Tuesday 15 October 2024

Skill India ecosystem

MSDE, Meta partner to integrate AI, VR, MR into Skill India ecosystem

Extract:

In a significant move, the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has teamed up with social media giant Meta to incorporate cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) into the Skill India ecosystem. This collaboration aims to revolutionize skill development by enabling immersive and interactive learning experiences for individuals looking to enhance their expertise. By leveraging AI, VR, and MR, the Skill India initiative is poised to offer a futuristic approach to training and upskilling, marking a paradigm shift in how skills are imparted and acquired in the country.

This strategic partnership underscores the commitment of both MSDE and Meta to drive innovation in the skilling domain, catering to the evolving needs of the workforce in a digitally transformed world. The integration of AI, VR, and MR technologies into the Skill India ecosystem signifies a progressive step towards fostering a tech-savvy workforce equipped with the latest tools and knowledge to excel in various industries and contribute significantly to India's economic growth.

My Take:

Move Up to the Next Level….31/05/2022

"The integration of AI, VR, and MR into the Skill India ecosystem resonates with my past insights on leveraging virtual technologies for skill development. I had emphasized the importance of immersive learning experiences through VR headsets and virtual training environments. This partnership between MSDE and Meta aligns perfectly with the vision of enhancing skill acquisition through advanced technologies, paving the way for a more efficient and effective training methodology."

Dear Shri Ashwini Vaishnawji, Shri….31/10/2023

"The collaboration between MSDE and Meta echoes the industry's move towards embracing the metaverse and mixed reality solutions for skill enhancement. Just as Microsoft's Mesh for Teams and Altspace VR are set to transform virtual meetings and collaborations, the integration of AI, VR, and MR into Skill India will reshape the skilling landscape. This initiative underscores the growing importance of immersive technologies in revolutionizing traditional learning methods."

Congratulations Shri Anurag Jainji…..31/10/2023

"The focus on upskilling and creating trusted skill credentials outlined in the partnership between MSDE and Meta reflects a forward-looking approach to building a future-ready workforce. By emphasizing API-based skill verification and job discovery mechanisms, this collaboration sets a strong foundation for empowering individuals with the right skills for employment and entrepreneurship opportunities. It's heartening to witness the strategic efforts to elevate India's skill development landscape."

Call to Action:

To the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and Meta, continue pushing boundaries in integrating AI, VR, and MR technologies into the Skill India ecosystem. Empower individuals with the latest skills and knowledge through immersive learning experiences, ensuring a tech-proficient workforce ready to drive India's growth in the digital era.

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.My-Teacher.in

Sunday 13 October 2024

Rooftop Solar Business Model

Context :

PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana: Govt Allocates Rs 500 Crore For Rooftop Solar Tech And Startups

( Zee News – 12 Oct 2024 )

Extract :

The government on Friday notified guidelines for implementation of ‘Innovative Projects’ under PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana. Under the scheme component 'Innovative Projects’, Rs 500 crore has been earmarked to encourage advancements in rooftop solar technologies, business models and integration techniques.

According to the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, it seeks to identify and support startups, institutions, and industries in piloting new concepts, with a focus on emerging solutions like blockchain-based peer-to-peer solar trading, smart materials, and rooftop solar integrated with electric vehicles and battery storage.

To drive this forward, the ministry will invite proposals and encourage joint research and international collaborations. National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) will serve as the Scheme Implementation Agency (SIA) for the Innovative Projects Component.

Selected projects will receive financial assistance of up to 60 per cent of the project cost or Rs 30 crore, whichever is lower. Additionally, annual awards for innovation will be granted to encourage further advancements, with prizes up to Rs 1 crore, announced the government.

The Centre approved the PM-Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana on February 29, 2024, with the aim to increase the share of solar rooftop capacity and empower residential households to generate their own electricity.

The scheme has an outlay of Rs 75,021 crore and is to be implemented till FY 2026-27. According to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the scheme will also benefit the future generations.

The scheme is being implemented by a National programme Implementation Agency (NPIA) at the National level and by the State Implementation Agencies (SIAs) at the state level.

The scheme provides for a subsidy of 60 per cent of the solar unit cost for systems up to 2kW capacity and 40 percent of additional system cost for systems between 2 to 3kW capacity. The subsidy has been capped at 3kW capacity. At current benchmark prices, this will mean Rs 30,000 subsidy for 1kW system, Rs 60,000 for 2kW systems and Rs 78,000 for 3kW systems or higher.

