Dear Rajalakshmi,

I understand , you work with Prof Shyam Golkotta , to whom I sent following email

Since there is no reply , I wonder if you can help by finding out whether he received it , at all

Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh / Mumbai

+91 98675 50808

3P Consultants \ Strategic Human Resources Consultants

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 06 November 2017 13:50
To: gshyam@cs.washington.edu
Subject: FW: DATA STORAGE ON CLOTHS WITHOUT ELECTRONICS

Dear Shyam,

I suppose your busy schedule must have kept you from responding to my following mail

But do let me have your views , as soon as time permits , on this matter of national importance

Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh / Mumbai

www.hemenparekh.in

+91 98675 50808

3P Consultants \ Strategic Human Resources Consultants

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]
Sent: 03 November 2017 10:23
To: 'gshyam@cs.washington.edu'
Cc: 'Sanjay Emani Sarma'; 'hcp@RecruitGuru.com'
Subject: DATA STORAGE ON CLOTHS WITHOUT ELECTRONICS

Dear Shyam,

In yesterday’s “ Mumbai Mirror “ , I came across following news :

“ New Fabric can store data without electronics “

I also looked it up on your web page : https://homes.cs.washington.edu/~gshyam/ and saw the video and then wondered :

“ Can your technology help the Indian Government , tackle the twin problems of ,

· Detection of fake / forged currency notes of high denominations ( Rs 500 / 2,000 )

· Reduction of BLACK MONEY ( usually held as CASH of Rs 500 / 2,000 notes )

Earlier , I had suggested to the Indian Authorities to consider embedding RFID nano-chips in those notes , to track any accumulation of ( say ) 1000 notes in an area of 1 sq meter , anywhere in India

The idea of embedding RFID was considered “ feasible “ by Sanjay Sarma

Only a few days back , I learned that the Australian Government is considering embedding RFID nano-chips in its $ 50 / 100 , currency notes for the purpose of tracking the Black Money

In “ Mumbai Mirror “ news item , you are quoted :

“ This is a completely electronic-free design , which means you can iron the smart fabric or put it in the washer and dryer. We are using something that already exists on a smart phone and uses almost no power, so the cost of reading this type of data is negligible “

Report further says :

“ The team also demonstrated that the magnetized fabric could be used to interact with a smart phone while it is in one’s pocket … Scientists realized that this off-the-shelf conductive thread also has the magnetic properties that can be manipulated to store either digital data or visual information like LETTERS or NUMBERS “

I believe all currency notes come with a metallic SECURITY THREAD , capable of being magnetized

So, could that thread be able to store the UNIQUE SERIAL NUMBER , assigned to each and every currency note , which , in turn , can be “ read “ by the Smart phone , and “ transmitted “ to the Central Server of the India’s Income Tax Department ?

If possible , this can track those high denomination currency notes lying in wallets / purses ( - assuming that a smart phone is also next to those notes )

This still leaves open the following issue :

Huge bundles of high currency notes ( totalling millions of rupees ) , are usually stored in lockers ( at home or in bank vaults )

How can your invention help to track these ?

I would highly appreciate if you can show a way by which India can leapfrog Australia

My idea is explained at length at :

Fak – e – Mon

Network of Currency Notes

Currency Map of India

With Regards,

hemen parekh / Mumbai

www.hemenparekh.in

hcp@RecruitGuru.com