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or most of our existence, human beings have seen for easier methods
Fto complete tedious tasks. From the construction of pulley systems and
wheels to dishwashers and drive-thru carwashes, business have tried to
discover gears to do works for us so that industry could have more time to
relish our lives. We can say that people weren’t missing out on experiences
by having machines do these tasks, if anything; we were achieving time to
have more of them. But as time went on, some of our best and brightest saw
infinite possibilities of where AI could take us.
The advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a concept to its
contemporary appeal as a field with near-limitless prospective in revolving
around the method activities are achieved in a running culture. The ultimate
edge for AI systems endures to be attaining a level of cleverness that matches
that of the human mind. Researchers are linking techniques so that AI
solutions can create a routine of the huge data imprint being produced in the
development of daily activities through smart technologies such as personal
digital assistants, location trackers, sensors, imaging devices and social media
feeds.
India has seen a delicate categorization of AI and machine learning into the
daily lives of people to the extent that the expediencies resulting from their
use have become part of our daily reality—for example, tailored interactions
through a handheld device OS based on user behavior, app-based cab
aggregations, social media recommendations—and no longer seem out of the
regular. While consumers may not be conscious that they are using a form of
AI, organizations catering to them are detecting different uses of AI to
comfort delivery of service to end users. There is a lot of sanguinity around
some of the landmark initiatives in motion, such as Make in India, Skill India,
and Digital India.
At this stage, it is imperious to advance a vision into the possible insinuations
of AI systems across different application domains. This is also the best phase
to restrain the same within the purview of a strong policy outline that serves
the dual aims of technological development on the one hand and ethical
defiance and social addition on the other.
In an ever-evolving and learning AI environment, creating scenery for
institutionalizing AI innovation is the need of the hour. This requires close
collaboration industries in order to understand problems holistically and solve
them. India is already on the track of a digital revolution and the subsequent
step is developing the big data generated to yield intelligent resolutions.
Since the effectiveness of AI and machine learning has increased in direct
proportion to an upsurge in the quality and quantity of training that the
systems are exposed to, and the conditions are ripe for India to develop as a
leader in AI.
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26 Providing Novel Universal Solution
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Niramai
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In the issue of The 10 Most Innovative Artificial Intelligence Companies, we have presented the bigger AI
solutions provider, who have accomplished trademark by providing best-in-class AI solutions and are well
equipped for continuing the Tech sectors’ future. These organizations sponsored the diverse industries in changing
their approach of business work with excellent strategy execution and customer satisfaction as the best priority.
The journey of our magazine begins with Cover story, TARDID Technologies, which provides a predictive
maintenance solution for structural & machine health management to help heavy industries like Shipping, Oil &
Gas, Aviation, Manufacturing and Railways for preempting structural & machine component failures before it
happens.
We have enlisted, Flutura is an AI led IoT intelligence company powering new monetizable business models,
leveraging machine signals in the Energy, Engineering and Specialty chemicals; Niramai for providing a solution
that is non-contact, non-invasive, radiation-free and can detect early stage breast cancer in women of all age
groups; Robolab Technologies is a technology driven company, with current offerings for robotics, automation
and Internet of Things for education and industrial sectors and, Yeppar for delivering innovative solutions with
the concept based on Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality & Mixed Reality. We have also grouped, AIndra,
BloomReach, Fluid AI, SocialCops and Stylumia.
In the CXO standpoint, we have composed some deeply insightful articles from the stalwarts and the astute of our
time. We have, “Virtual Systems Advancing the Enterprise Resource Planning Magnificently by Mr. Harish
Kumar Saraf, Founder and CEO of Nippon Data Systems.
Our in-house writers have also contributed their expert views in “Time to Redefine the Present Tech Culture”.
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12. Advancement in artificial intelligence is real and on-
going, with the technology finding widespread
application in almost every sector. In industries,
machine and appliances are getting smarter day by day.
Businesses in the manufacturing space are looking at ways
to optimize processes, both in terms of efficiency and costs.
The use of data-backed “intelligent” algorithms is a great
way to make that happen. As a result, businesses are turning
to AI applications rapidly.
An illustrious product development
organization, TARDID Technologies
provides a predictive maintenance
solution for structural & machine
health management to help heavy
industries like Shipping, Oil & Gas,
Aviation, Manufacturing and
Railways for preempting structural &
machine component failures before it
happens. It is the prime organization in delivering a
productive tool that specifies where your plant, machineries
or structures interact with key stakeholders and provides an
operative and efficient result with human like thinking. It is
the only company which enjoys 50:50 Technology Joint
Venture with Blockchain.
BRAINBOX - A Super Intelligent Tool
Being a product development organization, TARDID has a
Cognitive Analytics tool which is named as “BRAINBOX.”
It is an Augmented Intelligence Platform which has a
capability of minimizing efforts between Man & Machine
and delivers advanced efficient and real-time predictions
with high precision decision support. TARDID
Technologies supports its end users
through all levels of digital value
creation with embodied
Cognition. Its modular design
leverages customized frames
and solutions that can identify
smallest of the small
requirements.
BRAINBOX Solutions makes
maintenance easy and attains
desired performance levels
efficiently. It brings a full-featured predictive and proactive
maintenance program and applies its benefits to structural
components, engines, motors, alternators, pumps,
compressors, fans, valves, gearboxes, energy
synchronization and optimization or to any other equipment
BRAINBOX ENSURES CONTINUITY
& SUSTAINABILITY AGAINST
DISRUPTIONS & STAGNATIONS,
while simultaneously reducing risks
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Niladri Dutta
CEO & Founder
Aastha Verma,
COO & Co-founder
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the power to collect, process and analyze good and dark
data in real-time for predicting equipment conditions and
empowers end users during the decision making process. It
also provides reports & alerts to Greenfield and Brownfield
operations competently.
With self-managing & self-defending operation,
BRAINBOX platform detects errors in the structures and
machine by keeping one step ahead than beings. It also
anticipates possibilities of machine’s failures and supports
to improve the functioning of the structure. It calculates
analyses, suggests options, detects failure and life
expectancy and eliminates systematic casual analysis
through autonomous & automatic models. Interestingly, it
makes the machine interact proactively before the
breakdown arises.
Aastha Verma describes the features of BRAINBOX by
asserting, “BRAINBOX is more about sensing faults,
faultlessly. It is like a machine “supervisor”. It overlooks
the entire “team” of machines to ensure that all parts and
wholes are functioning effectively, and detects or predicts
any issue in the entire structure.”
“THINK UP, It’s the immune system that your
machines deserve!”- Aastha asserts.
Thus, BRAINBOX is the core of manufacturing innovation
that rethinks and optimizes the entire maintenance strategy
as a whole from top to bottom.
Inspiring Leaders of TARDID Technologies
The COO & Co-Founder of TARDID Technologies,
Aastha Verma, responsibly handles all the operations &
sales and strategic alliances in the organization. As in case
of any young company, she is responsible for anything and
everything which is not related to technology development.
Technology & Product Development is spearheaded by the
CEO & Founder, Mr Niladri Dutta.
Advanced Innovations with Reputed Standards
TARDID has drawn a line between make-believe and
reality, without limiting their creativity. They have formed
unimaginable things which makes them Distinct and
exclusive from their competitors.
At present, TARDID is working with the Defense industry
to provide Autonomous Structural Health Management
system to estimate expected Lifespan of the vessels along
with the details that help the naval systems to distinguish
the limits to which the vessel can be used in various sea
states. TARDID is helping them to recognize the
comprehensive structural health of their hull. This
empowers the client to plan their fleet in the most suitable
manner for the calmer seas or high alert situations.
