Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Monday 4 May 2020

Hey Mr Macron, Can we exchange Rafale with Algorithm ?




India has ordered 36 Rafale fighter planes from Dassault Aviation of France , each costing approx. $ 200 million ( approx. Rs 1,300 cr )


By Nov 2019, only 3 planes have been delivered.

 Delivery for rest will stretch till April 2022


No doubt, that acquisition will help us fight / repel external enemies, coming in over borders


But what we need RIGHT NOW is a weapon to fight an INVISIBLE / INNER enemy called Corona, which is silently / secretively attacking 130 crore Indians


Corona invades and hides inside human bodies and revels its presence through raised body temperature / persistent coughing / sore throat etc . But such revelation takes 10/15 days !


Till then, the only way to stop an infected persons from spreading the disease, is to make them wear masks and maintain a distance of 6 ft from the nearby persons


So far ( until vaccine / drugs prove effective ), these are our only WEAPONS


On the very first day of Lockdown 3.0 yesterday ( 4th May ), TV showed huge crowds of people gathering at small public places, often rubbing shoulders with one another – and without wearing masks !


As the lockdown gets further relaxed over the next few weeks, we can expect this situation to get worse



In our densely congested cities,

Ø  100 % observance of “ mask-wearing / social-distancing “ is difficult

Ø  Posting millions of policemen to catch those breaking these rules is impossible

To overcome this limitation (of no. of policemen being able to catch the rule-breakers ), government has introduced mobile app Aarogya Setu and ordered all employees ( both, in Govt and in private sector ) to download it. Govt targets 30 crore downloads by June


Soon , Aarogya Setu will carry an E-pass feature , for citizen seeking permission to move out of their homes ( hopefully , replacing a plethora of permanent / temporary permissions that a citizen needs to seek today, from dozens of different agencies – including permission to attend their offices / factories / shops / establishments , which are permitted to open )


But we must not rely upon Aarogya Setu alone , to do the AUTOMATED policing of rule-breakers and ALERTING the police / health authorities


We must resort to CCTV camera based technology to identify the rule-breakers and alert the police


Fortunately , such a technology is readily available from the FRENCH company, Datakalab


French resort town of Cannes ( famous for its annual film festival ) has just installed this technology 



whose salient features are :

Ø  No image is stored or transmitted, ensuring that personal information is protected,

Ø  An automatic alert to city authorities and police where breaches of the mask and distancing rules are spotted

Ø  It is "not facial recognition", as the system does not store identifying data.

Ø  Algorithms can be incorporated into existing surveillance systems in other public spaces, such as hospitals, stations, airports and shopping centres.

Ø  Cannes Mayor David Lisnard said, "This technology doesn't identify people but just gives us mathematical analysis to meet people's needs."



SUGGESTION :

Ø  Let us ask French President Mr Macron, to deliver only 35 Rafale ( instead of 36 )

Ø  In lieu of one Rafale ( Rs 1300 cr ), request him to install Datakalab algorithms in CCTV surveillance cameras in 1300 of our bigger cities ( out of our 10,000 cities with population of 1 lakh + )

Ø  That amounts to an allocation of Re 1 crore per city, for “ algorithm “ ( not including the cost of CCTV camera hardware )

Ø  Assuming that Datakalab algorithm costs Rs 1,000 per CCTV , we can fortify 10,000 CCTV cameras , in each of these 1300 cities



QUESTION :

Ø  What is the use of Mr Macron acceding our request when all of our Police Departments put together, have no more than 427,000 CCTV cameras installed so far, all over the country ?

Ø  Should not we first purchase and install , 1.3 cr ( 13 million ) CCTV cameras in these 1300 cities ( at 10,000 per city ) ?

Ø  Assuming a CCTV camera costs Rs 2,000 , this would need spending Rs 26,00 cr  - a big boost to our CCTV manufacturers

Ø  How does this compare with CCTV Cameras installed all over the world ? Take look :


=========================================================
                                                 

                   CCTV Camera Installations


=======================================================
Country
Total CCTV Camera (million )
Per 100 person population
China
200
14.36
USA
  50
15.28
Germany
    5.2
  6.27
UK
    5.0
  7.75
Vietnam
    2.6
  ?
France
    1.65
   2.46
South Korea
    1.03
   1.99
Netherland
    1.00
   5.80
Australia
    1.00
   4.00
Japan
    3.42
   2.72
India
    0.427
   0.032


And so as not to give a chance to sundry politician ( out of work / out of issues ) to raise a bogey of “  SECRET  DEALS “ , let us invite open / global tenders with transparent terms and conditions , so that other companies who have developed similar SOCIAL DISTANCING DETECTOR, which I have earlier reported, may also compete





SLIGHTLY  MOVING  AWAY  :

Ø  Although the Central Government has ordered that all PRIVATE SECTOR companies ( including 65 million MSMEs ? ) must ensure that their employees download Aarogya Setu app., how will government enforce this ?


Ø  Does government have any MASTER DATABASE of “ Company-wise Number of Employees “ ? – which is not static but dynamically changing EVERY MINUTE ?


Ø  Is there a way by which Government can get these millions of companies to , not only submit their EMPLOYEE DATA but also update it dynamically as changes happen ?


Ø  Yes , by modifying Aarogya Setu ( v 3.0 ) , to incorporate the following :

            #   From BAD to MAD ……………………………………………….[ 01 June 2016 ]


            #  MAD goes to Mandi ………………………………………………[ 02 Jan 2020  ]

 

   

Dear Shri Narendrabhai,

It is quite possible that some politicians, out for winning some brownie points, will challenge in the Supreme Court, government order for mandatory downloading of Aarogya Setu


By modifying Aarogya Setu to incorporate MOBILE-BASED ATTENDANCE RECORDING of employees , there can be no challenge that can be upheld by the Supreme Court


It is merely a DIGITIZATION of the existing process of ATTENDANCE RECORDING , which has been enshrined in Payment of Wages Act / Factory Act / Shop & Establishment Act etc. for decades



With regards,

Hemen Parekh


hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  05 May 2020


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