Blog: August 2019

Saturday, 31 August 2019

Imran Khan threatens nuclear war, 'consequences for the whole world ' if Kashmir issue is not addressed

31 Aug 2019 Imran Khan threatens nuclear war, 'consequences for the whole world ' if Kashmir issue is not addressed Read more at: https://lnkd.in/f2UHCeP ==================================== And after decades , some Indian Netas have started saying : " Our bilateral talk ( if any ) with Pak will only be to find out when Pak will quietly handover PoK to India . Nothing else " Of course, Imran is right to say ( mean ) : Nuclear war is NOT a solution ! I suppose, Indian politicians agree . But do they have the courage to bluntly tell the World, people and politicians of both India and Pakistan , that the only way to avoid a Nuclear war is to accept LoC as International Border between India / Pak ? Read : Permanent Solution for Kashmir ? [ 03 June 2017 ] https://lnkd.in/fRnzpH8 =========================

Towards Nasscom 2.0

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/digitalisation-is-now-forcing-nasscom-to-reinvent-itself/articleshow/70928079.cms

Highlights :

INDIAN IT BPM INDUSTRY IN FY 19 { Y-O-Y growth }

# Revenue…………………… 6.1 % [ $ 177 billion ]

# Exports……………………. 8.3 % [ $ 136 billion ]

# Domestic Inflow………. 7.9 % [ Rs 2.9 lakhcrore ]

# Employees………………… 4.3 % [ 4.14 million ]

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Way back on Aug 01, 2017 , Business Line carried following article :

Brain Inc 2.0

Highlights from my related blog : Brain Inc 2.0 / 21 Aug 2017 ]

* 5 lakh ( 500,000 ) engineers work in “ Tech R&D firms “ in India

* $ 22 Billion was the worth of their work in 2015-16

* This will nearly DOUBLE to $ 40 Billion in 2020

Now consider this :

· By employing 5 lakh engineers , India’s “ Tech R&D Firms “ earned $ 22 billion . That works to a billing of $ 44,000 per man-year of R&D ( Export of Services )

· I presume that the “ Manpower Cost “ constitute approx. 50 % of Billing Rate ( rest being OVERHEADS and MARGIN )

· Hence , Indian R&D firms must be paying an average of $ 22,000 per year to its employees ( approx. Rs 1.2 lakh per month )

· As against this , both , Indian as well as American firms pay ( on an average ) , $ 88,000 per year to H1 B visa holders

[ Current Scenario in Aug 2017 , as per Shri Keshav Mrugesh- Chairman, NASSCOM :

“ According to a research by HIS Markit, average wages for Indian IT professionals in the US was nearly $ 94,800 , while Indian companies paid $ 96,300, he says. This demolishes the myth on low wages “ ]

delhi@nasscom.in

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Now with the disappearance of this “ Cost Advantage “ which existed in 2017 , is there a possibility to do better than the projected earnings of $ 40 billion in 2020 ?

My take :

It is possible if the Central Government considers following suggestions :

· Back Factory of the World ? [ 09 Sept 2015 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/09/back-factory-of-world.html

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· Agenda for Reforms [ 01 Oct 2015 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2015/10/agenda-for-reforms.html

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· Vishal’s Vision [ 15 April 2016 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2016/04/vishals-vision.html

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· Will holograms beat H1 B visa ban ? [ 31 Jan 2017 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/01/will-holograms-beat-h1b-visa-ban.html

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· Worm Holes across the World ? [ 03 March 2017 ]

https://myblogepage.blogspot.in/2017/03/wormholes-across-world.html

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It is high time our Policy Makers launch a new initiative ( of Export of Intellectual Property ) , called :

INDIA : the BRAIN FACTORY of THE WORLD

Dear,

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasadji ,

Shrimati Nirmala Sitharamanji,

Shri Prakash Javadekarji and

Dr Harshvardhanji ,

With a measly 5 % GDP growth in the latest quarter , it does not seem possible to REVIVE the ECONOMY , by focusing on MANUFACTURING

Given the urgency of such a revival , SERVICE SECTOR acceleration is the only answer !

And , right now, that happens to be : IT BPM ( including IT hw/sw R&D export )

I urge you to consider my suggestions ( listed in above-mentioned blogs ), for your next OUT-of-BOX reform announcement

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01 Sept 2019

Rsvp : hcp@RecruitGuru.com

Saturday, 24 August 2019

Saluting the Reform Architect : Arun Jaitleyji

RIP : Shri Arun Jaitleyji

Today’s newspapers carry millions of words describing a slew of ECONOMIC REFORMS that Shri Jaitley initiated during past 5 years

Frequently mentioned among dozens of these reforms , are :

# GST

# NPA resolution mechanism

Without doubt, these are important achievements which will change the rules of governance

But , without exception, the editors and expert authors / writers, missed out his greatest reform, viz :

“ Starting 2017 , introduction of OUTPUT BUDGET “

Here is the genesis :

# Immediately after NDA govt assumed office in May 2014 ( but before presentation of its

fist budget in Feb 2015 ), I sent following email to Shri Jaitleyji,

BUDGETING BY OBJECTIVES [ 05 Dec 2014 ]

- urging him to shift the budget emphasis from :

# “ Expenditure Allocations “ for various Ministries and refocus on actual / physical /

measurable , ACHIEVEMENT TARGETS for each Ministry

# “ Resource Inputs “ to “ Physical Outputs “ ( Productivity of Inputs )

I followed this up in my following emails :

An Unprecedented Budget Reform [ 09 Dec 2016 ]

Another { Welcome } First [ 01 Feb 2017 ]

With introduction of this OUTPUT BUDGET, Shri Jaitley succeeded in re-focussing the efforts / actions of all the Ministries, from :

# Amount of budgeted / allocated money / funds , actually SPENT ( by year-end ) , to

# Actual / Physical / Measurable TARGETS set at the beginning of the year, and achieved

by year-end, as a “ MEASURE OF ACHIEVEMENT “

This was a reform in changing the :

# ATTITUDE of the bureaucrats and Ministers

# way to measure ACHIEVEMENTS

# way to hold Ministers ACCOUNTABLE

# way to measure the ministerial PERFORMANCE through an ongoing SCORE CARD

# deception of “ Shooting first and then drawing concentric circles around the hole “

# culture of Opaqueness to Transparency of govt achievements

Some day when political / economic historians write the HISTORY of REFORMS undertaken by the NDA government, I have no doubt that this OUTPUT BUDGETING will top the list

Dear Departed Soul ,

You have carved out your name in the annals of India’s REFORM HISTORY - for which , not only this but all the coming generations of Indians will remember you !

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25 Aug 2019

Rsvp : hcp@RecruitGuru.com

Saturday, 17 August 2019

Cutting Edge Research Proposals ?

Business Line carries following news report :

New scheme will fund cutting-edge research

Highlights :

# Called Supra, the initiative is one of PM Modi’s 100-day transformative ideas

# As part of the Modi government’s 100-day transformative ideas, the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) plans to announce a new scheme with the sole objective of funding exploration of new scientific and engineering breakthroughs with global impact.

# “The idea is to fund disruptive ideas that can lead to new areas of study, new scientific concepts, new products and technologies. The focus is not incremental or short-term advances in the understanding, but new science or truly disruptive technologies,” SERB Secretary Sandeep Verma told BusinessLine.

# Called Scientific and Useful Profound Research Advancement, or Supra, the scheme is designed to attract high quality research proposals consisting of new hypotheses or challenge existing ones and provide ‘out-of-box’ solutions.

“The proposals have to be extremely bold and the outcome should be really cutting edge. The principal investigators (PIs) should be able to convince the reviewers about its long-term impact on our fundamental scientific understanding or the disruptive nature of the technology that is being pursued, Verma said.

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Dear Dr Sandeep Vermaji ,

Secretary.serb@nic.in / sverma@iitk.ac.in / cpio@serb.gov.in

Nearly a year ago, Shri Modiji set up,

PM – STIAC [ Prime Minister’s Science, Technology and Innovation Advisory Council ]

The committee was to advise the Prime Minister on all matters related to S&T, innovation and monitor the implementation of PM’s vision on the same.

