday forms of experimentation, care, and friendship that sustain and reproduce life and labour in India's current economy. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Experimental Times: Startup Capitalism and Feminist Futures in India (U California Press, 2024) is an in-depth ethnography of the transformation of Bengaluru/Bangalore from a site of "backend" IT work to an aspirational global city of enterprise and innovation. The book journeys alongside the migrant workers, technologists, and entrepreneurs who shape and survive the dreams of a "Startup India" knitted through office work, at networking meetings and urban festivals, and across sites of leisure in the city. Tracking techno-futures that involve automation and impending precarity, Hemangini Gupta details the everyday forms of experimentation, care, and friendship that sustain and reproduce life and labour in India's current economy. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road. The Presence of Elephants: Sharing Lives and Landscapes in Assam (Routledge, 2024) is an anthropological consideration of coexistence, grounded in people's everyday interactions with Asian elephants. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Assam, Northeast India, this book examines human-elephant copresence and how minds, tasks, identities, and places are shared between the two species. Sharing lives and landscapes with such formidable beings is a continuously shifting and negotiated exchange inherently composed of tensions, asymmetries, and uncertainties – especially in the Anthropocene when breakdowns in communication increasingly have a violent effect. Developing a multifaceted picture of human-elephant relations in a postcolonial setting, each chapter focuses on a different dimension of encounter, where elephants adapt to human norms, people are subject to elephant projects, and novel interspecies possibilities emerge at the threshold of nature and society. Vulnerability is a common experience intensified in contemporary human-elephant relations, felt through the elephant's power to disrupt and transform human lives, as well as the risks these endangered animals are exposed to. This book will be of interest to scholars of multispecies ethnography and human-animal relations, environmental humanities, conservation, and South Asian studies. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road. The Presence of Elephants: Sharing Lives and Landscapes in Assam (Routledge, 2024) is an anthropological consideration of coexistence, grounded in people's everyday interactions with Asian elephants. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Assam, Northeast India, this book examines human-elephant copresence and how minds, tasks, identities, and places are shared between the two species. Sharing lives and landscapes with such formidable beings is a continuously shifting and negotiated exchange inherently composed of tensions, asymmetries, and uncertainties – especially in the Anthropocene when breakdowns in communication increasingly have a violent effect. Developing a multifaceted picture of human-elephant relations in a postcolonial setting, each chapter focuses on a different dimension of encounter, where elephants adapt to human norms, people are subject to elephant projects, and novel interspecies possibilities emerge at the threshold of nature and society. Vulnerability is a common experience intensified in contemporary human-elephant relations, felt through the elephant's power to disrupt and transform human lives, as well as the risks these endangered animals are exposed to. This book will be of interest to scholars of multispecies ethnography and human-animal relations, environmental humanities, conservation, and South Asian studies. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road. The Presence of Elephants: Sharing Lives and Landscapes in Assam (Routledge, 2024) is an anthropological consideration of coexistence, grounded in people's everyday interactions with Asian elephants. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Assam, Northeast India, this book examines human-elephant copresence and how minds, tasks, identities, and places are shared between the two species. Sharing lives and landscapes with such formidable beings is a continuously shifting and negotiated exchange inherently composed of tensions, asymmetries, and uncertainties – especially in the Anthropocene when breakdowns in communication increasingly have a violent effect. Developing a multifaceted picture of human-elephant relations in a postcolonial setting, each chapter focuses on a different dimension of encounter, where elephants adapt to human norms, people are subject to elephant projects, and novel interspecies possibilities emerge at the threshold of nature and society. Vulnerability is a common experience intensified in contemporary human-elephant relations, felt through the elephant's power to disrupt and transform human lives, as well as the risks these endangered animals are exposed to. This book will be of interest to scholars of multispecies ethnography and human-animal relations, environmental humanities, conservation, and South Asian studies. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road. The Presence of Elephants: Sharing Lives and Landscapes in Assam (Routledge, 2024) is an anthropological consideration of coexistence, grounded in people's everyday interactions with Asian elephants. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Assam, Northeast India, this book examines human-elephant copresence and how minds, tasks, identities, and places are shared between the two species. Sharing lives and landscapes with such formidable beings is a continuously shifting and negotiated exchange inherently composed of tensions, asymmetries, and uncertainties – especially in the Anthropocene when breakdowns in communication increasingly have a violent effect. Developing a multifaceted picture of human-elephant relations in a postcolonial setting, each chapter focuses on a different dimension of encounter, where elephants adapt to human norms, people are subject to elephant projects, and novel interspecies possibilities emerge at the threshold of nature and society. Vulnerability is a common experience intensified in contemporary human-elephant relations, felt through the elephant's power to disrupt and transform human lives, as well as the risks these endangered animals are exposed to. This book will be of interest to scholars of multispecies ethnography and human-animal relations, environmental humanities, conservation, and South Asian studies. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

How to dwell in a forest alongside giants, avoid disturbing a living god, assist an animal with their manners, and help an elephant cross the road. The Presence of Elephants: Sharing Lives and Landscapes in Assam (Routledge, 2024) is an anthropological consideration of coexistence, grounded in people's everyday interactions with Asian elephants. Drawing on two years of ethnographic fieldwork in Assam, Northeast India, this book examines human-elephant copresence and how minds, tasks, identities, and places are shared between the two species. Sharing lives and landscapes with such formidable beings is a continuously shifting and negotiated exchange inherently composed of tensions, asymmetries, and uncertainties – especially in the Anthropocene when breakdowns in communication increasingly have a violent effect. Developing a multifaceted picture of human-elephant relations in a postcolonial setting, each chapter focuses on a different dimension of encounter, where elephants adapt to human norms, people are subject to elephant projects, and novel interspecies possibilities emerge at the threshold of nature and society. Vulnerability is a common experience intensified in contemporary human-elephant relations, felt through the elephant's power to disrupt and transform human lives, as well as the risks these endangered animals are exposed to. This book will be of interest to scholars of multispecies ethnography and human-animal relations, environmental humanities, conservation, and South Asian studies. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/animal-studies

Le sommet mondial sur l'intelligence artificielle (IA) s'ouvre à Paris, lundi 10 février, avec l'Inde en tant que coprésidente de cet événement. Après avoir embrassé la révolution d'internet et le boom des start-ups, le pays souhaite désormais prendre part pleinement à la révolution mondiale de l'IA. Les start-ups se multiplient, créant de nombreux emplois, mais l'Inde demeure encore dépendante dans le domaine de la recherche fondamentale en IA. De notre envoyé spécial à Bangalore, Pavithra Ramanna travaille en terrasse d'un café végan dans un quartier huppé. L'entreprise Zuru AI, pour laquelle elle exerce, a fait le choix de ne pas posséder de bureaux physiques pour ses 3 000 employés : « Notre client nous demande de capturer des informations sur des documents, comme un permis de conduire. Noms, date de naissance : un algorithme se charge de les extraire. »Avec les avancées de l'IA, fini le temps des saisies manuelles et répétitives. « Le travail humain est passé au niveau supérieur. Il y a cinq ans, on notait tout à la main. Aujourd'hui, on repère juste les erreurs de l'algorithme pour maximiser sa fiabilité. Même dans l'intelligence générative, qui fait le buzz, cette supervision humaine est indispensable à la qualité », explique Pavithra Ramanna.À 32 ans, cette employée est optimiste sur le potentiel de l'IA pour l'Inde, la première population mondiale : « Ici, on est à Bangalore, le hub des nouvelles technologies en Inde. Mais nous créons des emplois dans des régions plus pauvres, où les opportunités sont moins nombreuses. »À lire aussiSommet de l'IA: Emmanuel Macron annonce 109 milliards d'euros d'investissements en FranceL'IA, une priorité nationaleLe Premier ministre, Narendra Modi, évoque l'IA dans presque chacun de ses discours. Convaincu que l'Inde peut en tirer profit, il sait également que la population indienne est particulièrement attirée par la tech. D'un côté, l'intelligence artificielle, de l'autre, l'Inde, qui aspire à innover, a résumé le leader indien avant l'ouverture du sommet de l'IA à Paris, que son pays copréside.« Lancer son entreprise dans l'IA en Inde apporte autant d'embûches que de savoir-faire. Il y a tellement de langues, d'émotions et de cultures différentes à comprendre », confie Ravi Saraogi, fondateur d'Uniphore, une start-up indienne de deep tech, fondée en 2007, aujourd'hui forte de 900 employés à travers le monde.Uniphore est née au sein de l'Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) de Madras, l'un des centres d'excellence technologique les plus réputés d'Inde. « Lorsque l'Inde développe une technologie, elle la développe pour un pays si divers qu'à l'arrivée, vous avez un produit qui couvre différents besoins dans le monde entier. Couplé à son vivier de talents, cela en fait un écosystème unique », insiste Ravi Saraogi.Les ambitions du gouvernement indien pour l'IAPour placer l'Inde parmi les leaders mondiaux de l'IA, le gouvernement a lancé une initiative dotée d'un milliard d'euros et acquis des puces de l'entreprise Nvidia. Ce volontarisme, cependant, reste modeste comparé aux 500 milliards de dollars investis par l'administration Trump. Si les opportunités sont bien réelles pour l'Inde, les financements demeurent insuffisants pour lui permettre de se libérer des modèles d'intelligence artificielle développés ailleurs dans le monde.À lire aussiAu Sommet de l'IA à New Delhi, 29 pays s'accordent pour démocratiser et réguler son développement

Le sommet mondial sur l'intelligence artificielle (IA) s'ouvre à Paris, lundi 10 février, avec l'Inde en tant que coprésidente de cet événement. Après avoir embrassé la révolution d'internet et le boom des start-ups, le pays souhaite désormais prendre part pleinement à la révolution mondiale de l'IA. Les start-ups se multiplient, créant de nombreux emplois, mais l'Inde demeure encore dépendante dans le domaine de la recherche fondamentale en IA. De notre envoyé spécial à Bangalore, Pavithra Ramanna travaille en terrasse d'un café végan dans un quartier huppé. L'entreprise Zuru AI, pour laquelle elle exerce, a fait le choix de ne pas posséder de bureaux physiques pour ses 3 000 employés : « Notre client nous demande de capturer des informations sur des documents, comme un permis de conduire. Noms, date de naissance : un algorithme se charge de les extraire. »Avec les avancées de l'IA, fini le temps des saisies manuelles et répétitives. « Le travail humain est passé au niveau supérieur. Il y a cinq ans, on notait tout à la main. Aujourd'hui, on repère juste les erreurs de l'algorithme pour maximiser sa fiabilité. Même dans l'intelligence générative, qui fait le buzz, cette supervision humaine est indispensable à la qualité », explique Pavithra Ramanna.À 32 ans, cette employée est optimiste sur le potentiel de l'IA pour l'Inde, la première population mondiale : « Ici, on est à Bangalore, le hub des nouvelles technologies en Inde. Mais nous créons des emplois dans des régions plus pauvres, où les opportunités sont moins nombreuses. »À lire aussiSommet de l'IA: Emmanuel Macron annonce 109 milliards d'euros d'investissements en FranceL'IA, une priorité nationaleLe Premier ministre, Narendra Modi, évoque l'IA dans presque chacun de ses discours. Convaincu que l'Inde peut en tirer profit, il sait également que la population indienne est particulièrement attirée par la tech. D'un côté, l'intelligence artificielle, de l'autre, l'Inde, qui aspire à innover, a résumé le leader indien avant l'ouverture du sommet de l'IA à Paris, que son pays copréside.« Lancer son entreprise dans l'IA en Inde apporte autant d'embûches que de savoir-faire. Il y a tellement de langues, d'émotions et de cultures différentes à comprendre », confie Ravi Saraogi, fondateur d'Uniphore, une start-up indienne de deep tech, fondée en 2007, aujourd'hui forte de 900 employés à travers le monde.Uniphore est née au sein de l'Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) de Madras, l'un des centres d'excellence technologique les plus réputés d'Inde. « Lorsque l'Inde développe une technologie, elle la développe pour un pays si divers qu'à l'arrivée, vous avez un produit qui couvre différents besoins dans le monde entier. Couplé à son vivier de talents, cela en fait un écosystème unique », insiste Ravi Saraogi.Les ambitions du gouvernement indien pour l'IAPour placer l'Inde parmi les leaders mondiaux de l'IA, le gouvernement a lancé une initiative dotée d'un milliard d'euros et acquis des puces de l'entreprise Nvidia. Ce volontarisme, cependant, reste modeste comparé aux 500 milliards de dollars investis par l'administration Trump. Si les opportunités sont bien réelles pour l'Inde, les financements demeurent insuffisants pour lui permettre de se libérer des modèles d'intelligence artificielle développés ailleurs dans le monde.À lire aussiAu Sommet de l'IA à New Delhi, 29 pays s'accordent pour démocratiser et réguler son développement

In this episode, we sit down with Kumar Saurabh, CEO and co-founder of AirMDR, which provides a new approach to managed detection and response with an AI-powered virtual security analyst. A serial entrepreneur, Kumar has been at it for two decades. Before AirMDR, he co-founded Sumo Logic, the first cloud-based SIEM, and LogicHub, one of the pioneers of SOAR.Kumar's journey as an immigrant founder offers a unique perspective on why immigrants often succeed as entrepreneurs and how institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) have produced some of the world's most successful tech leaders. Drawing on his experience, Kumar explores why large companies struggle to innovate, the competitive edge startups hold over established players, and how founders can identify opportunities in markets that may appear crowded. He also shares actionable insights for founders on hiring top talent from leading companies and scaling a startup with the right team.  Having collaborated with premier venture capital firms like Greylock, Sutter Hill, Sequoia, and Accel, Kumar provides invaluable advice on selecting the right VC partners, what to look for, and common mistakes to avoid.  Kumar's story is a testament to resilience, innovation, and the power of identifying opportunities in enterprise tech, making him a leading voice in the startup ecosystem.

