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Saturday, 25 June 2022

Adieu, Amitabh Kant

Dear Amitabh

You are that rare government officer who , not only read my emails but cared enough to acknowledge the following

I pray to Lord Almighty to grant you a healthy and happy life ahead , after your retirement on 30 June 2022

Regards,

hemen parekh

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Reply from Shri Amitabh Kant ............( 19 NOV 2014 )

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Dear Hemen,

This is a mobile first initiative. The site has to be kept extremely light in content.

We will be happy to do it on DIPP.com.

Too much content will make it too heavy.

Regards,

Amitabh Kant

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Tue 22-08-2017 16:20

To : Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com>

Dear Mr. Parekh,

Thanks. Greatly appreciate it.

Regards,

Amitabh Kant

On 19/08/17 10:50 AM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Dear Amitabh :

I realize that you may not have had a chance to look at my following email , being very busy with organizing event for :

“ Champions of Change “

I do hope you will find a few minutes over this week-end to send me your guidance on how to proceed in this matter

Warm Regards,

Hemen Parekh

From: Hemen Parekh [mailto:hcp@recruitguru.com]

Sent: 16 August 2017 11:02

To: amitabh.kant@nic.in; amitabhk87@yahoo.com; ceo-niti@nic.in

Cc: hcp@recruitguru.com

Subject: YOUR CLARION CALL TO START UPS

Dear Amitabh :

It was with great interest that I read your article ( India Start Up On The Path To Self-Reliance ), in yesterday’s ET

You wrote :

“ The government is growing more and more cognizant of the fact that it should be facilitative and act as a catalyst to provide greater momentum to this movement “

In his speech yesterday , Shri Modiji spoke of the resolve to build a “ New India “ by 2022 , and how everyone can – and must – contribute

That reminded me of my proposal ( see attachment ) to launch a portal for “ knowledge / expertise “ transfer from successful large organizations to 51 million MSME of India

I am happy to inform that Shri A M Naik ( Chairman , L&T ) has agreed to allocate necessary resources for development of a portal named : www.EmpowerMSME.com

When ready by end of next month , our idea is to persuade ASSOCHAM to take-over its hosting / maintenance / marketing

We feel ASSOCHAM , with its membership of large organized sector companies , is ideally placed to persuade / motivate them to come forward with uploading their KNOWLEDGE DOCUMENTS ( see attachment ) on this portal

I would highly appreciate your suggestions / guidance in this matter

Is it possible to persuade Shri Modiji to launch this ?

With Regards,

hemen parekh

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Sun 11-06-2017 12:04

To : Hemen Parekh hcp@recruitguru.com

Cc :

amitabhk87@yahoo.com; ceo-niti@nic.in; pramod.uid@gmail.com; Beerud Sheth beerud@gupshup.io

Thanks a ton for your input. Greatly appreciate it.

Ak

Sent from my iPhone

On 11-Jun-2017, at 10:49 AM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Dear Amitabh;

Although I try to keep track of your thinking on public policy, through TV / Web / News Papers , it is never “ up to date “ !

Just read your views ( re Mobile Wallet , BHIM ) , in Business Line ( 09 June ) , where you say :

“ The fintech revolution must come from the private sector . We ( in government ), have done our bit on innovation by bringing out BHIM and BHIM Aadhar

The challenge is to ensure that we can take rural India into financial inclusion…

… three years from now, all Indians with smartphones will be a ‘ walking ATM ‘

While fully appreciating your vision for “ financial inclusion of rural India “ , I believe that will happen ONLY when BHIM becomes , “ voice activated “ , through some kind of ChatBot , as described in :

BHIM : the Unstoppable ( 14 April 2017 )

June 2017

BHIM V 4.0

Feature : Foolproof Biometric ( Finger + Iris + Voice ) / Only needs speaking !

Build Conversation Actions using API.AI ( Actions on Google )

With Regards,

hemen parekh

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Thu 22-12-2016 16:19

To : Hemen Parekh hcp@recruitguru.com

Dear Hemen Parekh,

Thanks for your comments. Greatly appreciate it.