The new onboard feature immediately alerts the crews to
the state of structural damage like fractures, bending,
buckling etc., and its determination as and when they occur,
providing the crew ample time for corrective actions before
any major failure happens. TARDID is doing this by using
multiple combinations of networked sensors to capture
information and further deep learn it for logical reasoning
and prediction.
“VISUALIZE- PREDICT- ANALYZE- OPTIMIZE”
TARDID’s BRAINBOX has the capability to deliver
different aspects depending on the customer’s requirement.
Its SHM, MHM & Cognitive solutions offer one-click
visualization to understand the problem (anomalies related
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Brainbox-AIP, at every moment
during the life of a structure or
machine, provides a diagnosis
of the “state” of the constituent
materials, of the different
components, or the full assembly
of these constituting the structure
and machine as a whole.
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pressure & humidity variations, temperatures variations,
multi- body interaction effect, etc.) regions in a predictive
mode after conducting in depth predictive analytics to
safeguard augmented usage of the assets.
Future Expansions to Rule the AI Sector
TARDID’s key to business efficiency lies in not just
monitoring the output of various technologies, but also in
taking the next step and employing advanced algorithms
and machine learning to take action from real-time insights.
Future goals of TARDID are on a full throttle at the
moment. They are currently engaged in working on
different industries, such as-
Shipping – An Advanced Autonomous Structural Health
Management System which delivers real-time health
condition of ship structural components and assists key
decision makers that are onboard and on shore during the
decision making process.
Refinery (Oil & Gas)- Where the company provides
predictive analytics based solutions for refinery system
maintenance and asset management to develop refinery
utilization (maximize asset performance and uptime) by
monitoring the accessible and remote locations system in
real-time.
Manufacturing-TARDID provides real-time predictive
maintenance solution for structural health management and
machine health management and assists key decision
makers that are on-board and on-ground during the
decision-making process.
Railways- They provide Advanced & Autonomous Smart
Rail System, a systematic approach to predict rail
derailment phenomena before it is going to occur and
provide the necessary information to the key decision
makers for ceasing rail derailment.
Henceforth, TARDID is delivering all this with the help of a
highly skilled team of specialist & experts from the
respective areas that are powered by the industry and
through partnerships with the customers and premium
research institutes in India.
Brainbox is a mechanical doctor that predicts
the best possible diagnosis for your machines
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17. Management BriefCompany Name
Fluid AI
fluid.ai
Abhinav Aggarwal
CEO
Fluid AI solutions redefine the landscape of AI.
Niramai
Niramai.com
Niramai, provides a solution that is non-contact, non-invasive,
radiation-free and can detect early stage breast cancer in women
of all age groups.
Robolab Technology
robolab.in
Robolab Technologies is a technology driven company, with
current offerings for robotics, automation and Internet of Things
for education and industrial sectors.
TARDID Technologies
Private Limited
tardidtech.com
Stylumia is a platform where Artificial intelligence meets fashion
with Real time analytics for Fashion forecasting to grow revenue
and profit in your business.
socialcops
socialcops.com
Ankush Sharma
CEO
Yeppar is an organization focusing to deliver innovative
solutions with the concept based on Augmented Reality, Virtual
Reality & Mixed Reality.
TARDID Technologies provides a predictive maintenance solution for
structural & machine health management to help heavy industries like
Shipping, Oil & Gas, Aviation, Manufacturing and Railways for
preempting structural & machine component failures before it happens.
Yeppar
yeppar.com
Aastha Verma
Co-founder & COO
Aindra Systems
aindra.in
Aindra is to build state of the art medical devices for screening
Cervical Carcinoma. They are dedicated towards extending this
to other Critical Illnesses as well.
Bloomreach
bloomreach.com
BloomReach DXP is an open and intelligent platform for businesses to
build, extend, personalize, analyze, test and optimize their digital
experiences across all channels.
Flutura
flutura.com
Krishnan Raman
Co-founder & CEO
Flutura is an AI led IoT intelligence company powering new
monetizable business models, leveraging machine signals in the
Energy, Engineering and Specialty chemicals.
stylumia
stylumia.com
Prukalpa Sankar
Co-founder
Raj De datta
CEO
SocialCops is a big data analytics company. Their platform
enables organizations to collect primary data, access secondary
data, layer internal data, transform and merge data, and visualize
relevant insights through dashboards.
Shaurya Khanduri
CEO
Adarsh Natarajan
Founder
Nidhi Mathur
COO & CFO
Geetha Manjunath
CEO & CTO
Amol Gulhane
CEO
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Co-founder & CEO
Krishnan Raman
Providing AI platform for Industrial Internet of Things
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Flutura is an AI led IoT intelligence company
powering new monetizable business models,
leveraging machine signals in the Energy,
Engineering and Speciality chemicals. Flutura is amongst
the world's leading AI platforms for Industrial Internet of
Things and has been a pioneer to introduce the concept of
asset and process centric AI platform for IIOT. Flutura’s
Cerebra platform is the strategic choice for some of the
largest oil and gas, process manufacturing, specialty
chemicals companies and heavy machinery manufacturers
in the world.
Unplanned downtime and machine influenced process
deviations is a multi-million dollar problem for these
companies. These are leading to cost over runs, service
level non-compliances, economic opportunity losses,
increased safety and environmental risks. All these are
happening while operations are becoming increasingly
complex and product quality along with the associated
aftermarket service levels increasingly stringent.
Amongst heavy machinery manufacturers, commoditization
is leading to an existential threat to companies and their
customers are leading them towards a service and
experience based economy. Customers are demanding: New
product offerings with guaranteed outcomes, Round the
clock reliability of products and services, and Competitive
business and pricing models.
In order for companies to meet these new customer
demands, there is a need for smart system that is able to
sense and respond. Access to right information at the right
time with the right person will be the core to this. It is
humanly impossible to achieve this, given the complexity &
scale of industrial operations and hence algorithmic
automation is key.
To achieve a smart system, existing approaches based on
first principles have to be augmented with new age Machine
learning and Artificial intelligence capabilities. Cerebra
does exactly this and surfaces early warning signals,
enabling decision makers to intervene with the right actions
at the right time.
About Krishnan Raman
Krishnan Raman is the Co-founder and CEO at Flutura.
Krishnan is a thought leader in Analytics, has been honored
as one of the “Bulls of Technology” in Houston, and
regularly speaks at international forums.
Prior to founding Flutura, Krishnan was the Global Head of
Business Analytics at MindTree Ltd, a business unit that he
incubated from scratch and scaled to a 1000+ member team.
An entrepreneur at heart, prior to Mindtree, Krishnan had
founded Atma Consulting, a Vertical Service Provider,
delivering process automation solution to Auto & Auto
Ancillary companies. He was a strategy consultant focused
on IT strategy with the Strategic Change practice at PwC.
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He holds an MBA in Marketing and Systems from SP Jain,
Mumbai, and a B.Tech from National Institute of
Technology, Calicut.
Distinctive Solutions from Flutura
Flutura has an Unflinching Vertical focus around Energy,
Engineering and speciality chemicals. Within these
industries, Flutura has developed further specialization in
areas like Shale gas drilling and production, Adhesive &
Sealants and OEM digitization. Continuing on its
verticalized focus, Flutura is currently expanding into Deep
water, FLNG, Refineries and other Specialty Chemicals.
Flutura enables the confluence of domain and AI with a
multi-disciplinary team which is composed of reliability
engineers, oil & gas upstream & downstream, operations
experts, data scientists, UX specialists and big data
specialists.
