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Subrat SaurabhAuthor of Kuch Woh PalVarun Singhi is an alumnus from MIT Sloan’s partnership program Asia School of Business, he is an experienced Digital Strategy Consultant with over a decade of expertise across US and APAC regions. He is adept in Technology Strategy & Transformation, Blockchain Consulting and a Career coach as well . His global work experience & acquired business acumen knowledge enables him to bring customer-centric mindfulness to the firm by creating tangible value. Varun also serves as a mentor with few startups in education and non-profit sectors in India. Murthy Chitlur is an alumnus from SIT TumkuRead More...
Varun Singhi is an alumnus from MIT Sloan’s partnership program Asia School of Business, he is an experienced Digital Strategy Consultant with over a decade of expertise across US and APAC regions. He is adept in Technology Strategy & Transformation, Blockchain Consulting and a Career coach as well . His global work experience & acquired business acumen knowledge enables him to bring customer-centric mindfulness to the firm by creating tangible value. Varun also serves as a mentor with few startups in education and non-profit sectors in India.
Murthy Chitlur is an alumnus from SIT Tumkur, he is a Senior Technology professional, Entrepreneur and a passionate Blockchain practitioner with extensive experience of 25 yrs in India and the USA with an expertise in Service Delivery, Product Development, Pre-sales, Consulting and Leadership Development with leading technology and services organizations in various domains like healthcare, insurance, energy, mortgages, e-commerce, online games, internet service and media, CRM, banking and manufacturing.
Srinivas Mahankali is an alumnus of IIT Madras & IIM Bangalore & is Principal Consultant - Blockchain & Emerging tech at NISG. He has authored / co-authored ‘Blockchain – The Untold Story’, AI & ML Powered Agents of Automation, Blockchain & Smart Cities etc.
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ACT NOW: Objectives and Key Results" is an essential guide for CEOs and business leaders aiming to drive organizational success through effective goal-setting and execution. This book demystifies the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework, illustrating how it aligns company objectives with measurable outcomes and actionable plans. It offers practical insights on overcoming common implementation challenges, fostering a culture of discipline, and enhancing t
ACT NOW: Objectives and Key Results" is an essential guide for CEOs and business leaders aiming to drive organizational success through effective goal-setting and execution. This book demystifies the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework, illustrating how it aligns company objectives with measurable outcomes and actionable plans. It offers practical insights on overcoming common implementation challenges, fostering a culture of discipline, and enhancing team collaboration. With a blend of real-world examples, strategic advice, and best practices, the book provides a roadmap for integrating OKRs into your organization seamlessly.
Co-authored by Srinivas Mahankali and Vikram Kohli, this book leverages their extensive experience in strategic alignment and business performance. Srinivas, an IIT/IIM alumnus and director at a BSE-listed technology company, brings over 35 years of executive experience and expertise in frameworks like Balanced Scorecard and OKRs. Vikram, a seasoned expert in building and scaling tech products, shares insights from his journey of successful startup exits and product vision. Whether you’re leading a startup or managing a large enterprise, "ACT NOW" equips you with the tools to unlock your organization’s potential, ensuring every team member is focused and moving towards common goals with clarity and purpose.
ACT NOW: Objectives and Key Results" is an essential guide for CEOs and business leaders aiming to drive organizational success through effective goal-setting and execution. This book demystifies the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework, illustrating how it aligns company objectives with measurable outcomes and actionable plans. It offers practical insights on overcoming common implementation challenges, fostering a culture of discipline, and enhancing t
ACT NOW: Objectives and Key Results" is an essential guide for CEOs and business leaders aiming to drive organizational success through effective goal-setting and execution. This book demystifies the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) framework, illustrating how it aligns company objectives with measurable outcomes and actionable plans. It offers practical insights on overcoming common implementation challenges, fostering a culture of discipline, and enhancing team collaboration. With a blend of real-world examples, strategic advice, and best practices, the book provides a roadmap for integrating OKRs into your organization seamlessly.
Co-authored by Srinivas Mahankali and Vikram Kohli, this book leverages their extensive experience in strategic alignment and business performance. Srinivas, an IIT/IIM alumnus and director at a BSE-listed technology company, brings over 35 years of executive experience and expertise in frameworks like Balanced Scorecard and OKRs. Vikram, a seasoned expert in building and scaling tech products, shares insights from his journey of successful startup exits and product vision. Whether you’re leading a startup or managing a large enterprise, "ACT NOW" equips you with the tools to unlock your organization’s potential, ensuring every team member is focused and moving towards common goals with clarity and purpose.