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Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/gender-studies

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/medicine

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/south-asian-studies

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Poverty, Gender and Health in the Slums of Bangladesh: Children of Crows (Routledge, 2024) provides comprehensive ethnographic accounts that depict the daily life experiences and health hardships encountered by young women and their families living in the slums of Dhaka city and the injustices they face.  The analysis focuses on two specific historical eras: 2002-2003 and 2020-2022 and shows that despite recent improvements in employment opportunities and greater mobility for young women, their lives reflect ongoing challenges reminiscent of those faced two decades earlier. While national and global organizations acknowledge the nation's economic and social progress, those on the outskirts of society continue to grapple with enduring poverty. They are excluded from the advantages of economic growth, oppressed by unjust local, national, and global systems, discriminatory laws, and policies. Their struggles go unnoticed as they confront a slew of challenges, including slum evictions, enforced lockdowns, income losses, food insecurity, and ongoing crises related to health, injuries, fatalities, and exploitation and harassment by law enforcement and influential individuals within the slum and the city. After two decades, these obstacles persist, and life remains tenuous, with health severely compromised. This book will appeal to students, academics, and researchers in the fields of Public Health, Medical Anthropology, Gender Studies, Urban Studies, Development Studies, Social Sciences, as well as professionals engaged in urban health and poverty-related work. Rituparna Patgiri is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati. Her research interests lie in the areas of food, media, gender and public. She is also one of the co-founders of Doing Sociology. Patgiri can be reached at @Rituparna37 on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) is returning to Maker Faire Rome with an impressive array of cutting-edge technologies, developed through research at their 16 centres across Italy. These innovations are designed to improve everyday life and ensure personal and infrastructural safety, offering an exciting glimpse of what visitors can experience from October 25th to 27th at the Gazometro Ostiense. Maker Faire Rome returns Rehabilitation Exoskeletons Making its debut at Maker Faire Rome, FloatEVO will be unveiled at the INAIL Central Research Directorate booth the 25 th of October. Developed by Rehab Technologies IIT-INAIL, a joint lab between IIT and INAIL, FloatEVO is the next generation of the previous FLOAT model, co-created with the INAIL Motor Rehabilitation Centre in Volterra. This wearable robotic medical device for upper limbs features an innovative flipping mechanism that allows it to be used for the rehabilitation of both the left and right arms. Designed to accelerate recovery for shoulder and elbow injuries, FloatEVO is aimed at patients recovering from trauma-induced orthopedic or neurological injuries. TWIN At the same booth, you can also explore Twin, a lower-limb robotic exoskeleton designed for medical applications and rehabilitation therapies. Twin is a game-changer for individuals with limited or no mobility in their lower limbs, helping them to stand, walk with crutches or walkers, and even sit and stand up again. This exoskeleton was co-developed with the INAIL Prosthetic Centre in Budrio by the Rehab Technologies team at IIT-INAIL. IIT Softbots On display at another stand will be the latest robotic and prosthetic innovations developed by the IIT Soft Robotics for Human Cooperation and Rehabilitation unit, in collaboration with the E. Piaggio Centre at the University of Pisa. Among the standout projects is AlterEgo, a humanoid robot designed for remote assistance in hazardous environments. Equipped with robotic hands, AlterEgo can interact with its surroundings and is controlled through wearable sensors and VR headsets. Also featured is SoftHand Pro, a flexible prosthetic hand with 19 joints, offering intuitive grip and control, along with SoftFoot Pro, an advanced prosthetic foot inspired by human anatomy. SoftFoot Pro is engineered to adapt to uneven surfaces, providing stability and comfort for everyday use. 3D Bioprinting of Human Tissues 3D bioprinting is one of the most exciting technologies in regenerative medicine and pathology research. IIT's Nanotechnologies for Neurosciences unit, part of the Center for Life Nano- and Neuroscience in Rome, will demonstrate 3D bioprinting techniques capable of replicating specific human tissues. Visitors will have the chance to witness live 3D printing of cells and interact with the freshly printed objects. This hands-on experience is designed to engage younger visitors, allowing them to explore the world of biomaterials in a fun and educational way. Changing Bodies, Changing Minds Thanks to augmented virtual reality technologies developed by IIT's Neuroscience and Society unit, also from the Center for Life Nano- and Neuroscience in Rome, Maker Faire visitors will experience how adopting a virtual body can influence perception and behaviour. Through immersive VR scenarios, attendees will have the opportunity to step into the shoes of a famous world leader, deliver a speech in front of a virtual audience, compete in a dice game while their virtual body gradually disappears, or even experience the sensation of being touched as a different gender. RINGHIO Meet RINGHIO (Robot for Inspection and Navigation to Generate Heritage and Infrastructure Observations), a prototype created by the IIT's Industrial Robotics Unit in Genoa, together with the IIT's Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology in Venice, the Polytechnic University of Marche, and the University of Macerata. Initially designed to monitor Genoa's San Giorgio Bridge, in collaboration with several ...

Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai is rated as India's No 1 Bestselling Business author. With 17best selling books on Chanakya, starting with all time recording breaking sales of‘Corporate Chanakya' to children series named ‘Chatur Chanakya' he has readersfrom all age groups from across the globe. He is the Founder and Director of Chanakya International Institute of Leadershipstudies (CIILS) at the University of Mumbai. The institute is created with offeringthe worlds first post graduate academic program in Leadership- Masters inleadership science (MA-LS). The research and outcome is helping students andleaders across the globe. He also teaches in various universities and educationalinstitutions as a Visting faculty. He has done over 1000 lecture in institutions likeNational Defence college (NDC), Defence services staff college (DSSC),IndianInstitute of Management (IIM), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian Instituteof Science (IISc), Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Bombay stock exchange (BSE),National stock exchange (NSE) etc He has been a leadership and strategy advisor to over 500 organisations includingvarious corporations, government and non government (NGO) organisations. Theseinclude - Indian Oil corporation, HPCL, BPCL, Tata group of companies, RelianceIndustries, Aditya Birla group, Mahindra and Mahindra, Indian Army, Navy,Airforce, police academies etc. Many national and international awards has been conferred on him. Some of themincludes - Aavishkar research award (Governor of Maharashtra fellowship),International Yoga day organiser (Government of Chandigadh), Sardar Patelinternational award for contribution to Industrial development, Rotary Internationalaward in the field of education, Lokmat award for best teacher of philosophy, Litofestaward received at the House of Lords (British Parliament) among others. He has been the part of various national and international projects of government ofIndia including - First international Yoga day academic conference organised in USAby Indian council of Cultural Relations (ICCR, New Delhi) and consulate general ofNew York as the chief convenor. Also participated and presented papers in variousconferences and seminars in universities in over 20 countries. Rated as the top 50 Managememt thinkers from India by thinkers50.com he is on amission mode to bring back ancient Indian wisdom in a modern format. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTXaaWsCCM2wWgDBpEvcIg Take a look at Dr. Radhakrishnan Pillai

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, April 2, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started:Indian markets started the new financial year with a fresh vigour as benchmark indices closed in the green on Monday. BSE's Sensex rose more than 350 points to close 0.49 per cent up from its previous close. NSE's Nifty-50 also climbed more than 130 points to close 0.61 per cent above its last close. Tata Steel, Ultratech Cement and NTPC were among the top gainers on Monday. How fast is India growing? Is it really growing? Well, there are a couple of ways to find out.  One can look at the constant construction happening in all major metros across the country. More and more infrastructure projects are coming up - a likely indicator of growth. Another way to track this growth is to look at GDP numbers. In FY23 India's GDP grew at 7 per cent. For the first three quarters of the outgoing fiscal, the growth remained above a healthy 8 per cent. The government estimates the number for the full fiscal year 2024 to be at 7.6 per cent. So what's driving the growth? While there is more than one driver, some attribute this boost in GDP numbers to the government's push for capital expenditure. But there are other engines of growth too - public consumption being one of them. Mint's senior editor N Madhavan examines the factors behind India's surge. What's in a name? Not much according to William Shakespeare, but for small finance banks, it might make a world of difference. Small finance banks in India are advocating for a rebranding, seeking to drop the 'small finance' label to enhance their appeal to depositors and investors. This request was discussed in a meeting with RBI officials, people aware of the matter told Mint's banking editor Gopika Gopakumar. The banks aim to improve customer perception and attract more current and savings account deposits with the name change. Some banks are testing the waters. Hoardings outside AU Small Finance Bank's regional office in Mumbai's Kurla read simply ‘AU Bank'. Websites of almost all SFBs, barring Ujjivan SFB and North East SFB, have dropped the label from their domain names. The term 'small' was initially used in the naming of small finance banks to highlight their core mission of promoting inclusive banking. Over time, these banks have achieved their goal of extending credit to small and micro businesses, demonstrating their commitment to supporting underserved segments. Now to continue inclusive growth, having more accounts and fixed deposits is necessary, which will be helpful if the word ‘small' is dropped, a spokesperson for Unity SFB told Gopika.  What's light, has high strength, is durable and is extremely useful for the aerospace industry? It is a material called carbon fibre. Carbon Fibre is also extensively used to make sports equipment like hockey sticks, racquets, archery bows and golf clubs. Carbon fibre bicycles are popular among enthusiasts because of their light weight. The reason I am talking about it is because India is gearing up to start domestic production of carbon fibre, targeting aerospace, civil engineering, and defence sectors. The push comes as a strategic move to lessen imports and navigate around the European Union's impending carbon tax on steel and metal products. India is currently dependent on carbon fibre imports from countries like the US, France, Japan, and Germany. The EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism set for 2026 has propelled India to consider establishing its own manufacturing capabilities. The Indian government is in talks to create carbon fibre manufacturing units, with research support from leading institutions like the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to meet international production standards. Mint's Dhirendra Kumar brings us this exclusive story on the development, which is a part of India's plan to expand technical textiles export from $2.5 billion to $10 billion within five years.Over 60 years ago, American mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz's minor data alteration in a weather simulation at MIT led to significantly different results, laying the foundation for chaos theory - also known as the 'butterfly effect.' This concept, illustrating how small changes can have large consequences, is now relevant across various fields, prompting reflection on the impact of larger phenomena like climate change. India's FMCG sector, heavily reliant on imported palm oil, faces potential disruptions from the European Union's proposed carbon tax and the effects of climate change on palm oil production. With India as the world's largest palm oil importer and facing stagnating supplies from major producers Indonesia and Malaysia, the sector is at a crossroads. Additionally, the cocoa industry faces similar challenges, with extreme weather conditions and diseases reducing global output. Mint's national editor Abhishek Mukherjee takes a deep dive into how the FMCG industry is staring at an existential crisis with climate change - arguably the biggest issue facing humanity. India is poised to standardise the accreditation process for alternative medicine facilities, including Ayurvedic wellness centres, homoeopathy clinics, and Unani hospitals. The National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare aims to consolidate accreditation standards across all AYUSH disciplines. These include Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa, and Homeopathy. The government aims to get the process running by June, streamlining processes and ensuring quality care. This initiative comes after the insurance regulator's IRDAI's recent inclusion of AYUSH treatments in health coverage.. Mint's health and pharma correspondent Somitra Ghosh takes a look at the initiative that highlights the government's effort to boost the alternative medicine sector's credibility and research. The move however, has been met with mixed reactions.  We'd love to hear your feedback on this podcast. Let us know by writing to us at feedback@livemint.com. You may send us feedback, tips or anything that you feel we should be covering from your vantage point in the world of business and finance.That's all for today. Thank you for listening.We'll be back tomorrow with a fresh episode of Top of the Morning. Have a nice day!Primer | What's driving Indian GDP surge: Public spending or private consumption'Small' isn't beautiful for small finance banksIndia plans to make carbon fibre in response to EU carbon taxAyurveda, alternative medicine to get an accreditation nudgeBlowing Hot: How climate crisis can rain on FMCG's FY25 show

In this episode, MBM's host Mariyam Haider is in conversation with Risana Rasheed from Kasargod, Kerala, who along with her twin sister, Ramseena, became the first women in their community to clear the JEE advanced, considered one of the toughest entrance exams, to enter the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Do check out EP27 with Ramseena Rasheed, to learn more about their early educational years and journeys. This episode contains personal views of the guest regarding the said academic institution.In this episode, Risana shares her coming of age story as a young woman, navigating priorities, lifestyle and identity choices, simply keeping one goal in mind - to build a life through academic achievement. After clearing IIT, Risana found herself in a new place, unlearning and learning aspects of herself, experiencing realities being perceived as a visible Muslim woman, especially coming from a non-Hindi speaking background into a predominantly North Indian setting. Risana also offers a window into her experience at the campus, how her OBC background was brought into spotlight through caste-oriented questions by other students and the impact it had on her and those coming from other reserved categories. While Risana shares her personal experience and coping mechanisms to wade through her higher education and early career years, if you are a listener going through something similar, please do consider seeking professional counselling and community support. About Risana Rasheed* Risana Rasheed is a software engineer based in Bangalore, currently working at Harness.io. She pursued her Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Roorkee (2017-21 batch) and has previously held roles as an SDE at Amazon and Enphase Energy.Her professional passion lies in crafting scalable, robust, and user-friendly software solutions. Outside of work, she immerses herself in various creative pursuits and enjoys exploring different parts of India, capturing experiences through travel content on Instagram. She also finds solace in creating paintings and finding fulfilment in assisting students with career guidance and counselling.*Bio and image published with guest's permission.Episode notes:* Child marriage awareness lacking in Kerala's remote places: Justice Mustaque (The New Indian Express, February 2024) * Risana Rasheed's Instagram* Mappila Muslim Culture - How a Historic Muslim Community in India Has Blended Tradition and Modernity by Roland E. Miller* 1 Out Of 3 SC/ST Students Asked About Their Caste: IIT-Bombay 2022 Survey (Aakriti Handa, The Quint, April 2023)* 33 IIT students died by suicide in last 5 years: Govt (The Indian Express, April 2023)MBM visual identity design by Shazia Salam || Music by Jupneet Singh This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mainbhimuslim.com

In this episode, MBM's host Mariyam Haider is in conversation with Ramseena Rasheed from Kasargod, Kerala, who along with her twin sister, Risana, became the first women in their community to clear Joint Entrance Examination (JEE)-advanced, considered one of the toughest entrance exams, to enter the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).Ramseena offers a window into her upbringing in a working-class family, the unconditional support from her parents, and wading through patriarchal attitudes of relatives and sexist or Islamophobic notions of teachers over the course of her schooling and engineering coaching. For Ramseena, her five years at IIT were filled with cultural exposure, tireless competition and a drive to find a job to financially support her family. Currently working in the corporate sector in Bengaluru, she shares many instances of her professional life through social media, and despite experiencing online trolling over her visible Muslim identity or views, Ramseena continues to offer advice and learnings to young career aspirants from her hometown and across the country. We discuss this and many more things that make Ramseena's journey truly an inspiration for many young women in the country. About Ramseena RasheedRamseena Rasheed holds a BTech and MTech degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Kharagpur (2017-2022 batch). Currently, she is working as a backend developer for Aerospace software at AIRBUS, Bangalore, and is passionate about AI, ML related topics and their applications in the aerospace industry.*Bio and image published with guest's permission.Episode notes:* Inspiring Journey Of Twin Muslim IITian Sisters From Kasargod Draws Unwarranted Criticism On Social Media (Shahzeen Khan, The Observer Post, January ‘24)* Ramseena Rasheed's Instagram This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mainbhimuslim.com

In today's episode, we're resharing Dheeraj Pandey's popular session from ELC Annual 2023 on the disciplined pursuit of less! As the Co-Founder, CEO & Chairman of DevRev.ai, he shares how AI tools can maximize customer impact & reduce information asymmetry between various teams, including eng, customer support, product, sales, etc., ultimately creating a more customer-centric mindset. He reveals how to leverage AI to tackle “verbs,” such as classifying, routing, attributing, summarizing and more, further streamlining productivity and empowering your org to focus on customer needs.ABOUT DHEERAJ PANDEYDheeraj Pandey is the co-founder & CEO of DevRev.ai, one of the hottest startups in Silicon Valley, with over 70 million dollars in seed funding.He previously founded Nutanix (Nasdaq: NTNX), a global leader in enterprise cloud software and hyperconverged infrastructure solutions, and currently sits on the board of Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) and is a member of their Audit Committee.Dheeraj co-founded Nutanix in 2009 and led as its CEO and Chairman for 11+ years. Boasting the largest software IPO in 2016, Nutanix is now a multi-billion dollar company with thousands of employees in over 60 countries. Pandey has been recognized with prestigious industry awards, including Dell's Founders 50 and the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, Silicon Valley.Before founding Nutanix, Pandey was the VP of engineering at Aster Data (now Teradata). His technology and enterprise software experience include engineering and leadership roles at Oracle, Zambeel and Trilogy Software. Pandey has been recognized with several prestigious industry awards, including Dell's Founders 50 and the E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year, Silicon Valley. Pandey holds a degree in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur,  and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Texas at Austin. In addition, he was a Graduate Fellow of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. program."In my last company, we had brought almost 7,000 employees together. My biggest job was to really bring all the VPs together. What does it mean for them to work together, behave well together, and respect each other? And it's all because there were all these silos of departments. If you look at the power of AI, AI knows no boundaries. If anything, it needs the entire knowledge graph and the knowledge graph of customers and product and people and their work, not just people on the inside, but also users and their activities on the outside. That's a big problem that we all have to go and solve for.”- Dheeraj Pandey   This episode is brought to you by testRigor!testRigor is trusted by tens of thousands of companies across the globe, including Netflix, Splunk, BusinessWire, and more to solve three main problems with end-to-end test automation:It's challenging, expensive, and slow to hire QA Automation EngineersLow productivity building your own QA AutomationFragile tests, that cause maintenance to consume enormous amounts of timetestRigor solves all of the above by allowing our users to express test cases in plain EnglishTo learn more, check out a case study on testRigor hereSign up for a free trial today at testrigor.comSHOW NOTES:The role of essentialism in software dev & company building (1:52)Dheeraj's experience fostering a customer-centric approach in all teams (4:22)Commonly used tools & why they fall short for full eng functions (7:20)Why it's important to connect AI, analytics & collaboration features (10:15)How AI can help solve information asymmetry (13:12)Using AI for analytics to help make teams more customer-centric (15:14)Audience Q&As: A day in the life of a PM using LLMs in an interactive discussion (18:03)Tips for educating users to provide better prompts when using GenAI (22:50)How would a company typically use the DevRev product? (24:38)DevRev's object model of support (27:21)Is DevRev capable of answering arbitrary questions once data is uploaded? (28:36)Methods used to measure performance w/ DevRev (30:02)Creating multiple namespaces w/in the same index to host multi-tenant data (31:10)Qualitative & quantitative benefits DevRev offers to its customer base (33:39)LINKS AND RESOURCESVideo Version of EpisodeAll of the Sessions from ELC AnnualThis episode wouldn't have been possible without the help of our incredible production team:Patrick Gallagher - Producer & Co-HostJerry Li - Co-HostNoah Olberding - Associate Producer, Audio & Video Editor https://www.linkedin.com/in/noah-olberding/Dan Overheim - Audio Engineer, Dan's also an avid 3D printer - https://www.bnd3d.com/Ellie Coggins Angus - Copywriter, Check out her other work at https://elliecoggins.com/about/

What is Project Finance?  In this episode, we are joined again by Rahul Culas, Julie Kim, and David Albert to get into the basics of this sector of Investment Banking.  We explain what project finance is and why it's used, how it differs from the types of financing that traditional companies do, who uses project financing, who invests in project financing and more. We explore what the career path can look like from sell side Project Finance within the Investment Banking or Capital Markets division of a bank to energy and infrastructure investing at a buy side Private Equity firm.  This episode is also an incredible deep dive into the role of relationships and mentors within the industry.  You'll hear the crazy story of how Rahul and David moved heaven and earth to bring Julie with them when they moved from Morgan Stanley to Carlyle Group, one of the world's most prestigious Private Equity megafunds. Rahul Culas is Partner at 1585 Healthcare, an investment firm focused on healthcare services investments. Formerly, Rahul was a Partner and Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where he co-headed funds dedicated to energy investments. Prior to Carlyle, Rahul was Head of Structured Power Finance at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Division. Rahul graduated with a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (“IIT”), Bombay, and a Masters in Human Computer Interaction from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityJulie Kim is Partner at 1585 Healthcare. Formerly, Julie was a  Principal at The Carlyle Group, where she played the dual role of being on the investment side as well as the Chief Operating Officer of funds dedicated to energy investments. Prior to Carlyle, Julie was an associate in Project Finance at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in her career, she worked in the Equity Derivatives group in Equity Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley. Julie graduated with a BS in Math and Finance from MIT. David Albert is Partner at 1585 Healthcare. Formerly, David was a Partner and Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where he co-headed funds dedicated to energy investments. Prior to Carlyle, David was the Head of Tax Equity and Project & Structured Finance at Morgan Stanley.  Earlier in his career, he worked at Morgan Stanley in the M&A group and Princes Gate Investors, a private equity fund within Morgan Stanley.  He started his career at Salomon Brothers. David graduated with a BS in Economics from Wharton and an MBA, also from Wharton.Grab your free Financial Modeling Template and Solution Here!https://the-wall-street-skinny.ck.page/d8e9f9acddDownload Keyficient at https://www.keyficient.co/and use the code “thewallstreetskinny” for a 10% discount!”Support the showFollow us on Instagram and Tik Tok at @thewallstreetskinnyhttps://www.instagram.com/thewallstreetskinny/

Today as a followup to last week's episode where we sat down with two doctors, we are chatting with two investors in the Healthcare Private Equity space, not only talking about that segment of the investment community but also answering the mountain of questions we've gotten from listeners who ARE doctors and want to pivot into the world of finance but don't know how.  Rahul Culas is Partner at 1585 Healthcare, an investment firm focused on investing in businesses that facilitate the delivery of quality healthcare to older adults and other vulnerable populations.Formerly, Rahul was a Partner and Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where he co-headed funds dedicated to energy investments. Prior to Carlyle, Rahul was Head of Structured Power Finance at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in his career, he worked at Goldman Sachs in the Fixed Income Currency and Commodities Division.Rahul graduated with a Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (“IIT”), Bombay, and a Masters in Human Computer Interaction from the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon UniversityJulie Yoon is Partner at 1585 Healthcare.Formerly, Julie was a  Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where she focused on funds dedicated to energy investments. Prior to Carlyle, Julie was an associate in Project Finance at Morgan Stanley. Earlier in her career, she worked in the Equity Derivatives group in Equity Capital Markets at Morgan Stanley.Julie graduated from MIT. Grab your free Financial Modeling Template and Solution Here!https://the-wall-street-skinny.ck.page/d8e9f9acddDownload Keyficient at https://www.keyficient.co/and use the code “thewallstreetskinny” for a 10% discount!”Support the showFollow us on Instagram and Tik Tok at @thewallstreetskinnyhttps://www.instagram.com/thewallstreetskinny/

The Business of Meetings – Episode 174 – She Is Crushing It! with Sindhu Srivastava We are delighted to be speaking with Sindhu Shrivastava today!  Sindhu is a true embodiment of the American Dream! She made her mark in the business world as the owner and CEO of Meaningful Data and with We Crush Events. Her latest feat, the successful acquisition of a prominent company within the meetings and event industry, has brought her even greater acclaim.  Today, we have the privilege of delving into the captivating story of Sindhu's entrepreneurial prowess and discovering the secrets behind her triumph. Prepare to be amazed by the extraordinary journey of this acquisition entrepreneur extraordinaire! Sindhu's story Sindhu was born in Nellore, India. Her parents, a Hindu father, and a Christian mother, each hailed from unique backgrounds. Her father was the first educated individual in his family. Excelling academically, he also became a gold medalist in college. Her mother's upbringing was equally extraordinary, with her grandmother raising three daughters as a single parent in the 1950s in India, defying societal expectations. Despite the challenges they faced, Sindhu's mother and her sisters achieved remarkable professional success, with her mother even becoming a national chess champion! Against the wishes of their community, her parents married.  With an unwavering focus on education, Sindhu's journey from a small town in India unfolds as a testament to resilience, determination, and the pursuit of excellence! A rare achievement Sindhu was one of the few women in India to secure a spot in the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT). Out of 500 million women in India, she was one of only 150 to make it into the IITs in her year. She attributes her success to the unwavering support of her parents, even if their methods were sometimes intense. Giving back Sindhu believes in providing support and resources to people to encourage them to strive for excellence and reach their full potential. Giving back and offering assistance is a fundamental aspect of her life because she believes it contributes to the overall success she experiences. Management consulting Upon arriving in the United States to pursue a graduate program at Ohio State University, Sindhu's primary motivation was to secure a stable income to alleviate her father's debt. While exploring various career paths as a graduate student, she discovered management consulting and was captivated by its potential to solve complex problems. She then delved into management consulting and began advising companies on improving their business operations and fostering growth. That experience naturally paved the way for a career in analytics.  Wharton With a flourishing career in analytics spanning nearly two decades, Sindhu realized the significance of having an MBA to advance to leadership positions. Observing that many Vice Presidents and Heads of Analytics held this qualification, she saw the need to pursue higher education. In her search for the world's top business schools, Wharton emerged as the ideal choice, aligning with her quantitative mindset and ambition. She applied to Wharton and was admitted. The experience at Wharton transformed her goals, shifting her aspirations from heading analytics departments to aspiring to become a CEO. Today, Sindhu proudly serves as the CEO of two companies, a testament to her relentless pursuit of success and unwavering dedication to personal and professional growth. Striving for recognition As a person of color, Sindhu strives for recognition based on her intelligence, ambition, and the valuable contributions she can offer rather than enduring dismissive treatment. She encourages others to confront their own realities, ensuring that truth prevails, and to take decisive action to pursue more fulfilling endeavors.  Seeking a better fit Sindhu initially believed that joining a large corporation with diversity initiatives would provide the necessary backing. However, she discovered that the politics within these corporations were more intense than anticipated. Seeking a better fit, she transitioned to smaller companies but encountered a recurring pattern where her identity, personality, and values clashed with the corporate culture. Sindhu's ambition   Sindhu realized that no existing corporations in the US aligned with her vision, so she decided to create her own company. Her ambition with We Crush Events is to establish a Fortune 500 company that embodies her values and provides an inclusive and fulfilling workplace. Meaningful Data Sindhu started Meaningful Data in October 2022 and became an acquisition entrepreneur several weeks ago. Data-driven strategies Data alone lacks interest and significance unless it applies to a meaningful context or situation. Sindhu believes that data-driven strategies need a muse, a story, or a scenario to become engaging and impactful. That realization led her to desire her own company where she could consolidate her knowledge and apply her data-driven recommendations to drive growth. Her goal was to demonstrate the power of data-driven thinking by growing a company and by sharing the success story with others. As the CEO of such a company, Sindhu aims to showcase the transformative results achieved through efficient business operations and emphasize the value of analysts having a seat at the decision-making table. Karma Sindhu has always believed that if you spend your life doing good things, they will return to you multiplied. Joyful workplaces Sindhu believes building joyful workplaces requires people to gather together to foster connection and support mental health. Despite budget cuts and the perception of events as unnecessary luxuries, she argues that organizations cannot expect to have deeply engaged individuals without the meaningful interactions facilitated by events. Investing in employee, customer, partner, shareholder, and investor engagement is crucial for organizational success. Sindhu predicts that over time, people will recognize the significance of those engagements and aims for her company to be a leader in spearheading that realization. Caring Sindhu discovered the importance of caring because it benefits others while also enhancing her own emotional intelligence. By genuinely caring, she experiences personal growth and becomes a better wife, mother, and overall individual. She realizes that caring can also be selfish in a positive way, as it allows her to learn and expand her understanding of the world. Overcoming sexism and racism Realizing she was racist and sexist came as a moment of deep shame for Sindhu, mainly because she is a woman of color. By recognizing the influence of societal norms and communities, she realized that racism and sexism can permeate everyone's beliefs, including her own. She points out that accepting our biases is a crucial first step toward effecting change. Connect with Eric On LinkedIn On Facebook On Instagram On Website Connect with Sindhu Srivastava Meaningful Data  We Crush Events Sindhu Srivastava on LinkedIn

Professor Shlomo Engelson is the Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and a leading expert in the fields of Attribution Analysis and Sports Analytics. Join Rabbi Matanky for a fascinating conversation about the use of computer technology to analyze authorship of documents and its use in solving crimes, the impact artificial intelligence will have on our society, and even the use of sports analytics to improve sporting teams.

#Ep.046 Nepal's current state of infrastructure financing plays a critical role in shaping the country's development and prosperity. Adequate infrastructure is crucial for Nepal's economic growth, job creation, and overall socio-economic advancement. However, Nepal faces various challenges in securing sustainable infrastructure financing for long-term development. Limited fiscal resources, difficulty accessing affordable financing, bureaucratic hurdles, and governance issues hinder the financing process. Furthermore, political instability, weak institutional frameworks, and corruption pose additional obstacles to attracting essential foreign investment. Addressing these challenges requires comprehensive efforts to streamline bureaucratic processes, enhance governance practices, establish specialized financing mechanisms, and create a favorable investment climate. In today's episode of PODS by PEI, we have PEI colleague Saurab Lama's conversation with Radhesh Pant. Building on Radhesh's past experiences at the helm of the Investment Board of Nepal, Saurab and Radhesh explore the intricacies of project planning, financing, and implementation of various Nepali projects, and discuss the core challenges Nepal faces to ensure sustainable and effective infrastructural development. They further discuss the way forward for Nepal to improve its institutional organization, resource mobilization, and governance in the midst of the climate debate and the ongoing geopolitical contestations within the South Asia region. Radhesh is the Senior Managing Partner at VRock and Company and also serves as chairman in various boards for Asia Network for Sustainable Agriculture and Bio resources (ANSAB), Smile Nepal, and is a founding director for South Asia Institute of Management (SAIM). He also served as the Chief Executive of the Investment Board Nepal (IBN). He holds an MBA from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and a Bachelor of Technology in Aeronautical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), India. Click here to support us on Patreon!!

The Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have devised a lithium-air battery that they claim has four times the density of current batteries.   Scientists behind this project said this lithium-air battery would have enough power for long-haul trucks and domestic flights (with over 1,600 kilometres of range) and would mean a seismic shift for the whole transport industry.  At the same time, researchers affirm this fresh type of battery, apart from holding more energy, is way more reliable and reduces the risk of fire.  https://todaysfocusofattention.com/lithium-air-batteries-with-4x-energy-density-unveiled-game-changer-for-the-transport-industry/  

Tarun Sharma is Managing Partner at MegaDelta Capital Advisors, a sub-advisor to Millenna Capital, a Mauritius based investment fund as well as an investment manager of MegaDelta Capital Fund I, a SEBI registered Category II Alternate Investment Fund. The fund has invested in companies such as GOQii, Nova, IDfy, Naaptol, Firstcry, MoneyTap etc. and others. MegaDelta typically invest $15-25M across sectors of such as Healthcare, Enterprise technology and Engineering Services. Tarun has more than 18 years of work experience, including 16 years in principal investing and investment advisory in India and around the world. He currently serves on the boards of GreytHR Software, Intelligence Node, Panacea Medical Technologies, and Air Works Engineering, as well as Nova Fertility and FirstCry.com as a Board Observer. Tarun formed the core investment advisory team for NEA India prior to joining MegaDelta Capital, leading investments in consumer, healthcare, and technology companies. And before that, he worked for Peepul Capital Private Equity, where he was involved in transaction structuring and execution, as well as actively managing portfolio companies in the consumer and media sectors. He began his career at Goldman Sachs International in London, first with the Equity Derivatives team and then with the Global Macro Proprietary trading team, where he developed a strong understanding of macro themes and translated them into investible opportunities. Tarun received an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad, India and earned his B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Delhi, India. Episode Notes: 1. Intro (2:45) 2. Tarun's journey into venture capital (4:12) 3. The evolution of the Indian venture capital landscape over the last 15 years (12:05) 4. How has Tarun evolved as an investor over the years? (16:20) 5. The role of a successful fund manager (21:35) 6. Takeaways from investing and collaborating with portfolio founders (case in point: Firstcry.com) (31:02) 7. Healthcare in India: Why haven't venture capitalists done more in this sector? (43:21) 8. Where is the real opportunity in healthcare in the next 4-5 years? (48:13) 9. Advice Tarun would give himself (55:20) . . . Social Links: Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thedesi_vc Akash Bhat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bhatvakash Podcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thedesivc Akash Bhat on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bhatvakash

This week on Finding Your Bliss, Life Coach and Bliss Expert Judy Librach is joined by activist, actor, entrepreneur, filmmaker, and Miss America 2014, Nina Davuluri! Nina's most recent venture combines the network she has cultivated, her love for advocacy, and disrupting global beauty standards by producing the documentary, #COMPLEXion, which was released on Amazon this February 2023 (it

As cybersecurity threats become more sophisticated, organizations must employ new measures to protect their networks, digital assets, and data. By understanding and implementing these concepts, you can help reduce your organization's risk of a cyberattack. In this episode, cybersecurity expert Bikash Barai, Co-founder of FireCompass, explains how to manage your company's external attack surface and perform continuous automated red teaming. Host Steven Bowcut and Bikash discuss the importance of external attack surface management and continuous testing of your defenses. Bikash explains the relationship between automated red teaming and attack surface management and offers advice about how organizations can prioritize the tsunami of vulnerabilities they face. About our Guest Bikash Barai is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur. Before co-founding FireCompass, he founded iViZ, an automated application security testing company. He has graduate and post-graduate degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in computer science and architecture. He is passionate about AI, cognitive hacking, and attack simulation. He is credited for several innovations in the domain of IT Security and has multiple patents. Bikash is one of Fortune's 40-under-40 and has also received multiple other recognitions from UC Berkeley, Intel, Nasscom, Red Herring, TiE, & others. Outside of cyber security, Bikash is an amateur magician and painter. He is also passionate about mindfulness meditation, psychology, and philosophy. Listen to learn more about external attack surface management and continuous automated red teaming.

Gaurav Kapoor serves as the Co-CEO and Co-Founder, MetricStream Solutions & Services. Gaurav has been involved with the company since its inception and is responsible for strategy, marketing, solutions, and customer engagement. He also served as the CFO of MetricStream until 2010.Previously, Gaurav held executive positions at OpenGrowth and ArcadiaOne. Prior, he spent several years in business, marketing and operations roles at Citibank in Asia and in the U.S. He also serves on the board of Regalix, a digital innovation and marketing company. Gaurav has a bachelor's degree in Technology (with Honors) from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), a degree in Business from FMS, Delhi, and an MBA from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated as a Palmer Scholar.

Global tech investor Squarepeg announces investment in Chronicle. Hear from James Tynan and Mayuresh Patole! In this special episode #121, learn about:▪️ 02:09 - James' memories of first meeting with Mayuresh @ Chronicle▪️04:04 - Mayuresh' memories of early interactions with Squarepeg ▪️06:15 - Where was Mayuresh born and lives now?▪️07:20 - Most profound experience in childhood▪️10:38 - Ultra HD vision only at age 12▪️13:07 - Parents influences and high performance▪️16:00 - Living up to family expectations▪️17:56 - The global significance of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)▪️20:13 - 800 students from a million applicants + CEO alumni▪️21:40 - First spark of interest in the world of design ▪️24:22 - Helping 300 startup founders with “how to make kickass presentations▪️27:35 - The rare package of design and analytical thinking ▪️32:22 - It's too easy right now to make bad presentations▪️33:52 - Constraint and power together in presentations ▪️35:58 - How Chronicle is using constraint for a great storytelling experience▪️38:48 - Enabling users to design with blocks, not templates▪️45:42 - Visual metaphor designed for the overhead projector▪️49:02 - The new storytelling world using Chronicle▪️50:48 - Use cases of generative AI in presentations▪️54:20 - Final sprint rapid fire It's now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

On this episode of And I "Quote": For the first time ever, we have a returning guest, comic-book writer and publisher, Joe D. McFee of Xigency Studios, Inc. We will also be taking your questions!Bio: Xigency Studios, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Joe D. McFee while he was attending Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). The company was started on the basis of creating web pages for clients. This was done as a means to make money and to get his name out there to potential employers upon his graduated from college. During this time, Xigency Studios Inc. was a one person operation where sites or pages was hosted and maintained on either a personal web site or a free web site. Companies and groups who used Xigency Studios Inc. to create web content which ranged from comics, games, adult entertainment. On December 31, 2008, Xigency Studios, Inc. launched its first comic book series called Amazonia: The Continuing Adventures of E. This comic series is actually a spin-off of a comic series which has not been published called LLD (Last Line of Defense). With a successful launch of Amazonia, Xigency Studios Inc. forged itself into the comic industry. On May 26, 2009, Xigency Studios became an authorized comic book publisher and retailer in the State of Illinois. This was done to help promote all comics produced Xigency Studios. as a small press publisher as opposed as a hobby. One year after the successful of Amazonia on December 1, 2009, Xigency Studios moved from a sole proprietorship to a sub chapter S corporation.Follow Joe D. McFee on Social Media: FB: https://www.facebook.com/Xigency-Stud... Twitter: https://twitter.com/XigencyStudios IG: https://www.instagram.com/silvbolt/ YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/FromTheDesk... Website: https://www.xigencystudiosonlinestore...

WARNING: THE INFORMATION BELOW MAY BE TRIGGERING1.64 lakhs, a daily average of 450 or 18 per hour…..That is the number of deaths due to suicides in India in 2021The statistics for death by suicide amongst young people is worse. Not surprising then that this is the third leading cause of death amongst young adults and a significant problem amongst college students in India. Mental health can bye impacted due to a myriad of factor amongst young people. The two big issues that stand out are a) Stigma around mental health, it is a taboo subject that individuals and families are reluctant to engage with. 2) An education system that is not knowledge oriented but exam focused - testing students on their ability to ace the system.In a post independence India there has been a rise in social capital attached to educational attainment (because it leads to acceptable jobs, financial and material gains). Indian students face some of the toughest competitive examinations in the world. And just to share an example - with less than 1% acceptance rate the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) exam is said to be tougher than getting in Harvard. A million students, yes that is right 1 MILLION students apply for the 13000 seats. The pandemic of course has exacerbated the issue. Peer pressure, all consuming access to media, parental pressure, fear of failure, lack of access to opportunities all compound the issue. With prominent Bollywood celebrities and more young people speaking about the issue - there has been some progress. But, by and large the issue remains a taboo and largely undiagnosed.In this episode of The Elephant in the Room podcast I spoke with Dr Lata Dhir Prof of Organisational Behaviour & Leadership and Group Head of Design Thinking at SPJIMR about the deep challenges we face in addressing this hidden crisis. Lata is deeply passionate about helping create the structures and safe spaces to support young people and proactively address mental health issues. She believes this is her life's mission - her why?If you would like to learn more, listen here Memorable Passages from the podcast

Fun fact: "I am a painter." Bio: Amit Sinha is the co-founder of Unnati, a new-age fintech powered Agritech platform. In his present capacity, Amit is responsible for overseeing all operations in Unnati. Amit comes with a rich academic background. Having completed his bachelor's degree in mining engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), he went on to pursue his MBA in PGDM and marketing from the Indian Institute of Management. Throughout the course of his prolific career, Amit has achieved several milestones and has been associated with renowned organizations in senior roles. He has previously worked with brands such as Infosys, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Bharti Airtel, and One97 Communications. He joined Paytm where he served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Head of HR, COO, and Business Head for Insurance for over 4 years, before co-founding Unnati with Ashok Prasad. Amit aims to leverage his rich expertise and industry experience to scale Unnati's operations and create farmer entrepreneurs across the country.

Parag Dhol is the General Partner at Athera Venture Partners. He started his VC career with ICICI Venture, India's first venture capital company, in 1993. He followed that up with stints at GE and Intel's corporate venture arms. Parag joined Athera (formerly known as Inventus Capital) in 2008, shortly after the first close of Fund I. Parag is/was a Board Director/Observer at redBus (acquired), FundsIndia, Lemnisk (buy-back), eTechies (buy-back), Power2SME, PolicyBazaar (IPO), Avaz (buy-back), peel-works, Tricog, worxogo, Pixxel and Clootrack.Parag has a B.Tech. (Mechanical Engg.) from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore.In this episode, we will cover:1. Venture Capital in India in the 1990s (2:55)2. What factors influence a fund manager's temperament? (5:26)3. Things that surprise Parag about Indian venture capital (9:58)4. What lessons has public market investing taught Parag about private market investing? (20:29)5. Managing investor biases and blindspots (24:32)6. What investment advice would Parag give to his younger self? (29:13)7. Evolution of Indian VC over the decades (35:10)8. Considering the current venture landscape in India (43:59)9. What continues to pique Parag's interest in the India opportunity? (51:16)10. Athera's vision and the role Parag sees it playing in Indian venture capital (55:08)11. How would Parag like to be remembered i.e. his legacy in Indian VC (1:00:06)

Today our guest is architect Ulf Meyer an, architect and writer based in Germany. Ulf is an architect, former partner at Ingenhoven Architects and later Senior Associate with HENN Architects in Germany. He is a graduate of the Technical University (TU) of Berlin, and the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) in Chicago he is the co-author of the book “The World's Greenest Buildings”. Ulf in addition to being an architect, he is an architectural journalist and critic with over 1,000 articles and numerous books. Ulf has also taught architecture and lectured widely around the world Ulf was a keynote speaker at ECOWEK in Italy, Poland, Denmark and Israel, and has contributed as a co-author in the first ECOWEEK book.

Contact: cosmicdancerpodcast@gmail.com I like to disseminate love, kindness and knowledge. Please respect yourself, people and earth. Take care and thanks for supporting me with Paypal. Peace! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=5E6WCP8KAS4NG This new series of episodes on Cosmic Dancer podcast channel, aims to disseminate the theoretical teachings of Vedanta philosophy, (dating back nearly 7,000 years), through the practical experiences of daily life. This is through the involvement of guests from the world of music, art, literature, science, etc... Vedanta is not a religion. Vedanta is a philosophy, the Mother of all world philosophies and religions. The Bhagavad Gita is the most representative text of Vedanta, one of the most widely read books ever. We celebrate the teachings of the eminent philosopher Swami Parthasarathy (he is 96 years old) who founded the organization Vedanta Global, and who has authored numerous best sellers including Vedanta Treatise - The Eternities and the invaluable commentary on the Bhagavad Gita. The new episode of the Cosmic Dancer podcast involved Thirthankar Chakraborty, Assistant Professor Department of Liberal Arts Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhilai, India, and Craig Warren, Director of the Vedanta Institute of Cape Town, South Africa. Craig was a student of Swami Parthasarathy at the prestigious Vedanta Academy. Topic: Maya, illusion, in Vedanta Philosophy and in the famous Beckett's play "Waiting for Godot". Info on T.Chakraborty: https://www.iitbhilai.ac.in/index.php?pid=thirthankarc Info on C.Warren: https://vedanta.org.za/ Books: Chakraborty, T., & J. L. T. Vazquez, eds. (2020). Samuel Beckett as World Literature. New York: Bloomsbury. - Join my Facebook Group Meditation Mindfulness Yoga Mantra www.facebook.com/groups/642191676459430 - Here my short stories about Kindness (I giorni della gentilezza- Paperback - Italian version)- tinyurl.com/3vfud2c9 - Here my book Learn Māori Culture and Proverbs (paperback) tinyurl.com/6zmvz9tt - Version with Full Color Images - www.amazon.com/Learn-M%C4%81ori-…1621334435&sr=8-3 - Poster Maramataka: tinyurl.com/pht4easb - Here my book dedicated to Lo-Fi Music (ebook and paperback), tinyurl.com/r2d69dyb - on Amazon USA, UK, INDIA, JAPAN, GERMANY, BRAZIL and other countries. - Here my book with illustrated philosophical short stories (ebook and paperback), tinyurl.com/rpcd5c - on Amazon USA, UK, INDIA, JAPAN, GERMANY, BRAZIL and other countries. - Here my book Black Book Note www.amazon.com/BLACK-BOOK-NOTE-i…32&s=books&sr=1-1 - Here my journal dedicated to the great italian poet Dante Alighieri tinyurl.com/42rt7jjh. - E-book and Video on www.lofimusic.it. - Here my fashion brand dedicated to Spirituality, www.mantratshirt.it.

With so much negative news and uncertainty with current market and economic conditions around the world, you will enjoy hearing the perspective of Dhruv Maniktala, CIO at True North Advisors, who sees volatility and dislocation as opportunities in areas such as real estate private credit, and closed-end fund arbitrage. We talk about the costs and level of protection of certain hedging strategies, along with investing in private equity and energy. Dhruv is the Chief Investment Officer at True North Advisors & Western Alternative Strategies and has over two decades of experience in the investment industry, spanning both public and private markets. He manages the initiatives of the investment team across traditional and alternative investments, including private equity, energy, real estate, and hedge funds. Dhruv has served in various capacities across a broad spectrum of private and public markets. His Project finance and M&A roles in the private markets were focused on acquisitions of power and water infrastructure assets in Europe, the Caribbean, South America, and the US, including the acquisition and nationalization of the water and power assets of Jamaica. Dhruv received his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering from the globally renowned Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) that counts the CEOs of Google and Twitter, among others, as its graduates, and attended the University of Georgia where he earned his MBA and majored in Corporate Finance, Investments and Quantitative Analysis. Dhruv is a CFA Charter holder and a member of the CFA Society of DFW. He serves on the RIA Advisory Board of Research Affiliates and is on the Investment Committee of IFG. Disclaimer: All podcast discussions represent only the views and opinions of the host and guests. This podcast in no way constitutes investment advice and is not an offer to buy or sell any products or services. 

On this episode of And I "Quote": Ryan talks with comic-book writer and publisher, Joe D. McFee of Xigency Studios, Inc. Bio: Xigency Studios, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Joe D. McFee while he was attending Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). The company was started on the basis of creating web pages for clients. This was done as a means to make money and to get his name out there to potential employers upon his graduated from college. During this time, Xigency Studios Inc. was a one person operation where sites or pages was hosted and maintained on either a personal web site or a free web site. Companies and groups who used Xigency Studios Inc. to create web content which ranged from comics, games, adult entertainment.On December 31, 2008, Xigency Studios, Inc. launched its first comic book series called Amazonia: The Continuing Adventures of E. This comic series is actually a spin-off of a comic series which has not been published called LLD (Last Line of Defense). With a successful launch of Amazonia, Xigency Studios Inc. forged itself into the comic industry.On May 26, 2009, Xigency Studios became an authorized comic book publisher and retailer in the State of Illinois. This was done to help promote all comics produced Xigency Studios. as a small press publisher as opposed as a hobby. One year after the successful of Amazonia on December 1, 2009, Xigency Studios moved from a sole proprietorship to a sub chapter S corporation.Follow Joe D. McFee on Social Media: FB: https://www.facebook.com/Xigency-Studios-147630552658/?ref=bookmarksTwitter: https://twitter.com/XigencyStudiosIG: https://www.instagram.com/silvbolt/YT: https://www.youtube.com/c/FromTheDeskOfASmallPressPublisherWebsite: https://www.xigencystudiosonlinestore.com/

Today we continue our exploration of the efforts underway to close the justice gap with our guest, John Mayer, the executive director of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) at Chicago-Kent, the law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). One of CALI's key projects is A2J Author, a software tool that enables nontechnical stakeholders from the courts, legal services programs, and law schools to rapidly build and implement user-friendly interfaces for document assembly. A2J Guided Interviews remove many of the barriers faced by self-represented litigants, allowing them to easily complete court documents. It is a testament to how law, design, and technology working together can close the justice gap. Listen in to today's conversation with John to learn: - Why an engineer by education and self-described systems thinker chose to stay “law adjacent” rather than embarking on the chief information officer path. - How John's participation in a joint project of Kent Law School and the Institute of Design at IIT on self-represented litigants laid the groundwork for A2J Author. - And why John believes automating court forms is one of the best ways for law students to learn the law.

What next for the social media platform after Jack Dorsey quits? the BBC's tech reporter in Silicon Valley James Clayton tells us why Jack Dorsey has left as CEO, and the challenges facing Twitter under new boss Parag Agrawal. Plus Jane Wakefield speaks to an Afghan student turning to the Internet to continue her education under Taliban rule, and we hear from the company forging ahead with plans to deliver Internet networks with balloons, despite Google's abandoning of the project. With BBC tech reporter Shiona McCallum. (Photo: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses students during at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), New Delhi. Credit: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)

“Innovation is the ability to develop new concepts.” Dan Tomal, Faculty Advisor at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), shares the importance of the NECA Student Chapters Program and the benefits that students gain in terms of education and opportunities. Listen to IIT's recruitment efforts and best practices of creating synergy between the university, faculty, and the local NECA Chapter.

The Chinese internet giant Baidu has unveiled its second generation artificial intelligence chip, its first “Robocar” and a renamed driverless taxi app, underscoring the importance of these new areas of technology for the company's future growth. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/baidu-launches-robocar-and-ai-chip-in-bid-to-diversify-business.html One of the many worrying developments in the tragedy in Afghanistan is that the Taliban seized US facial recognition and fingerprinting devices and databases. https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/18/us-face-recognition-taliban/ Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS), the engineering and technology development arm of the Fortune 100 software industry leader, and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, have reached an agreement to establish an artificial intelligence (AI) laboratory and joint research AI and related new technologies. https://www.crn.in/news/honeywell-sets-up-artificial-intelligence-research-centre-at-iit-hyderabad/ Earlier this week, Amazon announced the winners of its annual Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge, which encourages exploration of coherence, context awareness, responsiveness, and other areas fundamental to the future of conversational AI. https://venturebeat.com/2021/08/19/amazon-taps-its-socialbot-challenge-to-boost-conversational-ai/ If you want to see yourself on screen with Hugh Jackman, this is your chance. https://www.engadget.com/warner-bros-reminiscence-promo-deepfake-trailer-052114554.html?guccounter=1 Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Der chinesische Internetgigant Baidu hat seinen Chip der zweiten Generation für künstliche Intelligenz, sein erstes „Robocar“ und eine umbenannte fahrerlose Taxi-App vorgestellt und unterstreicht, wie wichtig diese neuen Technologiebereiche für das zukünftige Wachstum des Unternehmens sind. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/baidu-launches-robocar-and-ai-chip-in-bid-to-diversify-business.html Eine der vielen besorgniserregenden Entwicklungen bei der Tragödie in Afghanistan ist, dass die Taliban US-Gesichtserkennungs- und Fingerabdruckgeräte sowie Datenbanken beschlagnahmt haben. https://9to5mac.com/2021/08/18/us-face-recognition-taliban/ Honeywell Technology Solutions (HTS), der Engineering- und Technologieentwicklungszweig des Fortune-100-Softwareindustrieführers, und das Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Hyderabad, haben eine Vereinbarung über die Einrichtung eines Labors für künstliche Intelligenz (KI) und die gemeinsame Forschung getroffen KI und verwandte neue Technologien. https://www.crn.in/news/honeywell-sets-up-artificial-intelligence-research-centre-at-iit-hyderabad/ Anfang dieser Woche gab Amazon die Gewinner seiner jährlichen Alexa Prize SocialBot Grand Challenge bekannt, die die Erforschung von Kohärenz, Kontextbewusstsein, Reaktionsfähigkeit und anderen Bereichen fördert, die für die Zukunft der dialogorientierten KI von grundlegender Bedeutung sind. https://venturebeat.com/2021/08/19/amazon-taps-its-socialbot-challenge-to-boost-conversational-ai/ Wenn Sie sich mit Hugh Jackman auf der Leinwand sehen möchten, ist dies Ihre Chance. https://www.engadget.com/warner-bros-reminiscence-promo-deepfake-trailer-052114554.html?guccounter=1 Visit www.integratedaisolutions.com

Welcome to the Elevator World News Podcast. Today's podcast news podcast is sponsored by elevatorbooks.com: www.elevatorbooks.com INSTALLATION OF “MAKE IN INDIA” VT EQUIPMENT AT KANPUR BEGINS The installation of elevators and escalators in nine Metro Stations in India has begun, The Times of India reported on August 4. A total of 27 escalators and 33 lifts are being installed in stations on the stretch of Priority Corridor between Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Moti Jheel lake. All of the vertical-transportation equipment used in the project is “Make in India,”, having been manufactured in Chennai, and the escalators feature “crawling mode,” which allows them to run at two different speeds and stop to conserve energy. The first escalator was installed at the concourse level of the IIT Metro station. Image credit: from http://murshidabad.net/history/places-topic-places-zone-three.htm To read the full transcript of today's podcast, visit: elevatorworld.com/news Subscribe to the Podcast: iTunes │ Google Play | SoundCloud │ Stitcher │ TuneIn

