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 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…
To earn a PhD? Or, not. By Prasad August 17, 2022 A question that often comes up in conversation with friends, the kids of friends, our….Read More
Tribal Knowledge is the Enemy of the Growing Organization By Prasad May 11, 2022 (Originally posted on May 11, 2022 on the Drishti blog) As an…
Ironically, standardization actually drives creativity By Prasad April 20, 2022 (Originally posted on Apr 20, 2022 on the Drishti blog) I’ve worked…
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
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…
Here’s how to avoid DRIP environments with leadership buy-in (webinar recap part 2) By Prasad January 26, 2022 (Originally posted on Jan 26, 2022 on the Drishti blog) Recently, we…
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…
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…
In Blog My first ALL ChatGPT blog: Ashwatthama the Human and the Elephant: A Lesson on Truth and Honesty April 22, 2023 5 Mins Read Prasad’s introductory note: This blog was created by ChatGPT, errors and all. The process that… Read More
Ekalavya’s right thumb and the importance of opposable thumbs By Prasad April 17, 2023 This weekend, I accidentally cut my left thumb. As I fumbled around, two trains of…
Design inspires Research By Prasad February 20, 2023 This is an article that Prof. A. K. Rao wrote for IISc’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations…
Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao By Prasad August 25, 2025