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[mcsrikanth @mcsrikanth1]

Congrats to your daughter @vaiju7 best wishes to her for whatever she chooses to do

[Vaijayanthi @vaiju7]

Daughter has passed PG, recently qualified to be teacher per NET exams, and my reaction is to tell her to not to be a teacher. Not easy, not worth it.

[The Rocket Media @TheRocketMediaX]

Meet Rangaswamy Narasimhan!
(The Pioneer of Computer Science in India)

He built an Indian computer before India even had a computer industry.

> Born in Madras in 1926
> Studied Telecommunication Engineering at Madras University
> Earned his MS in Electrical Engineering from Caltech
> Completed his PhD in Mathematics at Indiana University
> Returned to India and joined TIFR in 1954
> Led the team that designed and built TIFRAC
> It became India's first operational electronic digital computer
> Spent 36 years at TIFR building its Computer Science & Technology Lab
> Pioneered Indian research in pattern recognition
> Helped establish the Computer Society of India and became its first President
> Played a key role in setting up Computer Maintenance Corporation (CMC)
> Led TIFR's National Centre for Software Development and Computing Techniques
> Later worked on language, cognition and computational models of human behaviour
> Retired from TIFR as Professor of Eminence in 1990
> Awarded the Padma Shri for his contributions

His contribution went far beyond building one machine.

Narasimhan helped create the institutions, research groups and technical community around which Indian computer science could grow.

At a time when computing in India was barely beginning, he was already helping build its foundations.

[Narayanan Hariharan @narayananh]

Fantastic thread!

[The Chennai Angels @angelschennai]

For early-stage startups, The Chennai Angels (TCA) offers more than capital, bringing industry experience, networks, perspectives and support to help Founders navigate the road ahead.

Looking to scale yourstartup? Send your pitch deck to [email protected].

[mcsrikanth @mcsrikanth1]

Shocking @MadrasMobile I thought private sector banks would be better than PSBs. Looks like I am mistaken

[Sriram V @MadrasMobile]

@HDFCBank_Cares I am seeing no progress in matters pertaining to transfer of assets with you of my mother. She passed away in March and you are make me run from pillar to post. No other organisation has responded the way you have done. Shameful.

[The Chennai Angels @angelschennai]

In Part 2 of Founders & Funders, the @prokleantech team talks about resilience in the face of unexpected challenges, the discipline required to scale deep-tech products, and the importance of patient, hands-on investor partnership through the journey.

https://t.co/urHu6patpl

[mcsrikanth @mcsrikanth1]

The name of any asset created with Government funds in India. Assets created with budgetary allocation but no money for subsequent maintenance

[Vincent D Souza @Vincentsjotting]

We create public facilties. But we dont have funds for maintenance. Or private cos to hang in long. This the Infinity Park; designed for 'special' children but open to all. In R A Puram's Mandavelipakkam. @sameerangs

[Venks @TheVenks]

🥹Another manifestation getting closer to reality - Elevated way over Pallikaranai marshland enabling to remove road obstruction below 🛣️

This would be a 2km bridge with 200m pillar to pillar span, costing 450 crores with 2 year completion time.

However @AadhavArjuna @CMOTamilnadu please consider integrating this elevated way with

🚦 Thoraippakkam Jn bridge which is under construction currently

🚦Integrate with kamakshi hospital flyover and extend it to the radial road to avoid bottleneck later

🚦Build the pillars for this elevated way with capability to hold metro viaducts in future with provision as in long term the ORR - Radial Road - Thoraippakkam - ECR metro line would be need of the hour and no need to dig again in the marshland for pillars

Please consider this and collaborate accordingly

#Chennai

[Vasant Shetty | Building Mundhe Banni @vasantshetty81]

An inspiring story for your Sunday!

Suhas, a boy from Mysuru, had only a few pairs of clothes during his school days. His friends used to make fun of him for wearing the same clothes for every occasion.

He had one desire as a child: to grow up, earn a lot of money, and live a maximalist lifestyle.

He grew up, did his MBA, started as an intern for Rs 6,000, worked day in and day out, and rose quickly in his career as a recruiter. He went on to work for Fortune 500 companies like Shell and Bank of America.

He made good money and splurged it on clothes, phones, cars, vacations, and fulfilled all those desires of his childhood.

And then came a moment of reflection. A question arose about the meaning of life and its purpose. He and his wife, Sunitha, along with their child, decided to go completely off the grid and shifted to a small village near Ooty. They even took their child out of school to homeschool him. They literally lived away from society and people.

