Darshan Paul

an engineer by education, a banker by prifession and a dreamer by passion..

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

Have come to a district court in connection with a case filed by my Bank against a defaulter.. very depressing scene indeed..

[Sarthak Sidhant @sidhant_sarthak]

transparency needs to be accessible.
from today it is.

within the past 2 weeks, around 1 crore 66 lakh records were scraped from the government's CPP Portal.

The Nation's procurement database is now publicly available to all.

link below

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@vijeshetty @tn2germany @grok pls share the source of the screenshot

[Bar and Bench @barandbench]

A country governed by footnotes: The case for better drafted laws
Author: Sumeer Sodhi

Read column: https://t.co/LY2m5XvVPH

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@indiainpixels Haryana now look like anti-national and Uttar Pradesh anti Business

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@INCKerala @TowardsLiberti @nitin_gadkari @grok fact check

[Prashant Pitti @ppitti]

I am committing INR 1 Cr to find Bangalore Choke-Points via Google Maps & AL.

11 km → 2.15 hours in Bangalore Traffic on Saturday late night!

I was stuck at one choke-point at ORR, where I spent 100 mins struggling to understand why there is no traffic-light or cop here!

But I don’t want one more “Bengaluru Traffic Memes or Rant”. I WANT TO FIX IT.

Very recently, in April 2025, Google Maps started sharing "Road Management Insight". It's a city-level data in Big Query format.

Using Google Data and Satellite Imagery, we can list down all the choke-points & their exact timings in a month. For the traffic department to work on those areas specifically.

I am willing to spend INR 1 Crore on this project by funding: 1-2 senior ML/AI engineers. And providing budget for using Google Maps API calls, Satellite Imagery & GPUs

I will start this project, when BTP/BBMP: Open their raw feeds or API access AND names a team, committed to acting on the insights we generate.

🙌 How can you help right now?

1. TAG anyone you know in the Bangalore Traffic Office, BBMP or the Traffic Commissioner’s office, let this hit the right inbox.

2. ML/AI folks: comment "IN", if you can work along part-time to end this menace

3. Every commuter who’s sick of bleeding time: comment or share. More noise -> faster response.

Bengalore is India’s tech future; and people making it happen deserve MUCH better.

#BangaloreTraffic #AIforGood #OpenData #CSR #peakbengaluru

[Prashant Pitti @ppitti]

🚨 MAJOR UPDATE on Bangalore Traffic Project!

I am confident of improving Bangalore traffic by 25-30% within a year's time

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1. Collaboration at Scale

In just 10 days, after meeting the commissioners of BTP, BBMP, CP, Google team, IISC professors, Scientist, Road Engineers, Traffic Related Entrepreneurs. All three newly appointed commissioners were very kind to invite me to showcase existing capabilities AND collaborate to work together. For the first time we are bringing all key public and private players - to the same table.

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2. Quick Optimization Projects

A) Bangalore Traffic Simulators
Both BTP and IISC have simulation models, which can create millions of re-routing permutations to reduce travel-time (not shortest distance). I have requested the data from Google, Uber, Ola, Rapido, that will make models predict better re-routing. Some of them have confirmed to help. Waiting for others. If the model starts working, we will be able to predict where/when gridlock is going to happen, so we can fix it before it occurs.

B) Fixing Feedback Loop
Govt already has apps, where people can report potholes. I will take ownership of that app, to increase its scope (report illegal parking, broken signal, wrong side driving, water logging, broken vehicle, etc). I will also increase accountability and recognition by showcasing all the complaints lodged AND action-taken (along with time-stamp) publicly.

C) Hyperlocal Rain Predictor
Govt closes the road to do infra/maintenance work, but then it starts raining on that patch of road and work halts. This leads to crazy downtime and traffic congestion. Hyperlocal Rain Predictor project will also allow us to fix drainage issues, even before it happens.

D) Green Wave Signals: Putting traffic lights in sync, so they move vehicles in waves, instead of stopping at every junction. A pilot is already happening, we will analyse the results to see if it makes sense to be done at City level.

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3. The Vision for India

Many people mentioned in my last post "Bangalore Traffic is an Infra problem", congrats on stating the obvious. If we continue to wait for the infra to become better, then we are merely playing a catch-up game with the West. There is so much scope to optimize current infra, and I would rather focus on that. This is no longer about rants or blaming the system. It’s about practical optimism - believing that with data, intent, and collaboration, we can improve what feels unfixable.

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4. Ask from Readers:

A) Continue your support and share/comment. The more you amplify, the more right folks will be able to join us in solving this gridlock. I am in it for the long haul. Are you?

B) Join our WhatsApp Community, where I will regularly post the next-steps. Plus we need more info from each one of you. On which junction/road, you face massive traffic issue. So we can present them to the right authorities. Link to join below in the comment section 👇

#BangaloreTraffic #ForPublicGoodAI #Bangalore

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@DeepakVisva Depends on the benchmark rate against which the loan was availed. For Repo rate loans, rates are revised and EMIs revised from the next day onwards

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@ActusDei @maulik_madhu Lso this works for shares only.. not if you own Sovereign Gold Bonds..

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@ActusDei @maulik_madhu You haven't mentioned about NSDL DPM Plus.

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

Today marks 75 years since the partition of India.

In June 1953, independent India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru appeared on the BBC for his television debut. 🧵1/4

[Shridhar V @iimcomic]

Bangalore truly is a tech friendly city.

It’s raining there so that nobody can see Crypto investors crying.

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@KieveJacob Nee script writing thodunguvo??

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@FederalBankLtd Pa$$w0rd

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@FederalBankLtd NFT or a non fungible token is a digital asset like a photo or a picture or a song stored on a blockchain.. each NFT can be uniquely identified and hence cannot be copied / plagiarized..

[PunsterX @PunsterX]

I think my reach is being curtailed again by @TwitterIndia. This happens before EVERY major elections. Please RT if you see this tweet.

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@mohiittverma While others were busy giving boosters shots..

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

#jaibhim playing out in real life..

[Piyush Rai @Benarasiyaa]

In UP's kasganj, a youth Altaf was detained in the case of elopement of a girl. Later, he was found dead in custody in the police lockup. Father of the deceased alleged police foul play in the death of his son.

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@citizen_nair Website name https://t.co/uWnOig5eaH

[Darshan Paul @dipoled]

@thebokettogirl @finshots So true..