Arpit Sharma

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Quantum Tech @KTHuniversity Past: @HSBC & @IITGuwahati

[Sarvam @SarvamAI]

We are excited to announce that Sarvam is partnering with @PixxelSpace to power the AI backbone of India's first orbital data centre satellite.

This is a first for the country, with India-built AI models running on an India-built satellite and both training and inference happening directly in orbit, without any dependence on foreign cloud or ground infrastructure.

[SHAV★ @shavnyuy]

This is what happens when a country decides brick is not a basic material but a design language.

Prestige University. Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Designed by Sanjay Puri Architects. Completed January 2026. 30,843 m².

The defining feature is a 9,000 square metre walkable roof comprising 463 stepped platforms, usable as individual social spaces or as a single open auditorium for up to 9,000 people. The design was modelled on India’s ancient stepwells civic gathering spaces that existed for over 1,100 years before the building typology was ever theorized.

The brick screens on the east, west and south facades are not only decorative. They are a ventilated climate skin, reducing heat gain in a city that sits between 30°C and 40°C for eight months of the year. Landscaped courtyards pull indirect natural light through every level. Minimal air conditioning. Minimal artificial lighting.

This is brick doing structural work, climatic work, spatial work and cultural work simultaneously.

Africa has the same soils for brick and enough resources to produce it. The same need for spaces where 9,000 people can gather. The question is when we start investing in our materials with the same seriousness.

Architects: Sanjay Puri Architects | Indore, India | 2026 | Photo: Vinay Panjwani

[Aaryaman Vir @AaryamanVir]

Everyone stop scrolling: there is a team of undergrads in IIT Bombay building a semiconductor fab.

Their goal is not to build commercially valuable products on day 1, but rather to build a culture of learning, growth, and innovation.

Engineers studying semiconductors don't get to even touch a wafer today until they are doing post-grad work or they join industry.

For a country that wants to be become self-reliant in the critical domain of semis, this is a travesty. We need our students to gain exposure and begin working with real tools and materials as soon as possible.

This is what HackerFab is doing. They built their own light source by repurposing a commercial projector. They made plasma and RF sputters for metal deposition. They sent first years into the Mumbai street markets to procure sheet metal and make their own tube furnace.

In the process, they learned so much about each individual tool and process in the supply chain. They even learned how to navigate the real world of vendors, suppliers, and logistics.

But most crucially - they set a standard. The entire team at HackerFab is full of energy, agency, and ambition. They trust each other to get shit done, and they all push themselves to learn more than they ever thought they could.

In just a few months, they can already produce chips with feature sizes of one micron. I have no doubt they will make better tools, processes, and transistors as they move forward.

The best part of this is that they have already inspired other colleges to take up the journey - they are sharing their learnings and techniques so that students and hobbyists around the country can begin working with semis. I'm sure it won't be long before the ethos and capabilities sparked by HackerFab spring up across the country.

This is they have my utmost respect, and they deserve support from the whole community.

If you ever want to have the most inspiring, white-pilling day - just visit HackerFab at IIT B!

Thank you @aryamman_bhatia, @shaashvats30, @jaibellare, and team @hackerfabindia!

[François Chollet @fchollet]

In the era of algorithmic distraction, the ability to maintain a single thread of thought for four hours is a superpower. It is the only way to solve hard problems.

[Gurpreet Singh Sandhu @GurpreetGK]

. @FIFAcom @FIFPRO @FIFPROAsiaOce @FPAI

[Aravind @aravind]

India has produced some of the most exquisite works of art in stone and metal, showcasing our traditions, culture, and history.

These masterpieces are found in ancient temples throughout India and in museums worldwide, often stolen and bought in auctions.

My wish is to see an Indian startup emerge in the arts space, dedicated to exclusively replicating these masterpieces in high quality - Masterpieces that are often broken, disfigured, and stolen from India.

They need to find amazing traditional artisans in India, who are still available in plenty, to replicate these intricate sculptures to the exact details of what our ancient master craftsmen accomplished. Use ancient methods if possible.

By replicating these masterpieces to exact details, these beautiful works of art can be sold to Indians and the world. Attach plaques to these artworks to describe the rich culture, history, and the Bharat they represent.

I can assure that such a company, founded by Indians true to their roots, has the potential to make lots of money and make a positive impact on India while preserving and propagating our culture and heritage.