Ashutosh Garg: How To Leverage AI To Recognize And Improve Diversity In Hiring [Audio] Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | TuneIn | RSSAshutosh Garg works with startups across the enterprise stack. He is particularly excited about how machine learning and deep learning are reinventing existing software categories and creating new consumer experiences. Ashutosh has invested in AI-enabled business applications (such as marketing technology and HR technology), data platforms, data center infrastructure, security & privacy, as well as online video. Before joining Foundation Capital in 2008, Ashutosh was the general manager for Microsoft's online-advertising business and led field marketing for the software businesses. Previously, Ashutosh worked at McKinsey & Company, helping technology companies scale their go-to-market efforts. Earlier in his career, Ashutosh founded TringTring.com, one of the first search engines in Asia, set up Unilever's Nepal operations, and led the marketing and pre-sales teams at Cadence Design Systems.Ashutosh has a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore, where he received the President's Gold Medal.Episode Links:  Ashutosh Garg's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashugargvc/ Ashutosh Garg's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashugarg?s=20 Ashutosh Garg's Website: https://foundationcapital.com/member/ashu-garg/ Podcast Details: Podcast website: https://www.humainpodcast.comApple Podcasts:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/humain-podcast-artificial-intelligence-data-science/id1452117009Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/6tXysq5TzHXvttWtJhmRpSRSS: https://feeds.redcircle.com/99113f24-2bd1-4332-8cd0-32e0556c8bc9YouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1ragYouTube Clips:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxvclFvpPvFM9_RxcNg1rag/videosSupport and Social Media:  – Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/humain/creators  – Twitter:  https://twitter.com/dyakobovitch– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/humainpodcast/– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidyakobovitch/– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HumainPodcast/– HumAIn Website Articles: https://www.humainpodcast.com/blog/Outline: Here's the timestamps for the episode: (00:00) – Introduction(01:31) –Eightfold.ai was created in 2016 as a talent intelligence platform that is being used by the leading enterprises across the globe to hire, engage, and retain a diverse workforce.(04:21) – Large enterprises' number one challenge is people. They are not able to hire fast enough. Enterprises should think about diversity, about their own biases, to understand what talent exists. We added exits to bring the right people on board and that is where data and AI comes into play.(05:43) – We can't keep looking for people who have done the work. We have to look at the people who can do the work, and that is a fundamental shift in the mindset.(09:00) – We need to reach out to the people who may not have had all the privileges that we have and support them. We have to look at people beyond what we perceive for their face color, age.(10:14) – Machines have the ability to forget and ignore. We have our biases because of the lack of knowledge. Knowledge and moving out of biases can really help us solve this problem when hiring candidates.(11:59) – There has to be an audit process to ensure that your algorithms are not going crazy and that they are doing the right thing. Let's use them to help humans do a better job. (13:53) – It's all about humans. These systems are designed to come in and replace humans. In that case, not only are you taking the snitch system correctly, you're teasing that: I really don't need to worry about humans, and that has to be front and center.(16:00) – One of the things Eightfold believes is that it's not that people are good or bad, or one is better or worse, but who is the best fit for which flow in that company.(18:24) – You have to really assess the people at their full potential.(22:32) – What Eightfold.ai is trying to do through machines is help hiring managers understand that candidates past, be able to dig deeper with you, look at the peer group of the community to see what their peer group is doing today.(25:27) – Some of the success stories of the companies that we know today in the world come from combining experience with young talent. (27:26) – The talent market rate landscape is completely going to go through a massive shift in next 18 months. This is also a good time to hire great talent, because many people are looking up.Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Google onthulde tijdens zijn jaarlijkse event Google I/O weer een hoop nieuws: Android 12, veel slimme AI-functies en meer – we lopen de tofste dingen langs. Ook verbazen we ons over de nieuwe feature van Apple Music: lossless muziek. Tips uit deze aflevering: Boek: Ready Player Two, vervolg op het succesvolle verfilmde boek uit 2011. In een dystopisch 2045 zit de hele wereld in een grote VR-game omdat de wereld is verpest. Het eigendom van die enorme VR-game wordt als prijs aangeboden aan de winnaar van een soort speurtocht. Dat is het eerste boek: wat gebeurt er daarna? In november verscheen het vervolg, een verfilming is ook al aangekondigd. Serie: Mythic Quest op Apple TV+. Een comedyserie in een kantoor, in dit geval een gamestudio. Niet realistisch wat betreft de weergave van hoe games gemaakt worden, wel des te herkenbaarder in zijn situaties op de werkvloer. Macht, waardering, irritaties: alles komt heel geestig voorbij. Het tweede seizoen is net begonnen, elke vrijdag is er een nieuwe aflevering. Docu: Alma Matters, over de harde realiteit van studenten aan de meest gerenommeerde technische universiteiten van India, de Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). Jonge Indiërs dromen massaal ervan de nieuwe Sundar Pichai, de ceo van Google, te worden. Pichai studeerde aan zo’n IIT, veel Indiase tech-topmannen ook. Elk jaar zijn er 1,5 miljoen aanmeldingen voor 13 duizend plaatsen. Deze 3-delige docuserie geeft een blik achter de schermen, hoe zwaar het is daar te studeren in een omgeving waar alles draait om competitie. Links: Google Foto's: de nieuwe slimme functies die worden toegevoegd zoals Cinematic Moments waarbij AI een kunstmatig beeld kan maken dat tussen twee bestaande foto's ligt. Project Starline: de experimentele 3D-videobeldienst van Google.

Our guest in this first episode of NiSERCast is Prof. Varadharajan Muruganandam, from the School of Mathematical Sciences at NISER. In this episode, we discuss his long journey in academia — his PhD days at IIT Kanpur, teaching at Pondicherry University, his experiences teaching in France, and setting up institutes like NISER. We also touch upon the impact of computers on academia and, in particular, research in mathematics.Listen in to hear about his meandering journey as an Indian academic!Episode Notes:Ravi Shankar and Carnatic musicMadurai Kamaraj UniversityMarshall Stone and Stone–Weierstrass theoremIndian Statistical Institute (ISI), KolkataIndian Institute of Technology (IIT), KanpurUB TewariHenry HelsonMathematical ReviewsHarmonic analysisHarish-ChandraVS VaradarajanTata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)Madras Presidency CollegeWeierstrass p-functionsKronecker's theoremStirling's formulaFour color theoremHarmonic seriesLeonhard EulerGeorg CantorMoore machine, Punch cards and Intel processors (286, 386, and Pentium)(LaTeX)David HilbertFelix KleinUniversity of PoitiersPierre DeligneNicholas VaropoulosPV Narasimha RaoHyderabad University, Pondicherry University, Benaras Hindu UniversityS Kumaresan, VS Sunder, and Mathematics Training and Talent Search ProgrammeRené Descartes and Cartesian coordinatesGH HardyGeorge Mallory, Tenzing Norgay, and Edmund HillaryJordan curve theoremThiruvalluvar

In this episode, Hall welcomes Ashu Garg, General Partner at Foundation Capital. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, Foundation Capital was founded in 1995. As an early-stage venture capital firm, they have lived through the emergence of the World Wide Web, the IT war of the 90s, the dot-com bubble, Web 2.0, the mobile revolution, the Great Recession, the rise of Big Data, software’s ascension to the cloud, and the birth of blockchain. The wisdom of those experiences remains with them, transmitted to each successive generation of partners. Foundation Capital is 25 years and nine funds strong, with over $3B in committed capital, 28 IPOs, and 80+ acquisitions to their name. Their fintech, enterprise, and consumer investments have reinvented industries and defined new markets, with companies that include Lending Club, Sunrun, TubeMogul, Chegg, and Netflix. For a quarter of a century—through boom and bust, prosperity or calamity—Foundation Capital has endured, evolved, and thrived. Building companies is in their bones. The Rubik’s Cube has 43 quintillion combinations – but only one solution. At age 11, Ashu found that solution in 25 seconds flat. Although Ashu hasn’t picked up a Rubik’s Cube in quite a while, he still takes great pleasure in solving complex business challenges. To give just one example, in 2010, an early stage Berkeley-based company that specialized in analytics wanted to get into the media-buying platform business. Ashu helped their small team reach the growing number of brands that were migrating their television advertising to the web. That company, TubeMogul, soon became the leading video-advertising platform for brand advertisers, went public in 2014, and was acquired by Adobe in 2016. Ashu serves on the boards of Anvilogic, Arize, Coefficient, Cohesity, Conviva, Eightfold, Fortanix, Layer9, OpsMx, Stacklet, Skyflow, and Turing. In addition, Ashu was responsible for our investments in Aggregate Knowledge (acquired by Neustar), Custora (acquired by Amperity), FreeWheel (acquired by Comcast), TubeMogul (acquired by Adobe), and Tubi.tv (acquired by Fox). He has led seed investments in HipDot, Next Force Technology, Oliv.ai, Radiance Labs, Robin Systems, Testim, and has personally invested in Databricks, Falcon Computing, G2 Esports, and VPS. Ashu is passionate about helping technical founders scale as CEOs. His podcast B2B a CEO has featured Eric Yuan, Jennifer Tejada, Aaron Levie, and Tien Tzuo. Before joining Foundation Capital in 2008, Ashu was the general manager for Microsoft’s online-advertising business and led field marketing for the software businesses. Previously, Ashu worked at McKinsey & Company, helping technology companies scale their go-to-market efforts. Earlier in his career, Ashu founded TringTring.com, one of the first search engines in Asia, set up Unilever’s Nepal operations, and led the marketing and pre-sales teams at Cadence Design Systems. Ashu has a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management at Bangalore, where he received the President’s Gold Medal. Ashu has lived in India, Nigeria and Sudan, and today makes his home in California with his wife, Pooja (an entrepreneur as well), and their two sons. Ashu advises investors and entrepreneurs in the space. He also discusses how he sees the industry evolving and the investment thesis of Foundation Capital.  You can visit  Foundation Capital at , via LinkedIn at , and via Twitter at .   Ashu can be contacted via email at , via LinkedIn at , and via Twitter at .

We are in conversation with Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman. Currently, he is a Visiting Research Associate at the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and holds a PhD in Development Studies from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Guwahati. He specialises on border studies in Northeast India and transboundary water sharing and management issues between China, India, and Bangladesh, and is deeply committed to grassroots based alternative community work and development models. In this episode, Mirza speaks to us about his experience as a researcher on this frontier river, and the associated challenges of this work. He speaks to us about, what he calls, a riparian responsibility of the government as well as citizens who live next to this river to cause minimal harm to the water body. We talk about the catastrophic nature of floods in the region and the role that human intervention has played in it, and finally, his vision for an interdisciplinary future of research on this meandering river. Through this conversation we also uncover, in some ways, the pull of the river and what made Mirza start and continue this work on the Brahmaputra.

Introducing Priyanka Gupta Priyanka Gupta is todays guest on the Steve Jobs inspired Join Up Dots business podcast. She is a lady from a small town in Uttar Pradesh, North India, who was once a software engineer by education, and also once an investment banker. But now she is a writer, solo traveller, and art lover and also the founder and editor-in-chief of On My Canvas — a personal growth and travel blog. Now the key to this lady is her story is about breaking boundaries in conventional India to follow her passion. As she says "I was neither a writer(blogger) nor an avid traveller until 2016. In my small hometown, education and work opportunities are limited. To make a good career, I left my home to study in Rajasthan, a desert state of India. The year was 2003, and I was just 15. How The Dots Joined Up For Priyanka In Rajasthan, I prepared to compete in a national-level exam which guarantees a merit-based course in the best engineering institute of India - The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). I studied hard for three years and scored an all-India rank of 78, out of half a million students who competed in the exam. In 2006, I joined the Computer Science and Engineering B.Tech course in IIT Delhi. I graduated in 2010. Then I worked in software and investment banking jobs and lived around India in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, and Bangalore. Throughout my corporate career, I never enjoyed my work. Mostly I was fixing the nuts and bolts of old software or was making the rich richer. Now I could have worked harder to develop the skills to get more innovation-centered jobs, but I didn't like the work related to computer science. Why did I study it then? Because for a girl from a small patriarchal town, IIT and CS were the only way to opportunities. (A lot of Indians first become engineers and then figure out what they want to do.) The disappointment from my professional life bled into my personal life, too. I was mostly morose. And that is the perfect place to start todays episode. So why do few people really give their passions ago, when the story of others following their dreams are all around them? And would todays guest have moments still when she thinks "ok, this is a sticky time. Should i go back and get a job? It would be easier" Well let's find out as we bring onto the show to join up dots with the one and only Priyanka Gupta Show Highlights During todays show we discussed such weighty subjects with Priyanka Gupta: Priyanka talks openly about her belief that there was no going back once she decided that she was going to be a writer and traveller. Why you don't have to lose the skills that you have developed throughout jobs that you perhaps were eager to escape from. We discuss the path to finding the dream business, and why more often than not the dream doesn't come to you until much later. and lastly....... Priyanka reveals the steps that she took to get her first teaching position in Chile, after first taking the leap.

Host: Najeeb Guest: Kaustubh Khade Language: English Kaustubh Khade is a professional Kayaker. After graduating from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kaustubh took up kayaking as a challenge, and in span of 5 years, has found himself amongst the crop of India's top pro kayakers. He bagged 2 Silver & 1 Bronze at the Asian Dragon Boat Championship in 2012. In 2015, he etched his name in the Limca Book of Records when he kayaked from Mumbai to Goa in 17 days. He bettered his feat in 2016, when he became the first Indian who kayaked along the west coast of India, from Kutch to Kanyakumari in 85 days covering 6 states and 1 union territory and a record distance of 3300 kms.

