Sushma Joseph

Some times writer of words. Some times singer of songs. Some times creator of cool-vids. Best times sleeper of sleeps.

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

HOW HORMUZ IS HIJACKING INDIAN HIGHWAYS

The infrastructure industry is being subjected to a cost-push chain reaction moving from crude oil → freight/insurance steel, cement fuel, bitumen, polymers, packaging, logistics and finally project margins.

Indeed, the West Asia crisis caused by the war and the Hormuz Strait blockade, which does not directly concern us, has turned around and hit us.

If the war is prolonged, it will hurt us even more.

#Bitumen has jumped by over 40 per cent, and steel makers have also hiked prices. For steel, raw materials such as scrap and coking coal remain irregular due to supply chain disruptions and logistical challenges.

#LNG shortages are particularly affecting small and mid-sized steel manufacturers reliant on gas-based processes 65 per cent of ArcelorMittal's 9 mtpa capacity is dependent on gas-based direct reduced iron.

#LPG shortages are disrupting stainless-steel processes. Further, India imports around 90 per cent of its met coal requirements, largely from Australia, which is now being affected by global supply and price volatility.

Prices of #polymers have gone off the charts, rising by up to 70 per cent, setting the stage for a collapse of the plastic-processing sector in several states, includ1ing Odisha, with more than 50 per cent of the units halting production.

This will hit the production of #PVC, #CPVC, conduits and electrical materials.

#Cement and building-material suppliers face higher bagging and dispatch costs, which will lead to an increase in cement prices.

#Aluminium façades and fittings are facing an additional burden, with scrap prices rising by 30 per cent. India, one of the world's largest aluminium scrap importers, produces nearly half of its 4.2 million metric tonnes of aluminium through its secondary sector, which relies essentially on imported scrap.

#Labour supply has also been affected, as the voter turnout in West Bengal shows that many workers from the state returned home to vote. Initial LPG shortages also sent many workers back to their villages.

Given the rising costs, road contractors have been severely impacted.

Despite the thin margins this sector works on it is alarming to see that contractors are fighting a pricing war.

Bids revealed over the last few months show that contractors are quoting up to 45 per cent lower than the estimated cost prepared by the issuing authority.

Resultantly, it has become commonplace to see bids of up to minus 30 per cent and beyond for most tenders

This is alarming for three reasons:

WHY is the issuing authority accepting such bids?

Are they so unsure of their calculations that they would rather blindly believe that the negative bid factors in all their specifications?

A. How will the contractor complete the project?

B. Will the contractor be able to absorb the losses, or will the organisation collapse?

C. Would users feel safe using the built structure, given that the contractor would have had to compromise somewhere to make up for the deficit?

Amid all this stands the question of an independent third-party audit a practice that has no real sanctity in the current situation.

If we are spending 3 per cent of our GDP on infrastructure, it is essential that we deploy this investment well.

We need a Comptroller & Auditor General for Infrastructure to be established, serving as a watchdog for quality.

This will serve us well when there is negative bidding and also in projects like the Dwarka Expressway, where we have seen exorbitant spending.

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@PriyankKharge sir has championed us since the beginning! 🙌✨🙏 Thank you for trusting us. Your encouragement has got us here.

[Priyank Kharge / ಪ್ರಿಯಾಂಕ್ ಖರ್ಗೆ @PriyankKharge]

A very encouraging convergence of innovation and on-ground impact.

Circato, a Bengaluru-based startup reimagining construction using net-zero, waste-reducing materials made from multi-layer plastic waste, gained attention at Shark Tank, where the panel was particularly impressed by the library built in Alolli, Chittapur using this approach.

This is especially meaningful as Arivu Kendras under @rdprgok continue to serve as spaces of learning and curiosity in rural communities and the application of such a unique, sustainable solution in Chittapur is proof that real innovation can find relevance, especially in rural contexts.

Congratulations to the Circato team on a successful pitch and for delivering such a fantastic library for Chittapur.

@Paul_Koshy

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

This is a very personal post.

My company Unified Intelligence Private Limited will be featured on @sharktankindia Season 5.

Inviting you to kindly watch it on

SonyLIV/ SET
Date: 16th March 2026
Day: Monday
Time 08:00 PM

Our #CIRCATO Brand of external wall systems construct thermally insulating facades which are installed exactly like the Glass Curtain Walls on tall buildings (e.g. #BurjKhalifa )

These modular walls are equally suited for constructing disaster resilient buildings that can withstand earthquakes and High speed hurricanes.

For more details
https://t.co/UBgBDGeDp9
E Mail: [email protected]
My E Mail: [email protected]
Ph. / WhatsApp:
[phone]

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

Today was an interesting day.

My son who works from home had set up his own office space in a portion of our home with some #IKEA Furniture.

