Dr. Hrishikesh chandra gautam

Data Specialist @UChiAir Ex- Senior Associate @CSTEP_India | Ph.D. @iitmadras | M Tech @surathkal_nitk | Air quality | Machine learning | Statistics

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Chatbots aren’t the revolution. They’re the distraction.

Fei-Fei Li: “Language is a half-million-year-old luxury. Perception is a half-billion-year-old necessity.”

Evolution didn’t optimize for conversation. It optimized for survival in three-dimensional space. Seeing threats, navigating obstacles, predicting what happens when you move.

We’ve spent years celebrating AI that can write and summarize. But text processing is narrow. Spatial intelligence is fundamental.

An agent that only reads prompts can’t function in a warehouse or a hospital. It needs to parse depth, understand physics, and act on what it sees in real time.

We built AI that understands language. Now we’re building AI that understands space.

Language models got the attention. Spatial intelligence gets the work done.

The world runs on physics, not paragraphs. AI is learning to operate in it.

[Dr. Hrishikesh chandra gautam @coolkaku]

@ZeptoNow Every time I try to raise an issue, it only gives me predefined options to choose from, which don’t represent my problem, and there’s no way to talk to a customer care representative. Why don’t you have an easier way to resolve issues?

[Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) @UChiAir]

Register for a webinar on Sept 2 to learn more about the main findings from the #AQLIReport + a walkthrough of our new data platform w/ AQLI director @tanushree_g and @UChiEnergy’s Clean Air Program director Christa Hasenkopf: https://t.co/8lyn0ggBrK 9/10

[Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) @UChiAir]

🚨 New report. New website + data platform. New insights.

The 2025 #AQLIReport finds #AirPollution remains the greatest external risk to human health: w/ impact on life expectancy = tobacco use, >4x alcohol use, >5x transport injuries, >6x HIV/AIDS.

Topline findings ⤵️🧵 1/10

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

If all of India reduced #pollution to meet the @WHO guideline, residents could gain 3.5 years of life expectancy, finds @UChiAir’s #AQLIReport. In Delhi—India’s capital & most populous city—residents would see max. benefits by gaining >8 yrs. More: https://t.co/2xZBGtxBrZ

[Dr. Hrishikesh chandra gautam @coolkaku]

@Airtel_Presence After repeated daily calls to customer care. The issue has still not been resolved for 1 complete week. Please find a solution or I have to get the connection removed.

[Dr. Hrishikesh chandra gautam @coolkaku]

@airtelindia @Airtel_Presence @airtelnews very bad experience with Airtel customer care and airtel dth. No response from customer care or engineer. Kindly resolve the issue. Didn't expect this kind of service😡😠

[Dr. Hrishikesh chandra gautam @coolkaku]

@sama Great initiative but how different will this open weight model be as compared to a fully opensource model like deepseekr1 ? How will the model fare in terms of customisation and replication? 🤔

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

Can #powermarkets help India's #EnergyTransition? How crucial is access to #CriticalMinerals in achieving #NetZero goals? For rapid #decarbonization where will the investments come from?

@LCA_Enthusiast discussed this & more with @AshirbadRaha in #EPICIndiaDialogue today.

[Energy Policy Institute at UChicago @UChiEnergy]

EPIC Air Quality Awardee Spotlight: Pakistan

The award will support @PakAirQuality in the strengthening of Pakistan’s existing air quality monitoring network through the installation of 70 low-cost monitors.

Learn more: https://t.co/YrQl8rvsYn

[Energy Policy Institute at UChicago @UChiEnergy]

EPIC Air Quality Awardee Spotlight: Nigeria

One of two awards in Nigeria this funding round, this will support @nimrnigeria/@tounmustapha in the deployment of 20 low-cost monitors across Lagos, Abuja, and Ibadan to collect & share real-time PM2.5 data: https://t.co/sQmi4n44sI

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

At @CSEIndia’s training on Carbon Accounting, @DAlshetty & @ShruSrinivasan shared how Surat’s #ETS balances economic growth & pollution control. They also explored how ETS drives a big-data revolution, unlocking #CEMS’s potential & its #AI-powered future in compliance prediction.

[Energy Policy Institute at UChicago @UChiEnergy]

#NowHiring: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, EPIC Air Quality Fund

This role will lead efforts to implement, expand, and communicate about a system to measure progress of the Fund and its Awardees. Worldwide eligible & remote.

Apply: https://t.co/kvtlSzXb8w

[Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) @UChiAir]

#NowHiring: We are looking for a Data Analyst, based in India, adept at working with geospatial datasets, fluent in one or more computer languages & comfortable working with and maintaining our open-source GitHub repository.

Learn more: https://t.co/7r1NVUGbhy

[Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) @UChiAir]

EPIC has awarded 12 organizations to improve #AirQuality monitoring and data access, the first of 26 coming projects from 16 countries.

AQLI finds citizens from these countries are losing 1.7B combined total life years because of the air they breathe: https://t.co/tTszBjWHdT

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

#LIVE
@EPIC_India's Research Director -Urmila Chatterjee leading a conversation on enhancing vehicular pollution monitoring.
Joined by:
🔹 Shri. Mahmood Ahmed, Addl. Secretary, @MORTHIndia
🔹 Tim Gould, Chief Energy Economist, @IEA
🔹 Anirudh Narla, Researcher, @TheICCT_India.

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

Happening Now!
With Delhi implementing GRAP-III measures to combat worsening #airquality, this conference couldn't be more timely.

Still want to be part of this important conversation?
Join us LIVE on LinkedIn!
https://t.co/ZTxNvUzej9

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

@kaushikdeb, ED- EPIC India, welcomes everyone to the conference and introduces @EPIC_India and the global energy challenge that is at the centre of EPIC's (@UChiEnergy) global mission.
https://t.co/G59UtDtysq

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

Dr. Virinder Sharma, Member Technical @CAQM_Official, delivered a compelling keynote at today's conference.
Key insights:
-Emissions monitoring & the PUCC model
-Entry-point monitoring for heavy vehicles
-End-of-life vehicle policy
-EVs as clean mobility
https://t.co/G59UtDtysq

[UChicago EPIC India @EPIC_India]

@AnumitaRoychowd joins @tanushree_g for an insightful discussion on governance around #vehicularemissions.
-What can make PUCC work?
-What's the current national status of PUC centres?
-How are grossly polluting vehicles being identified?

Anumita talks about this and more...