ENEMY FROM WITHIN

When George Orwell wrote his famous book , " 1984 " , he did not imagine the ENEMY FROM WITHIN [ viz : HR Departments ? ] To my HR friends : You are innocent till proven guilty - no matter what pseudo-experts like me try to paint you as ! Still , this blog will help you start devising ways in which, you can protect the privacy / sanctity of the EMPLOYEE DATA , which your department has accumulated MYBLOGEPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM “ Employee Data “ is only a Subset !

PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL

For deciding which employee gets : > Promotion to next higher grade / level { Excellent Performance } > Double / Multiple " annual increment " in same grade { Good Performance } > Lump sum / one time , " Appreciation Amount " { Fair Performance } > His salary " frozen " at same level { Poor Performance } , HR managers ( with inputs from Performance Appraisal Forms filled in by Line Managers - with remarks re FEEDBACK given to an employee ) , will spend midnight oil during the month of March There are organizations which are so particular about this VITAL MANAGEMENT PROCESS , that they tell the line managers : " HR dept will not issue " Increment Letter " , unless it receives employee's PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL , latest by 15 March " I have a very strong feeling that , in a majority of the Organizations, this whole exercise becomes nothing more than a RITUAL to be gone through mechanically, in order to satisfy the dictate from HR department ! Those of you , who have a similar feeling , may find here, some clues on how to re-design this process in a way that satisfies, not only the BOSS but also the employee being appraised MYBLOGEPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM Performance Rating of Employees

Is RIGHT TO LIVE , only YOUR exclusive , god-given prerogative ? "

Dear Shri Aditya Thackerayji, { adityathackeray@me.com } If you try to implement following REFORM , you are bound to face a lot of opposition from " vested interests " In that case , please ask those opposing : " If you think 3 lakh , unlicensed hawkers , should not be issued hawking licenses , are you ready to employ them ? Give them a paying job ? And , if you cannot employ them, do you want me to throw them out of Mumbai ? And, if we cannot throw them out, nor allow them to carry on hawking, do you want them - and their children - to die of starvation ? Is RIGHT TO LIVE , only YOUR exclusive , god-given prerogative ? " Dear Adityaji, This deserves higher priority than those multi-million dollar , Physical Infrastructure Projects , being implemented First of all , we need to build SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE projects - especially for self-employed without any Retirement Benefits MYBLOGEPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM BMC proposes : Hawkers will dispose ?

Tech will give Chair better grip on MPs

27 Feb 2020 News: Tech will give Chair better grip on MPs Read more at: https://lnkd.in/ffEfs2d ---------------------------- Extract : As per the plan, the digital audio visual system, which will be placed in front of every seat, will have programmable rules based microphones which will put the Speaker in control of who gets to speak and who doesn't .... will also include features such as biometric based digital voting mechanism..... none other than member assigned for a particular seat will be able to vote ---------------------------------- A welcome reform of the working of LokSabha But, a long way to go : Reforming Elections and Lok Sabha [ REaL ] ( 20 Dec 2016 ) https://lnkd.in/fqPt_iA

Swarming Robots Avoid Collisions, Traffic Jams

26 feb 2020 News : Swarming Robots Avoid Collisions, Traffic Jams https://lnkd.in/ebcy6wd ------------------------------------------------- Extract : Still, the robots need to coordinate in order to avoid collisions and deadlock. To do this, the algorithm views the ground beneath the robots as a grid. By using technology similar to GPS, each robot is aware of where it sits on the grid. Before making a decision about where to move, each robot uses sensors to communicate with its neighbors, determining whether or not nearby spaces within the grid are vacant or occupied "The robots refuse to move to a spot until that spot is free and until they know that no other robots are moving to that same spot, They are careful and reserve a space ahead of time.” --------------------------- Some more practical applications of this algorithm : Flock Dynamics https://lnkd.in/ffdc6TV VEHICLE TRAFFIC CONTROL NODES Xiaomi to bring ISRO tech NavIC to phones in 2020 https://lnkd.in/eg2aFZ3

Xiaomi to bring ISRO technology NavIC to smartphones in 2020

26 Feb 2020 News: Xiaomi to bring ISRO technology NavIC to smartphones in 2020 https://lnkd.in/eg2aFZ3 -------------------------------- Before long,all smartphones sold in India will embed NaviC based GPS When that happens, we will find ultimate solution to our perennial TRAFFIC JAMS. Here is how : NaviC : the Navigator [ 19 June 2018 ] https://lnkd.in/fJ5HYhJ ===============