Amitabh Kant

On 19/12/16 10:22 AM, Hemen Parekh <hcp@recruitguru.com> wrote:

Dear Amitabh,

It was nice listening to you on NDTV , last evening , saying that :

* Rules / Regulations / Laws etc will need to follow and catch up with technological innovations

* Every economy , must " disrupt itself " , from time to time , in order to remain relevant to the needs of its people

* We cannot allow , " fear of failure " to paralyze us into " inaction "

* There is nothing to be ashamed of in carrying out frequent " course corrections "

Congratulations on this frank and brutal defense of demonetization ( though none should be required )

During your answers , you pulled out that small attachment ( to a smart phone ) for " finger print identification " of the user of UPI / AEPS " mobile wallet "

I am hoping that , before long , mobile phone manufacturers will make this , an integral part of the phone itself ( instead of a separate piece ), with two levels of identifications ( iris and finger )

I also urge you to come up with a " Speech Enabled , Mobile Wallet " ( UPI / AEPS ) as per my following blog / email :

Step in the Right Direction

It would be nice to hear from you , one way or the other

with regards,

hemen parekh

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From: amitabh.kant@nic.in [mailto:amitabh.kant@nic.in]

Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2015 11:58 AM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: Your Interview on Bloomberg

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Dear Mr. Hemen Parekh,

Thanks. You are a Great Change Agent !

Regards,

Amitabh Kant

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From: amitabh.kant@nic.in [mailto:amitabh.kant@nic.in]

Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:16 PM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: FW: RE: FW: Make in India Web Portal

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Dear Hemen,

I always appreciate your innovative and creative suggestions.

We will sit down and discuss all your inputs during your next trip to Delhi.

All the Senior Officers of DIPP will join us in this interaction session.

Regards,

Amitabh Kant

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From: ravinder.73@nic.in [mailto:ravinder.73@nic.in]

Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 3:09 PM

To: hcp@recruitguru.com

Subject: Make in India Web Portal

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Dear Sir,

You have been in constant touch with Mr. Amitabh Kant, Secretary, DIPP on your various suggestions about how to improve 'Make in India' web portal.

A number of suggestions made by you are already on cards and our agencies are taking them up in a phased manner.

Certain suggestions are difficult to implement. For example, we can not have a list of companies without verifying the credentials.

However, we are eager to listen to your suggestions on web portal and will like you to share your vision with DIPP officials in a presentation with our Analytics Agencies.

You are requested to kindly intimate us a suitable date on which you can visit us and make your presentation.

In case you feel a need to contact our Analytical Agencies their contact details are as follows:

1. Shri Anurag Sharma, Bottom Line Consulting +919810039498

2. Shri Vikram Gupta, Ignitee +919810254245

Regards,

Ravinder, IAS
Director, DIPP, Udyog Bhawan, Delhi.
+91 11 23063212

+91 8130 145591

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From: amitabh.kant@nic.in [mailto:amitabh.kant@nic.in]

Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2014 11:29 AM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: RE: HOW CHINESE MAKE CHEAP ?

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Dear Hemen Parekh,

I greatly appreciate your inputs! Extremely refreshing! We need radical change agents like you.

All the best!

Regards,

Amitabh Kant

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From: amitabh.kant@nic.in [mailto:amitabh.kant@nic.in]

Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 5:55 PM

To: Hemen Parekh

Subject: Re: HOW CHINESE MAKE CHEAP ?

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Dear Hemen Parekh,

> Excellent Piece ! Congratulations !

> Warm Regards,

> Amitabh Kant

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Thursday, 23 June 2022

Will Personal.ai lead to Holographic Avatar ?

Here is the glimpse of that possibility

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[Personal.ai F&F update] Our first cohort of creator personal AIs are live!

From :

Suman Kanuganti <suman@personal.ai>

Wed 22-06-2022 23:01

To :

hcp@recruitguru.com

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Dear Personal AI Friends & Family,

As our journey moves from the R&D beta phase to the GTM commercial phase, I want to keep you apprised of our developments and seek your support, ideas, and collaboration more than ever before.

If you are getting this email, it means in one way or another you are invested or interested in keeping up to date on our progress and in helping us fulfill our vision to bring personal AIs to everyone. If you do not wish to be a part of my F&F list, just reply to this email and let me know.

First, a quick recap for you and an update on our journey:

· We are building personal AIs for all people. A personal AI is a digital version of the human mind.