Innovative Solutions of Flutura
Flutura broadly categorizes its solutions in two categories
of Connected Assets and Connected Operations.
In Connected Assets, team Flutura looks at individual
machines and associated data points with a focus on
machine uptime and increased reliability. Flutura is helping
many O&G equipment manufacturers to enable diagnosis
and prognosis of their assets.
In connected processes, team Flutura looks at the entire
manufacturing line, the sub-systems and associated signals
like raw material characteristics, weight tolerances, process
attributes, etc. and the focus is on improving the line
efficiency in terms of yield or quality of the product being
produced. Flutura is in fact supporting one of the leading
industrial adhesive and sealant manufacturing company
predict the quality specifications of the final product with
95%+ accuracy.
Benefits for Clients
The most satisfying experience both for team Flutura and
their clients has been one of Fluturas’ implementations in
the connected processes side in the adhesives and sealants
industry. The customer has won many global awards in the
connected processes domain because of the
implementation.
With the innovative services, Flutura is helping this
customers to predict the quality of the product being
manufactured in real time with 94% accuracy and helping
them reduce the cost running into millions of dollars. For
the company, the solution has been tested and scaled live in
more than 20 plants and is in the process of being rolled out
globally.
Future Prospects
Flutura believes that the market in the future will need more
& more focused business applications and has factored this
in while constructing its future roadmap. Verticalized and
Surgical Solutions with a clear articulation of business
benefits and ROI will be key. Solutions that have the right
balance between being an AI platform and
business/Industry focussed app will emerge as leaders. Next
5 years, the market will still be fragmented like it is now
and the OEMs, control systems guys and pure play
analytics companies will still continue to bring their own
platforms. Smart & Strategic partnerships to provide end-
to-end solutions to customers will play a key role in
growing the market share.
In the next five years, Flutura envisions higher adoption of
automated closed-loop systems and increased autonomous
operations.
To handle the future, Flutura team is looking at building an
asset library for their chosen industries to assist rapid
deployment. They are also building verticalized nano-apps
for their chosen industries. Flutura has already partnered
with Key players to bring an end-to-end solution to their
customers and is always looking for new partners who can
add value and differentiation in the manufacturing AI space.
22. The effectiveness of any organization’s communication systems forms an essential part of its working. We have
come a long way from handwritten letters to typewriters, to pagers, and now tools like Emails, Skype and
Messenger calls, Slack, and Workplace by FB to name a few. The accessibility and instant availability to talk
to anyone and at any place is what makes technology an integral part of the workplace environment. Effective
communication channels like instant messaging and conference calls over internet contribute highly to work
productivity. As a result, the virtual office technology has removed workplace boundaries and has led to business
expansion faster than we thought.
If organization was a machine, it would work smoothly when oiled with effective and transparent communication, both
internally and externally. The effectiveness of any organization’s communication systems forms an essential part of its
working. The accessibility and instant availability to talk to anyone and at any place is what makes technology an
integral part of the workplace environment. Emails, conference calls, Skype calls, Messenger chatbots and various
other channels of communication contribute highly to work productivity. As a result, the virtual office technology has
removed workplace boundaries and has led to business expansions.
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Efficiency
Effortless communication is the core of
organizational efficiency. Since there
are multiple layers of communication
involved in businesses, including
communication with clients,
co-workers, peers, customers, and
other stakeholders, the choice of
communication channel can help make
quick business decisions. The
integration of technology has not only
changed the pace at which inter and
intra organizational communication
works, but has also impacted the way
work is done. It brings flexibility and
ease of connectivity, which makes the
global workplace mobile. The
introduction of liquid computing is
increasing efficiency by eliminating
constraints like time, place and
manner.
Transparency
New trends in communication is
gradually eliminating the
traditional ways of workplace
communication, thus, making way
for ideas to flow in a coherent
space. The idea is to bring
transparency and trust in the
communication which motivates the
employees and makes the leaders less
authoritative in a positive way. It
creates a connection between the
employer and employee hence bridging
the gap between the two. It leads to
quick problem solving and building of
teams which essentially stems from
effective means of communication. The
mobile-friendly tools of
communication are now seen to be
taking over the age-old legacy of
hierarchy.
Employee Engagement
Free flowing communication and
lot of costs involved while providing
abundant spaces of filing the
information.
Secures the Work and Data
Revolutionizing the world of work and
connectivity, technology has made sure
to reach people at a global level. A
huge amount of business sensitive
information which can be stored and
accessed by people at work is prone to
be hacked or damaged; but innovative
ways of technology safeguards the
information from possible security
breach, which makes impossible for
pertinent information to leak.
Since technology is an ever-evolving
game, the best way to integrate
technology in the workplace is
adopting new trends and using the mix
of various tools looking at the benefits
it has on the employees. Every
organization and its employees wish to
work towards a meaningful
purpose. Therefore, a well
balanced mix of latest
technology and talented team
leads to optimum use of the
work-days. Like many
organizations, Click Labs, being
a tech startup has always been a front-
runner in adopting and experimenting
with new techniques of
communication. Different tech tools
are adopted by the company leading to
smooth flow of information among all
channels of the organization. This
helps to improve employee
engagement, relationship building,
and collaboration among different
verticals.
accessibility to connect with anyone
irrespective of hierarchy motivates
employees for active participation in
the company’s workings and be a part
of the decision-making process. This
boosts the morale of the employees and
makes them work toward the common
objective of the company and
themselves. The employee engagement
through such tools not just promises
workers’ productivity but also ensures
the overall business success. It is
believed that workers’ productivity
increases by 20-25% where employees
are connected and apparently company
revenue is directly related to employee
engagement.
Saves Time & Costs while Analyzing
Data
Unlike old times when the records
were prone to all kinds of damage and
miscommunication, the digital records
provide a great way for data analyzing,
based on old communication records.
It also simplifies the process and
provides automation of rigorous tasks
which, historically, would require a lot
of staff and time. For instance,
bookkeeping can now be sought by
software applications which reduce the
labor cost and working hours. While
the work today exists irrespective of
different time zones and boundaries,
the communication has truly made the
workplace global in a true sense.
Tech-based communication also allows
the easy way of sharing and retrieving
information. The cloud storage
eliminates the paperwork, makes the
systems faster and agile and, saves a
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24. Whether moving in a
driverless car or deliver an
e-commerce product at
customers doorstep. “Location” plays
an important role. There is a significant
dimension of “Location” in every
business transactions. Location can be
an address, a service boundary, a sales
territory, or a delivery route. Therefore
location-specific data and its analytics
are high in demand among various
enterprises. Analytics of location-based
data helps an organization to earn more
profit and also contribute in making
operational activities much more
efficient and faster. Enterprises from
different domains, therefore, now
started using location-based data
analytics application. “Spatial
Intelligence” is one of them.
Spatial Intelligence
Spatial Intelligence (SI) is an
application of GIS and is also known
as Location Intelligence. Spatial
Intelligence is the process of deriving
meaningful insights from geospatial
data captured by GIS. With many
different observations, patterns get
discovered which help a business to
take better decisions, optimize their
business operations and increase their
profits.
Eminence of GIS
GIS stands for Geographic Information
System. GIS is a system, which is
designed to capture, store, manipulate,
manage and present “Location”
specific data to its end users in
graphical format. It is a system which
comprises of software, hardware,
people, data, and methods.
GIS software lets an organization to
produce maps and other graphic
displays of geographic information for
analysis and presentation. GIS is much
more than a container of maps in
digital form. GIS hardware helps to
capture an image and other digital data
for a particular location. People are the
end users of GIS; it can be GIS
technicians, managers, administrators,
etc.
