M Sharif

Professor of Engineering. I love music, theatre. Tweets are singularily personal. Retweets are not endorsements.

[M Sharif @ProfMSharif]

Proud to be a graduate of University of Edinburgh

[M Sharif @ProfMSharif]

Many Congratulations

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

A moment of immense pride for the entire Jamia fraternity!
Jamia Millia Islamia has achieved its highest-ever position in the QS World University Rankings 2027, making a remarkable leap of 75 places to secure the 686th rank globally and a place among the Top 20 institution in India.
I extend my heartfelt congratulations to all our teaching and non-teaching staff, students, researchers, alumni, and stakeholders whose unwavering dedication, hard work, and pursuit of excellence have made this achievement possible. I am also greatful to Government of India, Ministry of Education for its support and cooperation to JMI.

#JamiaMilliaIslamia #QSWorldRankings2027 #JMI #HigherEducation #AcademicExcellence
@PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @EduMinOfIndia @HMOIndia @dpradhanbjp @rajnathsingh @ugc_india
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[Big Brain AI @realBigBrainAI]

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on why young people should make themselves "superpowered" with AI tools:

When Hassabis gives talks at universities and schools, his core piece of advice is simple:

Lean all the way into where technology is heading.

"You've got to just go with the flow of the direction," he says. "I would immerse myself in every tool available and just become almost like superpowered with those tools and those capabilities."

His reasoning comes from what he sees inside the frontier labs themselves.

So much effort goes into simply building the next versions of these models that even the people making them can't keep up with everything those models could do.

"Even at the frontier labs, there's so much work that has to go into just making the next versions of these frontier models and then all the adjacent models. So for us, like Veo and Nano Banana and Gemini, even we can only explore a fraction of the applied things you could do with it, the applications you could make with it."

And that gap, @demishassabis explains, is widening:

"I think that gap's getting bigger and bigger, in terms of the overhang of the capabilities, all the cool stuff on the latest models. And the release schedules are getting faster and faster."

This is where Hassabis sees the opportunity.

The people positioned to win aren't necessarily the ones building the models, they're the ones who master the tools and point them at something new.

"The opportunity space is getting huge for people who are really expert at using those tools and then apply it to some new domain."

He puts it in stark terms:

"A kid these days could probably start a multi-billion dollar business in some ways, using these tools in some new way that no one had thought about."

[Nimish Dubey @nimishdubey]

The wonderfully melodious @PaushaliSahu has a new song out. And as always, she gives me those Preeti Sagar vibes - a gentle lilt in the voice that indicates that the singer is smiling.

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

On World Environment Day, I was honoured to inaugurate ‘Maa Vatika’ at Jamia Millia Islamia along with Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor Prof. Mazhar Asif Ji by planting 101 mango saplings dedicated to our mothers. Inspired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s visionary campaign “Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam”, this initiative is a tribute to the nurturing spirit of motherhood and a reaffirmation of our collective responsibility towards nature.
At JMI, we believe environmental stewardship must go beyond symbolism. Alongside expanding our green cover, the University is also moving towards developing a rainwater harvesting pond to strengthen sustainable water management on campus. Every tree we plant today is an investment in a cleaner, greener and more resilient India for generations to come.
Let us not merely plant trees; let us nurture them, protect them, and build a culture of environmental responsibility.

#WorldEnvironmentDay2026 #MaaVatika #EkPedMaaKeNaam #Sustainability #ClimateAction #GreenCampus #JamiaMilliaIslamia
@PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp @UNEP @moefcc @byadavbjp @ugc_india @jmiu_official

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just described the end of money.

Not a recession. Not a policy shift.

The complete erasure of scarcity from human civilization.

Musk: “If you’ve got an AI robotics economy that is anywhere close to a million times the size of the current Earth economy, literally any need you possibly want can be met. If you can think of it, you can have it.”

A million times.

Global GDP sits at roughly $100 trillion. Multiply that by a million and you get a number that stops being economics and becomes something closer to physics.

Every price falls to zero. Every dollar in every account on Earth becomes an artifact of a species that used to need things.

Musk: “I think things will just be free in the future.”

Ten words. Possibly the most radical economic statement any living person has ever made.

Money is not just currency. Money is the language civilizations invented to negotiate survival. It is how humanity decides who eats, who gets shelter, who receives medicine, who gets to dream.

Remove that language and you do not reform the economy.

You dissolve the foundation every human system was built on.

Government exists to distribute scarcity. Politics is the fight over who gets what. Law is the codification of ownership. War is what happens when the negotiation collapses.

Every one of those systems stands on the same invisible assumption.

There is not enough.

Musk is saying there will be. For everyone. For everything. Permanently.

Musk: “Anyone could have a trip to Saturn. It won’t be just a few people. If you want it, you can have it.”

He referenced Iain Banks and the Culture series. That reference landed harder than most people realized.

Banks did not just imagine a post-scarcity civilization. He spent an entire body of work examining the one thing abundance could never provide.