The professional who came home to assemble his table was an extremely talented guy.

During our conversation I introduced the topic of #CIRCATO systems where we use #Ui modular panels that click fit to become walls and roofs of our home.

He got interested. After understanding the nuances he said that this is something down his lane...that he understands joineries and fasteners. And he could assemble a #CIRCATO home with the ease of assembling and #IKEA furniture.

Today along with his colleagues he visited our factory Unified Intelligence at Hormavu in Bangalore.They have some opportunities to construct homes and wished to take #CIRCATO systems.

Very quickly they got a grasp of our techniques and gained valuable confidence to construct higher value homes as against the furniture that they assemble.

At the end of the meeting they felt elated about the new opportunities through constructing buildings with #Ui panels by adopting our #CIRCATO systems.

He advised us to start selling on portals like Sell on Amazon . And to develop more teams like his own. To take this revolutionary concept to customers around the globe.

I have HUGE respect and fondness for hands-on experience/workers. Their advice is normally 24 Carat in its validity.

While I write this article, my head is reeling with the thought of selling flat packed homes on Amazon and getting IKEA teams to install and commission. The #UrbanCompany plumbers, electricians, painters and tile layers could finish the balance.

The homes can be uninstalled and reinstalled at another location if the customer wants it that way.

Unified Intelligence can buy back the panels if the customer wishes. Because we can reuse these panels for other projects, or decide to drop the panels into the shredding machine and manufacture brand new panels.

https://t.co/U2i5JO86kT
[email protected]
Ph: [phone]

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

The gift which you weren't even expecting to receive is always special.

@BanzaOfficial is THAT.

Download this App, and enjoy a portion of the wealth that you yourself create for others.

Data is the new Oil.

#Banza helps you in fuelling your engines with the data you generate.

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

Thank you very much dear @DrGParameshwara , Home Minister, Government of Karnataka for visiting to our Stall (No. 20- MSME) today at the #GIM2025.

You strengthen us by your words of inspiration - "The excellent wall construction method using #Ui panels also solves a serious plastic pollution problem. Very Good."

We at Ui do believe that we could consume every single bit of plastic waste available and store them forever in the form of walls of light weight, thermally insulating, modular, highly engineered structurally integrated panels.

Ui panels can replace blockwork- brick walls 🧱 and bring in huge levels of efficiency in the construction industry. Construction with Ui panels do NOT need water, sand, cement or bricks.

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

Humans consume over 100 billion tons of natural resources every year. And this is increasing every year.

7% of this is recycled. That's All.
93% of this ends up on this planet as WASTE.

It would be right to say that the World we created, after passing through stone-age, bronze-age, iron-age, consumer-age ... is NOW in the WASTE AGE.

We have dug and drilled deep into the earth's crust - on land and under the sea. We pulled out every resource that this planet had stored over thousands of centuries, and created consumables. After its useful Life, the same is discarded.

Go to Google /AI and research for pictures that show discarded car tyres, burial sites of the carcasses of wind mills, dead solar panels, plastic waste, land fill sites .... I can bet that after watching it, you will find it difficult to sleep. The nightmarish giant size of the problem can haunt you.

We at #Ui (https://t.co/U2i5JO86kT) work on Non-Recyclable #PlasticWaste.

The processed food industry is one of the biggest consumers of #FlexiblePackagingMaterial. This magic packaging solution has enabled transit of food materials across continents to serve the nutritional requirements of us humans.

The multiple layers of MLP prevent food contamination and help with transport and storage. Tetra pack, MLP (packets of potato chips, cookies, masalas, milk Powder, etc) preserve the contents and allow it to be transported all over till it reaches your kitchen.

The layers in the sheet are made of paper, paper board, polymeric materials, metalized layers, and aluminum foil. Few Billion packets of these MLP are thrown out as waste every day.

In India we discarded more than 1 million Metric Tonnes of MLP waste last year.

At Unified Intelligence Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, we use thermo-set sheets made from shredded tiny pieces of MLP waste packets to build construction grade structurally integrated panels (#SIP). These highly engineered panels have amazing mechanical and thermal properties.

A single 500 sqft. 2 BHK #Ui Home consumes 4.5 tons of ocean bound plastic waste in its walls and roofs.

We are able to keep homes cooler using the natural upward movement of air in the honeycomb channels sandwiched inside the construction panels that form the walls of a house. Scorching sun heats the walls, the air inside the panels gets warm and begins their journey upwards. From the roof of the house, this hot air evacuates through a contraption back into the atmosphere. Thus, keeping the inside of the home 100% insulated from outside temperature.

The sheets in the panels are largely plastic waste which is a natural thermal insulator. We are also able to pass cool air from an air conditioning/refrigeration system through these air channels and reduce temperature inside up to 3° C for food storage solutions.

