Life is a safari* By Prasad September 28, 2023 Earlier this month, while in the midst of an adventure of a lifetime—going on safari…
Design inspires Research By Prasad February 20, 2023 This is an article that Prof. A. K. Rao wrote for IISc’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations…
Using an electric toothbrush will increase your lifespan! By Prasad January 12, 2023 My mother was pretty unusual for her generation—she ensured that the entire family visited the…
Challenges in using data in the manufacturing environment (webinar recap part 1) By Prasad January 11, 2022 (Originally posted on Jan 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Last month,…
Meet the humble tea cosy By Prasad December 17, 2021 I drink tea largely thanks to the Jain’s—Professor and Mrs. V. K. Jain. Prof. Jain was my….Read More
Will 2022 herald the end of pilot purgatory for AI and IoT? By Prasad December 15, 2021 (Originally posted on Dec 15, 2021 on the Drishti blog) 2022 is…
The BIG gap in digital twin technology: Assembly operations By Prasad December 8, 2021 (Originally posted on Dec 8, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Digital twins…
Lean and data: Two journeys on the path to lean leadership By Prasad October 19, 2021 (Originally posted on Oct 19, 2021 on the Drishti blog) It’s not…
Assembly’s future: Reducing the cost of quality even as we improve quality By Prasad September 22, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 22, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Defect rate…
Asterix & Obelix — My friends for life! By Prasad March 17, 2022 Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix (Obelix’s canine buddy) have been amongst my ….Read More
Challenges in using data in the manufacturing environment (webinar recap part 1) By Prasad January 11, 2022 (Originally posted on Jan 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Last month, I hosted a…
Introducing the “right to affordable repair” By Prasad September 15, 2021 (Originally posted on Sep 15, 2021 on the Drishti blog) Right to repair is the…
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 weekend, I had…
Getting workers to collaborate in problem solving the right way vs the fast way By Prasad September 12, 2022 (Originally published on Sep 12, 2022 on the Drishti blog) For a large manufacturer, everything…
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,…
Privacy and your social graph — Lesson from the early and pioneering days of Social Networks @ Spoke Software By Prasad July 10, 2010