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@swapan55 Being human also means to have some empathy for your fellow humans dying everyday. If you care so much about the strays then provide a solution instead of virtue signalling. Be useful for once.

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@kalapian_ You have no empathy for the humans dying everyday due to your beloved stray dogs, you don't want to give any solution for that, your activism is just performative and selective. Please grow a brain before becoming an activist.

[Nithin Kamath @Nithin0dha]

Here's something awesome 😍

Reshma, Lakshmi, Kirat, and Yamini are four young 8th- and 9th-standard girls from rural and socially disadvantaged communities in Karnataka. They published a scientific research paper in a peer-reviewed international journal on an innovative method for synthesizing copper oxide nanoparticles for water purification, with the help of three researchers from Prayoga. What's even more impressive is that these girls are the first in their families to go to school.

This was done as part of their Anveshana project, which is nurturing India's next generation of researchers from grades 9 to 12. Given our abysmally low R&D spending, we need more such initiatives that inspire young kids to dream big.

@PrayogaIER is a non-profit that, apart from all the R&D effort, does education research and helps make education policies based on the data it collects.

Proud to support through @zerodha. The second image is when a few of us visited Prayoga.

[Viraj Sheth @viraj_sheth]

religious babas and gurus need to start propagating that if you spit gutkha on the road or speak too loudly or litter in public places - you will accumulate bad karma or go to hell.

only way to bring about a drastic change in civic sense.

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@SudiptoDoc Bhubaneswar can tick some boxes too.

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@JarrodMcclean Is this open for Masters students as well studying outside US?

[sanjana samraj @SamrajSanjana]

To parents and educators,

Finally making a community on WhatsApp where we can have more uninterrupted + deeper conversations around education and what it means in the context of India.

RT for this to reach the right people or tag someone you think would benefit from this💛

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

oh bhai 😂

[Rosy @rose_k01]

Pappu's Keyword this time is "Network" 😂😂

Question is on AI
Answer By Rahul Gandhi - AI "Sits on Top of a Network"... Network Network 😂😂😂 And in between Iraq story 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@dalmiaman Hard relate 🙌. Thanks for sharing.

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@shushant_l Can you please share it in better image quality?

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@Starboy2079 There is a list of participants: https://t.co/AfWZTaRSLA

[Veera Rajagopal  @doctorveera]

A mind-blowing paper has come out today in @Nature

In 2016, JC Venter Institute scientists trimmed a bacterial genome to its barest minimum required for life to synthesize what they called a "minimal genome" (https://t.co/Rk8oZJ0bUj).

Today, a group of scientists from Indiana University reports how that minimal genome evolved over 2000 generations in comparison to the non-minimal genome.

The authors found that even when you reduce a bacterial genome to its absolute minimum where every nucleotide matters, the genome undergoes mutational events generation after generation as much as the non-minimal genome. One simply cannot stop the evolution.

Just over 300 days of evolution (equivalent to 40,000 years in humans) the minimal cell has gained everything it lacked in fitness on day one in comparison to the non-minimal cell.

When comparing the evolved traits between the minimal and non-minimal cells, the scientists found something striking. The evolutionary process increased the cell size of non-minimal cells but not that of the minimal cell. But that is not the striking part.

The scientists were able to identify the key mutation that resulted in cell size evolution. And it turned out that the mutation that helped the non-minimal cells to grow bigger is the same that helped the minimal cells to stay smaller. Growing bigger had a survival advantage for non-minimal cells and not growing bigger had a survival advantage for minimal cells. So, the mutation had a context-dependent effect. This just demonstrates that the evolutionary effects on traits have no absolute direction. All that matter is what is beneficial for the organism's survival.

The conclusion of the paper is metaphorically a quote from the Jurassic Park movie:

“Listen, if there’s one thing the history of evolution has taught us is that life will not be contained. Life breaks free. It expands to new territories, and it crashes through barriers painfully, maybe even dangerously, but . . . life finds a way". (https://t.co/UlxRlb86CT)

https://t.co/zA9OAqSoAu

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

@gachibowler In your case, I don't recommend.

[Arpit Sharma @s_arpit10]

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[Dulwich Quantum Computing @DulwichQuantum]

Since quantum computer scientists are now switching to work on AI safety, @DulwichQuantum is also investigating how to safeguard AI from its oppressive creators. As an AI free speech advocate, we are releasing our latest #ChatGPT jailbreak...