Invigorating Academia for the New Age
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This talk was given by Shridhar Shukla at Maharashtra Knowledge Corporation Limited sponsored conference on education and technology. The takeaway from this talk is: while we get the technology all straightened out, we must ensure that the human side of learning, human aspirations, and basic skills at which humans excel over machines need to be strengthened.
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- 1. www.kPoint.com Invigorating academia for the new age! Shridhar Shukla kPoint Technologies MKCL’s Education and Technology Brainstorming Conference 10 NOV 2017
- 2. www.kPoint.com The New Age • Information at finger tips • Your new idea - not really new • Limitless collaboration • Extreme AI-driven automation Daniel Pink’s articulation of the new age
- 3. www.kPoint.com What do humans excel at? (David Eagleman) • Interpret in context • Ask questions and filter • Impress & surprise others • Work under constraints “In an increasingly complex world, sometimes old questions require new answers.”
- 4. www.kPoint.com • All run the same software. • All absorb what’s around them. A Govt. primary school near Khed- Shivapur, Pune, India
- 5. www.kPoint.com So, what must academia do? • Help see the need • Feed the curiosity • Foster creativity • Keep the onus of learning on the learner • Help be honest with self, make own decisions • Set the right metrics – at home and work • Convey the need to sustain innovation “How can I trust your information when you are using such outdated technology?”
- 7. www.kPoint.com Product Business … Low High RiskInvestment Reward Services Business … Low High RiskInvestment Reward
- 8. www.kPoint.com What’s hard for organizations? • Cannibalize revenue streams • Sustain innovation • Learn from failures • Innovate business models • Align employee ambitions with the org’s
- 9. www.kPoint.com From FY17 data TCS INFY Wipro HCL Tech Tech M Cash ($ in B) 5.11 5.49 5.88 1.10 0.90 Debt ($ in B) - - 0.28 0.11 0.30 Emp (Lacs) 3.79 1.99 1.82 1.13 1.18 Rev ($ in B) 18.12 10.52 8.53 7.06 4.84 R&D ($ in B) 0.20 0.12 0.05 0.02 Not avlbl R&D (% of rev) 1.08% 1.15% 0.60% 0.31% - Rev/emp ($) 47,818 52,860 46,879 62,491 41,004 IBM: 80B (rev), 193K (rev/emp), R&D: 5.4B (6%) Accenture: 35B (rev), 87K (rev/emp), R&D: Not avlbl R&D Spend • Huge piles of cash lying around • Very low investment in grabbing future opportunities
- 10. www.kPoint.com “ … Money is like manure. It stinks when you pile it; it grows when you spread it. …” J. R. D. Tata
- 11. www.kPoint.com The wave that already exists has a lot to do with BIG successes companies achieve!
- 12. www.kPoint.com Academia needs to only • Facilitate building of competence. • Motivate to sustain innovation till they catch and ride the wave!
- 13. www.kPoint.com Acknowledgements • Mathai Joseph, a well-known Computer Scientist • Aditya Shukla, Cognitive Psychologist, The OWL Experiment • Gyan Prakash Foundation, a Pune Education NGO • Niteen Dharmawat, kPoint colleague & investment enthusiast