40+ Years of Demonstrated Foresight

1986: Pioneered the application of AI and expert systems to industrial disaster simulation and management, decades before AI became mainstream.

1988: Predicted India's emergence as a world leader in software into the 21st century and explored the potential of AI and expert systems to improve human safety in Computers and Human Safety, published in The Times of India on Independence Day, August 15, 1988. READ ▶

1991: Established a unique relationship with IBM through the first-ever global bundling of SPSS software by IBM, 18 years before IBM acquired SPSS.

1996: Predicted the structural pressures that would push India's software industry beyond wage arbitrage and toward global enterprise models in Turbulent Times Ahead, published in Dataquest, India's preeminent technology publication, in its DQ Top 20 edition. READ ▶

2000: Foresaw the need for a globalization platform which would enable US-based software and technology companies to go “instantly global” through local warehousing, distribution, marketing, sales and support infrastructure across 27 major international markets.

2006: Foresaw the need for a fully automated, multilingual and multimodal emergency-alerts telco platform and LBS middleware that could reach people even on basic phones without Internet, GPS or prepaid balance. Co-invented and launched what became the world's first and most advanced platform of its kind. Won recognition from GSMA at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona.