Y2020 marks a new beginning for me to be a Missionpreneur!

2020-01-28T16:35:28+00:00January 1st, 2020|

At the very onset of a new decade, my Best Wishes to all of you for sound #health, fine #skills and positive #mindset to cherish your journey in life! #Y2020 marks a new beginning for me to be a #Missionpreneur! A #mission for 'crafting core #technologies that redefine the world'. A mission to build and [...]

IIIT-Bangalore Convocation

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00December 8th, 2019|

It was 18th convocation of #IIIT-Bangalore (july'18). Board Chairman Kris Gopalakrishnan and Institute Director Sowmya Narayanan Sadagopan have made this institute a coveted place for ICT students and brought research orientation. Event Chief Guest IIT-D Director V. Ramgopal Rao delineated the changing scenario of #Education and critical steps our country should take. As Guest of [...]

ACM, Association for Computing Machinery India leadership roundtable

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00November 9th, 2019|

10% of ACM global members are from India currently. More presence possible. Also to do more with current members. Three main streams of deliberations: 1. Promotion of high-end research; university-industry roles. 2. Tier2/3 univ standard upliftment; institute curriculum; D&I measures. 3. Software competency enhancement in country; coding skills, standardized tests, open source. LinkedIn link: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/santanub_thoughtleadership-education-academia-activity-6598898105414967296-6eoT  

Samsung Power Point

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00November 8th, 2019|

#Samsung Electronic's 50th anniversary! My brief note on how meaningful #Innovation continues... Presenting Power Point, where senior leaders from Samsung India will speak about Samsung values and various futuristic and meaningful innovations with which we intend to transform your lives. We begin with Dr. Aloknath De, Chief Technology Officer, Samsung R&D Institute – Bangalore, speaking [...]

NASSCOM: Design & Engineering Summit 2019 – A Short Talk

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00October 25th, 2019|

#India #Mobile Congress anchored many #5G sessions and demos recently...30B$ capex investment from #operators estimated...#OEMs are ready...#Samsung showcased solutions incl mission-critical elements. Of late, we also announced 7-nm #Exynos 990 mobile processor with 5123 modem for 5G. In this short talk at #Nasscom #Design & #Engineering summit, I captured succinctly our 5G traversal...from research to [...]

Foreword for A Book

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00October 5th, 2019|

Technological #innovation fuels human progress and the pace of innovation is accelerating. Are we coping with #changes? What are #apprehensions? Do we understand well different directions of #societal change? While writing a #foreword for a #book "You Better Watch Out!", I summed up my observation: "Human mind is inquisitive, yet fearful. Conquer the fear by [...]

ADCOM 2019 – General Chair (update 1)

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00September 5th, 2019|

What a better way to spend an evening than paying tribute to gurus on #Teacher's Day! Privileged to be General chair for 25th Intl. Adv Computing and Commun conf. (#Adcom2019) on "#5G and Beyond". Thanks to Dept.of #Posts, #Karnataka postal circle, to agree to release a 'special cover' for four doyens (Dr. Rajaraman, Dr. Seshagiri, [...]

FICCI – Union Budget 2019-20

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00July 1st, 2019|

Fascinating to take a few hours break from work and understand implications of #India's macro initiatives on central #budget day, particularly on #Science, #Technology and #Innovation. * National Research Foundation (#NRF) formation to assimilate #research funds of all depatments and across fields under "single window". * #ISRO space power enhanced thru entity for commercialization of [...]

FICCI Meeting as Co-Chair

2020-01-27T13:54:43+00:00June 1st, 2019|

In a meeting of #FICCI's #Science, #Technology and #Innovation committee. Summary of recent meeting deliberations as Co-Chair with Chair Makarand Phadke and team: * Govt. Policy influence pertaining to committee's direction for "#India as #RnD Hub". * Review of "DST-FICCI Global R&D Summit 2019" held in Hyderabad with nations from #Africa as partner countries. And [...]

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