We build terrace living spaces, double storied and triple storied structures, auditoriums, ware houses, class rooms, co-working spaces, public toilets, security cabins, etc. with our panels

The cost is always lower when compared to buildings made with conventional construction materials.

A typical brick-and-mortar building consumes 30,000 liters of water for every 1000 sq. ft. of construction. Homes made with #Ui panels do NOT use water for construction. Neither do we need river sand, reinforcement metal rods, concrete, cement and bricks to build walls and roofs with our panels.

The weight of our panels is 1/8th of the weight of a conventional wall of equal dimensions.

Construction time for Ui Homes is less than 2 weeks. Dustless and noiseless construction. The entire house comes packed from our factory in a single truck. This is then installed at site by the team. We do not use any major - large sized construction equipment.
Very well suited for sites with access challenges.

An excellent choice for coastal areas, hilly terrains, jungle lodges, estate cottages, rooftop construction.

We can train anyone on how to build their own homes using Ui Panels.

We solicit interested parties to join our ecosystem of Ui Builders- System integrators, installation partners.

Women and youth in particular can consider taking up building Ui homes as their own business

Contact me for your requirements:
[email protected]

Our website: https://t.co/U2i5JO86kT

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

An extremely rewarding and humbling initiative to work on! This is what I wake up for everyday…the repurposing of waste plastic is repurposing my life 🙏🏽♥️✨

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

On an average, a household in urban India generates approx. 10 gms. of MLP waste every single day.

These are typically the covers of various food products ranging from tetra-pack cartons, masala powder covers, milk powder, potato chips - various other FMCG consumables.

MLP (Multi - layered packaging material) are NON recyclable plastic waste.

Since it cannot be recycled, this waste has NO purchase value at the scrap shops. Even rag pickers ignore it.

Every other waste like thick-thin plastic, paper, metal, electric , electronic etc. have resale value ... But not this bloke.

Thus the MLP inevitably ends up on landfills, contaminating the soil and eventually, during flows into a water body on its journey to the ocean. There it hurts the marine life , breaks into micro plastics under the UV light rays from the Sun.

In a classical RSVP, it gets into the clouds alongwith evaporated water and returns back to earth in rain water. Through water, all of us and the animals and birds, now have micro plastics in our bodies. Many diseases like cancer, etc have been attributed to this non-organic invader inside our bodies.

Now, we cannot wish away the MLPs. They do a fantastic job in keeping the potato chips fresh and crispy for 6 months. A boon to the supply-chain of FMCG products. They are available as a raw material to the food processing. FMCG industries in abundance.
Also, an environment friendly commercially viable alternate material in large quantity is not seen in the distant horizon.

So, along with 2 other professionals we launched our start-up to address this problem. Ui- Unified Intelligence Pvt Ltd is the execution wing of our venture.

Vaspar foundation is our not-for-profit foundation that lodges the innovation center. Here we are always working on developing multiple new products and solutions aimed at creating large scale employment.

At the factory MLP waste covers brought in from dry waste collection centres are shredded, washed and then loaded on a sheet making unit that presses out 8'x4' sized sheets of a variety of thickness. As the sheets cool down, we get a light weight thermoset sheet that are extremely strong and have fantastic mechanical and thermal properties. The MLP waste are from food grade plastic and thus have almost zero VOC. Also, the sheets are wonderful heat insulators.

We sandwich 3 sheets of these between honeycomb structures made of the same material to create structurally integrated construction grade panels.

These 100 mm thick panels are then covered on all sides with 8mm cement boards to form a skin. These are ready to paint surface, are standard construction materials with fire resistance rating of 2 hours.

These panels become the walls and roof of our building. The floor is a 6" concrete layer.

We build homes, terrace living space, dormitories , class rooms, auditoriums, compound walls, public toilets etc. with these panels.

At the rate of 10 grams of MLP packets that we throw out as waste from our homes per day, in a single year each home generates 3,650 grams (10 grams x 365 days)

So if an apartment has 10 dwelling units, in a year the residents discharge 36.50 Kgs of MLP waste into the environment

Last week we installed this tiny security cabin in our Apartments in Bangalore. There are 10 flats here .

This 5'x5'x8' cabin was constructed with our panels in under 6 hours.

The weight of the MLP waste consumed in the panels for the cabin is 500kgs.

THAT is around 14 years of #MLP waste discharged together by all the VIRGO residents - is now stored in the walls of the cabin as our panels. The cabin has a life of 50 years.

We 10 families , in our apartment thus atoned for our 'plastic-guilt' to an extent.

For inquiries, E Mail

[email protected]

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

On an average, a household in urban India generates approx. 10 gms. of MLP waste every single day.