Villagers who saw these strangers living near a forest where wild animals were regular visitors kept checking on them to make sure they were safe. The love of those villagers eventually brought the family back into the fold of society.

They started engaging with the villagers and slowly learnt about the difficulties they, especially the women, faced in finding livelihood opportunities. They also realised that it was the privilege of having money in the bank that kept them untouched by these difficulties.

The couple thought deeply about it and felt they must do something to create a source of income for these women.

Sunitha was an expert in knitting and crafts, and she started teaching these crafts to women in the village. During COVID, they produced masks that sold heavily. One thing led to another, and eventually it led to the creation of The Good Doll, which produces ragdolls from upcycled fabric that look and feel like our own children.

The dolls our kids play with today are mostly conceived in the West and manufactured in China. They don't look like our children. Their colour, body shape, clothing, nothing looks like our children.

Suhas and Sunitha felt this was something they could change while also meaningfully creating an income for the women in the villages where they lived.

That's how Nilah was born.

Today, Nilah has reached more than 100,000+ homes across India. Nilah has her own universe, with a doll for every character in her family. The Nilahverse is now expanding into different IPs too.

The Good Doll has created an average income of ₹12,000 for 100+ women in the Nilgiris. They have also used 30,000 kg of upcycled fabric that would otherwise have gone into landfills. It is now a sustainable and profitable venture.

From maximalism to minimalism to creating deep social change, Suhas's story is one of inspiring change.

Full episode on @mundhebanni YT and other podcast platforms.

Link: https://t.co/OVIt1mp2hy

[Deepak Prabhu @ragiiing_bull]

This is what all of us are saying.
Kindly listen to Panditji carefully.

[🇮🇳 Vidyasagar Jagadeesan🇮🇳 @jvidyasagar]

After Marina and Bessi beaches, Mahabalipuram beach is encroached all the way till the shore. This resulting in garbage thrown everywhere. Tourists coming to Chennai often visit Mahabalipuram and its shores. But this is what we showcase and offer.

[Anil K Sood @AnilKSood5]

What the GDP Revision Reveals About India’s Production Structure

In this article @TheSouthfirst, we go beyond the GDP growth to generate a set of hypotheses and ask more specific questions. They are:

https://t.co/lm1x7ParK6

[Singai G Ramachandran @SingaiGR]

Visited Raana Semiconductors at FORT, Hosur, a young deep-tech team working on semiconductor single-crystal growth using the Czochralski process.

What impressed me most was seeing young minds from Tamil Nadu taking on foundational technologies that are difficult to build and critical to the semiconductor ecosystem.

The next generation of deep-tech companies can be built from Tamil Nadu for the world. Teams like Raana give us confidence that we have the talent and ambition to make that happen.

Interestingly, they are also working on Lithium Niobate crystals l, a material used in quantum photonics and emerging quantum computing technologies.

Wishing the team the very best as they scale. Proud to see this being built in Tamil Nadu! @TheStartupTN

[mcsrikanth @mcsrikanth1]

@BalakrishnanR Thanks for sharing info. Really a treasure trove

[Amaruvi Devanathan @amaruvi]

How a medical report turns a Mylapore kitchen into a war zone.. Read the article at Mylapore Inquirer site.

https://t.co/C4vxjH8FWw

[𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝙱𝚊𝚕𝚊𝚔𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚗𝚊 @dharmadispatch]

Read these 13 rules prescribed for students studying in the Sanskrit College, Calcutta circa 1824 onwards. It was this demanding rigour that produced giants, generation after generation! We live an era of pygmies.
https://t.co/gtO7d9eEuM

[Deepak Prabhu @ragiiing_bull]

Viraj Joshi, the grandson of Pt. Bhimsen Joshi takes us into the world behind the music. From his own journey as a Young Hindustani classical vocalist to cherished memories of his grandfather.
A legend in the making.

[Chithra Madhavan @ChithraMadhavan]

A temple to visit 🙏🏼

[Vincent D Souza @Vincentsjotting]

Pattinapakkam for TN Assembly & Secretariat: Govt. quick to ask PWD to do DPRs, form teams to process arch. designs, etc. Citizens' demand - state must assign indpt. agency to study big traffic load expected, plans to address this, displacement of people / impact on local life.

[Sriram V @MadrasMobile]

This is a very dynamic administration - forever on the lookout for airport and secretariat venues and when time permits shuffling the bureaucrats. Not a dull moment.