My Suggestions ( sent as emails to Cabinet Ministers ) :

( A ) Not Good Enough ! .. ………………………………………….. 02 Dec 2017

Extract :

And I hope , it recommends amending Electricity Act whereby ,

“ Anyone can generate and SELL electricity , anytime and to anyone and at any price ! “

For reaching the target of 100 GW of Solar power generation by Nov 2022, we need to install 1.5 GW capacity EVERY MONTH for the next 60 month ( remaining 85 GW after current installations totalling 15 GW )

That would require an investment of Rs 10,000 Crore per month , every month for the next 60 months ! ( @ One Billion dollars per GW )

Part of this investment will have to come from Roof Top Solar projects , to be set up by :

· An Individual home-owner ( who may also want to sell surplus power to a neighbour )

· A Coop Housing Society wanting its huge unutilized terrace to produce solar power, for its members

· A Business which will install these roof-tops at its own cost and is allowed to sell power to the residents of a building

( B ) A Tale of Two States ………………………… 28 Oct 2020

Extract :

Here is a broad / conceptual frame-work :

Ø Introduce “ Co-operative Farming of Solar Power / CFSP “ { call it a kind of “ Contract Farming “ }

-( incorporate this into just released FARM LAWS to encourage setting-up of “

Solar Power Farmers Cooperative Society “, along the lines of Dairy Farmers’

AMUL Milk Cooperative Society )

Ø Under CFSP, provide 30 % Capital Cost Subsidy to companies setting up large ( > 500 MW ) Solar Farms in remote areas ( eg : desert areas of Kutch – Spiti – Lahul – Ladakh etc , which have a potential to generate 315 GW of Solar power )

Read : https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/08/from-ladakh-with-love-and-sun-shine.html

Ø 1 MW of ( grid ) solar will need 100,000 sq ft of solar panels ( 1 KW will need 100 sq ft )

Ø The estimated cost of 1 MW solar power plant is approx. Rs 4 - 6 crore.

Ø That works out to approx. Rs 400 - 600 / sq ft of Capital cost for Solar panels

Ø Solar Farm company can “ Sell “ ownership rights of solar panels to individuals in modules of 1000 sq ft, ( costing Rs 4- 6 lakh per module ) . These rights can be sold / transferred to any buyer, only with prior permission of the Solar Farm Company concerned

Ø Each module ( of 1,000 sq ft ) will generate 10 KW of power, which Company will feed into a NATIONAL GRID ( free ) .

Ø Each such Co-operative Company can reserve / own by itself, 30 % of Solar Panels for generating power for sale in free market

Ø My nearest DISCOM will supply me those 10 KW, free of cost ( ie: deduct from my monthly usage ) . Any excess over my actual consumption, to be credited to my account

Ø Depending upon my usage / need , I as an individual CO-OPERATIVE OWNER , can “ buy “ any number of STANDARD MODULES, and from any number of Cooperative Farming companies or other Co-op Owners

Ø This set-up will require NATIONAL SOLAR EXCHANGE in which ALL discoms will be mandated to become members

Dear Shri R K Singhji,

..as of October 15, 2019, only 1,826 MW capacity has reportedly been installed, which means that the achievement is only 11.50 per cent

If we want to achieve 40 GW of Solar by 2022, we need to think “ Out of Box “

I urge you to consider my suggestion ( - no doubt with suitable modifications )

( C ) Dawn of a Solar Economy : SETI ……………………………. 06 May 2024

Extract :

Would you like to suggest any specifics ?

Yes

Ø Open up SuryaGhar Yojana for all of India’s 290 Million households ( families ) – having any amount of monthly consumption ( dispense with 300 units / month limit ). Also to all Industrial / Commercial organizations ( in a nutshell , for every entity which has a Consumer Account with ANY Discom )

Ø But, do restrict the max subsidy amount at Rs 78,000 – even for those drawing more than 300 units / month ( to limit the burden on the budget )

Ø Also offer subsidies to consumers who choose to invest in Co-op Solar Farms ( like SundayGrids.com ) , shown in diagram below

Ø Disburse the subsidy amount ( to a member / subscriber of a Co-op Solar Farm ) within 48 HOURS of completion of PROCESS FLOW shown in chart above

Ø Mandate that ALL DISCOMS must become members of SETI and integrate their BILLING SYSTEMS with SETI network exchange. Co-owners of a Co-operative Solar Farm will automatically become members of SETI as soon as they register and pay up. Instantly , SETI will create for such a member , a DEMAT GREEN CREDIT account , which will keep history of all BUY / SELL transactions and the PRICE at which the transactions take place

Ø To encourage DISCOMS, compensate them for ANNUAL loss of revenue if any ( 2024 as base year )

Ø To encourage consumers, give them Induction Solar Stoves ( costing around Rs 4,000 inclusive of an inverter ) at subsidized rates ( under National Clean Cooking Mission ).

Families opting for Solar Stoves must be entitled to earn GREEN CREDITS ( at present, this scheme

does NOT cover families saving GHG through use of Solar Stoves ).