Swami Mukundananda is a world-renowned teacher of Spirituality, Yoga, and Meditation. He is the founder of the yogic system called JKYog also known as Yoga for the Body, Mind, and Soul.   He went to the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Management (IIM and had a promising corporate career. But, that did not quench his thirst for knowing the Absolute Truth. He renounced his career and travelled throughout India as a sanyasi learning about the various religious traditions and schools of philosophy in India.   Swami Mukundananda has inspired people all over the world, on the path of spirituality, holistic health, yoga, meditation and service to society. He has come up with a new book titled The Science of Mind management where he shares how you can win the inner battle of your mind and achieve success in life.   On this episode, we discuss the science of mind management and how to manage negative thoughts, we dive into spirituality and talk about how to balance material and spiritual world, how to find the ultimate happiness in your life, delay gratification and a lot more. Want to start your own podcast? Join me on my FREE 90 Minutes Podcast to Profit Masterclass to learn how you can build your influence, authority and business using a podcast. Read More.  https://live.bijayspeaks.com/ptp  Follow the Inspiring Talk on Facebook http://theinspiringtalk.com/facebook  Twitter http://theinspiringtalk.com/twitter  Instagram http://theinspiringtalk.com/instagram  Read full show notes and resources: http://theinspiringtalk.com/102

Rutvik Doshi is the General Partner at Inventus Capital India, early stage Venture Capital firm that invests in Pre Series A and Series A. Rutvik has participated in India's fast emerging internet ecosystem since 2007, first with Google where he launched several products including Voice Search, Google Mobile App, SMS Channels and managed Google News globally, and most recently as the CEO of ecommerce startup Taggle in Bangalore. Before Google he spent 6 years in the US building internet management software for CA Technologies. Rutvik holds a B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur and an MBA from INSEAD, France. Follow Rutvik (@rutvik), host Akash Bhat (@bhatvakash) and our podcast (@thedesi_vc) on Twitter.. . .The Desi Startups of the Week:1. Project PIF: Project Pay-It-Forward is a cloud-based mentorship platform for graduate admissions2. Podium: Podium is a platform that brings people closer to have virtual conversations around social issues.. . .In this episode we will cover:. . . (Part 1) . . .1. Impact of COVID on fund dynamics and larger macro economic trends (5:24)2. How did LP's react to the pandemic (7:44)3: Investment strategy during Covid and plans for the future (13:11)4. How did Inventus India Capital build rapport with founders during the pandemic, in the absence of F2F meetings? (18:38)5. Rutvik's background and sequence of events leading up to Inventus (19:58)6. Evolution of VC in India (28:06)7. Investment thesis at Inventus (32:21)8. Importance of forging strong relationships with other VC firms in India (37:17). . . (Part 2) . . .9. Raising domestic capital –– Has India reached a point of comfort to invest in VC as an asset class? (42:51)10. Why is it better to have Indian investors than global? (44:44)11. What should emerging fund managers be prepared for when they speak to potential LP candidates? (49:02)12. How many calls do VC's have with potential LPs (53:53)13. How do the Partners split fundraising responsibilities (55:53)14. When will see a change in venture investing to bring more profitability? (1:00:09)15. Lobbying in India (1:02:41)16. Raising money from foreign investors or Indian? (1:05:42)17. Rapid fire (1:08:05)

Piyush Puri leads the Brand Capital International team in Silicon Valley as Vice President of BWI, the strategic investment arm of The Times Group – India's largest multimedia conglomerate. Before leading Brand Capital's US office, Piyush was an investment banker in Mumbai, India focusing on investments in the energy, ancillaries, and the environment spaces. Piyush received his degree in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), has an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, and a Master's Degree in Psychology of Leadership from Penn State University.Follow Piyush (@Piyushpuri13), host Akash Bhat (@bhatvakash) and our podcast (@thedesi_vc) on Twitter.. . .In this episode we will cover:1. Piyush's background (2:59)2. How does Brand Capital International help startups tap into the Indian market? (5:56)3. What do startups get wrong when they think about the India opportunity? (9:36)4. How does BCI approach investments? (12:17)5. What do non-Indian startups offer than incumbents don't? (14:28)6. What's the best outcome for non-Indian startups entering India? (18:42)7. How does BCI measure success of their portfolio companies? (19:45)8. How do portfolio startups measure the impact of BCI? (21:06)9. When's the right time to think about global expansion (23:36)10. Is having ‘feet on street' important when startups go global? (26:00)11. Internal reporting and accountability with respect to investments (27:59)12. How has the pandemic affected BCI and their co-investors during the lockdown? (30:35)13. BCI Portfolio: Does higher valuation (by non-Indian VCs) deter future investments from Indian VCs? (33:47)14. Rapid fire (38:20)

In this episode, @Gaurav-Goel shares hit path from the ultra-competitive Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to ECSP Business School in Paris for his Masters in Management. Learn how this degree differs from an MBA, the opportunities it affords during the gap year and how Gaurav leveraged it to land multiple top internships at large investment banks. Hear about his struggles to get his first break trying to stay in Paris speaking French and how once he broke through he was able to perform at the top of his internship class to get multiple full-time offers. Eventually, accepting an offer at Goldman in M&A in Paris, he stayed there for 7 years before jumping to Astorg Partners, a highly successful private equity fund in Europe. Learn why he wasn't able to save much when making hundreds of thousands of Euros each year, why he left to found his own start-up after a few years and what's in store for him next...

IDSA IDC SPECIAL: We had the pleasure of sitting down with Norio Fujikawa, the Executive Creative Director at Astro Studios in San Francisco, CA for a rapid fire chat about his upbringing in Chicago, his studies at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), and how he made his way to the Bay Area. He interned and worked in the midwest, specifically in Ohio and Minnesota, before he found his way to San Francisco. We also talk about all of the amazing people that have graced the halls of Astro Studios, alumni such as Spencer Nugent, John Muhlenkamp, Hoang and Anh Nguyen, Jordan Nollman, David Whetstone, and Grace Lee, have all been part of this amazing establishment. We also discuss how Astro Studios started in gaming, and have since designed other products for brands such as Shinola, Sol Republic, Nike, HP, and Western Digital. Norio breaks down the skill and mind set that is needed to work in such a competitive design city, so please listen up if you’re thinking of making the move to the Bay Area. Thank you @noriofujikawa for being amazing and inspiring so many! Thanks for tuning in--be on the lookout for our next podcast! Send us a DM or email at hello@advdes.org to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!

This episode is co-hosted by GGV's investment team colleague Madhu Yalamarthi. On this episode we have Rajesh Yabaji, co-founder and CEO at BlackBuck. BlackBuck is India's largest trucking logistics company, often referred to as "Uber for Trucks". In the episode, we covered creating a full-stack logistics marketplace in India, the conviction and rigor it takes to create a new category, building an agile company culture, and the choice of living in the same building with his co-founder. Prior to starting BlackBuck, Rajesh worked in the Indian multinational conglomerate ITC Limited for four years as a manager in supply chain and category management. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur. For the full transcript of the show, go to nextbn.ggvc.com Join our listeners' community, go to nextbn.ggvc.com/community.

This episode is co-hosted by GGV's investment team colleague Madhu Yalamarthi. On this episode we have Rajesh Yabaji, co-founder and CEO at BlackBuck. BlackBuck is India's largest trucking logistics company, often referred to as "Uber for Trucks". In the episode, we covered creating a full-stack logistics marketplace in India, the conviction and rigor it takes to create a new category, building an agile company culture, and the choice of living in the same building with his co-founder. Prior to starting BlackBuck, Rajesh worked in the Indian multinational conglomerate ITC Limited for four years as a manager in supply chain and category management. He holds a bachelor's degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Kharagpur. For the full transcript of the show, go to nextbn.ggvc.com Join our listeners' community, go to nextbn.ggvc.com/community.

Prof.Ali, an assistant professor at the Department of Biomechanical Engineering at the University of Twente and one of the tenure trackers of the 4TU Dutch Soft Robotics Program. After several years of working in the industry, he began his academic career as a lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Tehran (2004-2010), where he developed several service robots (e.g. power line pole climbing and domestic robots), as well as polymer micromachining facilities. His passion for soft robotics was born and grown at the Center for Micro-Bio Robotics of Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) where I worked from January 2010 to July 2019. During this period, he mainly focused on the design and unconventional manufacturing of soft-bodied robots, particularly inspired by biological models such as plants, sea urchin, and octopus. Inspired by plant movements, I pioneered the new concept of Growing Robots (robots moving and adapting by creating their own structure) and succeeded in inventing the world’s first examples of these robots by incorporating additive manufacturing technology as part of the robot structure.

What is merit? How is it claimed? In her much-awaited book The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India (Harvard University Press, 2019), Ajantha Subramanian addresses the pertinent question of caste inheritance and privilege in the making of merit and meritocracies. Focusing her attention on the premier institutions of engineering education in India, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Subramanian provides an insightful account of their emergence is post-independence India as a set of distinct and “world class” institutions underwritten by the Indian state. As Subramanian traces the colonial career of technical knowledge as the prehistory of the formation of IITs as well as the global circulation of ‘Brand IIT’, she provides us an account of how the alibis of caste inheritance emerge against graded inequalities. Whether it is through the language of law that only names caste discrimination as the basis of non-achievement while leaving unnamed caste inheritances as the basis of achievement, or through the judicial monikers of ‘general category’ and ‘reserved category’ or better still the ‘middle classness’ of those who claim educational achievement as their only capital, Subramanian’s book unravels the claims to casteless-ness crucial to the discourse on meritocracy in India and in the United States. Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Tune in to listen to the author talk about the dual value of technical education, the relationships between caste and mobility, the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley and the methodological repertoire and dilemmas of (not) talking about caste privilege. Bhoomika Joshi is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology at Yale University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is merit? How is it claimed? In her much-awaited book The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India (Harvard University Press, 2019), Ajantha Subramanian addresses the pertinent question of caste inheritance and privilege in the making of merit and meritocracies. Focusing her attention on the premier institutions of engineering education in India, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Subramanian provides an insightful account of their emergence is post-independence India as a set of distinct and “world class” institutions underwritten by the Indian state. As Subramanian traces the colonial career of technical knowledge as the prehistory of the formation of IITs as well as the global circulation of ‘Brand IIT’, she provides us an account of how the alibis of caste inheritance emerge against graded inequalities. Whether it is through the language of law that only names caste discrimination as the basis of non-achievement while leaving unnamed caste inheritances as the basis of achievement, or through the judicial monikers of ‘general category’ and ‘reserved category’ or better still the ‘middle classness’ of those who claim educational achievement as their only capital, Subramanian’s book unravels the claims to casteless-ness crucial to the discourse on meritocracy in India and in the United States. Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Tune in to listen to the author talk about the dual value of technical education, the relationships between caste and mobility, the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley and the methodological repertoire and dilemmas of (not) talking about caste privilege. Bhoomika Joshi is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology at Yale University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is merit? How is it claimed? In her much-awaited book The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India (Harvard University Press, 2019), Ajantha Subramanian addresses the pertinent question of caste inheritance and privilege in the making of merit and meritocracies. Focusing her attention on the premier institutions of engineering education in India, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Subramanian provides an insightful account of their emergence is post-independence India as a set of distinct and “world class” institutions underwritten by the Indian state. As Subramanian traces the colonial career of technical knowledge as the prehistory of the formation of IITs as well as the global circulation of ‘Brand IIT’, she provides us an account of how the alibis of caste inheritance emerge against graded inequalities. Whether it is through the language of law that only names caste discrimination as the basis of non-achievement while leaving unnamed caste inheritances as the basis of achievement, or through the judicial monikers of ‘general category’ and ‘reserved category’ or better still the ‘middle classness’ of those who claim educational achievement as their only capital, Subramanian’s book unravels the claims to casteless-ness crucial to the discourse on meritocracy in India and in the United States. Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Tune in to listen to the author talk about the dual value of technical education, the relationships between caste and mobility, the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley and the methodological repertoire and dilemmas of (not) talking about caste privilege. Bhoomika Joshi is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology at Yale University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is merit? How is it claimed? In her much-awaited book The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India (Harvard University Press, 2019), Ajantha Subramanian addresses the pertinent question of caste inheritance and privilege in the making of merit and meritocracies. Focusing her attention on the premier institutions of engineering education in India, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Subramanian provides an insightful account of their emergence is post-independence India as a set of distinct and “world class” institutions underwritten by the Indian state. As Subramanian traces the colonial career of technical knowledge as the prehistory of the formation of IITs as well as the global circulation of ‘Brand IIT’, she provides us an account of how the alibis of caste inheritance emerge against graded inequalities. Whether it is through the language of law that only names caste discrimination as the basis of non-achievement while leaving unnamed caste inheritances as the basis of achievement, or through the judicial monikers of ‘general category’ and ‘reserved category’ or better still the ‘middle classness’ of those who claim educational achievement as their only capital, Subramanian’s book unravels the claims to casteless-ness crucial to the discourse on meritocracy in India and in the United States. Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Tune in to listen to the author talk about the dual value of technical education, the relationships between caste and mobility, the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley and the methodological repertoire and dilemmas of (not) talking about caste privilege. Bhoomika Joshi is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology at Yale University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is merit? How is it claimed? In her much-awaited book The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India (Harvard University Press, 2019), Ajantha Subramanian addresses the pertinent question of caste inheritance and privilege in the making of merit and meritocracies. Focusing her attention on the premier institutions of engineering education in India, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Subramanian provides an insightful account of their emergence is post-independence India as a set of distinct and “world class” institutions underwritten by the Indian state. As Subramanian traces the colonial career of technical knowledge as the prehistory of the formation of IITs as well as the global circulation of ‘Brand IIT’, she provides us an account of how the alibis of caste inheritance emerge against graded inequalities. Whether it is through the language of law that only names caste discrimination as the basis of non-achievement while leaving unnamed caste inheritances as the basis of achievement, or through the judicial monikers of ‘general category’ and ‘reserved category’ or better still the ‘middle classness’ of those who claim educational achievement as their only capital, Subramanian’s book unravels the claims to casteless-ness crucial to the discourse on meritocracy in India and in the United States. Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Tune in to listen to the author talk about the dual value of technical education, the relationships between caste and mobility, the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley and the methodological repertoire and dilemmas of (not) talking about caste privilege. Bhoomika Joshi is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology at Yale University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What is merit? How is it claimed? In her much-awaited book The Caste of Merit: Engineering Education in India (Harvard University Press, 2019), Ajantha Subramanian addresses the pertinent question of caste inheritance and privilege in the making of merit and meritocracies. Focusing her attention on the premier institutions of engineering education in India, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), Subramanian provides an insightful account of their emergence is post-independence India as a set of distinct and “world class” institutions underwritten by the Indian state. As Subramanian traces the colonial career of technical knowledge as the prehistory of the formation of IITs as well as the global circulation of ‘Brand IIT’, she provides us an account of how the alibis of caste inheritance emerge against graded inequalities. Whether it is through the language of law that only names caste discrimination as the basis of non-achievement while leaving unnamed caste inheritances as the basis of achievement, or through the judicial monikers of ‘general category’ and ‘reserved category’ or better still the ‘middle classness’ of those who claim educational achievement as their only capital, Subramanian’s book unravels the claims to casteless-ness crucial to the discourse on meritocracy in India and in the United States. Ajantha Subramanian is a Professor of Anthropology at Harvard University. Tune in to listen to the author talk about the dual value of technical education, the relationships between caste and mobility, the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley and the methodological repertoire and dilemmas of (not) talking about caste privilege. Bhoomika Joshi is a doctoral student in the department of anthropology at Yale University.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anurag is an experienced global technology and management consultant with a talent for finding innovative solutions to complex business problems and building and growing businesses. He has extensive experience working with and for companies that range in size from the Global 500 to pre-investment startups. Anurag is a Charter Member and former President of TIE Austin, former CEO Chair for the Austin chapter of Vistage, an exclusive community of 14,500 global business leaders, where he guides and mentors a business group of 10+ CEOs. As a trained Chair, Anurag is dedicated to helping businesses uncover unique opportunities, maximize profits and influence others.As a serial entrepreneur, Anurag has previously raised $14M in Venture funding at Mediaprise where he was Founder and CEO. Most recently, Anurag Co-founded iTexico, a leader in Nearshore software services. Within nine years, he has grown iTexico into a multi-million dollar company employing over 300 individuals and maintaining over 200 clients in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Anurag holds an MBA from Michigan State University’s Broad School of Business, MS in Computer Engineering from Wayne State University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi.hatchcastpodcast@gmail.com