Embark on a transformative journey with God: Search for Truth: A Mystical Journey, exploring the essence of God beyond the confines of religious boundaries. Through captivating narrative & timeless wisdom, the book unveils a universal quest for truth, happiness, and the divine within. It challenges conventional notions, emphasizing the omnipresence of God in our daily lives. Guided by an anonymous spiritual guru, delve into the profound connection betwe
Embark on a transformative journey with God: Search for Truth: A Mystical Journey, exploring the essence of God beyond the confines of religious boundaries. Through captivating narrative & timeless wisdom, the book unveils a universal quest for truth, happiness, and the divine within. It challenges conventional notions, emphasizing the omnipresence of God in our daily lives. Guided by an anonymous spiritual guru, delve into the profound connection between God, personal growth, and positive impact. Wading through diverse domains, see how individuals can attain Godhood within their chosen paths.
God: Search for Truth beckons readers to embrace their capacity for guidance, knowledge, and reliability. It's a soul-stirring exploration of God as the ultimate Guide— Omniscient and Dependable. The book's simplicity in tackling complex topics invites fresh thinking on life's intricacies. It inspires readers to seek their answers, find happiness in the present moment, and foster peaceful coexistence beyond religious divides.
In the quest for universal truths and enduring joy, this book stands as a beacon. Readers are invited to transcend traditional beliefs, resonate with the profound wisdom within, and embark on a journey towards self-realization, positive influence, and a purposeful existence. God: Search for Truth is not just a book; it's a transformative odyssey that redefines our relationship with divinity, urging us to discover the God within ourselves.
Starting as unsuspecting cough, the invisible virus turned into a storm inside the bodies of many human beings resulting into the death of millions of them across the world in just under 2 weeks.
During these trying times, we lost a number of valuable lives of frontline workers, health care workers, lawyers, teachers, doctors, police persons, delivery service providers, industrialists and politicians who were at the forefront of the rescue operations,
Starting as unsuspecting cough, the invisible virus turned into a storm inside the bodies of many human beings resulting into the death of millions of them across the world in just under 2 weeks.
During these trying times, we lost a number of valuable lives of frontline workers, health care workers, lawyers, teachers, doctors, police persons, delivery service providers, industrialists and politicians who were at the forefront of the rescue operations, undertaking yeoman service to the pandemic-stricken citizens across the world expired.
There have been many cases of bravery, charity and commendable service that were demonstrated giving hope to the humanity in depressing times in the face of this dreadful disease.
In this book, we would like to remember and record for ever, those brave and inspiring human beings who always stood out in their lives to light up the lives of all around. It is a duty for us to pay a rich tribute to them, and retain them in our hearts forever, thus showcasing their ever-shining indomitable spirit.
There have also been a number of inspiring actions undertaken by unsung heroes, we would like to recount to the extent possible and draw the inspiration to live with hope and contribute positively to this world, we are a part of.
Lost in Pandemic, Found in Pandemic records the lives of those loved ones we would never forget and the inspiring lessons we learn from several heroic acts from the exemplary citizens & institutions who adorn our world
Blockchain is the new paradigm that is sweeping the world with its immense utility to facilitate secured and trusted transactions between multiple enterprises across the world. This is facilitating new economies of scale, thus offering new scope for improving productivity and profitability for organisations globally.
The increased concerns of deteriorating environment and standards of living, thanks to the increasing population we well as deterio
Blockchain is the new paradigm that is sweeping the world with its immense utility to facilitate secured and trusted transactions between multiple enterprises across the world. This is facilitating new economies of scale, thus offering new scope for improving productivity and profitability for organisations globally.
The increased concerns of deteriorating environment and standards of living, thanks to the increasing population we well as deteriorating resource pools, has brought about the formulation of Sustainable Development Goals for all member nations by United Nations.
CXOS across the world are faced with the prospect of coming to terms with the fast-paced changes sweeping the technological world. With Blockchain, one of the newest babies in the disruptive technology world, is increasingly seeing a tremendous traction of late, there is a need to come out with a systemic thinking approach to leverage this new paradigm, that seems to be having a killer potential in some domains to solve the challenges we have been facing today
This is also the essence of design thinking that focuses on zeroing on the customer problems that need to be solved, finally appropriate solutions that solve the problems for benefit of all use groups and stake holders.