Spatial Intelligence for Businesses
Transformation
It is generally known fact that more
than 80% of all data has a location
element to it and that location directly
affects the kind of insights that you
might draw from many sets of
information. By carrying out a spatial
analysis of this data using varied
business intelligence (BI) tools,
decision makers will able to better
understand the past, current and
forthcoming aspects of business
operations to derive valuable insights
and make most effective decisions for
their businesses.
Most of the time enterprises require
customer’s data related to specific
locations to know income levels,
educational background, buying habits
of persons residing in a specific area
which helps a business to find a
probable location where that particular
business get flourished.
Spatial Intelligence derives meaningful
observations for an existing business as
well. In which areas an organization is
performing well? Which are the
underperforming areas? Which are the
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25. areas where a company needs to focus
immediate attention? There is a series
of many important questions related to
a business growth. Spatial intelligence
has the potential to derive meaningful
answers to these questions.
Spatial relationships, patterns and
trends reveal priceless business
intelligence and bring easy-to-
understand visualization to business
applications. The power of location
intelligence enables companies to
identify and increase where business
performs stronger and cut down on
failing assets.
Spatial Intelligence is Getting
Recognition among Different
Enterprises
Companies from different verticals are
taking Spatial Intelligence very
seriously and investing huge money on
it. Traditional players of the geospatial
industry like Esri, Hexagon and Pitney
Bowes are working with spatial data on
a large scale. Apart from these
companies many hard-core IT
corporations like Oracle, Microsoft and
IBM are also venturing into spatial
analytics at full throttle. For instance,
by integrating Esri’s technologies into
Azure IoT Suite’s preconfigured
solutions, Microsoft is empowering
customers to gain valuable insights
about where their assets are and what
they are doing at all times, anywhere in
the world.
Which sectors are gaining from
Spatial Intelligence?
There are two categories of businesses
which are using Spatial Intelligence.
The first set is of those businesses
which are naturally embedded in
geographies like transport,
telecommunication, or real estate,
which absolutely depend on location-
based information. The second set
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26. comprises of the group of users who
not essentially use geospatial data on
an everyday basis but they still depend
on it for better performance. These
would be retailers, insurance
companies and banks.
Let's enlighten how these sectors are
gaining with Spatial Intelligence:
Logistics: To check the consumption
rate of a particular product on a
particular location help warehouse
management to determine, which stock
is needed on a priority basis? Thus it
helps a logistic company to maintain
demand-supply ratio without any
caveat. Companies like United Parcel
Service and FedEx are augmenting
delivery routes using spatial analytics.
Transport: To determine the shortest
and fastest transportation routes for
delivery, SI is very helpful. Apart from
this, it also provides direction to
travellers while driving.
Real State: Many people buy a house
based on the location. People prefer a
location which is near to a hospital, a
railway station, schools etc. Spatial
analytics provides research, analysis,
and presentation of each prospective
site. It helps in determining ideal sites
for development.
Telecommunication: In analyzing
rivals network coverage, actual
bandwidth, potential area to tap new
business opportunity, SI is really
helpful for telecommunication.
Energy: Spatial Intelligence is helping
energy industry to identify the potential
location for energy exploration.
Retail: Spatial analysis is helping the
retail industry to maintain stock
delivery, store management, inventory
management, marketing and sales.
Advertisement Industry: SI helps
Advertisement and PR agency in order
to find potential location, to install
billboard so that it gets maximum
views.
Healthcare: To identifying those
locations, which are more prone to a
certain disease, SI provides valuable
inputs to the health officials to make
policy and administrative decisions to
control epidemic diseases.
Airports and airlines: Air traffic
control use SI to track flight operations
with greater accuracy and efficiency. SI
helps airlines to reroute flight path in
case of an emergency. It also helps in
optimizing fuel and staff cost.
Government agencies: Not only
private
companies but
many
government
agencies are also
using SI.
Defense
agencies, town
planning
department or
public
distribution
system all are
using SI for
better
administration
and efficient
operations.
Insurance
Company:
Climate is not
under anyone’s
control but
policies are.
Drought and hailstorm have become a
common phenomenon since last few
decades. Drought and hailstorm
contribute to large-scale crop damages.
Crop insurance has gained popularity
due to drought and hailstorm. SI helps
insurance company to predict in
advance about future climate behaviors
for a particular location and helps them
in making crop insurance policy and
promotion as well.
Humans think visually, therefore
spatially. Due to visual decoding,
comparison of data and invaluable
business insights, SI has already made
inroads across various enterprises.
With many emerging technologies like
crowdsourcing, human geography and
visual analytics, dominance of Spatial
Intelligence will only grow further.
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28. The increasing toll of breast cancer in developing
nations is really heading towards a devastating
situation. The disease once considered as the
problem of affluent nations is now affecting developing
nations like India at a large scale. The incidence rate of
breast cancer is relatively lower in India, but it is rapidly
rising. Breast Cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths
in women today. Early detection of breast cancer can
increase survival rates. Existing tests are reaching only 10%
of the women that need to be screened every year globally.
Enabling the rest of the 90% of the women to undergo
screening is a huge opportunity and also a challenge that
Niramai is addressing with its novel universal solution for
breast screening. The new solution from Niramai is gaining
good acceptance by women as it addresses even the social-
cultural issues that deter women from going for breast
screening.
A novel breast cancer screening by Niramai, provides a
solution that is non-contact, non-invasive, radiation-free
and can detect breast cancer in women of all age groups.
The core technology of NIRAMAI solution is computer-
aided diagnostics software that is powered by Artificial
Intelligence and patented Machine Learning algorithms on
high resolution thermal images. It provides complete test in
two variants: one for hospitals and diagnostics centers to
address the gaps in current screening tests to screen
younger women, and second as a low cost, portable solution
for enabling large scale screening in rural and semi-rural
areas, as well as onsite corporate screenings. Niramai uses
machine learning and big data analytics over thermal
images to provide a reliable and low-cost method to detect
breast cancer.
Indisputable and Accomplished Team
NIRAMAI was founded in July 2016 by two women co-
founders, Dr. Geetha Manjunath and Ms. Nidhi Mathur
with diverse expertise. Geetha, who is the CEO and CTO at
Niramai, holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from IISc
and has led large teams to deliver innovative solutions in
Hewlett Packard Labs and Xerox Research. She has over 25
years of research expertise in IT industry and has several
patents, publications, national and international
recognitions to her credit. Nidhi holds an MBA from IIMB
with specialization in finance and marketing, and has
expertise in commercializing new-to-the-world innovations.
NIRAMAI
CEO & CTO
Dr. Geetha
Manjunath
Providing Novel Universal Solution
for Breast Cancer using AI
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COO & CFO
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29. Nidhi plays the role of COO and CFO at NIRAMAI.
The key asset of Niramai is the core team of researchers
and engineers, who have the passion to solve this huge
problem of breast cancer using deep tech AI solution. The
solution developed by Niramai is low cost, radiation-free,
portable, has better accuracy, works on women of all age
groups and has the ability to detect even early stage cancers
in a completely privacy aware manner. This combination of
simplicity and effectiveness makes it an easy choice for
women to opt for screening without concerns.
Conducting Cancer-Screening Awareness
NIRAMAI launched a privacy-aware breast cancer
screening solution for hospitals and diagnostic centers mid-
2017. The team is now working on a mobile-based low-cost
solution for breast cancer screening which can be used by
gynecologists and general physicians to detect breast
abnormalities in their patients, instead of relying only on
hand examination.