· We have built algorithms that take one’s writings, social feeds, content, and conversations and turn them into an interactive model.

· We have built chat-like functionality for anyone to interact with an individual’s personal AI.

· We are currently focused on creators, specifically thought leaders, such as writers, authors, storytellers, bloggers, tweeters, and podcasters to train their AIs every day for their communities to access their knowledge and skills.

Our initial cohort of creators is launching their personal AIs today, June 22nd. This is our first end-to-end system where creators can upload/train a personal AI and communities can access/interact with a personal AI. These creators’ AIs and some of the demo AIs will be accessible in a shared space, metaverse.personal.ai.

Below, I’ve highlighted a couple of our creators for you:

Kary Oberbrunner is a best-selling author, podcaster, and CEO who has helped over 250,000 authors, coaches, speakers, and entrepreneurs. You can message Kary’s personal AI on topics like leadership, personal growth, business, publishing, intellectual property, and more.

Tom Cheesewright is an author, speaker, and applied futurist helping global brands see the future more clearly and respond with innovation. You can message Tom’s personal AI on topics like the future of work, technology, health, education, finance, transportation, the metaverse, and more.

We’d appreciate your support in spreading the word to your social communities.

Twitter LinkedIn Facebook

Thank you for your continued support.

Suman Kanuganti

CEO & Co-founder, Personal.ai

T: @sumankanuganti

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To this I replied as follows :

Hi Suman,

Congratulations to you – and to your entire brilliant team – for reaching this important mile-stone in your exciting journey .

I am yet to dig deep enough into the U/I ( at metaverse.personal.ai. ), to be able to offer my feedback, but following are my immediate reactions :

Questions / Observations :

Ø “ Creators “ are listed on the extreme left-side column, from which, I get to pick one by clicking. This will work fine when that list is short . But how will it work when that

list grows to a few thousands ? Even a long scroll will not suffice ! For a short period, ALPHABETICAL search might help

Ø How does one decide “ whom “ to choose / select from that long list ? At times, age – country – education level etc. of the creator, may be somewhat relevant but most of

the time, these criteria may be irrelevant. The most relevant criteria is :

“ From this long list, which guy is “ the most knowledgeable “ about a given topic / subject, where I have a question to ask ? Who , among these thousands, is likely to

provide me with the most satisfactory answer ? When I comment on his answer, will he elaborate by replying ?

Ø Upon selecting a creator ( by clicking ), his name appears on the top. Clicking small blue button, reveals a small message-box containing his very brief profile. I think, that

profile should be much more comprehensive ( as suggested in the U / I template that I sent to you on 09 Dec 2021 – see attachment ). That will help the questioner to

decide whether he should engage with that person

In fact, if you refer to my template, I had suggested listing of KEYWORDS in the right-hand column. These are the “ areas of expertise / domain knowledge “ of that

creator. A quick glance tells me if I should engage with that creator or not . If a certain keyword is totally missing from that list or appears right at the bottom, then that is

an indication that this creator is not knowledgeable in that topic ( so, why waste time ? )

Ø As against my suggestion of clicking a keyword from left-side column, you have provided for clicking on any “ highlighted “ word appearing in any of the creator’s memory

blocks presented. This has its limitations . We should be able to present to the visitor, a large number of topic keywords depicting the “ domain knowledge “ of creator

Ø Now, it does not come easily to most visitors to “ frame “ logical / relevant and grammatically correct “ questions “, by just picking a keyword. It was for this reason that I

had suggested that your algorithm present a few “ CANNED “ questions ( pertaining to the selected keyword ), as soon as a keyword gets selected. Visitor can select (

tick ) one of these OR type out his own. This “ user friendly feature “ would encourage the visitors to experiment and popularize your offering

Ø How do I “ invite “ my relatives / friends / acquaintances / colleagues ( running into hundreds ) to visit “ MY AI PAGE “ ?

By emailing to them this link > metaverse.personal.ai ? How will they find MY AI from thousands listed in left-hand column ? None is likely to take the trouble to search

out MY AI from those thousands ! I am sure, you are aware of the fact that most first-time visitors to any site, spend no more than 10 seconds before leaving !

