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    Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao
    August 25, 2025
    The dancing golf ball and the world of typography
    August 6, 2025
    My strange love affair with (Carnatic) music
    July 27, 2025
    The hidden history of vegetarianism in India: A 3,000-year journey
    June 24, 2025
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    March 17, 2022
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The Indian rules the American Spelling Bee

May 29, 2025 8 Mins Read

Faizan Zaki, today, was crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion in Maryland. I found…

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The tresses of time: A history of hair

May 26, 2025 9 Mins Read

Strangely, I’ve been thinking about hair these last few weeks. Perhaps because I just attended…

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ChatGPT 3.5, Ashwatthama, truth and honesty

January 15, 2025 4 Mins Read

Prasad’s introductory note: I had promised, in an earlier blog, to keep track of the…

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Flying with the Maharaja

December 25, 2024 6 Mins Read

Co-authored with Prof. Srinivas Akella 15th December, 1980 is forever etched in our memories. It…

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Getting workers to collaborate in problem solving the right way vs the fast way

September 12, 2022 6 Mins Read

(Originally published on Sep 12, 2022 on the Drishti blog) For a large manufacturer, everything…

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Tribal Knowledge is the Enemy of the Growing Organization

May 11, 2022 4 Mins Read

(Originally posted on May 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) As an organization grows it…

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Ironically, standardization actually drives creativity

April 20, 2022 4 Mins Read

(Originally posted on Apr 20, 2022 on the Drishti blog) I’ve worked in many professional…

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Problem definition on the path to lean maturity (webinar recap part 3)

February 15, 2022 4 Mins Read

(Originally posted on Feb 15, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Recently, we hosted a webinar…

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Flying with the Maharaja

December 25, 2024 6 Mins Read

Co-authored with Prof. Srinivas Akella 15th December, 1980 is forever etched in our memories. It…

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Why Paul Revere became famous while William Dawes was forgotten: The all-powerful social network

December 4, 2023 10 Mins Read

Back in November 2007, Jeff Stiles, my new manager at SAP, invited me to talk…

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Life is a safari*

September 28, 2023 5 Mins Read

June 2024 update: The Information publicly revealed that Drishti was acquired by Apple. ——- Earlier…

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Yogurt!

August 4, 2023 4 Mins Read

Yogurt is a central ingredient in the Indian diet. As my father worked closely with…

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My first Macs

February 18, 2016 3 Mins Read

Stanford, 1985 I am in the process of retiring my old PowerMac 7100 from circa 1994. (I…

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Does getting admitted to your state public college need to be this hard?

October 9, 2014 3 Mins Read

With Chirag getting closer to college, we’ve been more attention to college admissions….
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Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — starting them young!

February 26, 2014 5 Mins Read

The world talks about Silicon Valley, its spirit of entrepreneurship and how unmatched this environment…

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(Product) Teardowns — a necessary and critical tool in every product manager’s/marketer’s arsenal

August 16, 2011 2 Mins Read

Teardowns are the bread and butter of the consumer electronics and automotive industries. (An example…

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Silicon Valley entrepreneurs — starting them young!

February 26, 2014 5 Mins Read

The world talks about Silicon Valley, its spirit of entrepreneurship and how unmatched this environment…

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Changing the world from the bottom — one village at a time

October 24, 2011 3 Mins Read

As an engineer and closet sociologist, I love stories about cultural change — especially those…

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Writing in the internet age — “calisthenics for the brain”

June 26, 2011 2 Mins Read

In the “10 Questions” section of the June 20, 2011 issue of Time Magazine, historian David McCullough shares…

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Oppenheimers, move over. It’s time for the Betanabhotlas & Dholakias!

April 19, 2011 1 Min Read

Chirag participated in the Santa Clara County Science Fair (aka the Synopsis Science & Technology Fair)…

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Musings

In Education

The Indian rules the American Spelling Bee

May 29, 2025 8 Mins Read

Faizan Zaki, today, was crowned the Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion in Maryland. I found…

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The tresses of time: A history of hair

May 26, 2025 9 Mins Read

Strangely, I’ve been thinking about hair these last few weeks. Perhaps because I just attended…

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ChatGPT 3.5, Ashwatthama, truth and honesty

January 15, 2025 4 Mins Read

Prasad’s introductory note: I had promised, in an earlier blog, to keep track of the…

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Masala chai, anyone?

April 26, 2024 2 Mins Read

Since the pandemic struck, it has been my morning routine to brew a pot of…

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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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      • The Indian rules the American Spelling Bee
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      • ChatGPT 3.5, Ashwatthama, truth and honesty
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