#morancerf #pegasusproject #neuroscience

Moran Cerf spoke about Project Pegasus, Full Dive Virtual Reality, Mind Uploading & Hackable Humans, NeuroScience & NeuroMarketing. Moran Cerf is a neuroscientist and business professor at the Kellogg School of Management and the neuroscience program at Northwestern University. Cerf holds multiple patents and his works have been published in wide-circulation academic journals, including Nature and Journal of Neuroscience, as well as popular science journals, including Scientific American Mind, Wired, New Scientist, and others. Additionally, his work has been portrayed in numerous media and cultural outlets, such as CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, NPR, Time, MSNBC, and dozens of others. He has also been featured in venues such as the Venice Art Biennial and China’s Art, Science and Technology Association, and has contributed to magazines such as Forbes, The Atlantic, Inc., and others.

Cerf has made much of his research accessible to the general public via his public talks at PopTech, TED, TEDx, Google Zeitgeist, DLD and other venues, gathering millions of views and a large following. Additionally, he is the beneficiary of several awards and grants for his work, including the Instructional improvement grant, and the prestigious president scholarship for excellence. He was recently named one of the “40 leading professors under 40, Currently, Cerf is on the board of a number of neuro-tech companies (Nervanix, VR Americas, Best Fit) and is the co-founder of ThinkAlike. He is also the founder of B-Cube. The Alfred P. Sloan professor at the American Film Institute, where he teaches an annual screenwriting class on science in films, Cerf is also a consultant to various Hollywood films and TV shows, such as CBS’ “Bull” and “Limitless,” USA Network’s “Falling Water,” and more.

https://www.morancerf.com 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/moran-cerf-407187

#TiEglobal #Tiesummit #rain #investor #mentor

Mahavir Pratap Sharma is a Serial Entrepreneur, Investor & Mentor, he is the Co-Founder of Rajasthan Angels Innovators Network (RAIN) & was recently elected as TiE Global Chairman, a first for an India domicile taking reins of this high profile global organization.  He is passionate about entrepreneurship & as the chairman of TiE Global Summit, Mahavir is working on driving a liberal policy environment for the startups in India, has been stressing on the inclusion of Non-Profits, Angel Investors and VCs in the policy-making process for the states and the country.

He also plans to strengthen TiE’s competence in areas of Youth Entrepreneurship, Women entrepreneurship and Angel Investing along with spreading TiE’s global network into new global geographies of Asia, Africa, EU & Russia.

we spoke about India's startup ecosystem, investors' confidence post #covid , #atmanirbhar #stimuluspackage & the role of technology in reversing the impact of #covid. 

https://in.linkedin.com/in/mahavir-pratap-sharma-26476915 

https://twitter.com/maharajasharma https://rajasthan.tie.org 

https://tie.org/about/ https://rainjaipur.co.in/

#100 #sampitroda #policyadvisor #sustainability

We started "Change Transform India" India's 1st Future Tech meets Sustainability Podcast on 26th January 2020 with a vision to create conversations that raise awareness on exponential technologies, gather stakeholders, policymakers, enthusiasts & innovators to make sure technology is always human first.  We are super stoked to share our 100th Episode with Mr. Sam Pitroda who is known as the Father of India's Computer and IT Revolution, he is an internationally respected telecom inventor, entrepreneur, development thinker, and policymaker who has spent 50 years in information and communications technology and related global and national developments.

Credited with having laid the foundation for India’s telecommunications and technology revolution of the 1980s, Mr. Pitroda has been a leading campaigner to help bridge the global digital divide. During his tenure as Advisor to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, Mr. Pitroda led six technology missions. He was also the founder and first Chairman of India’s Telecom Commission. In these plural roles, Mr. Pitroda helped revolutionize India's development philosophies and policies with a focus on access to technology as the key to social change.

Mr. Pitroda served as Advisor to the Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh on Public Information Infrastructure and Innovation, with the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He served as the Chairman of the Smart Grid Task Force, as well as the committees to reform public broadcasting, modernize railways, deliver e-governance, and other developmental activities and has written a new book titled " Redesign the World". we spoke about the pandemic, the Indian Govt's response to the pandemic, sustainability, atmanirbhar bharat, stimulus package, universal basic income, technology in governance, PM Modi, Fake Twitter Followers of leaders, Trolls, Paid Bots, Pegasus Project, Rahul Gandhi & his new book Redesign the world.