Purpose.

The Culture had unlimited energy. Unlimited material. Ships the size of worlds. Lives measured in centuries.

And the question running beneath every novel was always the same.

What do you do when there is nothing left to need?

Banks understood something at the center of this entire conversation.

Scarcity is not just an obstacle. It is the engine behind every meaningful thing humans have ever built.

Every cathedral was raised by hands that were hungry. Every symphony was composed by a mind trying to outrun something. Every invention, every company, every act of defiance in the entire human record grew from the same soil.

The space between what someone had and what they wanted.

That space is where all of human meaning lives.

Wanting is not a flaw in the design. It is the design. It is the gravity that holds identity together. The reason consciousness feels like it has weight.

Musk is not just building toward abundance.

He is steering the species toward the deepest question it has ever had to face.

Not whether we can build a world where no one needs anything.

Whether we can still recognize ourselves inside it.

[Jamia Millia Islamia (NAAC A++ Grade Central Univ) @jmiu_official]

4 JMI students selected for Rupa Rahul Bajaj Scholarship for Women in Engineering

New Delhi, May 14, 2026

Four students of the Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI), have been selected for the prestigious Rupa Rahul Bajaj Scholarship for Women in Engineering, an initiative of Bajaj Auto Ltd. aimed at empowering meritorious women pursuing engineering education in core technical disciplines.

The scholarship program provides financial assistance of up to ₹8 lakhs over four years, along with industry exposure, mentorship opportunities, life skills training, and exposure to new-age manufacturing technologies. The initiative seeks to strengthen the participation of women professionals in India’s manufacturing and allied sectors.

The following students have secured the highly competitive and coveted scholarship:

1. Adiba Fatma, Department of Electrical Engineering – ₹36,056/-

2. Sufia Ansari, Department of Electronics (VLSI Design & Technology) – ₹1,52,875/-

3. Hiba Swaliha K, Department of Mechanical Engineering – ₹50,725/-

4. Sofiya Saiyyad, Department of Electrical Engineering – ₹19,225/-

The selection of students from Jamia Millia Islamia reflects the academic excellence and talent nurtured at the university’s Faculty of Engineering & Technology.

The university administration has extended its congratulations to the selected candidates and wished them continued success in their academic and professional journeys.

[M Sharif @ProfMSharif]

@jmiu_official Congratulations to all our students

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

A year ago, #OperationSindoor showcased the unmatched courage and unwavering resolve of our brave armed forces against terrorism. Their valour, sacrifice, and dedication continue to inspire every Indian. Today, we salute the heroes who stood fearlessly for the honour, security, and sovereignty of Bharat. India will never bow before terror. 🇮🇳
#IndianArmedForces #NationFirst #FightAgainstTerrorism
@PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @EduMinOfIndia @DefenceMinIndia @dpradhanbjp @rajnathsingh @ugc_india @jmiu_official

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just told a story that should terrify every AI company on Earth.

His son Saxon is autistic.

Saxon couldn’t understand why the family went to restaurants.

You can get the same food delivered.

You can call your friends over.

You can eat better at home for half the price.

So why go?

Musk: “He had an epiphany and said, ‘Oh, the reason people go to restaurants is to hang out with strangers.’”

A kid who takes the world literally just decoded something the rest of us never thought to question.

We like being around people we’ll never know.

Look at what we already built.

Delivery apps so you never wait in line.

Remote work so you never share an office.

Self-checkout so you never talk to a cashier.

Every innovation of the last 20 years was a bet against human proximity.

Every one paid off.

Until it didn’t.

Loneliness is now a public health emergency.

Depression has doubled since the smartphone.

The average American has fewer close friends than any generation in history.

We didn’t remove friction.

We removed the thing friction was hiding.

Now look at what’s coming.

AI agents that handle your emails.

AI companions that replace your conversations.

AI assistants that make every human interaction optional.

Same playbook. Same bet.

Except this time we’re not engineering out strangers.

We’re engineering out humans entirely.

The coffee shop where nobody knows your name.

The subway where no one speaks.

The restaurant where you’ll never see that couple again.

Those aren’t failed connections.

They’re the background radiation of belonging.

We don’t just need people who know us.

We need to exist in rooms full of people who don’t.

That’s what a kid understood at a dinner table that billion-dollar companies still can’t grasp in a boardroom.

We spent 20 years building a world you never have to show up to.

AI is about to finish the job.

And nothing it builds will ever replicate sitting in a room full of strangers and not feeling alone.

