Bridgital Nation

Bridgital Nation
Author: N. Chandrasekaran
Publisher:
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780241465004

Can technology and human beings coexist in a mutually beneficial way?In this ground-breaking book, N. Chandrasekaran, chairman of Tata Sons, the holding company and promoter of more than 100 Tata operating companies, presents a radical reimagining of the future of technology and reveals how it has the potential to solve the world's biggest challenges.He imagines 2030- India is among the world's top three economies, with all Indians using advanced technology to do their job or get their job done, and having access to quality jobs, better healthcare and skill-based education. And he says- this reality is possible. It is within reach. With Bridgital.To the coming disruption of artificial intelligence, he proposes an ingenious solution- to use it as an aid. Instead of taking jobs away, AI can generate them. Instead of replacing workers, AI will assist them. Chandrasekaran and his co-author, Roopa Purushothaman, chief economist of the Tata Group, show how the Bridgital model can address our divide between rich and poor, skilled and unskilled, and can provide better service delivery in health, transport, law and education. It could create and impact millions of jobs around the world.One of the country's foremost industry leaders and pioneers, N. Chandrasekaran brings his expertise of over thirty years with the Tata Group to offer India as a blueprint for building a prosperous planet where digital and physical worlds work together and everyone is included in the growth story. It's a powerful vision for the future.Foreword by Ratan N. Tata

Bridgital Nation

Bridgital Nation
Author: N Chandrasekaran
Publisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Total Pages: 229
Release: 2019-10-17
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9353056365

It is 2030. India is among the world's top three economies. All Indians use the cloud, artificial intelligence and automated learning to either do their job or get their job done. All Indians have access to quality jobs, better healthcare and skill-based education. Technology and human beings coexist in a mutually beneficial ecosystem. This reality is possible. It is within reach. With Bridgital. In this groundbreaking book, chairman of Tata Sons, N. Chandrasekaran presents a powerful vision for the future. To the coming disruption of artificial intelligence, he proposes an ingenious solution, where India is perfectly positioned to pave a unique path from the rest of the world. Instead of accepting technology as an inevitable replacement for human labour, India can use it as an aid; instead of taking them away, AI can generate jobs. Chandrasekaran and his co-author, Roopa Purushothaman, chief economist of the Tata Group, survey the country for inspirational stories of resilience and determination, and seek the ideal way to bring Indians closer to their dreams. Through on-ground application of the dynamic approach to technology called 'Bridgital', they show how Indians can be connected across the country, creating a network of services to be delivered where they are most required. This brilliant, cutting-edge concept will address India's biggest challenges by bridging the huge chasm between rural and urban, illiteracy and education, aspirations and achievement. From healthcare to education to business, the model can be applied in various sectors, and, by a conservative estimate, it can create and impact 30 million jobs by 2025. One of the country's foremost industry leaders and pioneers, N. Chandrasekaran brings his expertise of over thirty years with the Tata Group to offer a blueprint for building a prosperous India, where everyone is included in the growth story.

Who Moved My Interest Rate

Who Moved My Interest Rate
Author: Duvvuri Subbarao
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 347
Release: 2017-07-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 938605745X

An insider's view of the Reserve Bank of India Duvvuri Subbarao's term as the governor of the Reserve Bank of India from 2008 to 2013 was an unusually turbulent period. The global financial crisis erupted; India was in the throes of a decade-high, stubborn inflation rate, followed by a sharp depreciation of the rupee. This was also a time when questions about the breadth of the RBI's mandate, autonomy and accountability became subjects of debate in financial circles and in the media at large. Who Moved My Interest Rate is an authoritative account of the dilemmas and quandaries he confronted while leading the Reserve Bank through these extraordinary economic and political challenges.

Peace Is Possible

Peace Is Possible
Author: Prem Rawat
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2019-06-06
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0241385466

A calming collection of allegories, and illustrations from a world-renowned peace ambassador. Global peace ambassador Prem Rawat has spent his entire life travelling the world to deliver one timeless message: Peace is Possible. Conflict, he explains, takes place at three levels: between countries, between people, and finally within each of us as individuals. These levels are all interconnected. Hence the conflict that rages within a person will lead them to seek out conflict with another. Similarly, conflict between people of one nation is likely to result in conflict between many nations. So the first step to world peace is a simple one: we must first find peace within ourselves. Peace is Possible draws together age-old stories which, as they have been passed down over generations, inspired and transformed the lives of millions. From the power of adaptability, to the importance of trust, to the sticking-place of courage, these are the messages that will change the world. For good.

