With Mridula Anand

Given the life-saving and life-sustaining nature of pharma and medical devices, packaging plays a vital role in maintaining product quality and efficacy throughout the supply chain gamut. Today, the healthcare industry is witnessing an unparalleled demand for personal protective equipment (PPE), diagnostic kits, medical ventilators and other healthcare products. Additionally there continues to be an increase in demand for critical medicines and hygiene products. Packaging plays a vital role in ensuring the safety and security of all the items and new innovations in packaging have helped transform the pharmaceutical industry. With new government guidelines and greater customer interaction, this field has undergone rapid and disruptive changes.

With Chakravarthi AVPS- https://www.linkedin.com/in/chakravarthi-avps-99925614/

In this episode of Threading Thoughts, we talk about satellite imagery. Satellite images can capture crucial data like land use as well as land cover, groundwater prospects, and soil characteristics. Geographic information system (GIS) technology can also map nutrient deficiencies in the soil, which helps with crop planning. EO data has three distinct advantages viz., scale of data capture, frequency of data capture and timeliness of the data capture.What strted off as a fun “where is my house” search, these applications have helped in planning, monitoring disasters and natural calamities, and guiding civil defense people. From Extracting mineral deposits with remote sensing based spectral analysis to Disaster mitigation planning and recovery, remote sensing data is proving invaluable.  Satellite imagery is collected digitally- meaning there is no data loss during the scanning process. The Digital imagery contains more information covering a larger ground area and can revisit target sites at a specific timeframe. This makes it useful for city planning and public works as well. The Remote Sensing Data Policy (RSDP) by the Government of India recognized its benefit to society.

With Prateep Basu-https://www.linkedin.com/in/prateep-basu-0ba6791b/

In this podcast of threading thoughts, we discuss cyber psychology and and cyber bullying. Cyber psychology, Internet psychology or web psychology is gaining momentum and greater recognition as more and more people are embracing the virtual world. The COVID pandemic has accelerated Changing lifestyles and a constant digital presence. Youngsters and adults spend significant amount before a screen either chatting, learning, playing or shopping.An Individual need for recognition and self actualisation is growing as youngsters try to form and establish identities online. Almost a hunger for appreciation, coupled with vulnerability to online content is paving the way for several problems regarding health and well being. While new technology has and will play a role in the ways humans think about the world and their position in it, Rapid technological progress in recent times, is intensely altering our interactions. As a result, the way we think is notably differently as we consume new information, communicate with others, and internalize  our feelings. Cyberbullying has implications for child and adolescent development and even adult well being and is a growing concern. 

With Nirali Bhatia https://www.linkedin.com/in/nirali-bhatia/

In this podcast of Threading thoughts, we discuss the exponential growth of online presence and its consequences.in this online era, where things, both good and bad, last forever on the internet, personal branding can be considered more important than ever. Almost an online record, people believe it impacts how one is perceived online and offline, how one connects  with a larger audience on values and even the success of business.  Personal branding can provide the opportunity to highlight the  strengths and passions and creates this sense of intimacy and trust even if they have never met personally. It has led to a major rethink about how businesses market themselves and an ever growing importance of social media influencers. Personal branding needs to be consistent while staying true to their brand.

With Poornima Matthan https://www.linkedin.com/in/poornimamatthan/

Mridula Anand in conversation with Dr. Vijay Madhavan Regu- teacher, choreographer and founder of Natyagraphy.

Parvati Rai Ghantasala- teacher, performer

Bobz- acclaimed photographer

Sudharani Raghupathy- nationally acclaimed dancer, choreographer, teacher, performer, researcher

Yashoda Thalore-artist, performer, researcher