Ajith Prasad

engineer-turned-MBA from IIMK..Interests include travel, economics, politics, soccer, technology and so on

[Mumbai Congress @INCMumbai]

एक वायरल वीडियो में दावा किया गया है कि @MumbaiPolice प्रदर्शन कर रहे छात्रों को धमका रही है कि अगर वे दोबारा प्रदर्शन करने लौटे, तो उन्हें झूठे ड्रग्स के मामले में फँसा दिया जाएगा और पूरी ज़िंदगी जेल में सड़ना पड़ेगा।

अगर यह सच है, तो यह सिर्फ़ छात्रों को डराने की कोशिश नहीं, बल्कि लोकतांत्रिक अधिकारों पर सीधा हमला है। अपनी आवाज़ उठाना अपराध नहीं है। छात्रों के सवालों का जवाब धमकियों से नहीं, जवाबदेही से दिया जाना चाहिए।

#Students #Mumbai #MumbaiPolice

@VarshaEGaikwad

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@fifamedia The trajectory deviation was far more than what @Oficial_RC3 could achieve with his free kicks. What a shame @FIFAWorldCup

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@fifamedia @adidasfootball @FIFAWorldCup Forget Matanovic’s brush of hair.Renato Veiga’s touch was intentional. He tried to clear it, but played it to the path of Pasalic. And that was a clear deviation from original trajectory. So, technically Pasalic was onside as he was played on by Renato Veiga

[Arnab Ray @greatbong]

Dear Mr. Vembu,

I am welcome?

IIM professors told me otherwise when I tried to apply to come back to teach future managers cybersecurity as a risk management discipline, something I thought I could do for India by training future generations to lead Indian companies in a cyber-informed manner.

I was told to get another PhD in MIS to be worthy of teaching (I had a PhD in Computer Science from Stonybrook one of the top places in my field)

Basically they wanted to hire their own students (a practice frowned on internationally) and actively were condescending or passively dismissive to anyone who was not. And I had a privileged position from a desi lens, as my father had been a professor at the same institution.

I now do the same for one of world’s biggest medtech companies, wrote a book in the medical device space on this risk management concept extensively used in many other large medtech companies and I say this to preempt the “oh well you were not good enough”. Those who have known me on social media for two decades know that I am not the humble brag type.

(I also applied to private management institutes. One of them sent me an email a year later after I had applied asking me to appear for an interview in two days promising to pay me second class train fare from where I was, which I presume would be difficult from Chicago (that’s where I was then))

So all this sounds great on X but unless institutions change in India, away from old babu culture, people who want to come back on their own (I already had my green card so I wasn’t trying to come because of visa issues, but from a genuine desire to leave a legacy) will find themselves blocked and demotivated.

Thanks

[QE Infinity @StealthQE4]

Jeff Currie from Goldman Sachs is probably the best person I know regarding commodities.

His take on oil prices:

[Aditya Ojha @thispodcastguy]

When Rahul Gandhi said that our energy security is gone and now United States will decide who we buy energy from,

HE WAS RIGHT.

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@PTI_News Have some shame

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

The world, Europe, and Spain have faced this critical moment before. In 2003, a few irresponsible leaders dragged us into an illegal war in the Middle East that brought nothing but insecurity and pain.

Our response then must be our response now:

NO to violations of international law.

NO to the illusion that we can solve the world’s problems with bombs.

NO to repeating the mistakes of the past.

NO TO WAR.
https://t.co/KpRjBfwY4B

[Shashank Mattoo @MattooShashank]

Sailors from Iran’s IRIS Dena marched in Vishakhapatnam during India’s Milan naval exercise just two weeks ago

U.S. forces sunk IRIS Dena near Sri Lanka today killing over 80 of its sailors

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

Dear @AirIndiaX , Your retro miles claim page in web and app are not working. Prompting me to enter name when there is no field to enter name. Only PNR and phone is there

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@IndiGo6E - What I fail to understand is that your site still lists only 2 flights on 10th Dec under the flight cancellations page. Given that @DGCAIndia has told you to cancel 10% , why dont you update all the flights cancelled on site. Else how can Pax know it

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@SBICard_Connect - Your tele calling has become such a nuisance that every time i get a call from 1409xxxxx , my first reaction is “If you are calling from SBI Cards, please don’t call again”.

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@FIFAWorldCup Getting HTTP 400

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@VoyageBliss Did you use Amex platinum travel or Amex platinum charge card for accumulating this much points ?

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

As someone who grew up seeing the early 90’s West Indian fast bowling talent led by Ambrose, Bishop etc, this win in Aus after 27 years means a lot to West Indian cricket https://t.co/mZbuEUxXJZ

[7Cricket @7Cricket]

WEST INDIES WIN!

ONE OF THE BIGGEST UPSETS IN TEST MATCH HISTORY!

#AUSvWI

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@amangoeliitb The point is precisely this . Why should there be a competition everywhere in every aspect ? Compare the IIT / IIM system with undergrad education abroad - There’s emphasis on grades - but not to an unhealthy level as seen in India.

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@SingaporeAir - Your cash plus miles option is not showing up in booking page. Could you please fix it?

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@TheKeralaPolice Lane switching without care. Scooter shouldn’t have switched lane in lorry’s blind spot

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

@SachinKalbag Motivation speaker as well.

[Ajith Prasad @ajithprasadb]

About 7 years back, there was this flush of investments in banks taking up initiatives to build robo-advisors for investment management. I always wondered - can alpha be created using technology ? Is there one good robo advisor in market even after huge investments and time ?