This book aims to make it easy for CXOs and all IT professionals to understand and implement Blockchain solutions by taking them through a number of use cases and solution designs.
Governments are discovering that they can dramatically improve the reach of and access to their services to citizens and businesses by embracing new technologies.
Blockchain technology along with other empowering technologies like IOT and AI & ML powered applications is facilitating a rapid disruption across every aspect of our life due to its ability to securely connect vast majority of users simultaneously. This is offering Provenance, Authenticity a
Governments are discovering that they can dramatically improve the reach of and access to their services to citizens and businesses by embracing new technologies.
Blockchain technology along with other empowering technologies like IOT and AI & ML powered applications is facilitating a rapid disruption across every aspect of our life due to its ability to securely connect vast majority of users simultaneously. This is offering Provenance, Authenticity and Trust to transactions and reducing the cost of undertaking the business.
Governments across the world are actively pursuing the adoption of Permissioned Blockchain applications & the new generation DLT platforms like Aurigraph are most suited for these use cases. Blockchain is a God send gift to humanity to adopt and achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals SDGs for the year 2030 as per our research and conviction.
In this book we would like to take a close look at a variety of use cases and design solutions for them using Aurigraph platform. The focus will be on instilling a ’system' based approach to this nascent field. This will allow all the CXOs across the world to strive for implementing Blockchain and DLT based solutions easily.
The first 20 years of 21st century has seen many Billion US Dollar companies springing up even as a number of large organisations succumbed to the breath-taking disruption unleashed by innovative organisations, hitherto unknown anytime before in the previous century.
However, large organisations like Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Alibaba, Alphabet, Cisco, Tesla and the like successfully continued to ride the curve of stupendous growth through excellence i
The first 20 years of 21st century has seen many Billion US Dollar companies springing up even as a number of large organisations succumbed to the breath-taking disruption unleashed by innovative organisations, hitherto unknown anytime before in the previous century.
However, large organisations like Apple, Samsung, Microsoft, Alibaba, Alphabet, Cisco, Tesla and the like successfully continued to ride the curve of stupendous growth through excellence in Innovation and Marketing practices.
Business Model innovation continues to be the buzzword and new theories are evolving, taking flight from the successful models that leverage the ‘Platform thinking’ approach and the ‘Network effect’.
In this book we take a close look at the different models of ‘Innovation’ and some of the formulae of success that are behind the breath-taking growth of successful start-ups.
We expect this to serve as a thought-provoking account for the new age marketers and entrepreneurs, who can then script their own road to success, even as they ride unchartered territories with a grounding in the lessons learnt from the successes and failures of the past.
Governments are discovering that they can dramatically improve the reach of and access to their services to citizens and businesses by embracing new technologies.
Blockchain technology along with other empowering technologies like IOT and AI & ML powered applications is facilitating a rapid disruption across every aspect of our life due to its ability to securely connect vast majority of users simultaneously. This is offering Provenance, Authenticity a
Governments are discovering that they can dramatically improve the reach of and access to their services to citizens and businesses by embracing new technologies.
Blockchain technology along with other empowering technologies like IOT and AI & ML powered applications is facilitating a rapid disruption across every aspect of our life due to its ability to securely connect vast majority of users simultaneously. This is offering Provenance, Authenticity and Trust to transactions and reducing the cost of undertaking the business.
In this book I would like to take a design thinking approach to easily understand and adopt Blockchain with an idea to instil a ’system' based approach to this nascent field.
This book will be an amazing resource for anyone passionate about Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies.
CXOs, Government & Public Sector Professionals and all the Technology professionals involved in Consulting, Solutioning, Business Analaysis and Practicing across the globe will find this very useful.
We read hundreds of books through our life. But we hardly remember anything of substance. What we remember is what we repeatedly do or those on which we spent a lot of time thinking. Writing is one such activity. When we solve problems or write something original or work on a research report, we research a lot and try to put our best foot forward. In our life we author many articles, white papers and blogposts. But we rarely monetise. Write Now! explains the m
We read hundreds of books through our life. But we hardly remember anything of substance. What we remember is what we repeatedly do or those on which we spent a lot of time thinking. Writing is one such activity. When we solve problems or write something original or work on a research report, we research a lot and try to put our best foot forward. In our life we author many articles, white papers and blogposts. But we rarely monetise. Write Now! explains the many benefits of being an Author and urges you to develop this trait in everyone to be successful. The book discusses the various options to publish a book and the career options for writers.