These are typically the covers of various food products ranging from tetra-pack cartons, masala powder covers, milk powder, potato chips - various other FMCG consumables.

MLP (Multi - layered packaging material) are NON recyclable plastic waste.

Since it cannot be recycled, this waste has NO purchase value at the scrap shops. Even rag pickers ignore it.

Every other waste like thick-thin plastic, paper, metal, electric , electronic etc. have resale value ... But not this bloke.

Thus the MLP inevitably ends up on landfills, contaminating the soil and eventually, during flows into a water body on its journey to the ocean. There it hurts the marine life , breaks into micro plastics under the UV light rays from the Sun.

In a classical RSVP, it gets into the clouds alongwith evaporated water and returns back to earth in rain water. Through water, all of us and the animals and birds, now have micro plastics in our bodies. Many diseases like cancer, etc have been attributed to this non-organic invader inside our bodies.

Now, we cannot wish away the MLPs. They do a fantastic job in keeping the potato chips fresh and crispy for 6 months. A boon to the supply-chain of FMCG products. They are available as a raw material to the food processing. FMCG industries in abundance.
Also, an environment friendly commercially viable alternate material in large quantity is not seen in the distant horizon.

So, along with 2 other professionals we launched our start-up to address this problem. Ui- Unified Intelligence Pvt Ltd is the execution wing of our venture.

Vaspar foundation is our not-for-profit foundation that lodges the innovation center. Here we are always working on developing multiple new products and solutions aimed at creating large scale employment.

At the factory MLP waste covers brought in from dry waste collection centres are shredded, washed and then loaded on a sheet making unit that presses out 8'x4' sized sheets of a variety of thickness. As the sheets cool down, we get a light weight thermoset sheet that are extremely strong and have fantastic mechanical and thermal properties. The MLP waste are from food grade plastic and thus have almost zero VOC. Also, the sheets are wonderful heat insulators.

We sandwich 3 sheets of these between honeycomb structures made of the same material to create structurally integrated construction grade panels.

These 100 mm thick panels are then covered on all sides with 8mm cement boards to form a skin. These are ready to paint surface, are standard construction materials with fire resistance rating of 2 hours.

These panels become the walls and roof of our building. The floor is a 6" concrete layer.

We build homes, terrace living space, dormitories , class rooms, auditoriums, compound walls, public toilets etc. with these panels.

At the rate of 10 grams of MLP packets that we throw out as waste from our homes per day, in a single year each home generates 3,650 grams (10 grams x 365 days)

So if an apartment has 10 dwelling units, in a year the residents discharge 36.50 Kgs of MLP waste into the environment

Last week we installed this tiny security cabin in our Apartments in Bangalore. There are 10 flats here .

This 5'x5'x8' cabin was constructed with our panels in under 6 hours.

The weight of the MLP waste consumed in the panels for the cabin is 500kgs.

THAT is around 14 years of #MLP waste discharged together by all the VIRGO residents - is now stored in the walls of the cabin as our panels. The cabin has a life of 50 years.

We 10 families , in our apartment thus atoned for our 'plastic-guilt' to an extent.

For inquiries, E Mail

[email protected]

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@ObamaFoundation

[Paul Koshy @Paul_Koshy]

Dear @BarackObama

My optimistic character makes me write this tweet to you. It may be a one in a billion chance , but still worth attempting to gain your attention.

We are a venture in Bangalore, India that works on using Non-recyclable MLP waste to build homes.

A 500 sqft 2 BHK home can consume 4 tons of ocean bound plastic waste.

I can share a whole bunch of details. Protecting our planet from man created pollution is the duty of every person on earth -U&I.

My email ID is
[email protected]

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@arfunnnnn Dude! What a transformation! 🙌

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@arfunnnnn @karanjohar No

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@arfunnnnn Ek kiccha anek huccha

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@cheeetz @arfunnnnn Everyone's waiting for that second coming! Hallelujah 🙌🏼

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@krishashok A Bangalorean once showed off on such a thread about its weather and we've all been stuck in traffic ever since.

[Sushma Joseph @Ssshma]

@arfunnnnn Why you no take me ya?

[Rob Campbell @Robertc1970]

When someone - anyone - connects violence with love, then that’s peak fucked-up male toxicity shit.

[Rakshith Shivaram/ರಕ್ಷಿತ್ ಶಿವರಾಂ @Bkrs_Rakshith]

No news channels had the bandwidth to show such huge protests by Dalit organisations in Bangalore... they just want news filled with hate, news that divide people on the lines of caste and religion.

[Abhimanyu Saxena @asxna]

Shark tank india is so shitty, I'm seriously contemplating making an authentic series on startup building. Not for bullying, but to actually help founders build high impact companies.
To check whether world even need this,
this will happen, if this tweet gets 10k likes! Promise!