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

Honoured and privileged to meet Shri Chirag Paswan Ji, Hon’ble Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, along with Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Mazhar Asif Ji.
Had an insightful and forward-looking discussion on the growth, academic excellence, and future vision of Jamia Millia Islamia. We also had the pleasure of inviting him to visit the university and engage with its vibrant academic community.
@PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @dpradhanbjp @EduMinOfIndia @iChiragPaswan @ugc_india @jmiu_official @rajnathsingh @PIB_India

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

Today, I was invited as an expert panelist on DD Urdu to deliberate on the evolving crisis in West Asia. I argued that contemporary conflicts have transcended conventional interstate wars; they are embedded in identity politics, shaped by shifting geopolitical alignments, and perpetuated through sustained external interventions.
The West Asian theatre underscores the deeply interconnected nature of regional conflicts and their global reverberations. For India, this necessitates a nuanced strategy anchored in strategic autonomy, multi-alignment, and the primacy of sustained diplomatic engagement over militarized responses for any meaningful and durable peace.
@PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp @ugc_india @DDNewslive @rajnathsingh @jmiu_official

#WestAsia #InternationalRelations #Geopolitics #Peacebuilding #IndiaForeignPolicy

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

It was a privilege to host Shri Jitendra Singh Ji, Hon’ble Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology; Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, along with Hon’ble Vice Chancellor Prof. Mazhar Asif Ji at Jamia Millia Islamia on the occasion of Earth Day.
Addressed the valedictory session of the National Conference on “Environmental Sustainability in the 21st Century: Science, Society and Solutions” organised by the Department of Environmental Science. Spoke on environmental sustainability, highlighting the Chipko Movement and how Indian knowledge traditions have long upheld ecological balance, much before modern Western discourse.
Also reflected on Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s vision of establishing at least one medical college in every district and requested expediting the process for a medical college at Jamia.
@rashtrapatibhvn @EduMinOfIndia @VPIndia @dpradhanbjp @rajnathsingh @DrJitendraSingh @moefcc @moesgoi @ugc_india @jmiu_official @AmitShahOffice
#EarthDay #EnvironmentalSustainability #IndianKnowledgeSystem #JamiaMilliaIslamia

[M Sharif @ProfMSharif]

Excellent.

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

Honoured to be on DD News discussing #APAARID & #AcademicBankOfCredits under #NEP2020. These reforms represent a structural shift from a linear, institution-centric model to a modular, credit-based and learner-driven ecosystem—where knowledge is accumulated, transferred and validated across time and space. By enabling multiple entry-exit, academic mobility and interdisciplinary pathways, they align India’s education system with global frameworks while strengthening transparency and digital governance.

Significantly, this vision resonates with the Indian Knowledge System, where learning has traditionally been holistic, continuous and personalized—as seen in the Gurukul ethos. Thus, APAAR & ABC are not merely administrative innovations but a synthesis of digital public infrastructure with India’s civilizational philosophy of lifelong learning—paving the way for an inclusive, flexible and future-ready academic architecture.
@PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @EduMinOfIndia @DDNewslive @dpradhanbjp @MIB_India @AmitShahOffice @rajnathsingh @ugc_india @jmiu_official

[Allen Braden @allen_explains]

This 2-hour Stanford lecture breaks down how models like ChatGPT and Claude are actually built, clearer than what many people in top AI roles ever get exposed to.

Save this and set aside two hours today. It might end up being the most valuable thing you learn all week.

[Prof. Md. Mahtab Alam Rizvi @RizviProf]

On the occasion of the 136th birth anniversary of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, we at Jamia Millia Islamia had the privilege of hosting a meaningful celebration reflecting on his enduring legacy of social justice, equality, and education.

Honoured by the presence of Shri Ravindra Indraj Singh, Hon’ble Minister of Social Welfare, SC/ST Welfare, Cooperative & Elections, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, as Chief Guest, along with Hon’ble VC Prof Mazhar Asif ji and distinguished scholars.

In my address, I emphasized Dr. Ambedkar’s transformative vision of social justice, constitutional morality, and inclusive development, highlighting his enduring relevance in shaping a just and equitable India. I also underscored the need for academic institutions to actively engage with his ideas in building a knowledge-driven society.
Let us continue to uphold Babasaheb’s vision of an inclusive, knowledge-driven India. #AmbedkarJayanti
@PMOIndia @rashtrapatibhvn @VPIndia @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp @CMODelhi @bjpravinder @MSJEGOI @rajnathsingh @ugc_india @jmiu_official

[Shekar Iyer @SHEKARSUSHEEL]

I wonder if anyone has heard such an accurate depiction of human voice being played on an Instrument!
Really stunning as if the violin is singing the song.

This is Dr. Joby Mathew Vembala, who is Asst. Professor at SST College of Music, Thycaud, Trivandrum, Kerala.

[bodila @51bodila]

This 50-minute MIT lecture on Markov Сhains got 1.5M views

It’ll teach you more about prediction markets than 2 months spent working in Polymarket

Bookmark this & watch, no matter what

It's the most productive video for your week, then read the article below

[Movez @0xMovez]

This 1 hour lecture on "Probability Theory" from MIT will teach you more about prediction markets than 2 month internship at at a Wall Street Quant firm.

Bookmark this & give it 1 hour today, no matter what. It’s the most productive start you can give your week. Then read post below.

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