In Blog Flying with the Maharaja December 25, 2024 6 Mins Read Co-authored with Prof. Srinivas Akella 15th December, 1980 is forever etched in our memories. It… 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…
Part 3: The growing imperative for practical AI By Prasad February 2, 2021 (Originally posted on Feb 2, 2021 on the Drishti blog) In the…
Part 2: Changes to manufacturing in the U.S. By Prasad January 22, 2021 (Originally posted on Jan 22, 2021 on the Drishti blog) I recently…
Goodbye, 2020: A series of year-end predictions By Prasad December 16, 2020 (Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) One of…
Part 1: Regionalization and manufacturing neighborhoods By Prasad December 16, 2020 (Originally posted on Dec 16, 2020 on the Drishti blog) I recently…
An Ode to Joy! By Prasad September 28, 2020 (Or, on his transformation into a butterfly that has taken wings) I…
Process investments: As important as product, but often ignored By Prasad September 28, 2020 (Originally posted on Sep 28, 2020 on the Drishti blog) In assembly,…
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 benchmarks have been…
Process investments: As important as product, but often ignored By Prasad September 28, 2020 (Originally posted on Sep 28, 2020 on the Drishti blog) In assembly, codifying the process…
Drishti guides automakers in uncertain times — including DENSO By Prasad February 11, 2020 (Originally posted on Feb 11, 2020 on the Drishti blog) After many decades of incremental…
In Books The rise and fall of the Punjab empire September 3, 2022 8 Mins Read To us South Indians, the Punjabi is a gregarious, bombastic, larger than life person. Big,… Read More
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 organization grows it…
Four generations of engineers: The life and times of my grandfather, CVS Narasimha Rao By Prasad August 25, 2025
Privacy and your social graph — Lesson from the early and pioneering days of Social Networks @ Spoke Software By Prasad July 10, 2010