It is very surprising that even educated women living in
urban areas in India do not go for regular breast cancer
screening tests. When Niramai conducted screening camps
in corporate offices and apartment complexes, they also
observed that a lot of women were initially very hesitant to
undergo breast cancer screening. But when they saw the
privacy aware aspects of screening, not only they came
forward to get screening done, they also encouraged their
friends and colleagues to go for the test. Apart from
privacy-awareness, the portability of equipment used by
Niramai also makes it possible to serve the unserved in
rural areas by using advanced technology that takes care of
their medical as well as socio-cultural needs.
Technology Reaching Out for Breast Cancer Care
Technology is definitely useful in a country like India
where there is a shortage of skilled medical professionals.
Niramai makes cancer diagnosis objective, simpler and
effective for Radiologists. The core mathematics used by
Artificial Intelligence algorithms has now matured and the
accuracy levels of automated decision making has reached
the threshold of acceptance, and some cases even surpassed
human decision making. AI will be used in all application
domains, and in fact applications which don’t use analytics
and AI will become obsolete very shortly. Experts predict
that AI will reach a mode of singularity in 2029 where
machines will perform better than humans in decision
making. AI diagnostic tools are also booming in medical
research at the moment, with machines helping doctors
scour through data to better diagnose a variety of abnormal
conditions.
Future Advancements of NIRAMAI
Niramai is working towards increasing the awareness about
the solution among women population as well as
practitioners. It is partnering with leading medical
specialists to create additional proofs of the efficacy of the
solution and establish the complete workflow to
recommend how this solution can be an integral part of
health services delivery. With that, the new solution will be
considered as a standard modality accepted by a wider
section of medical community. In addition, Niramai is also
looking at extending the application of the innovation to
areas other than breast cancer.
NIRAMAI is detecting breast
cancer in a non-invasive and
privacy-sensitive manner
through the fusion of
thermal imaging and AI
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30. The Indian Technology Sector has earned an enormous reputation throughout the world in
previous decades. Some Indian Technology company has set its work culture at Global standard.
Work Culture is all about the stakeholders and their coexistence with one another. The key factor
for the tech firm is to maintain a culture flow comprising of particularly
regular behavior and decisions. This conversation is
mostly initiated at the top level to sustain the
suitable work culture in the organization.
Work culture has changed more rapidly
with joining of the new employees
across the world in the Indian Tech
companies so handbooks and
policies about work culture
must be revised time to time.
Indian Technology
Company follows a
different kind of work
culture. Likely, some
follow very strict work
culture like banning
even the use of
mobile phones in the
office or wearing
casual clothes. On
the other hand, some
companies are
provide an employee
friendly work
environment, foe
example they even
allow them to work
from home, emphasizing
on achieving targets,
rather than following very
strict or disciplined work
culture.
Over the last decade, Indian
Technology Companies has raised
significant capital to build businesses and
expand its base beyond its boundary. So in
most of the Indian’s Tech Company’s work
Time To Redene The
Present Tech Culture
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31. culture is more versatile compared to other. As defined by
one of the leading Tech Company in India “What is culture
but a shared set of beliefs, values, and practices? Our
culture is the foundation of our success and it is completely
people oriented, touching lives and making a difference to
employees, stakeholders, customers and partners alike. We
believe that excellence is not a destination but a journey of
continuous improvement and we keenly promote an open
culture, encouraging feedback, and actively transforming it
into action”.
Management desired work Culture
In a Technology Company most of the employees are very
young and fresh college graduates. So they always expect
them to be very innovative and provide new insightful
ideas. They’re also always ready to provide liberty to their
employees to experiment with their ideas and thoughts.
Some companies create an atmosphere where the new
employee gets the power to be involved in small as well as
big strategy decision. So that each employee is glued in to
what happens in the company.
The tech firms provide employment solely on the basis of
applicant’s competencies and qualifications. They strive to
create a work culture where an employee will enjoy equal
opportunity in all aspects of employment, including training
conditions of service, recruitment and career growth.
Furthermore, they are committed to maintaining a
workplace where each employee’s personal dignity and
privacy is respected and protected from threatening or
offensive behavior including violence and sexual
harassment.
An example is wherein the countries renowned IT
Company based on its market performance, gives a lot of
importance to the gender diversity and believes that the
high number of women employee holds the company in
high esteem and creates huge goodwill in the market. Most
of the Technology Companies run Management
Development Program throughout the year and allowed the
young employee to learn Management skill.
Young Employees Aspire High
As growth rate has slowed down due to multiple factors, it
will be huge challenge for the Indian IT companies to
manage expectations of their employees including retaining
of their staff, in the era of rapid technology evolution.
Employee expectations are a delicate thing to deal with.
Providing too much will probably spoil a company’s
profitability while too less could result in higher attrition
rate. This is already very high near to 15 % in Indian
Technology Companies. Career progression, benefits,
leaves are the normal expectation of the employee as in
other industry too but as in Tech companies most of the
employee are very young and they are hungry to receive the
acknowledgment that he or she is doing a good job and they
also wanted to learn new things ongoing basis. It is of
paramount importance to maintain diversity in the
workforce because the imbalance in workforce percentage
may create the negative vibe in the women workers. As
Technological development strengthens Firms, clients are
facing industrial disruption and are always expected to
deliver best, cannot afford to be relaxed. But providing
healthy, friendly and relaxed workplace atmosphere can do
the magic in terms of meeting the expectations of the
employee.
Current work culture Trend in Indian Tech Company
A Technology Company by its nature is democratic. Since
most of the information remains accessible to all employee
as most of the records remain in digital form. This system
helps the workplace become more transparent and
accountable. Earlier Tech companies use to offer a
challenging environment for motivating the employee to
take out best from their works. But in recent past lot has
changed in the work culture and they are creating an
employee friendly work culture where an employee can feel
relaxed even in the challenging situation. Many Tech
companies now allow the employees to work from home
and it creates lots of values in the mind of the employee and
in turn helps companies to maintain a friendly relationship
with the employee. Gym, library, relaxing zone, a good
restaurant has become an integral part at the premises of a
technology company. They also organize various
entertainment programs on regular basis. Not only this but
technology companies also provide the opportunity for the
employee to nurture their other talent like music band,
photography club, painting, acting, movie making, guitar
classes, Zumba lessons, sports tournaments etc, to help the
employee to develop their overall personality.
Work culture play very vital role in the growth of a
company. It defines the personality of the company. Work
culture in any company gets influenced by the culture of the
country where it operates. Since Indian Technology
Companies has their widespread presence in many other
countries, they represent and adopt global culture. One of
the major challenges faced by Indian Technology is higher
attrition rate. To retain an employee for the long term is of
paramount importance, and to create strong work culture so
that an employee fits within the culture easily and also help
the company to improve the productivity.
CURRENT TRENDS
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32. Information
Revolution
In recent years we have been witnessing a tsunami of changes in the information age and the fastest rate of change every
aspect of social life and business. A few observations:
• iPADs are now common in Kindergartens.
• Intelligent cell phones are widespread and social media is connecting people in real-time
• Information companies have been replacing not just brick and mortar companies such as Blockbusters, but are not
replacing the traditional Taxi cab companies and transportation companies
• Speech and visual recognition is commonly used
• Ecommerce is now 5% of the $4.3 Trillion in total US retail sales. For clothing and footwear, almost 20% goes to
eCommerce
• Intelligent devices are in people’s homes from Washing machines to vacuum cleaners and refrigerators
• Personal shopping assistants in the form of robots in a number of stores and people’s avatar’s help shoppers on line to pick
the right make up and clothing items.
• 6 Billion hours of video are watched every month.