Life is never perfect. We face ups and downs very often. One moment we are on the top and soon we are facing our toughest of our challenges. The key to success and growth is action. Action should be in the right direction. It should be preceded by planning followed by right decision at the right time. If you do not act and keep thinking too much, you will never grow and fall behind the times. It is important to persist when you know, you are on the right track
Life is never perfect. We face ups and downs very often. One moment we are on the top and soon we are facing our toughest of our challenges. The key to success and growth is action. Action should be in the right direction. It should be preceded by planning followed by right decision at the right time. If you do not act and keep thinking too much, you will never grow and fall behind the times. It is important to persist when you know, you are on the right track. In this book we look a the importance of 'Action' through the eyes of greatest personalities who have always stood as role models to the entire humanity. We wish to urge everyone to get up and get going, not just dream and fritter away the valuable time. Through personal examples and also references, Srinivas Mahankali demonstrates the importance of 'Right action in the Right direction at the Right time' that will help oneself to lift themselves up from the moments of despair and reach for the stars.
No one expected Donald Trump to become the President of USA and no one is expecting him to win the election in 2020. That should not stop India from liking him. In this book, we look at what Trump did right in his four years at the helm of the World's greatest Superpower, The United States of America and what appeals to India and Indians. In this book, we analyse threadbare the various facets of Trump’s Presidential sojourn including the many twists and tu
No one expected Donald Trump to become the President of USA and no one is expecting him to win the election in 2020. That should not stop India from liking him. In this book, we look at what Trump did right in his four years at the helm of the World's greatest Superpower, The United States of America and what appeals to India and Indians. In this book, we analyse threadbare the various facets of Trump’s Presidential sojourn including the many twists and turns marked even by unpleasant happenings like Presidential impeachment proceedings.
It is often said that there is no universal truth and there is no point in trying to search for the ultimate wisdom. Steve Hawking, one of the greatest humans and the most intelligent ever born was perpetually in search of ‘Theory of everything’ finally gave up one day. Most of us believe that there are no ‘Universal Truths’ and hence there is no such person who knows everything and all the angles possible but need to have the tolerance to ambiguity in
It is often said that there is no universal truth and there is no point in trying to search for the ultimate wisdom. Steve Hawking, one of the greatest humans and the most intelligent ever born was perpetually in search of ‘Theory of everything’ finally gave up one day. Most of us believe that there are no ‘Universal Truths’ and hence there is no such person who knows everything and all the angles possible but need to have the tolerance to ambiguity in everything. But what if this could be challenged, implying that it is indeed possible to discover a simple formula for easily managing the majority of things we come across?
The number 3 is firmly engrained in our lifestyle in many many ways.
The Holy Trinity we worship, The 3 great religions,
The 3 holy scriptures Bhagavad-Gita, Bible and Quran,
The 3 prizes, Gold, Silver and Bronze, that are issued in every game or a competitive event
The urge to finish at least in the top3 in any sport or studies or in the marketing.
Is it that there is something magical about the word 3 or is it that the human being is happy to remember ‘3’ of anything without much difficulty?
As we explore this phenomenon more and more, we can discover that understanding the importance of ‘3’ and consciously embedding this knowledge helps us to be much more productive in everyday Personal, Official or Social activities. Let us delve deeper into the ‘Magic of Three’ and how we can apply to design new solutions as well!
The promise of what Blockchain can offer businesses has evolved from a cryptocurrency payment gateway platform to something bigger and truly a game-changer. Blockchain can be a transformative technology for many businesses as it has the potential to drive a distributed and decentralized way of re-imagining processes and business models. As an inter- organizational paradigm, Blockchain enables cooperation, collaboration, coordination, and communication between
The promise of what Blockchain can offer businesses has evolved from a cryptocurrency payment gateway platform to something bigger and truly a game-changer. Blockchain can be a transformative technology for many businesses as it has the potential to drive a distributed and decentralized way of re-imagining processes and business models. As an inter- organizational paradigm, Blockchain enables cooperation, collaboration, coordination, and communication between hitherto untrusted entities, unknown to each other. And, the best way to participate in this revolution is by being a part of a consortium of eco-system players.