Thank you for listening to the Leaders, Innovators and Big Ideas podcast, supported by Rainforest Alberta.  The podcast that highlights those people who are contributing to and/or supporting the innovation ecosystem in Alberta. This episode is hosted by Allan Marston.  Allan is a Father, Husband and innovator. Mr. Marston is a successful corporate executive heading up departments in Business Development, Sales, Marketing and Human Resources. As a serial entrepreneur Allan has over 18 years’ experience in the technology startup space and was the CEO of his own Silicon Valley company.  Previously Allan spent 25 years in the retail business and was with a company when it created Canada's first loyalty reward card program.  He has had several start-ups and successful exits and is currently the founder of Zenoshi.io where he is building a universal rewards program on the blockchain.  Neeraj Gupta is an active angel investor, mentor and serial entrepreneur in Deeptech domain. Neeraj is an expert on Entrepreneurship, Angel Investment, Startup Ecosystem Building, Patent Consulting and Innovation Management. He advises several provincial and federal governments on cross-border trade, innovation and entrepreneurship.He is Founder and Managing Director at Lawcubator, Founder & CEO at FormulateIP, Cofounder at Chapter.AI, co-founder of PanIIT Mentors,Neeraj holds Bachelors of Technology degree from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Metallurgical and Material Sciences and Masters of Science Degree from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden in Scientific Computing and Mathematics. Neeraj is PGPX in General Management from UCLA Anderson School of Management.Neeraj is author of the book "Creating & safeguarding a strong Intellectual Property Portfolio" which was written in collaboration with SIDBI, Adelphi and KFW Bank Germany.Quote(s):"Canada is in the top 10 for both entrepreneurship and innovation."Summary:Discussion on patents and saving money using provisional patents. Also some insight into when and how startups should engage with angel investors.  Please be sure to share this episode with everyone you know. If you are interested in being either a host, a guest, or a sponsor of the show, please reach out.  We are published in Google Podcasts and the iTunes store for Apple Podcasts.  We would be grateful if you could give us a rating as it helps spread the word about the show. Credits... This Episode Sponsored By: Workhaus Core Graphic Design: Mackenzie Bedford Episode Music: Tony Del Degan Creator & Producer: Al Del Degan 

Dr. Bob Brackett is the vice president of the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) http://bit.ly/2yvT9ck and director of the Institute for Food Safety and Health (IFSH) http://bit.ly/2KbZaiV.  Prior to joining IIT, Dr. Brackett served as senior vice president and chief science and regulatory officer for the Grocery Manufacturers Association.  Before that, he served at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA's) Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN). His initial role there was as a senior microbiologist. After several promotions, Dr. Brackett was appointed CFSAN director, where he provided executive leadership to CFSAN’s development and implementation of programs and policies relative to the composition, quality, safety, and labeling of foods, food and color additives, dietary supplements, and cosmetics. Earlier in his career, Dr. Brackett held professorial positions with North Carolina State University and the University of Georgia. Dr. Brackett has been honored with the FDA Award of Merit, the FDA Distinguished Alumni Award, the Department of Health and Human Services Secretary’s Award for Distinguished Service, the International Association for Food Protection's President’s Appreciation Award, and the William C. Frazier Food Microbiology Award.  Bob received his doctorate in food microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a member of the Food Safety Magazine editorial advisory board.  In this episode of Food Safety Matters, we speak to Bob Brackett about: The impetus behind starting IIT IIT's collaborative research practices His research on nanotechnology in the food industry and why he thinks that type of research has become less of an industry focus The growing interest in researching the survival and elimination of pathogens from low-moisture ingredients New technologies being used in food safety: high-pressure, pulse light, and cool plasma IIT's Biocontaminant Pilot Plant Current studies and research that may help to explain what happened in the recent romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak, and the 2006 spinach outbreak Joint research with FDA that found an effective way to clean pipes and rid them of Salmonella bacteria in a peanut butter production facility IIT's work with NOROCORE and norovirus interventions What goes on at the Center for Nutrition Research, the Center for Process Innovation, and the Center for Specialty Programs The most innovative developments to come out of IIT IIT's top goals moving forward His advice to food safety graduate students Related Content and Resources: Illinois Institute of Technology http://bit.ly/2yvT9ck  Institute for Food Safety and Health http://bit.ly/2KbZaiV  News Mentioned in This Episode: Feedback Wanted: FDA to Seek Comments on Cell Culture Technology Use in Food Sector http://bit.ly/2JV4O8U  FDA's Constituent Update/Public Meeting Announcement on Cell Culture Technology http://bit.ly/2tBuL3l FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's Statement on Cell Culture Technology http://bit.ly/2Mf9d3V  Safe Food for Canadians Regulations Announced for 2019 http://bit.ly/2HN5HLx  Pre-Cut Fruit Causes Multistate Salmonella Outbreak http://bit.ly/2JtkhxyFDA Outbreak Updates http://bit.ly/2MhqjhA  CDC Advisory: Do Not Consume Any Kellogg's Honey Smacks Cereal http://bit.ly/2JX4p2r  FDA: Del Monte Vegetable Trays Linked to Multistate Cyclospora Outbreak http://bit.ly/2MQlsVS  Darin Detwiler to Receive Food Safety Magazine's Distinguished Service Award http://bit.ly/2kEx4hP Bob Ferguson's Food Safety Insights Articles: Listeria: An Important Focus of Environmental Monitoring (June/July 2018) http://bit.ly/2th4B6x Sanitation Verification for Allergen Control (April/May 2018) http://bit.ly/2vpsP1P Testing and Sanitation for Allergen Control (February/March 2018) http://bit.ly/2Bux9hU Outsourcing: Pathogen Testing under the Microscope (December 2017/January 2018) http://bit.ly/2HH04ml The New Face of Sanitation Programs: New Rules, New Challenges (October/November 2017) http://bit.ly/2kYlT6y A Closer Look at Environmental Monitoring in the Processing Plant (August/September 2017) http://bit.ly/2qSbx8G What Industry and FDA Are Thinking About FSMA Implementation (June/July 2017) http://bit.ly/2sMrOyA The Drivers of Differences in Food Safety Testing Practices (April/May 2017) http://bit.ly/2p8edwL A Look at the Microbiology Testing Market (February/March 2017) http://bit.ly/2khVWy6 Presenting Sponsor: Purell® Foodservice Surface Sanitizer kills norovirus in 30 seconds. No rinse required. To get a free bottle, visit podcast.purellsurface.com Share Your Feedback with Us: Please feel free to share any questions, comments, or even a suggestion on someone we should interview, let us know! There are two ways for podcast listeners to interact with us. Leave us a voicemail at 747-231-7630. Be sure to leave your contact information so we can get back in touch with you! Email us at podcast@foodsafetymagazine.com. 

You have heard about Bitcoin, you have heard about Blockchain.  And you probably have heard about Ethereum - one of the other major cryptocurrencies and development platforms.  One of the biggest challenges is the lack of qualified resources to develop and design solutions. Designing in the form of how to use a Blockchain application best, what are use cases?  That's why ConsenSys was founded. And Akshi Federici, the Executive Director, Strategic Projects and ConsenSys Academy Global Lead, is on the show.  A great conversation with lots of insights into Blockchain and Ethereum.  Enjoy! More About Akshi Federici Akshi Federici is a blockchain supporter with 10+ years of experience in business strategy, project & implementation management, analytics, operations, and optimization. After several years at a top-tier strategy consulting firm and focusing on Financial Services clients, she spent time in-house in digital, financial services, media, retail, big data, and social impact. She has lived and worked in 7 countries and joined ConsenSys as the Executive Director of Special Projects and Global Lead for ConsenSys Academy, Education. In her role, she setup ConsenSys Academy - the educational core of the Ethereum movement, and ConsenSys' answer to the global blockchain talent shortage. Prior to ConsenSys, she has held leadership roles at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Conde Nast Publications, BlackRock Financial, the Clinton Foundation and has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, a Masters in Engineering Management from Dartmouth, and a B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).  More About ConsenSys Academy ConsenSys Academy’s mission is to bridge the Ethereum knowledge gap globally for ecosystem development (for developers and non-developers alike; for individuals, corporations, governments, and communities), be the beacon for Ethereum education, and revolutionize education through blockchain technology. ConsenSys Academy's flagship developer program graduated its first cohort in 2017 with 58 graduates from over 25 countries globally of which over 35 have been hired into ConsenSys. This program received 1,300 applicants from over 95 countries globally. ConsenSys Academy has also run its first MBA venture plan competition, our first CLE blockchain for Lawyers program, launched our e-book, and will be releasing for-certificate online courses shortly. We are also scaling up in-person education including content, processes, and high quality talent to deliver these offerings for corporate, government, and other clients e.g. our training day for the World Bank in 2017. Connect with Akshi or ConsenSys LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/akshi-federici-3433321 ConsenSys Academy: https://consensys.net/academy/ Twitter (ConsenSys): https://twitter.com/Cons_Academy Read the Blockchain Basics book here: https://consensys.net/academy/  We are launching our online for-certificate blockchain courses for both developers and non-developers shortly.   Future-Proof Your Career Call with Michael Apply here: http://hpda.link/futureproof Takes you to a scheduling page. Find a suitable day and time. Then answer a few questions, and I get back to you.     

This is an interesting podcast with Deputy Director of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Darwin Caldwell. He's also Director of the Dept. of Advanced Robotics at IIT.

In November 2016 students from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) were invited to attend the Business of Design Week Conference in Hong Kong courtesy of IIT alum, Victor Lo. The conference's theme was "Chicago Made" and featured speakers who have made an impact in Chicago in addition to designers from all around the world in multiple facets of the industry. After the conference students met to discuss their experience attending the conference and exploring Hong Kong. Jessica Lee is pursuing a Master of Design with interests in exploring the interplay of business with design thinking to create meaningful solutions, especially in social issues around disability rights and accessibility. Ignacio Martinez is pursuing a Master of Design focused on how qualitative and quantitative research can improve businesses and user experiences across digital and physical environments. André Nogueira is a PhD student at IIT Institute of Design with research interests in complex space of innovation, policymaking, food systems, and sustainable solutions. Previously he worked on projects related to organization design, business development, sustainable initiatives, urban planning and design, and architecture.

These sounds are from the Pratham cubesat, a miniature, cuboid satellite built by students at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). The signals from Pratham were picked up by Theo Brochant De Viliers (pictured) at a ground station based at UCL's Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL). MSSL and the IIT students have agreed to keep a watch out for each other's cubesats. Read more here: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/science/2016/10/07/from-summer-interns-to-cubesats-in-space/

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Dr. Brent Stephens to discuss how building science is used to ensure energy efficiency and IAQ can co-exist. Dr. Stephens is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) where he teaches courses in Building Science, Building Enclosure Design, and Indoor Air Pollution. He has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and an M.S.E. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Stephens and members of his Built Environment Research Group (BERG) at IIT conduct research on energy and air quality in the built environment, primarily with field measurements in and around buildings. Their work continues to advance methods for assessing energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and environmental exposures within buildings. They are on the leading edge of the segment of academia intent on ensuring energy efficiency and good indoor environmental quality can co-exist. LEARN MORE about the Built Environment Research Group (BERG) here http://built-envi.com/ and on IAQ Radio today!

This week on IAQ Radio we welcome Dr. Brent Stephens to discuss how building science is used to ensure energy efficiency and IAQ can co-exist. Dr. Stephens is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) where he teaches courses in Building Science, Building Enclosure Design, and Indoor Air Pollution. He has a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and an M.S.E. in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, both from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Stephens and members of his Built Environment Research Group (BERG) at IIT conduct research on energy and air quality in the built environment, primarily with field measurements in and around buildings. Their work continues to advance methods for assessing energy efficiency, indoor air quality, and environmental exposures within buildings. They are on the leading edge of the segment of academia intent on ensuring energy efficiency and good indoor environmental quality can co-exist. LEARN MORE about the Built Environment Research Group (BERG) here http://built-envi.com/ and on IAQ Radio today!