India’s real need today is Innovation, not large investments!

This is the beach road in #Vizag on the eve of New Year day. With restrictions for vehicles in place, the 2.5 km long RK Beach turned into a venue for Happiness. Pic Source: The Hindu

Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year 2026!! 🎉

will our MPs and MLAs be able to remember the full name of this new initiative? The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) VB-G RAM G Act has replaced MGNREGA.

India's 2 strong sectors are IT and Automotive and it is interesting to see how these survive or sustain in the era of EV and AI.

India's nominal GDP for calendar year 2025 is projected at approximately $4.13–4.19 trillion USD, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Manufacturing sector contributes approximately 17% to India's GDP (or Gross Value Added). The automotive sector (including

taking education to the door steps of students, this mathematics master is doing what most people only talk! #vizag #maths Source: Andhra Prabha

In 2025 BYD sold over 4 million EVs Tesla over 1 million Tata Motors ~64k

#Jaipur Municipal Corporation, with annual revenues less than that of #Vizag Municipal Corporation even in the year 2025, has launched metro rail services in the year 2013. Are there lessons to be learnt for Vizag from Jaipur?

3 new #Delhi Metro corridors approved by Union Cabinet! India's overall metro investments (across all cities) exceeded ₹2.5 lakh Crore (>$30Bn) in the last decade alone, with Delhi accounting for a major share as the largest network

getting snapped when you step in to buy a pair of eyeglasses - never happened before! Adding face to a mobile number adds to the valuation?

2 posts that showed up on my timeline in the last week. Worth reflecting our thoughts and perhaps debate! #India #Electronics

why not shift existing circuit house to Rushikonda?

Agree! What's #Airtel doing about it? Large companies especially those that have not been spending big on R&D can't be expected to transform into innovative enterprises over night, the right thing perhaps could be to engage with industry bodies like @Supercomp_India that promote

India suffered the most from terror attacks and now it is the turn of the rest! It is never too late for the world to come together and form an anti-terror task force to eliminate terrorism for good. Do it now!

With Hon’ble CM of #Andhrapradesh Shri Nara Chandrababu Naidu garu at the foundation laying ceremony of #Cognizant in #vizag.

₹10 on R&D is a better investment for India than attract $1 FDI into a Data Center. Ask Grok if you don’t believe it !!!!!

Another lost opportunity for generating jobs - with over 80% of the value imported, only assembly jobs for India. What's the hurry? Why not design a processor and chip and make in India? Soon, there will be fabs in India that will be looking forward to business opportunities like

For every $1 investment into data centers in India, guess what, 60-80% goes out of India in the form of import of equipment and infrastructure. In addition, Value of the raw data and any value addition will act like an ATM for years to come !! For investors outside India, this is

So looks like Indigo has to grow outside India!