Dear fellow citizens of Karnataka, Notwithstanding the looming threat of a third wave, the real risk is not as much about the covid-19 virus, as it is about our own reckless behaviour. While face masks now seem to be ‘waiting at home’, appropriate social distancing has been conveniently redefined as anti-social dilly-dallying. Everywhere, we see …
Countering the C to C challenge: Time to checkmate the virus Read More »
On the eve of a most heartening, truly ‘sunshine’ development – AUM Voice Prosthesis winning the National Start-up Award in the medical device category – few nostalgic notes, almost akin to a stream of consciousness, are in order. When I embarked upon this journey of launching AUM back in 2015, the hearteningly inclusive medical device …
Notwithstanding the looming threat of a third wave, the real risk is not as much about the covid-19 virus, as it is about our own reckless behaviour. Everywhere, we see people vacationing, partying, and overcrowding in public places as if there is no tomorrow. Sadly, there may indeed be no tomorrow if we take this …
Dealing with the Delta: Ten ‘Alpha’ points to remember Read More »
“It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key.”, famously remarked Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill in his historic 1939 radio broadcast about the likely Russian action amid the World War II. Today, as the world battles a war of far more ghastly circumstances and fatal consequences, …
There’s no denying the fact that the Covid pandemic is at a tipping point. As the virus spreads thick and fast, we are, more or less, as clueless about its comportment as we were during the time of its onset. So the biggest question before humanity at this critical juncture is: How do we stay …
The Pandemic CEO: The leadership protocol of Covid times Read More »
“When you think something is impossible, you do not disturb the person who is doing it” – Amar Bose. With due respect to Thomas Carlyle’s celebrated prescription, it is time we improvised it for the sake of innovation. Our responsibility does not just lie with doing what is clearly at hand, but we also need …
Possibility to Actuality – Shaping frugal and disruptive innovations for India Read More »
The moment the word ‘cancer’ is mentioned – whether in casual conversations or serious discussions – a pall of gloom invariably pervades the vicinity; such is the abject negativity surrounding the disease. The play of individual destinies, the biology of tumour, as also the grind of treatment ordeals has together prevented us from gathering rich, …
It was a forthright conversation with a friend of mine, a breast cancer survivor, that first drew my attention to the pressing need for gendered innovations in healthcare. When she mentioned that breast cancer caused her great anguish, I presumed she was referring to the ordeal of fighting cancer. She was in fact addressing a …
Gender Equilibrium in Innovations: Healthcare’s top priority Read More »