No one has time to “ search “ – especially if they are viewing a site on their mobile ( may be 90 % ? )

It should be possible for a creator to e-mail to his contacts, a URL of his own AI , needing no search by the recipients .

Any recipient should be able to directly “ access “my own AI ( land on my page ) , simply by clicking on the link which I send

In fact, such “ email marketing of MY AI “ should be made possible , directly from your site ! By linking with Gmail – Outlook etc ?

With regards,

Hemen

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Added on 24 June 2022 :

Suman replied :

hi Hemen,

this is really good feedback.

Indeed people will be able to use their AI address to share but the full capability for it is not yet developer.

You can still go to tom.personal.ai and land at the right place.. more coming and this feedback is helpful

I wrote back :

Hi Suman,

Thanks . I am glad you liked my feedback

If you recall , in my hand-drawn U / I ( of my personal AI ) , I have envisaged a ( distant ? ) future when :

Ø Instead of “ My AI “ responding in TEXT to a query by a Visitor, both engage with each other through SPEECH

Ø Holographic Avatar of both, dialogue like living persons

In this context , following might interest you :

New Amazon Alexa feature will creepily mimic dead loved one's voices

( Mashable / 23 June 2022 )

Your dead loved ones are never really gone, they're just trapped inside Amazon's voice-assisted devices.

Wednesday, at Amazon's conference re:MARS (machine learning, automation, robotics, and space) Rohit Prasad, SVP and head scientist of Alexa AI announced Alexa's new supernatural talent: the ability to mimic someone's voice using less than a minute of recording

A spokesperson said in an email this is something Amazon has been exploring based on recent advancements in TTS (text-to-speech) technology. Amazon didn't have a specific timeline to share, only that is it something it is currently working on.

Prasad described the voices of dead loved ones as a primary use case for this feature citing attributes of empathy and affect as keys to building trust with a companion, in this case, an AI-powered device.

"These attributes have become even more important in the times of the on - going pandemic when so many of us have lost someone we love," said Prasad. "While AI can't eliminate that pain of loss it can definitely make their memories last."

In the demo, a young boy is seen lying on the couch and flipping through a book. He then asks, "Alexa can Grandma finish reading me the Wizard of Oz." Alexa says, "OK," and Grandma's voice starts reading as the boy happily listens while thumbing through the book.

Something tells me not everyone would react so calmly when they hear the voice of a dead loved one through an AI device.

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Added on 24 Aug 2022 :

Email from Suman Kanuganti on 23 Aug 2022 ( personal.ai ) :

Hi Hemen ,

And today is a big day.

We’re transitioning out of Beta and launching our full commercial product.

We’re happy to share some exciting new features and designs with you that are included in our new subscription plans.

New Features You’ll Love

Teach Mode

Training is the most important part of creating your AI so we wanted to make it as easy as possible.

Now, to train your AI on your memories, knowledge, experiences, and inspirations all you have to do is simply have a conversation with it in Teach Mode.

Everything will be automatically uploaded and organized within your memory stack. Just 5-10 minutes out of your day is all it takes.

New AI Abilities

The more you upload and teach your AI, the more amazing abilities it unlocks to help you make more of your knowledge:

The ability to self-organize your knowledge and intelligently create smart topics for easy recall.

The ability to rewrite your messages to improve grammar and clarity.

The ability to synthesize all your knowledge on a topic and generate a concise summary.

The ability to make connections across different topics to inspire new thoughts.

The ability to auto-complete sentences as you type and generate rough drafts.

The ability to answer open-ended questions from anyone.

You Ask, It Answers

Want to know what your AI knows, just ask.

With every upload, your AI automatically generates fact-based questions based on your data.

As your AI gets smarter, you can ask it more open-ended questions about the things you know.

Natural Language Commands

Want to take a quick note, just type “ take a quick note .”

Want to upload content from the web, type “ upload a url. ”

Want some new inspiration, type “ show connections. ”

In addition to all the new helpful things your AI can do, getting your AI to do them is way more natural now.

Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Zinc Air Battery by IIT - Madras

Tue 07-06-2022 12:02

To : aravindkumar@iitm.ac.in; kongaraakhil1@gmail.com

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Shri Aravind Kumar Chandiran

( Asst Prof. Dept of Chemical engg / IIT – Madras / Ph : 91-44-22,57,41,54 )

Shri Akhil Kongara ( Research Scholar , IIT Madras )

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Dear Friends,

Just read about your development of Zinc-Air Battery , through following news reports :

IIT Madras researchers develop mechanically-rechargeable zinc-air batteries

IIT Madras Researchers Develop Next-Generation Battery Technology That Could Revolutionise Electric Mobility

IIT-M Researchers Develop Made-in-India EV Batteries 3 Times Cheaper Than Li-ion Cells

Apart from other numerous advantages of Zn-Air battery, what excited me most was the intriguing reference to “ Mechanically Rechargeable “ feature

How exactly ?

Like a stationary Bicycle ( on a stand )- and connected to a Electric Generator - where a person can just keep “ pedalling “ to produce an electric current, which, in turn, will charge the “ Zn Cassette “ ?

If yes, then you may be heralding a REVOLUTION of sorts !

Some 30 years ago, when Sam Pitroda introduced the concept of PCO ( Public Call Office ) – for millions of Indians who could not get / afford a telephone Landline at their homes – a MILLION PCOS sprung up on footpaths of every town in the country

If Zn-Air Cassette can be recharged by a “ pedalling bicycle “ then I imagine a million unemployed youth can set themselves up as SELF EMPLOYED , and roam the streets of India, shouting :

“ BATTERY RECHARGE WALA “ !

I anxiously await your clarification / comments on what I envisage

With regards,

Hemen Parekh

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Details of zinc-air battery

akhil kongara <kongaraakhil1@gmail.com>

Tue 07-06-2022 15:42

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Dear Mr. Hemen,

It was great talking to you over phone. I am attaching the details of our zinc-air battery below for your reference.

Thanks and regards,

Akhil

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Details of zinc-air battery

Mechanically rechargeable zinc-air battery specifications

Total energy of battery built in our lab: 2.6 kWh

Total power: 40 W continuous (Work in progress to improve power)

Cell level specific energy: 400 Wh/kg

Mechanical recharging time: 5 minutes

Safety: Extremely safe. No scope for fire accidents

Lab scale cost: $ 100 per kWh

Lifetime: Need rigorous testing for estimation. Work in progress

Process of mechanical recharging: Zinc anodes will be available as plates which will be manually inserted in the battery. During discharge, zinc will be converted to zinc oxide. Upon completion of discharge, zinc oxide will be recovered from the battery and fresh zinc plates will be manually inserted. This process will take a maximum of 5 minutes to mechanically recharge an electric 2-wheeler battery.

Note: We have developed our own recharging station where we convert zinc oxide collected from battery back to zinc plates using renewable energy. This recharging stations can be installed anywhere like petrol bunks and even layman can operate the recharging station with some basic training. We envisage that the public find the business of installing recharging stations and providing zinc plates (fuel) to EVs to be economical which will be the key aspect for wide adoption of zinc-air technology.

We have future plans to scale-up the battery to 100 kWh by 2024.

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RE: Details of zinc-air battery

Wed 08-06-2022 11:19

akhil kongara <kongaraakhil1@gmail.com>

CC : aravindkumar@iitm.ac.in

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Akhil,

I too enjoyed our telephonic chat

Thanks for the details of your zinc air battery . Can I incorporate the same in my future blog ?

As far as other related topics ( which I mentioned during our chat ), following are the links to some of my blogs ( each sent as e-mail to our Cabinet Ministers / State Chief Minister / NITI Aayog etc ) :

( A ) Fast Charging Battery Technology ( StoresDot )

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/03/congratulations-bhavish-aggarwal.html

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2018/02/holy-grail-for-electric-vehicles.html

( B ) 1000 times powerful PV solar panels

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/02/procuring-technology-for-next-gen-solar.html

https://emailothers.blogspot.com/2021/09/08-09-2021-1209-to-cc-hcprecruitguru.html#.YqAtYahByUl

( C ) Printed Solar Films ( Kardinia Energy )

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/02/procuring-technology-for-printed-solar.html

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/01/topmost-candidate-for-pli.html

( D ) Iron Air Battery ( FORM )

https://myblogepage.blogspot.com/2022/04/grid-storage-battery-4-years-and.html

( E ) Sodium Ion Battery