LSC Creative Problem Solving and Engineering Design (with FREE CD ROM)

LSC Creative Problem Solving and Engineering Design (with FREE CD ROM)
Author: Edward Lumsdaine
Publisher: Learning Solutions
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1999-07-15
Genre: Creative thinking
ISBN: 9780072360585

The purpose of this book is to enable engineers and technologists to be more innovative in conceptual design. Depending on the degree of emphasis placed on process (creative problem solving) or product (a rigorous yet innovative design project outcome) this text can be used for a variety of different ways: introductory courses (freshmen), multidisciplinary courses and team projects, senior capstone design; workshops for engineers and managers in industry and business. Free TEACHING MANUAL available at www.engineering-creativity.com

Me and My Plays

Me and My Plays
Author: Mahesh Dattani
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014-01-15
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9351185990

Mahesh Dattani’s work has shaped contemporary English theatre in India over the past twenty-five years, boldly exploring themes like homosexuality, religious fanaticism, child sexual abuse and gender bias while also raising the bar for theatrical innovation. In Me and My Plays, he eloquently reflects on the highs and lows of surviving in a system largely indifferent to professional theatre. Included in this edition are Where Did I Leave My Purdah?, which explores the life and travails of Nazia, a feisty actress now in her eighties, who is forced to confront her past demons when she attempts to stage a comeback, and The Big Fat City, a black comedy about the residents of an apartment complex in Mumbai who unwittingly become accomplices to a murder. Intense and hard-hitting, both plays deal with the lies that simmer beneath the surface of our daily lives.

Beyond the Valley

Beyond the Valley
Author: Ramesh Srinivasan
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 419
Release: 2020-09-01
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0262539608

How to repair the disconnect between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us: toward a more democratic internet. In this provocative book, Ramesh Srinivasan describes the internet as both an enabler of frictionless efficiency and a dirty tangle of politics, economics, and other inefficient, inharmonious human activities. We may love the immediacy of Google search results, the convenience of buying from Amazon, and the elegance and power of our Apple devices, but it's a one-way, top-down process. We're not asked for our input, or our opinions—only for our data. The internet is brought to us by wealthy technologists in Silicon Valley and China. It's time, Srinivasan argues, that we think in terms beyond the Valley. Srinivasan focuses on the disconnection he sees between designers and users, producers and consumers, and tech elites and the rest of us. The recent Cambridge Analytica and Russian misinformation scandals exemplify the imbalance of a digital world that puts profits before inclusivity and democracy. In search of a more democratic internet, Srinivasan takes us to the mountains of Oaxaca, East and West Africa, China, Scandinavia, North America, and elsewhere, visiting the “design labs” of rural, low-income, and indigenous people around the world. He talks to a range of high-profile public figures—including Elizabeth Warren, David Axelrod, Eric Holder, Noam Chomsky, Lawrence Lessig, and the founders of Reddit, as well as community organizers, labor leaders, and human rights activists.. To make a better internet, Srinivasan says, we need a new ethic of diversity, openness, and inclusivity, empowering those now excluded from decisions about how technologies are designed, who profits from them, and who are surveilled and exploited by them.

Rage of the River

Rage of the River
Author: Hridayesh Joshi
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2016-06-09
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9386057115

On 17 June 2013, a normally calm Mandakini came crashing down from the hills in Uttarakhand and destroyed everything in its path: houses, bridges, dams and the town of Kedarnath. Thousands of people perished and lakhs lost their livelihood. Three years after the disaster, stories from the valley-of pain and sorrow, the state government's indifference and the corporate goof-ups, and the courage and heroism shown by the locals in the face of an absolute catastrophe-still remain largely unheard of. While the government continues to remain in denial and chooses to ignore the environmental issues in Uttarakhand, the ravaged Kedarnath valley continues to haunt us-though the temple has been restored, given its religious importance and centrality to the local economy. NDTV journalist Hridayesh Joshi covered the floods in 2013, exposing the government's apathy and inefficiency. He was the first journalist to reach Kedarnath after the disaster and brought to light the stories from the mostremote parts of the state: areas cut off from the rest of the world. Woven into this haunting narrative is also the remarkable history of the ordinary people's struggle to save the state's ecology. Rage of the River is a riveting commentary on the socio-environmental landscape of Uttarakhand and is filled with vivid imagery of the calamity.

STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT

STATISTICS FOR MANAGEMENT
Author: CHANDRASEKARAN N.
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 779
Release: 2016-05-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 8120350510

Primarily intended for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of management, the book can also be of immense help to the students of commerce, science and economics. The contents of the book cover the syllabi of various Indian universities and B-schools. The book is the outcome of the extensive teaching experience of the authors in various management schools. The text encompasses topics on descriptive statistics and averages, probability and Bayes’ theorem, distributions, sampling techniques, significance tests, chi-square tests and ANOVA. Besides, the book also acquaints the readers with the regression and correlation, and time series and index numbers. Distinguishing Features of the book • Statistics answers your questions in the beginning of each chapter outlines various areas of applications of statistics. • Various supplementary examples aid the students in gaining a thorough understanding of the discussed concept. • The case studies use real, recent and easily understandable data collected from various sources that acquaint the students with the real-life situations. • The self-test and exercises given at the end of each chapter test students’ comprehension of various underlying concepts and principles. • Answers to self-test and hints to exercises are also provided.