Joining a Blockchain consortium raises many questions in the minds of member organisations as this is a relatively new phenomenon. While searching for accurate, ground-level, unbiased and business-oriented information to answer the above questions, we realized that there is no single repository or detailed guide that gives complete information on the best practices of Blockchain consortiums. It was to address these lacunae that we put together this handbook for Blockchain practitioners and business leaders, to help them plan their participation in a holistic way – by cutting through the hype and focusing on the core value propositions that Blockchain consortiums may unlock for their organizations.
Digital Nations and Smart Cities are rapidly evolving, and the resulting
digitalization is leading to several benefits while also exposing the citizens to
unforeseen risks. Technologies like Blockchain are enabling risk management
for secured automation. The book takes a close look at various paradigms of
Smart cities’ & Digital Nations’ Governance while relating to the application
of these principles in real life throu
Digital Nations and Smart Cities are rapidly evolving, and the resulting
digitalization is leading to several benefits while also exposing the citizens to
unforeseen risks. Technologies like Blockchain are enabling risk management
for secured automation. The book takes a close look at various paradigms of
Smart cities’ & Digital Nations’ Governance while relating to the application
of these principles in real life through the case study of Singapore, which is
one of the world’s top 3 densest, but also, is one of the most sustainable cities.
This book will be a useful resource for professionals, consultants, government
servants, and students who wish to come to grip with the emerging technologies and to understand their applications in governance and play an active role in community-building activities.
The book explores the emergence, evolution, and adoption of advanced digital
technologies like IoT, Analytics and Blockchain for improved governance,
sustainable development, and better quality of life and happiness for citizens
across the world.
Mahesh, a senior IT management professional, believes in giving his best to his job and wants to help his boss and his group achieve success at any cost. He draws immense inspiration from mythological characters to guide his actions as he responds to various situations, whether it is in his corporate life or in his personal life. During the course of his corporate journey that cuts across the various domains of STEM namely Science, Tec
Mahesh, a senior IT management professional, believes in giving his best to his job and wants to help his boss and his group achieve success at any cost. He draws immense inspiration from mythological characters to guide his actions as he responds to various situations, whether it is in his corporate life or in his personal life. During the course of his corporate journey that cuts across the various domains of STEM namely Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management., he becomes the victim of his ambitious and scheming boss, who constantly harasses him with behind-the-scene actions to push him into horrible problems, to the extent that he almost loses his life a couple of times.
Corona Wars is about how he overcomes all these problems while retaining his good character and emerges victorious while the scheming boss’ plans boomerang. A parallel has been drawn with the global happenings, depicting lethal confrontations between the super powers, which cause unforeseen accidents and troubles to citizens all around as their plans boomerang.
The short-term strategies to reach the pinnacle, always backfire, while those who believe in long-term, ethical and methodical approaches ultimately prevail.
The increased digitization and automation taking place at a rapid pace across all the spheres are our activity are creating a world of unforeseen convenience. However, we are put to an unimaginable risk of cyber-threats. At the same time, there is a lack of trust sweeping across with the counterparties and a tremendous threat to the privacy of the global citizens with the trusted third parties like governments and organizations that are unable to prevent breac
The increased digitization and automation taking place at a rapid pace across all the spheres are our activity are creating a world of unforeseen convenience. However, we are put to an unimaginable risk of cyber-threats. At the same time, there is a lack of trust sweeping across with the counterparties and a tremendous threat to the privacy of the global citizens with the trusted third parties like governments and organizations that are unable to prevent breaches of data and malicious cyber-attacks.
In such a scenario, how do we de-risk our transactions from these threats and still take advantage of the digital transformation pioneered by the emerging technologies? Blockchain!
So, what is this Blockchain technology and how does it endow its users with all these compelling benefits? Let us dissect the various components of this technology and demystify the various aspects and be prepared for the revolution ahead!
Srinivas is one of the few individuals in the country who really understands Blockchain! His book truly demystifies this topic and has a lot of insights. It’s a must-read for anyone interested in understanding this new technology.
- Hari T.N.
Author, Investor, Start -up Evangelist
Co-Author, Saying No to Jugaad - The Making of BigBasket
This book is indeed a great effort to put Blockchain in a right perspective with respect to its utility beyond the Bitcoin for Enterprises, NGO's, Government and Institutions.
- Dr. M. Muneer
Founder - Medici Inst, MD - Rezonent India, CEO - CustomerLab
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