Click the link to buy the Book- Redesign the World 

https://www.amazon.in/Redesigning-World-Global-Call-Action-ebook/dp/B091D5VHKB

https://www.sampitroda.com/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sampitroda 

https://twitter.com/sampitroda

#neuroscience #connectomics #optogenetics #cyonics #genetics #braincomputerinterface #minduploading #brainpreservation

Kenneth Hayworth is the President and Co-Founder of the Brain Preservation Foundation, he is currently a Senior Scientist at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus  a leading research institution in the field of connectomics  Hayworth is co-inventor of the Tape-to-SEM process for high-throughput volume imaging of neural circuits at the nanometer scale and he designed and built several automated machines to implement this process. Hayworth received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Southern California for research into how the human visual system encodes spatial relations among objects.

Hayworth calls for the implementation of an emergency glutaraldehyde perfusion procedure in hospitals, and for the development of a whole-brain embedding procedure that can demonstrate perfect ultrastructure preservation across an entire human brain. At JFRC, Hayworth is currently researching ways to extend Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy (FIBSEM) imaging of brain tissue to encompass much larger volumes than are currently possible.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-hayworth-45188115b 

https://twitter.com/kennethhayworth 

https://www.brainpreservation.org 

https://www.janelia.org/people/kenneth-hayworth

#leadingindia.ai #bennettuniversity #ai #aiskilling #airesearch #ResearchatBennett #artificialintelligence

Deepak Garg is the director of leadingindia.ai, Head of Computer Science and Engineering at Bennett University plus the Director at NVIDIA-Bennett Center of Research on Artificial Intelligence where he leads the largest Skilling and research initiative in AI and deep learning in the country.  He has done his Ph.D. in algorithm design in 2006. His active research interests are designing efficient deep learning algorithms. He is a Senior Member of IEEE, a Senior Member of ACM, and Life Member of CSI, IETE.

He is an in-demand speaker, chief consultant for algorithmguru.com, a resource for algorithms and Deepak is considered as one of the Algorithm and Deep Learning Gurus in India. He is also an active Blogger with Times of India under the nickname  “Breaking Shackles”.

https://in.linkedin.com/in/deepakgarg1 

https://www.gdeepak.com/ 

https://www.bennett.edu.in/faculties/dr-deepak-garg/ 

https://www.leadingindia.ai/directorcv 

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/deepakgarg/ 

https://twitter.com/deep108

#electricvehicles #futureofmobility #greenmobility #cleanenergy #cleantech #soooryaev

Christie Fernandez - Mobility Futurist & Clean Tech Evangelist, is a serial entrepreneur, brand/marketing consultant, autodidact, and polymath. Christie, the founder of Sooorya EV Pte Ltd, is on a mission to create a positive impact in clean transportation & energy. In his own words: “I had a revelation on how electric vehicles can alleviate poverty in the developing countries. This made me realize my purpose in life, which is to propagate clean transportation/energy and alleviate poverty. Which led me to launch Sooorya EV (www.sooorya.com) – an electric vehicle startup focused on providing affordable, comfortable, and eco-friendly ridesharing in the emerging markets.”

Sooorya EV Pte Ltd, headquartered in Singapore is unique in many ways. Sooorya EV is building the future of mobility & redefining how automobiles are designed, manufactured, and sold, with a strong focus on sustainability, profitability, and societal impact.  Christie is often quoted in publications and invited to speak at conferences globally on Innovation in the automobile industry, renewable energy, battery swapping, and purpose-built Electric Vehicles for the developing world.

https://sg.linkedin.com/in/christiefernandez 

https://twitter.com/christie_fernan 

https://www.sooorya.com/

#cleanmeat #greenmeat #plantbasedmeat #culturedmeat #smartprotein #gfi #crueltyfree

The Good Food Institute India is a nonprofit organization that serves as the central expert body, thought leader, and convener in the space of plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-derived meat, eggs, and dairy - collectively known as the ‘alternative protein’ or ‘smart protein’ sector. GFI India is part of an international network of nonprofits with partners in Brazil, Israel, U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific, on a mission to build a more secure, sustainable, and just global food system. With unique insight across the scientific, policy, industry, and investment landscapes, we use the power of food innovation and markets to accelerate the transition of the world’s food system toward smart protein. In building the sector from the ground up in India, we’re aiming to establish a model for its growth all across the developing world.

