In Blog Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao August 25, 2025 18 Mins Read When Pooja surprised us and graduated as a bioengineering major last year, it suddenly occurred… Read More
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…
Flying with the Maharaja By Prasad December 25, 2024 Co-authored with Prof. Srinivas Akella 15th December, 1980 is forever etched in our memories. It…
Remembering AKR: The Prof AK Rao Memorial Lectures By Prasad December 2, 2022 The Prof. A. K. Rao Memorial Lectures are hosted annually by the ISAMPE, the Indian…
Diwali: How far America & India have come…. By Prasad October 24, 2022 Today is Diwali, or Deepavali as we called it in Southern India where I grew…
An Ode to Joy! By Prasad September 28, 2020 (Or, on his transformation into a butterfly that has taken wings) I vividly recall, in…
Aboard the Airbus 380 – the world’s largest passenger aircraft! By Prasad June 8, 2011 Somewhere over Nova Scotia, June 6th, 2011 – I write this as I ride on Lufthansa’s…
AT&T = American Telephone & Texting!! By Prasad August 10, 2010 I was driving Chirag and his buddy Rory back from soccer camp this evening when…
Telecom bills… how much they (and the world) have changed! By Prasad August 7, 2010 I just got off of a telephone call with Surekha, who is traveling in India… As…
Prasad’s “24 hour” migration rule By Prasad July 4, 2010 People have migrated ever since mankind evolved on earth – to safer grounds, for food, for…