My experience at the Obama Foundation Summit It was an honour to be invited to the inaugural summit of Obama Foundation by former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. The foundations mission is to inspire and empower people to change their world. Huge emphasis is on our voices being heard, the art of story telling and starting with helping… Read More
Will Computer Vision be this Century’s Most Disruptive Technology? Despite (or perhaps because of) its integral role in our lives, we often take our vision for granted. Yet our brains devote 20-30 percent of their capacity to visual processing — ranking sight amongst the most complex intelligence system on Earth. It’s no surprise, then, that we’ve seen numerous efforts in the past decade to… Read More
‘be a dragon hidden among men'(or women) Our society gives importance to nurture ambition, success and to strive. To me, some kind of ambition is worth pursuing. Such as to pursue knowledge, education, or purse your interests, passion and some topic of fascination. If that leads to building a career which gives you certain material comfort – there’s nothing wrong in that.… Read More
Anyone who has taken a shower has an idea Where do good ideas come from? Not from any moment of genius. Not at stroke of midnight during full lunar eclipse. Not taking entrepreneurship lessons in a ivy league business school. Ideas can come to anybody anytime anywhere. But you Gotta do something about it. Thomas Edison said ideation without execution is hallucination. To ideate… Read More
Who You Are Is More Important Than What You Do Who are you really? Who you are is more important than what you do. I don’t read CVs and try to avoid using search engines prior to meeting people. It takes the fun out of meeting, dilutes the element of surprise and potential serendipity. Even when the meeting happens I rarely ask people what you… Read More