Hi Friends,

Even as I launch this today ( my 80th Birthday ), I realize that there is yet so much to say and do. There is just no time to look back, no time to wonder,"Will anyone read these pages?"

With regards,
Hemen Parekh
27 June 2013

Now as I approach my 90th birthday ( 27 June 2023 ) , I invite you to visit my Digital Avatar ( www.hemenparekh.ai ) – and continue chatting with me , even when I am no more here physically

Wednesday, 6 April 2016

IDEAS ARE DIME A DOZEN


Dear Team :


They say : On internet , ideas are , dime-a-dozen

To this , I like to add : Only a quick , elegant execution gives you the " first mover advantage "

Here is the proof :

#  Some 4 months back , 13 year old Alok Mittal ( Delhi ) conceptualized / designed / launched ,
    www.odd-even.com ( a car pooling web site )

#  Around the same time - and independently - I thought of a similar solution ( to the problem of car pooling )
    and posted following blog ( Pollution Solution )

#  When I learned from news papers re Alok's web site , I sent him a email ( see below )

#   To day's Hindustan Times reports that www.Orahi.com , purchased Alok's web site

#   I have , today , forwarded my blog to Orahi , since my suggestion goes FAR FAR beyond Alok's ! Hopefully ,

     they will take it forward

Moral of the story :

If , the " Car pooling paradigm " got permanently changed by a 13 year old , there is no reason why some 26 year olds cannot change the rules of " Online Recruitment Industry " , by implementing   ResumesExchange / OnlineJobsFair !

hcp

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Wednesday, 30 December 2015
POLLUTION SOLUTION , aka " PollSolv "


It is said : Necessity is the Mother of Invention

Let us rephrase :  Essentiality is the Mother of Intervention

This is in response to Odd / Even driving rule being experimented in Delhi from Jan 1 2016

Equally applicable to any other city , threatened by vehicular emission pollution

This solution will be named : PollSolve

It will be in two parts , as follows :


VEHICLE BASED DEVICE


All vehicles (existing and future registrations) to be fitted with a GPS locator ( compulsory )

Each of this locator will carry Vehicle Number ( hard-coded )

A software in Delhi Transport Department , will then , be able to track in real time , movement of each vehicle ( 24*7 ) , on several computer screens

If a Odd numbered vehicle is travelling on Even date , it will show up as a RED colored dot on the screen and through linkage with RTO records ,an automatic alert will be issued to the mobile phone of the nearest Traffic Police to catch / stop that vehicle and take that vehicle, off the road !

The owner / driver can take it back after one week of grounding !

This technology is available , commercially and off - the - shelf

Should not take more than 6 months to implement




MOBILE BASED APP

Each citizen of Delhi will have to ( compulsorily ) download and install on his smart phone , an App called :  CarPool

He / she will enter following data in the App :

*   Name / Gender /  Aadhar Card No

*   Email Id / Mobile Number / Residence Address / Work-place Address

*   From / To ( in the morning ) / Starting Time of travel

*   From / To ( in the evening ) /  Starting Time of travel

*  If owning a vehicle , then :

    #  Vehicle type : 2 - 3 - 4 wheeler

    #  Fuel type     :  Petrol / Diesel / Electric

    #  Vehicle Capacity : 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 persons ( including driver )

    #  Vehicle Number :

    #  Vehicle Registration Date ( to compute " Age " of vehicle )

    #  Serial Number of GPS locator fitted on vehicle ( must be unique / Mfrr to take care )

    #  CarPool Number (Unique Serial No allotted by App) : To be entered after joining a Pool 
CarPool App will not accept the data ,nor get activated ,until Mobile Owner also keeps " ON "

the GPS location feature built into the phone

With this data , software will analyze / display , a list containing names / contact info of other citizens ( matched gender-wise ) , travelling on same , approximate " route " and the nearest pick-up points , on Google Map

Citizens will then contact other vehicle-owners and form a CarPool

Then , they will enter their CarPool Number ( as mentioned above )

The software will reanalyze / redisplay the list if any entered data gets EDITED later

After compiling data about ONE BILLION actual cumulative travels undertaken by each type of vehicle ( 2-3-4 wheeler ) , BIG DATA ANALYTICS software , will carry out ,

*  Millions of permutations / combinations of " Car Pool Universes " possible

Using ( updated version of ) " Karmarkar's Algorithm " , figure out the optimum Car Pool Universe which minimizes the overall pollution level in Delhi

    
 *  Calculate for each citizen , the " LEAST POLLUTING ROUTE " based on data compiled from the " Optimum Universe " and  send " Car Pooling Recommendation " to each citizen thru CarPool app
     
   

This could be somewhat like " Travelling Salesman Problem " in Linear Programming ( - improved versions could be found in Fuzzy Logic / Neural Network / Artificial Intelligence )
{ " Big data has the potential to make a huge impact on Public Services in India, as it will streamline the decision-making "  :  Stephen Brobst , Global CTO , Teradata Corporation }

Another suggestion :

If ODD / EVEN rule provides for 50:50 probability and reduces the no of vehicles on roads by 50 % , use of an algorithm which picks only 25 % of the car numbers from the database of cars , using a  RANDOM NUMBER TABLE , will reduce the vehicles on road to 25% !
And nothing " arbitrary " about a computer selection , announced 24 hours earlier !


This will eliminate the incentive to rush and buy a second car with either odd or even number !


Given the prevalent START-UP wave in India, any number of Indian Start Up companies would be happy to take on this " Two Part " challenge and implement in 6 months . 

It is the least expensive / permanent / replicable solution , suitable for the entire World

All that is required is a POLITICAL WILL and some genuine cooperation between Shri Gopal Rai ( Delhi Govt ) and Shri Nitin Gadkari ( Central Govt )


It is time to offer to the World , an INDIAN ANSWER to vehicular pollution

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hemen  parekh

31  Dec  2015

B2BmessageBlaster


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02 Jan 2016


Dear Akshat ,


Just chanced upon your web site,


Congratulations for your initiative  !

A few days back , I thought of almost identical idea , as explained in my following blog , which , I have been posting ( as my " Comments " ) on many web sites

I also sent it to :

*  Prime Minister / Several Union Ministers
*  Arvind Kejriwal / Gopal Rai
*  A few Newspapers / TV Anchors / Economists / Business Leaders
*  A few Indian Companies engaged in BIG DATA ANALYTICS

Problems of our country can get solved only when young people like you persevere and spread the word about those solutions


regards,

hemen  parekh / (M) 0 - 98,67,55,08,08

Mumbai







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