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[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

With reverence and love, remembering my Guru, my Swami Sri Sathya Sai Baba on His Mahasamadhi anniversary today.
My last physical interaction with him was in December 2010. His last words, “Very happy” accepting my humble salutation, continues to light my life.
#OmSaiRam

[IIT Kanpur @IITKanpur]

🔐 Introducing B.Cyber. at IIT Kanpur — a first-of-its-kind undergraduate program designed to create future cybersecurity leaders.

From rigorous academic foundations to real-world cybersecurity challenges, the program offers a unique pathway to build expertise in protecting critical digital systems.

Admission to the program will be based on a special selection process involving shortlisting through JEE Main performance and demonstrated prior work in cybersecurity, followed by a test that includes a hackathon.

🎥 Watch @Director_IITK, Prof. @agrawalmanindra share the vision behind this new initiative.

@EduMinOfIndia | @wadhwanif | @IndiaDST | @HubC3i | @ugc_india | @AICTE_INDIA | #IITKanpur #BCyber #Cybersecurity #FutureOfTechnology #IITK

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

Moods of summer.
A spot-billed duck looking cool!
#ThePhotoHour #SonyAlpha #IndiAves

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

Different paths, same destination.

#streetphotography #shotoniphone #ThePhotoHour

[Samir Arora @Iamsamirarora]

This weekend read The Halo Effect:

The core idea of the book is that when  a company is performing well financially, observers- journalists, investors, analysts- tend to retroactively describe its culture, leadership, strategy and people in glowing terms. When the same company later struggles financially, every previous attribute get recast as a flaw. The underlying reality may not have changed much  but our perception of the cause changes to match the outcome.

I think that India is currently suffering from a negative Halo Effect. Because the market has not done well and needs to be rationalized the observers are finding all possible flaws to try and justify the reasons in hindsight.

If we can separate the current performance from the – in this case negative- Halo, we can better understand whether this poor performance is temporary or something more permanent.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Cybercab driving itself out of the GigaTexas factory

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

The windshield wiper story. https://t.co/kugGBw5TXy

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till." ~ Gandalf, LOTR/The Return of The King

[Aravind @aravind]

IMO, the Vedas are everything in one. Chanting them after necessary refinements to the mind, and with intent, one can get revelations about science, as much as about spirituality or surgery.

In the age of AI, I will request you to think of the Vedas as quantized, compressed version of a lot of revealed knowledge distilled into the most efficient, lossless sounds called mantras.

Most people may, at most, appreciate their rhythms while they see religious intent mostly with bits of philosophy and spiritual instructions here and there.

It's like someone appreciating an AI model's training weights and the output they see using a low level computer without having the powerful hardware or knowhow to extract the best knowledge.

A truly determined seeker will improve this hardware (or his brain and mind) to be able to extract much knowledge out of the quantized and distilled model (or the Vedas).

To the credit of the Vedas, they even provide the necessary steps to build and improve the hardware (body and mind) to extract the knowledge. Many seekers from Patanjali to Sankara have developed complete systems on how to do this.

But even if all these systems are lost, and only the sounds of Vedas remain in human consciousness, it will still enable more Patanjalis and Sankaras to emerge and develop systems to realize the Universe complete with all its knowledge. This is the beauty of the Vedas.

This is why the Vedas were never just "religion". They are a complete epistemic system engineered for precision, revelation, and infinite expansion of knowledge in our simulation.

They enable us to see the entire source code of the simulation (past, present, and future) or access just parts of it to in-vivo improve our experience (by creating science & tech with the revealed knowledge).

@bubbleboi is in the process of realizing this, do read👇

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

“Moral judgment cannot be reduced to calculation, for it involves conscience, personal responsibility and the recognition of the other as a person,”

Counterbalancing the AI alarm with hope - Pope Leo XIV. https://t.co/leUw0tsA6H

[DD News @DDNewslive]

#PadmaAwards | Devaki Amma G. will be awarded the Padma Shri 2026 for her extraordinary contribution to environmental conservation.

She has transformed barren land in Alappuzha into a thriving forest through decades of dedication and care.

From a personal awakening after an accident to planting countless saplings near a temple, her journey shows how one individual can restore entire ecosystems and inspire generations.

#PeoplesPadma #PadmaAwards2026 @HMOIndia @PadmaAwards

[Arvind Panagariya @APanagariya]

Dear @RBI: Do not let the psychology of Rs 100 per dollar determine your policy response. 100 is just a number, like 99 and 101. Whether the oil shortage is short-lived or long-lived, the right response at this moment is to let the rupee depreciate. 1/6

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

“Elections can deliver power but only policies can deliver prosperity”.
India stands at cross-roads of reforms-fuelled growth & an aspiring class waiting for opportunities. The time for radical change is now.
The @narendramodi govt has the right intent but needs to show urgency.

[Surjit Bhalla @surjitbhalla]

Indian Agents are in a deep comfort zone - sadly, that prohibits meaningful reform.
The need for course correction was never larger; when die-hard optimists lose hope....

https://t.co/auLIMRvn1R

[Lloyd Mathias @LloydMathias]

Amidst all the economic gloom India’s low per capita household debt is something to be cheerful about. India has ~340 million families vs US ~133 million.
US - per family debt - $158,000
India per family debt - $5333.

India’s low household debt of around 41-42% of GDP, is a structural advantage protecting the economy from severe downturns. It provides families with strong resilience against income and job losses, leaves enormous headroom for credit growth & minimises systemic financial risks compared to highly leveraged developed economies

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

“When everything is on the line you’ll do better with someone trying to solve you than with someone who is trying to save you”.
~ John Creasy / Man On Fire.

[Natural Philosophy @Naturalphilosy]

“Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots.”

— Umberto Eco

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

“If you're writing code in any traditional way: stop. It's over.” - Eric Schmidt #AI #FutureOfWork https://t.co/f1J9m3ig4y

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

Clarity comes from action.

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

This is perhaps one of the most defining social impact visuals of India in the 21st century.
A map that captures the transformation of and for the common Indian on a metric hardly talked about - DIGNITY. And, additionally, for women - SAFETY.

Salute @PMOIndia @narendramodi

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 Toilet access in Indian households: 2014 vs. 2026.

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

A terrific growth trajectory in an otherwise slow market! The intersection of {People}+{Professional Services}+{AI/Digital} covering the org horizontally is the new winning formula - great show, team CIEL - super excited (& grateful) to be a part of this evolution… #HR #AI

[Pandiarajan K @mafoikprajan]

Glad to share that ⁦@CielHRIndia⁩ has recorded Revenue of ₹1985 Cr (32% growth) for FY26, with Operating Profit of ₹47 Cr (34% growth), outgrowing our industry by 3 times. We unveiled today our Vision2030, scaling to >₹6000 Cr, driven by expanding our PeopleOS ecosystem!

[N.T.Arunkumar (NTAK) @ntarunkumar]

An excellent perspective. But it is innovation on technology, it getting repurposed and reused in different contexts, that truly democratises and makes access cheaper. The economics of expertise is tightly coupled with continued innovation of technology.

[Sanjeev Sanyal @sanjeevsanyal]

My latest article “On the Nature of Technology” where I argue that technology primarily allows the less skilled to compete with the more skilled, or enables an activity that was previously no possible. This framing changes how we should think about the disruptions caused by artificial intelligence:
https://t.co/on0zOIJcDl