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Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao

By Prasad August 25, 2025

When Pooja surprised us and graduated as a bioengineering major last year, it suddenly struck…

The dancing golf ball and the world of typography

By Prasad August 6, 2025

I chanced upon a rather intriguing story today on the mystery of Dennis Ritchie’s Harvard…

My strange love affair with (Carnatic) music

By Prasad July 27, 2025

There’s something profoundly ironic about my relationship with Carnatic music. Here I am, a man…

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The rise and fall of the Punjab empire

By Prasad September 3, 2022

To us South Indians, the Punjabi is a gregarious, bombastic, larger than life person. Big,…

Asterix & Obelix — My friends for life!

By Prasad March 17, 2022

Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix (Obelix’s canine buddy) have been amongst my ….
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  • Dr. Prasad Akella is a serial entrepreneur who has created and commercialized deep tech products that empower humans — in three very different areas: robotics, business social networks, computer vision/AI.
    He is a Fellow of the ASME and the SME and a Stanford PhD, Michigan MBA, and IIT BS.

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