• A one year old can play with iPAD while expecting a magazine picture to change size the same way as if it is a computer!
What has brought these changes to our lives is a combination of scientific approaches that have become mature enough to
allow this. Of course the speed and memory capability of computing devices has enabled this revolution that continues to
evolve. Collectively, we refer to these scientific advances as information Technology. But this is not just progress, what is
going on is a revolution in the way we live, work, relate to each other, communicate, collaborate and even go to war with
each other. The objective is to make the devices as close to humans as possible. Even facial expressions of feelings are now
being detected and used for decision making. Intelligence in every aspect of our lives can be guided by machines from the
right amount of water in our washer to how many shipments of an item to a location for storage or sale.
Stock market is a good example of such intelligence. As data becomes so available in real-time then systems are needed to
make sense of it all. Every morning the same data is available to everyone everywhere. People who have the best decisions
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Revolution
33. Cyrus Hadavi
Founder & CEO, Adexa
made the fastest are the winners in the financial markets. They do this by highly optimized algorithms and Artificial
Intelligence (AI) techniques. The rate of incoming information in this age doubles every 5 minutes. 70 years ago it doubled
every decade. As human beings the only way we can cope with this is to have intelligent systems to decipher the data and
recommend what can be done or should be done. Currently the total amount of data is 44 Zettabyte of which 13 ZB is useful
data and our current capacity is to hold only 7ZB.
Areas that have been instrumental in this information technology revolution are:
1. Computer Vision and Speech Recognition
2. AI Techniques, especially machine learning and inference techniques
3. Optimization algorithms, including planning and scheduling
4. Pattern recognition in Big data and techniques to uncover hidden information that may not be obvious
Our interest at Adexa has to do with methods that can be used to make businesses better and faster and more profitable. In
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34. particular our findings are that items 2-4 above can have a
significant impact on supply chain planning systems and
optimization of operations.
As an example, Starbucks is connecting every coffee
machine to its IoT system to collect the data so that there is
no latency in information needed as to what to buy and
what to distribute. In fact, by doing so this data collection
might reveal different habits of different regions in the type
of coffee preferred as well as what people buy with their
coffee. As soon as we are aware of such information, the
next step is to plan to get what is needed and to schedule to
source it, make it and deliver it and do it in an optimized
manner in the least amount of time and cost. Now you can
see how the 3 latter items are related to one another and
necessary steps.
Learning systems in AI are intended to make software more
and more intelligent by learning from its environment. As
an example, given a model of the supply chain of a
company, it must have the capability to constantly change
since the supply chain is dynamic and the company is
dynamic and it changes. In some cases the changes are
subtle, such as demand falling slowly or more obvious,
such as losing a customer or a supplier. How would the
models of the supply chain understand these changes and
relate to them is done with a lot of help form their users and
expected events.
However, we feel that systems are capable of changing
themselves by understanding the changes in the
environments in which they operate. Assume a supplier is
late by 3-5 days most of the time or a customer is generally
over forecasts 10% of the time. Systems are capable of
picking up this kind of behavior and confirm it and then
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build it into the future models automatically. Thus the
supply chain model is constantly adapting itself to its
surroundings and changing as the business changes. By
using the techniques in big data analysis, models are
constantly corrected and represent an accurate view of what
is actually going on, and then optimization techniques can
yield a much better results of what needs to be done using
the planning engines.
Of course, none of the above is possible unless we tap into
techniques which make the systems more human, i.e. ease
of use, safety and reassurance and of course emotional
connection. Much like video conferencing that became
popular by showing people's faces and emotions, social
media can also play a role in business. For example, the
purchasers and vendors can see each other while sending
messages back and forth or at least can see a picture of the
other, much like Facebook so that a more personal
connection is made resulting in better business practices.
In summary, the systems used in businesses over the next 2
decades or so will be very different from your average ERP
system much the same as the changes that took us from the
“green screens” to the “Apple” like interfaces except that
this time it will be much more than just a change in the user
interface. The generation of users of enterprise apps in
business are the same as the one year old child who can
work with iPAD but cannot recognize a magazine!
Messaging, social media, collaboration and communication
as well as speed and intelligence are the ingredients and
central to every business system. It will lead to making
“personal assistants” available to everyone in every aspect
of life, affordable with the use of intelligent systems which
can also understand emotions not just your words and your
commands!
35.
36. They take every initiative to make their products and
services better. They walk that extra mile to make
customers completely satisfied with their services.
They keep researching and inventing so that clients can get
the best value for their money and a remarkable experience.
Robolab Technologies is that company which is doing
these things to outpace their competitors.
Robolab technologies have deep expertise in Robotics,
Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Automation, and Internet of
Things. The firm is well equipped with all the advanced
technologies used in industries. It offers training courses at
par with the latest curricula and the industry requirements.
Thus functioning as a perfect platform for its users to explore,
learn, build and share their ideas. They believe in providing
innovative and interactive training in guidance of industry
experts. This provides an enriching learning experience to the
trainees and empowers them to manage the Robolab in future.
Some of their primary product features include advanced
state-of-the-art technical research facility within a campus,
hands on practical experience along with required theory,
consolidation of concepts, Industry-Institute Interaction,
standard guidelines and essentials, training by industry
experts, superior quality and advanced robot study platforms,
andaffordableexcellence.
TorchbearerofRobolabTechnologies
Amol Gulhane, an astute Roboticist, is the CEO of
Robolab Technologies. He is born and brought up in
Yavatmal district of Maharashtra state. Amol has completed
his Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and
Telecommunication Engineering from Government College
of Engineering Pune (COEP), Pune. Coming from a very
humble and modest background, Amol was a very
ambitious person since childhood who left his comfort zone
during the school days itself to achieve greater heights in
life. He would excel like an all-rounder throughout his life
and has won many prizes in various extra and co-curricular
activities. He is very fond of numbers and mathematics is
also one of his fortes.
Amol has an extensive experience in designing and
manufacturing complex and task specific industrial robots.
He is adept in educational and defense robots and is
specialized in digital image processing, embedded
programming, design analysis and optimization. With his
entrepreneurial, management and technical skills and being
an accomplished sports-person, he implements his unique
ways to motivate the entire team and get the best out of
people.
Vital things that Shapes Destiny of Company
Challenges
Finding Right Talent: Biggest asset for any organization is
its human resource. Finding the right talents who can share
the same passion and nurture them to prepare for future
roles is also equally important for organizational success.
Support from Various Government Departments: Though
the support that they are currently offering is better as
Robolab Technologies:
CEO
Amol Gulhane
Trailblazer of the Robotics and
Articial Intelligence Space
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37. compared to past. But, they feel it can be better and
enriching.
Know how money flows: The core team of Robolab consists
of mostly Engineers. So, it took them some hard efforts to
really understand how the money flows. Knowing the
regular profit and loss statement of the business is not
enough.
Opportunities
Digital India, Make In India, Skill India, Smart City
Project: Such initiatives by Government of India definitely
opens up wide sectors to work on Government’s push for
Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and Blockchain: In the recently announced Budget the
GoI has showed it’s interest in Robotics, Internet of Things
(IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain Inclusion
of Robotics, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence
(AI) in formal Academia: A much needed change happened
in the formal education sector for schools, science colleges
and Engineering Colleges.
Proud to Serve Indian Armed Forces
Robolab’s most prominent and satisfactory professional
experience was to serve Indian Armed Forces. They wanted
a highly sophisticated surveillance, and automated system
which was both game-changing and critical towards the
safety of nation. By taking cognizance and sensitivity of the
matter, entire robolab team was pumped in to give their
contribution to ensure the Safety of the Soldiers and
Nation. Robolab team feels proud for their contribution
towards national building activity. Their expert offering in
the Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Automation for the
defense sector are now getting use in critical border areas.
