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The end of the year is the time when you make lots of resolutions for the New Year, which you invariably break, and lots of predictions as well most of which turn out to be wrong. Neither outcome should, however, deter you from making New Year reso

Disruption is as old as history. It happened from when the Mesopotamians invented the wheel, to the Steam Age and then on to the Industrial Age. But, unlike in the past, today's technology is disrupting a wide swathe of industries in a manner that ha

Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for the majority of Indians, accounts for 46 per cent of total land use and contributes around 17 per cent of the country's GDP. An overwhelming majority of the Indian farmers, say 80 per cent, are smal

Over the past four years, the food and restaurant landscape has evolved fast and the disruption, which many of us have witnessed and participated in, happened due to a reason. With increased Internet penetration, higher disposable incomes and rising

The automobile industry across the world is in the middle of a complete transformation as it becomes smarter and connected. The pace of technology use is being supplemented with continuous increase in processing power and better communication. The v

Look up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane?" No it's 'Lokeshan' and he has just reached your 'location'. And before you begin the chatter with 'Lokeshan' who wants cash only, let's see if this would be something that we'd see soon in India. The

Disruption is the new order. New technologies are creating fresh paradigms as enterprises transform, thanks to digitisation. The construction industry, too, is changing with digital tools and analytics enhancing efficiency. Using in house capabilitie

Farming is the oldest profession in India, and it is believed that women started crop cultivation nearly 10,000 years ago while men went out to hunt. Thanks to the early women cultivators, the practice of growing rather than gathering food became com

In 1997, the IBM computer, Deep Blue, beat chess world Champion Garry Kasparov in New York in what was that time thought of as a blow to chess professionals. Nineteen years later, the game thought to be facing a threat from machines working on pur

At times I feel our ports have been left behind in the mainstream tech conversations across industries. However, a clued in stakeholder will know how technology is going to disrupt our basic business functioning and that the transformation is nearer

Why do we continue to have an Ola after Uber or a Flipkart after Amazon, and not the other way? One possible answer could be that we are comfortable with status quo and hence, despite being smart, not keen to innovate. Another probable reason could

Twenty years back, a regular Sunday would mean taking your family in the car, singing away to songs on the radio. You would go to the tried and tested restaurant and order the safe favourites and then return home to catch the favourite prime time sho

Often my work takes me out of the city or my office, be it business meetings or visiting my bank's branches. During such outdoor trips, for any expenses incurred on, say fuel and food, I have been using my credit card. Swipe, Pin and Go! However, of

Our lives today have technology in every aspect, with the growing proliferation of internet and smartphones and, more recently, virtual personal assistants. Home automation or the smart home industry is taking its first steps in India. In simple term

We have indeed come a long way since inserting a floppy disk into our computer. That was then just a simple data storage device. Today's back end technologies like quantum computing, artificial intelligence, advanced machine learning, blockchain, vir

Our body is a complex machine with hundreds of parts, and its maintenance is critically linked to the information stored in our DNA sequences. It not only determines our body's response to medicines but also how our body reacts to the environment aro

The gap between organ need and organ availability continues to widen despite substantial public education efforts on organ donation. According to the Health Resources and Service Administration, until May 2017, around 1,17,829 patients were waiting f

About 28 per cent Indians are active users of the Internet and this tribe is growing at 9 per cent per annum in urban areas while rural India sees an annual growth of 26 per cent, as per TRAI data. Dr Divya Sadana, Clinical Neuropsychologist at Mazum

Traditionally, people have borrowed money from friends, family or even money lenders. But technology has changed that. Access to financial services has been democratised to such an extent that today the role of modern finance is largely a result of t

The year 2018 is drawing to a close, and we badly need a break from the crisis politics, trade tension, workplace discrimination, fear of robo displacement and climate apocalypse that we have encountered and tried to cope with. If that sounds like an

Indian entrepreneurs have excelled at frugal innovation. India's businesses solve hard consumer problems using technology superbly well and now define the global productivity frontier for mass services. Take mobile data networks and the BHIM app for

The common narrative, when it comes to adoption of electric mobility in India is that it will be disruptive. Together with shared economy and connected automobiles, we anticipate a tremendous upheaval in the automotive industry. Not too far in the fu

We live in a world that is increasingly susceptible to the spread of virtualisation or automation of business processes. This process has been steadily creeping up on us and we are increasingly accepting it without resistance. Not long ago we had to

We put a lot of trust in fingerprints. They are used to identify passengers at airports, access spaces and mark one's attendance, and unlock smartphones and laptops many times a day. However, they are more vulnerable than we think. A year ago, a stud

The current information overload has triggered a race to generate disproportionate opportunities out of an overwhelming amount of data. This means financial advisors need to create unbiased, fast and actionable insights for their clients. Algorithmic

Streetwear Meets Athleisure Italian sports fashion brand FILA has launched its new collection, the outcome of a heritage collaboration with the Indian streetwear brand NorBlack NorWhite. Here Indian streetwear meets athleisure and signals a new way o

The world of technology is brimming with innovations. Even the wildest imaginations are now turning into reality. Big screens and notches are passe, foldable phones and bendable tablets are the new products in the block. The world's first foldable sm

Let's go back to the future. Connected cars, drones flying in to help, surgeons operating on critical patients from thousands of kilometres away, flying machines helping to herd the sheep back home at dusk from your holiday shack, and appliances spea

Technology led innovations have disrupted every industry. From automobiles, homes to retail we have witnessed drastic changes in how technology modernised these industries to cater to the evolving needs of people. Rise of Internet usage and adopti

The unmatched footprint of cellular technology is getting better with every iteration. Dizzying speed and low latency now permit the grid to connect 'things' with other 'things'. We inhabit a world that is increasingly moving towards a connected ecos

Many business leaders think quantum computing is a technology that is still years away from practical use. But not only does the technology exist, a practical quantum future is closer than we think. The field, in fact, has more than 50 years of scie

How is your leadership preparing for the future of work? Will digitisation lead to more work or less? Of course we live and work in the digital age but the change we've experienced so far is only the tip of the iceberg. The potential impact of digiti

From the Vimanas of ancient Hindu scriptures to flying personal cars of the Jetsons, the idea of a flying vehicle has permeated our consciousness for millennia. In the modern era, with our population shooting up and addition of new public infrastruct