ANKIT KUMAR

Social entrepreneur and Acumen Fellow working for eradicating powerty and upliftment of footwear artisans of India.

[Priyanshu Ratnakar @0xratnakar]

the impact ai summit in delhi was a perfect demonstration of why india keeps losing in tech

and i’m tired of pretending it wasn’t a disaster.

let me paint the actual picture:

> cash-only payments at a “digital india” upi ??
> pm visit → main hall cleared for hours, everyone else just stood around doing nothing
> exhibitors locked out of their own stalls
> 3-hour queue just to enter
> a founder’s product got stolen during the summit
> no wifi at an ai event.
> can’t take your keys if you came via car/bike
> no laptop/camera at tech event
> people were asked to sit on the ground
> speaker lineup with consultants/bureaucrats who’ve never shipped a real product
> the registration system crashed multiple times. people who registered weeks in advance couldn’t get in.

vips walked past massive queues while founders and builders stood outside in the heat. 🤡

and 27 countries witnessed all of this live

networking areas? no space to stand.

many demos didn’t work because there was no stable internet. 5g??

this is what happens when optics matter more than execution.
when innovation becomes photo-op

the sad part is india has insane talent.

founders building world class products.
engineers and researchers doing real work.

leave India for a sec, im at network school and the youngest crowd is all Indians.

but we keep shooting ourselves in the foot with performative nonsense.

the west isn’t winning because they’re smarter.
they’re winning because they care about details.

because they respect builders.
because their tech summits actually work.

same story when @sama came to india last time.
boomer uncles asked the dumbest questions.
and when he said it’s hard for india to build foundational models, we took it on our ego.

rn, every founder who attended left embarrassed.

imagine international delegate left with stories about our “infrastructure.”

many friends and young builder lost a little more faith.

this wasn’t just bad planning.
it was a signal of what we value.
and clearly, it’s security theater and photo-ops over builders.

we can do better.
we have the talent.
we have the market.
we have the potential.

what we don’t have is execution and respect for the people building the future.

maybe one day we will do better. till then if you’re a founder, ignore the noise. keep building.

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@help_delhivery @RBLBankCares You urself see your incompetence that you did not even try to investigate and your Agra officials did not even bother to respond to your so called escalation which you did after my last message and package was returned back with same old fake status of 'open delivery requested'

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@help_delhivery my @RBLBankCares creditcard has been dispatched by ur courier, AWB no 28588122229386 and as always ur agent has updated false nondelivery status of open delivery requested twice. I hav lost count on how many times I faced issues of false update by delhivery agents

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@help_delhivery @RBLBankCares No delivery was attempted yesterday

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@rpoghaziabad

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@passportsevamea I have paid for my passport renewal application and payment is showing pending for past 5 days, SBI says in this case I need to call this no 011-41561114 , now no one is picking ph at this no. What should I do.

[Agam @Agam95546835]

Appalled by the police brutality and the non-democratic handling of the land encroachment issue at Dayalbagh, Agra. In a democracy, peaceful dialogue should prevail over violence. Urging for a fair and democratic resolution. 🕊️#dayalbagh #shameonagrapolice #democracy @PMOIndia

[SigmaSixQ&V @SigmaSixQV]

When you allow the police to break laws, soon they will start repressing common men, women and children, selling their services to the Builder mafia! Police beating up women and children to grab #Dayalbagh land in Agra. @narendramodi @myogiadityanath @yadavakhilesh

[SigmaSixQ&V @SigmaSixQV]

When Local Administration is hand in glove with Builders @myogiadityanath @myogioffice ! #Dayalbagh, Agra.

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@RiteshCNC @AjitSinghPal_ @UPStartuppolicy @AasthaGrover09 @Akshay1_ias @BhanuCashcry @Akshaysri35 @DewanshPoddar @SnigdhaaRitesh @shivesh0107 @SahilsJaiswal2 @Vandana_13 Very Happy Birthday Sir @AjitSinghPal_ May your visionary thoughts keep guiding us always🙏

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@kislaypanday @Westerwelle_F @shoegaro Thanks for your kind word🙏

[Sayan Sapui📮 @thesayansapui]

Top Indian Influencers are facing the HEAT📌

A 🧵 on how Influencers promoted this Multi-crore Startup Scam.

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

Many startups got scammed by World Startup Convention by fake promises of 9000+ Angel Investors, 1500+VC, and 75000+ startups! And images of PM and @nitin_gadkari ji were freely used to promote the event. SCAMALERT #JusticeforStartups #WSCScam

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@kunalb11 A group also bonds with common goal and motivation

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@RiteshCNC @myogiadityanath @ChiefSecyUP @akl963 @74_alok @AjitSinghPal_ @AasthaGrover09 Hope that overall startup ecosystem in UP will get a boost.

[Westerwelle Foundation @Westerwelle_F]

Warm graduation congratulations to these founders 🥳

The 6-month programme may have come to an end, but the network of support stays.

We hosted and online graduation event today and look forward to celebrating when meeting in person!

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@RiteshCNC @ChiefSecyUP @akl963 @74_alok @Pradeep1881964 @IasAlok @InnovationHubUP @_InvestUP @MahipAKTU @Vandana_13 @nikhilagarwal7 @Hiranmay_HM @AasthaGrover09 @STPILucknow @MeUPGovt @UPStartuppolicy Keep up the good work sir👍👏

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@RiteshCNC @_AKKaushik @narendramodi @PMOIndia @AnuragChaddha @CMOfficeUP @UdayMahurkar @MrityunjayUP @AjitSinghPal_ @DeepakBagla_ @AasthaGrover09 @akl963 @shivesh0107 @its_tech_Shivam @BhanuCashcry @CookSafari @SnigdhaaRitesh We @shoegaro have benefitted a lot from @UPStartuppolicy as our recognition and validation in form of grant from @UPGovt has validated our model and helped us get funds and recognition from both national and internationally reputed organisations. Thxs @RiteshCNC 4 ur mentoring.

[Nischal Shetty @NischalShetty]

Thank you @priyankac19 for voicing the concerns of the youth. There are millions of young Indians trying to create a career in Crypto

By supporting Web3, our nation can dominate the next evolution of the Internet

#BuildForCrypto #ReduceCryptoTax

[ANKIT KUMAR @Ankit_Dreamer]

@Shashank_Sayss @yadavakhilesh @samajwadiparty @NareshUttamSP It is time now that we have educated leaders like @Shashank_Sayss who have seen the world to shape our state as our leaders. It's high time now that we choose intellectuals and soliders as our leaders