Encouraged by PM’s vision, I submitted, a set of problems which required some “ out-of-the-box “ thinking and “ cutting edge research “

You will find their details at the following blogs ( each sent as email to the Cabinet Ministers ).

Dear Shri Vermaji,

I fully appreciate that you will get inundated with hundreds of proposals , which, I believe you will “ EVALUATE “ using some “ Rating / Ranking “ system

And I do hope , you will publish on your web site, not only the rating mechanism but also list the final selection of the proposals in the descending order

You may wish to consider “ Rating / Ranking “ of the proposals by a panel of eminent Scientists / Technocrats

Acknowledging each proposal will go a long way to encourage citizens to send in their own proposals

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

Mumbai

hcp@RecruitGuru.com /

www.hemenparekh.in

18 Aug 2019

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Problem :

[ Source : Man who sees Future / 28 Aug 2018 ]

Unavailability of clean drinking water in drought / famine affected areas

Pollution thru Plastic Bottles / Mountains of Land Fills – Garbage Dumps

Tech from :

Prof Omar Yaghi ( Uni of California ) / Skipping Rock Labs ( UK )

Details at :

Water , Water Everywhere ?

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Problem :

Loss of Forest cover / Rampant Desertification

Tech from :

Zhong Zhihua, Chinese Scientist (Chongqing Jiaotong University ).

Details at :

Garbage is Green Gold ( G3 )

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Problem :

Millions sleeping in Streets / Slums, for want of affordable houses

Tech from :

Chris Kelsey ( Cazza )

/ WinSun ( China ) / Formwerkz ( Singapore )

Details at :

Plastic Skyscrapers

Future Home is here !

From Waste to Wealth

A Roof over every head ?

Quantum Jump of 50 million houses ?

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Problem :

Traffic Jams on City Roads / Hours to reach Office-Home

Tech from :

Electric Front Wheel for Bicycle from Geo-Orbital ( Cambridge – USA )

Details at :

A Radical Radial Revolution

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Problem :

Charging of Batteries of Electric Vehicles takes hours !

Tech from :

Flash Battery Charger from Stores-Dot ( Israel )

Details at :

A Radical Radial Revolution

All Charged Up ?

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Problem :

No transmission lines for taking electricity to far-flung villages

Tech from :

Bicycle Generated Power from Manoj Bhargava ( BillionsinChange )

Details at :

Manoj Bhargava : My Hero !

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Problem :

No way to store ( for use at night ), billions of KWH of Solar Power

Tech from :

PowerPack Batteries from Elon Musk ( TESLA )

Details at :

India : the NEW land of Rising Sun !

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Problem :

Fossil Fuel Power killing millions / Urgent need to generate Solar Power

Tech from :

All over the World

Details at :

Tony Seba stands vindicated !

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Problem :

Dependence on import for Li-ion batteries / Fast charging button batteries

Tech from :

Venkataraman Thangadurai and colleagues ( University of Calgary / Canada )

Thangadurai [ vthangad@ucalgary.ca ] says :

“ The technology we have developed would enable absolutely stable, robust, safe, high-powered, all solid state lithium batteries for future energy storage , which have many potential applications , including charging of electric vehicles “

And then there is Israeli firm Stores-Dot , which claims to be developing a car battery that can be charged in 5 minutes and give a range of 300 miles !

A research group at the University of California (UCR), Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering has developed nano silicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries, by simply using a low-cost chemical process and waste glass bottles.

The batteries will not only extend the range of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and electric vehicles, but also provide extra power with fewer charges to laptops, cell phones, and similar personal electronics.

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Problem :

High value currency notes facilitating generation of BLACK MONEY

Tech from :

RFID technology from Sanjay Sarma ( MIT ) [ SESARMA@MIT.EDU ]

Details at :

Oracle has spoken !

Tech from :

TERAHERTZ Camera developed by Ramesh Raskar ( MIT )

Details at :

To Catch Black Money , ask Google ?

Tech from :