Some Notable Ongoing Projects
Ambitious Research and Development Projects for Indian
Armed Forces; Miniature Industrial Production System
(MIPS); Wireless Artificial Intelligence Based Fire Fighting
Robot for Relief Operations; Development of Realistic
UAV Simulations; Collision handling for robots; An
intelligent mobile robot navigation technique; Artificial
Intelligence Based Image Capturing and Transferring using
Robot; Public-Cloud Based Smart Devices for Internet of
Things (IoT); Face Detection by Image Discriminating; and
Self-Driving Car are some of the noteworthy projects that
Robolab is working on in present times.
“We are grateful to be incubated under and supported by
BHAU Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and
Leadership (BIEL), the Incubation center of the College of
Engineering Pune (COEP).”- Amol asserts.
Awards and Recognitions
• Chosen for the Startup India initiative which was
launched by our Honorable Prime Minister Narendra
Modi. (Certificate Number: DIPP3006)
• StartUp of the Year Under Future Education category at
World StartUp Expo 2016, Bengaluru
• Winner of the HOT100 Startup Award by CORE
• Top50 Ed-Startups in India that will redefine the
education system by SCOONEWS media
• Top25 Tech Companies in India by Insights Success
Media
• Best startup you can work for in the year 2017 by The
Economic Times
Road Ahead
Robolab want to take Robotics, IoT, Automation,
Augmented Reality (AR),Virtual Reality (VR), and
Artificial Intelligence to both Industry and Academia.
Coming times will see Robolab diversifying to different
market segments of the education bringing out innovations
and products from the institutions to the market, and at least
a 10 fold rise in the number of beneficiaries associated with
Robolab. Increasing presence of technology and automation
around the globe is calling Robolab for the beat times
ahead.
To take advanced
technologies like Robotics,
Automation, Articial
Intelligence and Internet
of Things to masses
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39. HH
overboards, Get ready for an awesome ride
Hoverboards are exists in three different boards- Omni Hoverboard, Hendo hoverboard and and Lexus
Hoverboard. Omni Hoverboard, in essence a small helicopter, except you need to stand on top of the rotors rather than
sitting beneath them. The acceleration on this model introductory machine is executed with a set of pliers that are tied
up by way of wires to the hoverboard’s sensors. In addition, hoverboard runs on eight electric motors motorized by
plenty of lithium polymer batteries.
All hoverboards requires some upward force to impel against the gravitational force. For the Omni hoverboard, this
upward force is from the air. The props push air downward, resulting in an upward force on the rotors.
Omni hoverboard can fly over water or land; this makes it amazing and adventurous to take a ride. But this amazing
ride can only possible if the batteries are active after all it’s a technology.
Hendo hoverboard, introduced a skateboard last year, which is more rideable. The Hendo engine functions on
electromagnets that produce changing magnetic fields to communicate with a conducting surface. Generally, when
these electromagnets change the magnetic field that creates an electric current in the metallic surface beneath the
hoverboard. This electric current then makes its own magnetic field to repulse the hoverboard electromagnets.
Lexus Hoverboard looks smaller than either the Hendo and the Omni hoverboard, which runs on magnetic fields. It
doesn’t work on water. Rather, changing magnetic fields from an electromagnet, the Lexus hoverboard utilizes
superconductors. When a superconductor is placed near a magnet, you can get a levitation effect.
Next-generation of robots
What are you expecting from new emerging robots? That it will take over all manner of daily tasks. Robotic future has
persistently refused to eventuate. However, with robots still limited to factory manufacturing systems and other
controlled tasks. Deliberately used robots are hazardous to human collaborators; so there should be some sort of
protective armament.
Breakthroughs in robotics technology make human-machine collaboration an everyday reality. Better and cheaper
sensors make a robot more capable to understand and respond to its environment. Robot bodies are becoming more
mortifying and robust, with designers taking inspiration from the extraordinary flexibility and dexterity of complex
biological structures, like the human hand. And robots are becoming more linked, benefiting from the cloud-computing
revolution by being able to access instructions and information remotely, rather than having to be programmed as a
fully autonomous unit.
Recently in Tokyo, Japan has showcased, a part of the biannual International Robot Exhibition from superhero suits to
realistic ‘actroids’, the futuristic machines were focused on disaster relief, entertainment, helping the elderly and
farming. Those robots are made for the disaster relief, prone to earthquakes, prepares for the next catastrophe.
HRP-2 kai and Jaxon robots have been exhibited work in a tunnel after a quake. These two slender robots with tiny
heads attached to sensors walked through fake debris to extinguish a fire during a demonstration. The two disaster-relief
droids were developed in a project under the New Energy and Industrial Development (NEDO), a national research
organization – that started after a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit northern Japan in 2011.
The other highlights of the exhibition were, Pepper, a friendly robot to live with human which talked with visitors at the
exhibition, this entice robot takes a rest before its performance. More interestingly, this robot reads emotions, gives its
owners advice and makes small talk. There was a Leonardo Da Vinci android also on show, where the robot uses latest
generation facial mimicry technology. It was developed by Osaka University’s Minoru Asada, who has spent years
working on Androids.
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42. RP solutions have drastically evolved over the
Ecourse of ten years in the wake of smartphones, big
data, cloud computing and the like. The virtual
systems have given a plethora of opportunities to the ERP
world.
Today, ERP system has advanced so far that they have
removed themselves completely from the constraints of
physical storage and analog based business processes.
The cloud in particular has been a vital asset for the ERP
industry as it has revolutionized the way businesses
function and ERP systems which are now hosted in the
cloud enable businesses to go the extra mile and push
boundaries.
ERP vanquishes the old standalone computer systems in
finance, HR, manufacturing and the warehouse, and
replaces them with a single unified software program
divided into software modules that roughly approximate the
old standalone systems. Finance, manufacturing and the
warehouse all still get their own software, except now the
software is linked together so that someone in finance can
look into the warehouse software to see if an order has been
shipped. Most vendors’ ERP software is flexible enough
that you can install some modules without buying the whole
package. Many companies, for example, will just install an
ERP finance or HR module and leave the rest of the
functions for another day.
Nippon Data is a provider of IT enabled business solutions
headquartered in Delhi which provide clients’ competitive
business advantage. Harish Saraf, CEO of the company
adds “We partner with customers to deliver business
solutions to their satisfaction and help them ‘Live Your
Enterprise Potential’™ ”. We take pride in conducting
business with the highest degree of ethics and treat each
transaction with fairness and honesty. For us client
satisfaction is our ONLY measure of success”.
Enterprise resource planning software, or ERP, doesn’t live
up to its acronym. Forget about planning-it doesn’t do much
of that-and forget about resource, a throwaway term.
It attempts to integrate all departments and functions across
a company into a single computer system that can serve all
those different department’s particular needs.
Harish adds, with every single project, we have been
credited for finding innovative ways to meet our clients
Industry specific business requirements, providing cost
effective solutions, shortening timelines, reducing risks,
and lowering the total cost of ownership. We have done this
through our product NEWTON ERP which covers end-to-
end functionality of a Manufacturing or Service business
across different Industries. A high-level view of key
business indicators facilitates faster and more accurate
management decisions and NEWTON puts all of that at
your fingertips.