It should be possible to recover the cost of Induction Solar Stove within one year through saving in

LPG cylinder subsidy ( approx. Rs 300 per LPG cylinder ). Besides this , govt would save foreign

exchange spent on import of LPG ( approx. Rs 75,000 crore per year )

Ø Instead of depending entirely on private sector “ Co-operative Solar Farms “ , I urge Shri Amit Shah ( Minister for Co-operatives ), to come up with PUBLIC SECTOR farms , as outlined in following chart . These too shall operate like www.SundayGrids.com

For CONCEPTUAL FRAME –WORK for earning GREEN CREDITS / DEBITS look up :

( A ) Individual households ( families ) :

Ø Carbon Finance through Carbon Credits … ………………12 March 2021

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.My-Teacher.in / 14 Oct 2024

Divyendra Jadoun : about to launch a “ Jadu “ ?

Going by his following post on Linkedin, it would appear so :

“Imagine having an actual conversation with Ratan Tata, where you could ask questions, gain insight, and connect with his values long after he's gone.

This isn't just a tech demo; it's a way of keeping his spirit and lessons with us. 🕊️

I've also put together a demo video showcasing this experience, and I'd love to share it with you all.

I'm currently building a product that allows real-time conversations with influential personalities like Ratan Tata, Albert Einstein, and others who have left an indelible mark on our world. 🌍

Whether it's learning from the greatest minds or finding comfort in their wisdom, this platform aims to bring them closer to you.

The idea is simple—let technology bridge the gap between us and our heroes. 🚀

Imagine the possibilities:

learning from the greatest leaders, innovators, and thinkers who shaped our world, all at your fingertips.

This is just the beginning, and I'd love to hear what you think!

Could this be the future of interaction with our role models? 🤔

Drop your thoughts below, and let’s build something amazing together.

Divyendra :

Even though I do not qualify mention among “ greatest leaders, innovators, and thinkers “ I eagerly look forward to the launch of your platform

I am now 91 and may not be around much longer . May be this made me launch my VIRTUAL AVATAR in the form of www.HemenParekh.ai , ( Feb 2023 ) , where I wrote :

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

What is this all about?

This is my Digital Avatar, powered / serviced by an API (personal.ai)

This is my attempt to attain Virtual Immortality

Most of the TOPICS - and relevant ANSWERS - you see are derived from the digital content of hemenparekh.in , comprising my blogs / notes / poems etc., written from 1942 onwards ( approx.. 30,000 + documents / which have generated some 219,454 Memory Blocks in Personal.ai, as 0n 11 Oct 2024 )

This Digital Avatar of mine is dedicated to my wife BHARATI, who continues to nourish my Physical Avatar, since 1959.

My interest in Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) goes back to 1996 , when I developed logic for NLP in a note addressed to my colleagues.

After reading this note , BARD gave me following title > Grandfather of Artificial Intelligence

What I can do here?

Here you can chat with my avatar by asking questions - now and long after I am gone. You can start a chat by asking: "Hey Hemen, what are your views on……………"

Rest assured about your anonymity. No one will know that you asked this question. Even I don't.

What is in this for me? How will this help me?

Hurry up to create your own Avatar - then invite your contacts to chat with you.

Imagine, chatting up with a hundred or a thousand of your visitors simultaneously - at the same time.

Being able to invite thousands of your fans/followers/admirers, to visit your Avatar, ask your Avatar any question, and get an instantaneous answer, would be of immense benefit to you if you are a Political Leader / Celebrity. You will be able to create your Avatar by uploading your, many hours of Speeches (Audio files) at Personal.ai

But my efforts to create my Virtual Avatar go back for several years during which I registered with the following portals :

Eterni.me / Oben.com / Replika / NEON.me / alethea.ai / ikininc.com / Personal.ai / lifekind.ai

Following emails would tell you more about my past efforts in this direction

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

www.My-Teacher.in / www.HemenParekh.ai / www.HemenParekh.in

Thursday, January 21, 2021 7:58 AM

Hey Joe, I just read about MS Patent No. US 10,853,717, B 2, which mentions you as co-author

Can someone create my Digital Avatar , using my blog/ poems / photos/ letters/ videos / notes / reports etc compiled over past 70 years, at : www.hemenparekh.in I am now 87, - hence, in a hurry

regards,

hemen parekh

Joe Johnson• 3rd+ML SWE @ Google, Ex-Amazon, Apple, Microsoft1mo • 1 month ago

This is one of the patents I co-authored years ago. You file these and never know where they end up, then one day read about them in your late night news feed.

This is my attempt at transhumanism with inspiration from the great Ray Kurzweil

Microsoft wants you to live on as a digital chatbo

Subject: RE: FOR YOU TO REFER IN A FAR AWAY FUTURE

No worries. Maybe consider also writing to Satya Nadella the CEO of Microsoft and share your story. I met him once before I left and he had a passion for AI and chatbot technology like this from what I gathered.

