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    Precision in the desert: How ancient Egypt mastered engineering millennia before Detroit and Silicon Valley
    February 22, 2026
    I went to Egypt for the pyramids and fell in love with its mangoes
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    Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao
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    The dancing golf ball and the world of typography
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Using an electric toothbrush will increase your lifespan!

January 12, 2023
Business January 10, 2023

New topologies, evolved solution-market fit will define manufacturing AI in 2023

(Originally posted on Jan 10, 2023 on the Drishti blog) Traditionally, I’ve taken a look…

Blog December 2, 2022

Remembering AKR: The Prof AK Rao Memorial Lectures

The Prof. A. K. Rao Memorial Lectures are hosted annually by the ISAMPE, the Indian…

Musings

The genius of the Kinder Egg

November 13, 2022
Uncategorized October 31, 2022

Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor

(Originally posted on Oct 31, 2022 on the Drishti blog) A significant amount of time…

Family October 24, 2022

Diwali: How far America & India have come….

Today is Diwali, or Deepavali as we called it in Southern India where I grew…

Business

The brilliance of single-piece flow: The allegory of the cakes

October 11, 2022
Business September 12, 2022

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

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

Books September 3, 2022

The rise and fall of the Punjab empire

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

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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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