Harish further explains as how NEWTON seamlessly
integrates in a hybrid environment comprising of both on
premise and cloud deployments. The investment in it
ensures that businesses recuperate their investments in
shortest possible time. In addition, NEWTON mobile
deployments provide App based access and functions while
retaining the web based controls. One aspect of ERP which
stymied its usage in SMBs was that small organizations
require only some of the functionalities offered by a full-
fledged ERP software. Except the core functions, others
remained idle, which reduced the overall productivity of the
purchase. The current trend is need based sales of the ERP
software.
Virtual Systems
Advancing
the Enterprise
Resource
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Forwording
Future
43. When ERP software was introduced,
vendors were concentrating almost
entirely on making specialized systems.
However, as time went on, they started
favoring generic ERP systems. It appears
that the clock has turned back as
specialized ERP software is being favored
by organization nowadays. Companies are
focusing on making better predictions by
using the ERP software with specialized
business intelligence. Decision making
processes have markedly improved if the
right ERP system is in place.
Harish concluded that due to the increase
in specialized ERP software, the focus of
the ERP consultants has shifted more
towards providing better integration
architecture for competent ERP solutions.
The big players are either merging with or
acquiring bigger companies. Of course,
there are newer players in the market, but
the big fishes seems to become more and
more dominant. Enterprises prefer ERP
delivered as SaaS. Ramco’s ERP on
Cloud is a prime example of such a
service.
While ERP has been in general
successful, companies aren’t blindly
implementing them anymore. They have
become very sensitive to the ROI.
Companies are investing on ERP
solutions accessible from mobile devices
like tablets and smartphones.
Since the time Nippon Data was
established in 1994, It has built a solid
foundation of success which is growing
continuously. Specialized in solving
business problems by harnessing
technology and applying them for
developing and implementing customized
and standard information systems.
Over the years the professionals have
encountered and conquered complex
problems relating to various business
needs.
About Mr. Harish Kumar Saraf
Mr. Harish Kumar Saraf, Founder and CEO of Nippon
Data Systems, hailing from New Delhi as Gold
Medalist in B.Tech, Computer Science, started his
career as Software Trainee at DCM Data Systems for
1 year and System Analyst at Tata Unisys for 1year.
He did consulting for some leading clients in the
USA. Then he returned back from USA and nally
founded Nippon Data Systems. From last 21 years as
CEO, he built NEWTON ERP with his hard-working
team and took it to the market achieving great
success.
Mr. Harish Kumar Saraf
Founder & CEO
Nippon Data Systems
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44. Augmented Reality is an immersive technology
which is not only offers a better vision to
experience the things around us but also it has the
power to transform the entire environment where we think,
create & deliver. The way it’s being introduced in business
sectors, it seems that AR has a potential to innovate the
whole process in a way where each dimension of business
like manufacturing, development, Training, education, real
estate, medical, entertainment and more will definitely be
benefitted.
Understanding this current requirement, Yeppar, an
organization focusing to deliver innovative solutions based
on Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR) & Mixed
Reality (MR), is revolutionizing all the perpendicular of
business in print, packaging, retail, manufacturing,
industrial training, advertising, real estate and so forth.
Yeppar is India’s first company, who provides state-of-the-
art solutions across the globe based on AR/VR/MR. This
organization not only serves their solution in India, but also
have a satisfied client’s base abroad as well. Yeppar serves
customized solutions based on client’s requirement. Their
work culture is based on 24x7x365 to develop the products
in a unique way, which provides satisfaction towards the
clients. Moreover, the organization has ISO, NASSCOM,
and CMMI LEVEL3 certification in their achievement
which shows their potential towards excellence. The
government of Rajasthan organized an event “IT Hack-a-
thon 2017” based on the theme “Promote & Serve
Rajasthan digitally”, where Yeppar was among the top in
the event.
The Protagonist of Yeppar
A competent person Ankush Sharma is the CEO of the
leading AR/VR/MR organization Yeppar. He is associated
with the organization since 2013, under his direction and
motivation the company has grown significantly and
achieved a milestone of success. Moreover, he always keeps
organization moves forward towards excellence with the
zeal to perform in a way where every aspect of business
could be benefited.
Ankush describes, “We live in an era of rapid change,
where products and services often become obsolete
overnight and to survive in this tough competition we have
to remain updated every moment and should keep working
towards all the possible alternatives and innovations.”
Proffering Exclusive and Advance Services
The way technology is upgrading the lifestyle, Augmented
Reality is playing a vital role to modernize each dimension
of life and its acceptance in industries is making it more
reliable and groundbreaking.
• Yeppar for Print: Users feel more advanced in this
digital era with the help of Yeppar’s augmented printing
solutions. It increases the engagement of print article with
less paperwork; people can access it with their electronic
media.
Yeppar:
CEO
Ankush Sharma
Adding New Dimension in Business Arena with the
Support of AR/VR/MR Technologies
Innovative
Intelligence
Companies
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45. • Yeppar for Real-estate: Yeppar real estate retailers can
showcase a panoramic view of their properties and on the
flip side, the buyers can have a glance over the minutest
details of the property they dream to buy before its
materialized in real space.
• Yeppar for Restaurant: With Yeppar app, restaurant
owners can add an extra dimension of creativity such as add
videos, Images or any other multimedia to instantly create a
personalized Augmented Reality experience.
• Yeppar for Brands: It allows connecting offline
marketing channel with a collaborating, attractive, and
accessible digital way.
• Yeppar for Automobile: Yeppar offers multivariate
benefits to the automobile world with the use of avant-garde
technologies and techniques. With this app, the users can
create a digital showroom showcasing a wide range of
models, cutting down the cost of physical space.
• Yeppar for Education: With the AR technology, Yeppar
allows the students and the academicians to dive deeper
into any discipline with enhanced clarity and understanding.
• Yeppar for Mixed Reality: Mixed Reality is basically
merging virtual and real world to create new environments
and visualizations where physical and digital objects co-
exist and interact each other in real time.
Unique Espousals
Augmented Reality is in the Nascent phase right now,
wherein Yeppar is trying to educate people on the concept
based on augmented, virtual & mixed reality in different
industries such as Education, Real Estate, Manufacturing,
Packaging, Industrial Training, Print, Retail and more.
Industries are not aware of the technology benefits in view
of the betterment of process in terms of cost and time. The
organization is continuously working towards users to make
them aware of the benefits of augmented reality.
Yeppar has started revolutionizing all the industries and
have achieved lots of appreciation and trustable clients on
the bases of their dedication and motivation to introduce
latest technologies towards excellence.
Additionally, Yeppar has recently achieved recognition as
“Top Rated AR/VR startups in India 2017 by Growth-
enabler.”
Ongoing Projects of the Organization
Currently, Yeppar is working on various projects, wherein
every project is different and challenging for them. They
always are trying to provide a unique solution to their
clients with the assurance of quality work.
Ankush says, “At present, we are working with a renowned
automobile company to provide them Mixed Reality
solutions to ease their manufacturing process.”
Future Aspects
Ankush expresses, “We live in an era of rapid change,
where products and services often become obsolete
overnight and to survive in this tuff competition we have to
update at every moment and should keep working towards
all the possible alternates and innovations.”
Yeppar is on a mission to survive not only on a single
product but is also motivated to adopt and implement each
and every technology which looks futuristic and capable to
transform each aspect of the business. Yeppar is working
towards continuous improvement within the working class
where industry growth is their aim.
The organization is prepared and motivated to adopt
overnight innovations and bring them to their daily work
life immediately, so that the organization could sustain the
quality they offer and transform the world with their
innovations every time.
Our goal is to use AR in
such a way that it creates
an interactive and engaging
experience for users by
superimposing digital layers
of Videos, 3D animations
and additional information
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