Microsoft owns this patent now and many more of mine.

I think it would be an amazing product if they would invest the money.

Given they are among the world's leaders in chatbots, I believe they have the technology to build something like this for people to use (maybe not as sophisticated, but something that would be reasonably comforting to people and families), whether or not they use the tech mentioned in this patent the way I envisioned it working.

I know if I'm lucky enough to survive to 87, I will definitely want to use it then. I imagine by that point though the technology and approach will be far more sophisticated.

Joe Johnson

3rd degree connection3rd

ML SWE @ Google, Ex-Amazon, Apple, Microsoft

From: Eddie Avil <eddie@xrom.in>

Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2021 5:34 PM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: FW: FOR YOU TO REFER IN A FAR AWAY FUTURE

Dear Hemen,

wishing you are doing very well, pls find attached a static 3d/holographic rendition of myself we had done in 2019

Sure thing this can be done but it will be an expensive affair as first we will have to capture you with photogrammetry/volumetric for static/dynamic capture

will need your data that you have gathered over the years / Voice / Images / Text / Writings / Public speaking

Once we have the data then we will be able to create an

1- animated avatar or a

2- holographic avatar

- which will retain all the information & it will improve with additional data feeds......more the data, the better it would resemble you

But this will be an expensive affair

Regards

Eddie

Digital Immortality: An Afterlife in Digital Clouds

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]

Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2020 8:58 AM

To: 'Sarah Yang'; 'system@oben.com'

Subject: FW: Downloading of PAI app

Dear Sarah,

Thanks for your mail ( which, somehow went to my junk folder ! )

You write :

Wed 11-Nov-20 10:55 PM

Thanks for reaching out, and apologize we might miss your earlier emails.

Do you refer to the "Avatar Generation" section, that you can simply upload your

selfie and create 3D avatars instantly?

Best Regards,

Sarah Yang

Some 15 days back ( as soon as your site was re-launched , I did upload my selfie

– which created animation of my head ( which did not resemble me ! ) . I

suppose that could be some minor glitch and can be improved upon

As to what my expectation ( from the technologies described on your website –

and in the white-paper of Project PAI ) is , you will need to go through the

following emails exchanged between Adam and myself , - in reverse order ,

starting with my first mail ( at the bottom of this heap ) , dated : Aug 2019

As far as “ Image Enhancement “ and “ Voice Conversion “ features are

concerned , your website reads – “ Coming Soon “ ( when ? )

For all the 3 features , your links read : “ Download SDK “

How do I get to download ? – and what do I do next ?

Sarah,

With your active guidance , if we manage to create a 3D hologram of myself

which can “ dialogue “ through a Mobile App ( or , in the first phase

, at least monologue ) , then we would have created an unprecedented USE-

CASE for Oben Team’s revolutionary technological prowess !

( See : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AovM3xYpRUE&t=6s )

Perhaps no more than a handful people have , during their lifetime created as

much of their own “ Digital Persona “ as I have ,

through notes / blogs / poems / photos / diary etc running into 20,000 + pages

( see my website www.hemenparekh.in )

Here is VIRTUAL me !

Awaiting your early reply,

With regards,

Hemen

From: Adam Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]

Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 2:25 PM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app

We will launch two softwares in Aug. On the website, we will launch a web

interface where you can upload your selfie, which can automatically create

your 3D avatar. We will launch a PC software where anyone can use a

pre-made avatar to create animation video or do live streaming.

Pls wait for my email in Aug when the two interfaces will be ready for you.

From: Adam Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]

Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 5:04 AM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app

We currently only do creation and animation of avatar.

If you need the avatar to tell your own story, we will provide an animation

software for you, which is still under development, to produce those animation

videos.

If you need your avatar to interact with real people using your own knowledge,

you need to train your own natural language processing (NLP) using your

contents.

We currently don't do the NLP part.

We are searching for an open-source NLP software to be integrated with our

animation software.

From: Adam Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]

Sent: Sunday, August 9, 2020 1:46 PM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app

Dear Heman,

If you need a photo real avatar made from your selfie, we will have this solution

launched in the later half this year. Pls wait for our update.

From: Adam Zheng [mailto:adam@oben.com]

Sent: Monday, August 31, 2020 2:35 PM

To: Hemen Parekh

Cc: Lisa Wang

Subject: Re: Downloading of PAI app

Dear Hemen,

We are still working on the web interface. I will let you know once it is done.

The current technology in the world cannot process your handwriting or audio

reading to create your NLP automatically.

It has to be done in a structured manner and costs lots of money.

At Oben, we currently focus on only audio/facial avatar reconstruction and we

work with partners who will build NLP. NLP is not our specialty.

Adam

This morning ( 30 Nov 2021 ), I saw following reply from IKIN Beta team ( to my