Former Union Minister for Communications & IT, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, took his driver's license test at the testing center in Patna a couple of days ago, and he tweeted about it (). The automated driver license testing at this center is p…lnkd.in/gwTYhhZT lnkd.in/gpjftAw3

I was pleasantly surprised recently to receive a letter from the Hon'ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha - India, Shri Om Birla, greeting me on my birthday! This was completely unexpected, for I have no connection at all with the Parliament of India, but I was r…lnkd.in/gGAz6EEG

Looking forward to participating in an interesting panel discussion on Computational Intelligence at the Edge, being organized by Tata Consultancy Services - Research and ACM India, along with academic and industry experts. Please do register at…lnkd.in/gMUTdUUQ

I was interviewed by a few enthusiastic undergrads at IIT Delhi several months ago. It was a freewheeling and fun conversation, and they took the trouble to transcribe everything I uttered and post it at lnkd.in/gPuDRPRU! lnkd.in/gZ3NX9Y6

This podcast describes our work on road safety in the HAMS project at Microsoft Research India (lnkd.in/dKq8P-UD). While we were recording this podcast, word came of interest from yet another state, Punjab, in rolling out HAMS-based automated drive…lnkd.in/dqkWszQb

It was pleasure and honour presenting our latest research at Microsoft Research India to Brad Smith and Trevor N., especially since my colleagues and I tried hard to keep up with Trevor on the humour front! And then I really enjoyed a vigorous, even if inco…lnkd.in/gPpYQQuB

Last Friday (Jan 6) was an interesting sandwiched-between-two-CEOs day for me. In the morning, Sriram Rajamani and I, together with other colleagues, had the opportunity to present our work to and have an engaging discussion with Microsoft CEO,…lnkd.in/g5j75T22

I'm happy to share that our work in the HAMS project at Microsoft Research India on automating driver license testing, which made the shortlist for the Prime Minister's Award in 2020 (), has been featured in a coffee table book on…lnkd.in/gWDSDWtK lnkd.in/gJcSZSc6

It was a pleasure engaging in a conversation yesterday with Anurag Sahay, CTO - AI and Data Sciences, Nagarro, on the topic of AI (and technology, more broadly) and the opportunities for societal impact. I also really enjoyed the thought-provoking questio…lnkd.in/gZWnibCT

It was a pleasure and honour for my colleagues and me to meet Bill Gates and present some of our work to him during his visit to Microsoft Research India in Bengaluru a couple of weeks ago. Bill mentioned that he was coming straight from a meeting with th…lnkd.in/gxNRxape

It was a pleasure & honour to host @BobMetcalfe12 at MSR India. Bob gave a fascinating talk: lnkd.in/g3wErXcu. I was intrigued by his insight that increased (neural) connectivity will be key to AI matching the brain. More at linkedin.com/posts/venkat-p…

It was an honour for me to be the Guest of Honour at the recent Research Day at the Manipal Institute of Technology, the alma mater of such luminaries as Satya Nadella and Rajeev Chandrasekhar (Parody). There's more information on my talk at linkedin.com/posts/venkat-p…