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…
The tresses of time: A history of hair By Prasad May 26, 2025 Strangely, I’ve been thinking about hair these last few weeks. Perhaps because I just attended…
ChatGPT 3.5, Ashwatthama, truth and honesty By Prasad January 15, 2025 Prasad’s introductory note: I had promised, in an earlier blog, to keep track of the…
New topologies, evolved solution-market fit will define manufacturing AI in 2023 By Prasad January 10, 2023 (Originally posted on Jan 10, 2023 on the Drishti blog) Traditionally, I’ve…
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…
The genius of the Kinder Egg By Prasad November 13, 2022 I first chanced upon a Kinder Egg (“kinder überraschung”) when in Germany…
Modernizing the genba to demystify the factory floor By Prasad October 31, 2022 (Originally posted on Oct 31, 2022 on the Drishti blog) A significant…
Diwali: How far America & India have come…. By Prasad October 24, 2022 Today is Diwali, or Deepavali as we called it in Southern India…
The brilliance of single-piece flow: The allegory of the cakes By Prasad October 11, 2022 (Originally published on Oct 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) This past…
Design inspires Research By Prasad February 20, 2023 This is an article that Prof. A. K. Rao wrote for IISc’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations…
Ironically, standardization actually drives creativity By Prasad April 20, 2022 (Originally posted on Apr 20, 2022 on the Drishti blog) I’ve worked in many professional…
Problem definition on the path to lean maturity (webinar recap part 3) By Prasad February 15, 2022 (Originally posted on Feb 15, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Recently, we hosted a webinar…
Life is a safari* By Prasad September 28, 2023 June 2024 update: The Information publicly revealed that Drishti was acquired by Apple. ——- Earlier…
Yogurt! By Prasad August 4, 2023 Yogurt is a central ingredient in the Indian diet. As my father worked closely with…
My first ALL ChatGPT blog: Ashwatthama the Human and the Elephant: A Lesson on Truth and Honesty By Prasad April 22, 2023 Prasad’s introductory note: This blog was created by ChatGPT, errors and all. The process that…
Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao By Prasad August 25, 2025