Shashank

ex @Microsoft; @BerkeleyHaas MBA; IIIT Hyderabad alum;
Realist! Progress and prosperity for all! Charity enthusiast!
Reject dictatorship and hate!
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[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

We need to think Big. Indians are regarded as great doctors across the world. You will find them in foreign countries also.

Our own country has so many people who need treatment. Need to expand healthcare domestically to tap this demand while finding ways to export the service

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

Students are protesting because education system is broken in India. The NEET paper leak is the final straw. The issue is that despite all the hard work, the seats are so low and people barely make it to universities. And worse, jobs are not available.

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

There is a supply side problem here - More universities needed, more hospitals needed, more jobs needed.
Gov needs to create and also incentivize private sector to do the same.

We need to increase the pie here.

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

The future of India lies in space and nuclear. These technologies have been developed after years of painstaking research and cannot be easily replicated. So competition will be less.

We need to export space services & nuclear reactors to continue developing in mid-21 Century.

[Reuters @Reuters]

Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace launched Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket https://t.co/QzVLTz0Svp

[Reuters @Reuters]

Indian space startup Skyroot Aerospace launched Vikram-1, the country's first privately developed orbital rocket https://t.co/QzVLTz0Svp

[Shashi Tharoor @ShashiTharoor]

Congratulations to @SkyrootA Aerospace on the successful launch of Vikram-1, a defining milestone for India’s space sector!

By becoming India’s first private company to successfully place satellites into a 450-km Low Earth Orbit on its very first attempt, Skyroot has achieved something exceptionally rare in the global space industry. It has made India one of just three countries where a private company has placed satellites into orbit, a powerful testament to Indian scientific excellence, entrepreneurial ambition and the success of our space-sector reforms.

I hope Kerala, with the pioneering legacy of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, will play an even greater role in shaping the next chapter of India’s space journey.

Congratulations to the entire Skyroot team, ISRO and everyone who made this achievement possible.

Jai Hind 🇮🇳🚀

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

@clary_co If the opportunity cost is high, then it would be a mistake, wouldn't it?

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

@Wangchuk66 should end his fast. He has gotten attention to the cause of paper leaks and the issues of youth whose lives are dependent on exams. I hope gov and him come to a mutual understanding on how to address these issues.

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

In short term, this won't happen quickly. Hence, the short-term bubble will pop.

This is similar to the internet bubble. They overestimated the short-term impact and underestimated long-term impact of internet. Same thing is happening with AI also.

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

I am calling it here. This whole AI boom (bubble?) is based on two assumptions:

1. Trillions of dollars of white-collar labor will be replaced by AI.
2. Those white collars impacted will still somehow have money to keep consuming.

In the short term, this is not gonna happen

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

In the long run, both (1) AI displacement and (2) Redistribution/Retraining will occur.

It will be an interesting world where productivity is high and abundance can be shared well among the population.

But it is a 15 year horizon and assuming FDR New Deal-like gov policies

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

@clary_co The financialization part is highly relevant. Having read William Lazonick (who is quoted in that article), it makes a ton of sense.

[Anurag Shukla @Anuraag_Shukla]

Excellent article on R&D Underspending in India.

Indian business caution is not simply a moral weakness or civilizational trait. It has been shaped by colonial disruption, protected markets, financial incentives, and political uncertainty, argues V Anantha Nageswaran.

[Sridhar Vembu @svembu]

Dr Abdul Kalam was a visionary way ahead of his time. He saw the need for sovereign tech back in 1998.

We have to work hard to catch up now. It is doable, we have the talent. The private sector must make R&D a big priority and the government can assist.

One concrete idea is to hold annual evaluations of critical tech capability across 100 critical sectors and publish a leaderboard in each area. Rank companies by capability. Let competitive forces do the rest.

The government can also institute a prestigious "Dr Abdul Kalam Award" exclusively for engineers and scientists. We must do this annually and create visibility on the progress we make in each critical sector.

[ISRO @isro]

Congratulations to GalaxEye on the successful launch of Mission Drishti!
A significant milestone in India’s space journey, with
world’s first OptoSAR satellite and India's largest privately built satellite, advancing all-weather Earth observation capabilities.

ISRO is proud to support this achievement by enabling access to its satellite testing facilities fostering innovation and handholding India’s emerging private space sector.

Best wishes to the team at @GalaxEye for continued success in strengthening the nation’s space ecosystem and advancing cutting-edge technology.

[Shashank @ShashankAnanth2]

@swasrao and @rwac48 explain recent geopolitical developments and the changing nature of warfare in an unbiased and objective manner.
Among all the experts out there, I really like the work of these two.

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Ukrainian robotic systems are already being used to assault and capture Russian fortifications.

They could help reshape how wars are fought — much as gunpowder did in the Middle Ages, or tanks during World War I.

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