Smart India #Hackathon 2019 a successful one held in March...touted as world's largest hackathon...by Govt-public-private inst participation...36 hours...1 lakh+ students from 3000+ institutes across India. #Samsung India's support for #deeptech #innovation. 100-150 teams participated in each of our problems: * How can you recognize human activity using event based sensor for IoT applications? * How [...]
Thrust on India IoT Interop:: Open Connectivity Foundation (#OCF) is a leading open #IoT standard...400+ members...facilitating interoperability aspect. #Samsung R&D India has been in forefront of IoT Connectivity (#IoTivity) globally since 2014. Analysts attribute 40% of IoT issues to interoperability. With our initiative in last 15 months, IoT symposium panel moderation and expo demos, now [...]
CEOs on what it takes to make 'India truly Digital'? I have been in two invited panels in 2018: #ConvergenceIndia and #EmTechIndia. My key points: Robust technology, its systematic evolution and wide adoption for meaningful purpose will accelerate India's Digitalization. #InstantMessaging has changed the way how people communicate socially and even in biz transactions. The [...]
Is #SmartWatch a companion to a Smartphone? Or a "horse-class" #Thing (that trots with yourself) in #IoT? #Samsung R&D India's significant drive and feature-centric contribution in #wearables...#Tizen/RTOS based platform...#Health, #Payment and #AI-driven features. Recent #GalaxyActive watch that autodetects ~40 activities, 6 exercises, sleep/stress/blood pressure tracking...comfortable, lighter and affordable...wireless charging on back of #S10...Also Fit/Fit e [...]
#DST-#FICCI Global R&D Summit in Hyderabad...as panelist and co-chair of FICCI national committee on #Science, #Technology & #Innovation (chair: Makarand Phadke). Appollo MD Sangita Reddy's inaugural speech...Role of #RnD in poverty alleviation and sustainable growth...DST Secretary Ashutosh Sharma pointed out how scientific #publications no. is growing for India to secure 3rd position in a few [...]
#BITS-Pilani recognized as an Institute of Eminence (#IoE)...Operating also in #Goa, #Hyderabad and #Dubai. While inaugurating Goa campus TechFest #Quark, addressed as guest speaker on "Leveraging Power of #Technology". Subsequently, in student interaction, highlighted importance of focusing on #depth first before going #breadth...#domain knowledge, #programming expertise and #softskills. Also emphasized how #customer-centricity matters everywhere...Are we [...]
In Global Entrepreneurship Summit (#GES), organized by #IIT-Kharagpur, my keynote was on: "What does #Entrepreneurship mean to #Corporate?" Such summit brings perspectives from fresh #startup to seasoned #executive in a more rounded way. First aspect of my talk: corporate Working with startup:: from deep integration to app ecosystem... from partnership engagement to strategic investment... from [...]
#5G deep trials and services are on roll... #Samsung and #KDDI recently showcased real-time 4K ultra high-definition (#UHD) video transfer... In a train in #Japan for passenger safety. Also,5G-powered education with high content delivery in Japanese elementary school... In Sept 2018, I talked about 5G services and challenges in #CII conference: "5G for the Future". [...]
Towards promoting competency-at-large, #Samsung India has been conducting #Innovation events, #hackathon, #code-a-thon with partners. Recently, a 5-hour long coding contest was held for Hubli-Dharwad-Belagavi region. The event, that was hosted by #KLE Tech, attracted 400+ students across 8 colleges, including newly-instituted IIT and IIIT in the region. Congrats to top 7 winners and all the [...]
#PanIIT Conclave on focused theme of AI. Presented thoughts on '#AI in #manufacturing'. Welfare and safety of #people, productivity and predictability thru #process, and product quality by #technology. Concepts of #GenerativeDesign for design alternatives... #DigitalTwin with co-simulation... enhanced #SupplyChainManagement for #iot sensors... shopfloor #RoboticAutomation... AI in verticals and nuances of AI. Highlighted some global cases...In [...]