#cleanmeat #greenmeat #plantbasedmeat #culturedmeat #smartprotein #gfi #crueltyfree  The Good Food Institute India is a nonprofit organization that serves as the central expert body, thought leader, and convener in the space of plant-based, cultivated, and fermentation-derived meat, eggs, and dairy - collectively known as the ‘alternative protein’ or ‘smart protein’ sector. GFI India is part of an international network of nonprofits with partners in Brazil, Israel, U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific, on a mission to build a more secure, sustainable, and just global food system. With unique insight across the scientific, policy, industry, and investment landscapes, we use the power of food innovation and markets to accelerate the transition of the world’s food system toward smart protein. In building the sector from the ground up in India, we’re aiming to establish a model for its growth all across the developing world.  Nicole Rocque- Innovation Specialist Nicole worked at Invest India, the National Investment Promotion and Facilitation Agency of the Government of India, as a primary advisor to life sciences groups' looking to set up or expand their presence in India. As a special project nomination via Invest India, she worked directly under the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India to launch the national innovation commercialization initiative AGNIi . Nicole brings experience in pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and technology commercialization to promote innovation in the plant-based, cultivated meat, eggs and dairy industry in India. Nicole is passionate about climate action and public health, which has led her to GFI India, in the hope to shape an Indian response to the biggest challenges of our lifetime.

https://in.linkedin.com/in/nicole-rocque-9566a6127 

https://twitter.com/rocquenicole

Akshay Vishnu Bhat- Science & Technology Specialist Akshay holds a BSc in Biotechnology, from Bangalore University, a Masters in Medical Biochemistry, and a PhD in Cancer & Muscle Biology from the National University of Singapore.  Akshay is an accomplished scientist and an entrepreneur with 7 years of experience in translational and cross-functional R&D projects with a focus on commercialization.

https://in.linkedin.com/in/akshayvishnubhat 

https://gfi.org.in https://www.smartproteinsummit.com 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-good-food-institute-india/ 

https://twitter.com/GoodFoodIndia 

https://www.facebook.com/goodfoodinstituteindia/ 

https://www.instagram.com/thegoodfoodinstituteindia/ 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqqJJR6F3JuQ09mobsIahMQFeeding 10 Billion Podcast- https://tinyurl.com/j7apzp4e

16#climatecrisis #CodeRedForHumanity #globalwarming

Dr Jai Asundi is the Executive Director of C-STEP. He joined the organization in 2009 and has been involved in research and development (R&D) projects in various areas. His initial work was in the field of emergency and disaster management. He mentored teams across areas spanning climate, energy, and urban development. He spearheaded the establishment of AI for Social Impact as a sector of work and the creation of the Centre for Air Pollution Studies (CAPS) at C-STEP. His broader research interests lie in decision-making and the development of decision-support systems for diverse public-policy problems.

Dr Asundi started his career as a software engineer/analyst at Infosys Technologies. He spent a year as a post-doc at the Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, prior to becoming an Assistant Professor of Information Systems in the School of Management, at the University of Texas at Dallas. He holds a BTech from IIT Bombay and MS and PhD degrees from Carnegie Mellon University. He is a senior member of the IEEE and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.

https://www.cstep.in 

https://in.linkedin.com/in/jaiasundi 

https://twitter.com/jaiasundi

#theaiguy #artificialintelligence #pandorasbrain #singularity #economicsingularity

Calum Chace is a keynote speaker, best-selling author focusing on the likely future impact of Artificial Intelligence on people and societies. who has authored books such as  ”The Economic Singularity" ; ”Surviving AI" ; and the "Pandora's Brain" which is a novel about the first superintelligence on earth.  Before becoming a full-time speaker and author, Calum had a 30-year career in business and journalism, working for the BBC, BP, and KPMG among others He has published five books on Artificial Intelligence. In 2017, Chace co-founded the Economic Singularity Club, "a loose group of technologists, academics, and writers who think the threat of mass technological unemployment is worth taking seriously". In January 2019 the group published Stories from 2045, a collection of short stories by some of its members speculating on what the world might look like in 2045.

In July 2019, Chace was listed among the top 50 futurist speakers in the world  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/calum-chace-bb68168/ 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/calumchace/ 

https://calumchace.wordpress.com/about/ 

https://twitter.com/cccalum

#happynewyear #2021 #1stepisode #ctipodcast #inequality #risinginequality #oxfam

Amitabh Behar is the CEO of Oxfam India. As Chief Executive officer, he spearheads the organization's vision to fight against inequality, poverty, and injustice in the country, besides carrying forward its humanitarian work. 

He has over 22 years of experience as a civil society leader. Amitabh is a former Executive Director of National Foundation for India. He got recognition for his work on governance accountability, social and economic equality, and citizen participation. He is one of the leading experts of people-centric advocacy and chairs organizational boards of Amnesty International India, Navsarjan, and Yuva. 

He is the vice board chair of CIVICUS and also sits on the board of other Organisations like Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA), Mobile Crèche, VANI, Global Fund for Community Foundation (GFCF). Amitabh holds an M. Phil in Political Science from Jawahar Lal Nehru University. He was also a research fellow at the University Grants Commission.

https://twitter.com/AmitabhBehar 

https://www.oxfamindia.org/about-us/our-team/amitabh-behar