Microfactories will build a circular economy for waste management: Veena Sahajwalla

26 Feb 2020 News: Microfactories will build a circular economy for waste management: Veena Sahajwalla https://lnkd.in/euHUd5N ----------------------------------------- Congratulations, Veena [ veena@unsw.edu.au ] I would like to think that Shri RaviShankar prasadji , found time to read my following email : A Sahaj Solution ? [ 18 April 2018 ] https://lnkd.in/fNWnuKm and again : solutions for E Waste Management [ 07 Feb 2020 ] https://lnkd.in/eTxQmXW ----------------------------------- Obviously , Indian Scientists ( even when working in Foreign Universities ), have a better understanding of India's problems - and come up with more appropriate solutions , as proved by Veena Sahajwalla

Microsoft tests software to ensure votes are not altered

26 Feb 2020 News : Microsoft tests software to ensure votes are not altered https://lnkd.in/fPdEiUz ================== This news brings us one step closer to voting using a Mobile App that I suggested in 2012 . For details of how , read : Voting on your Phone ? [ 14 Feb 2020 ] https://lnkd.in/fB63Wbm -------------------- From “ Lost Votes “ to “ Remote Votes “ ? [ 12 Feb 2020 ] https://lnkd.in/fDiQcmk ---------------------- VotesApp [ 18 Dec 2012 ] https://lnkd.in/fpJuTGq ===============

Govt defends data bill, says it has adequate safeguards

26 Feb 2020 News: Govt defends data bill, says it has adequate safeguards Read more at: https://lnkd.in/fTqYwwi -------------------------- Apparently, Cabinet Ministers were more pragmatic and less idealists, after reading : Dangerous ? Orwellian ? Stringent ? [ 11 Dec 2019 ] https://lnkd.in/fbKvB5u

Image, voice match to help authenticate migrant voters

26 Feb 2020 News: Image, voice match to help authenticate migrant voters Read more at: https://lnkd.in/fiJT4B3 -------------- For details of how this will help, read : From “ Lost Votes “ to “ Remote Votes “ ? [ 12 Feb 2020 ] https://lnkd.in/fDiQcmk

Don’t fear CAA, Uddhav after meeting PM Modi

26 Feb 2020 News: Don’t fear CAA, Uddhav after meeting PM Modi https://lnkd.in/fJQ3xkc ===================== Thank You, Shri Uddhav Thackreyji, { adityathackeray@me.com } I urge you to read : An Alternative to CAA ? [ 22 Feb 2020 ] https://lnkd.in/fMtkPQe ========== CAA Compromise : With Malice towards None [ 22 Jan 2020 ] https://lnkd.in/fN-dQji ===================== Confused about CENSUS - NPR - NRC ? [ 24 Dec 2019 ] https://lnkd.in/fmMyfu5 =================

That will bring us closer to defeating TERRORISM

26 Feb 2020 https://lnkd.in/feM9eP5 -------------------------------------- I hope, one day soon , this device will work without having to inject a dye to read the activity of a brain . That will bring us closer to defeating TERRORISM , as described in : From Tele-phony to Tele-Empathy ? [ 27 Dec 2018 ] https://lnkd.in/fjPB56E ================== Racing towards ARIHANT ? [ 04 Aug 2017 ] https://lnkd.in/fiH85i9 =================== Artificial Intelligence : Brahma , Vishnu or Mahesh ? [ 30 June 2017 ] https://lnkd.in/fyttXFM ================

The road to World Peace starts from Ayodhya

" The road to World Peace starts from Ayodhya " That is what billions of people around the world would say 2 years from now - and then track to Ayodhya - only if Sri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra , comes forward to exceed the PEACE OVERTURES just announced yesterday by Sunni Central Waqf Board For this opportunity to re-write the history ( of India - Pakistan partition ? ), read : https://lnkd.in/f_QEBYw MYBLOGEPAGE.BLOGSPOT.COM Congratulations, Sunni Central Waqf Board ( SCWB )

Reliance Jio-Microsoft partnership to shape digital decade: Ambani

25 Feb 2020 News: Reliance Jio-Microsoft partnership to shape digital decade: Ambani https://lnkd.in/f89HPcn He said that Jio and Microsoft would work with various businesses - startups, micro enterprises, merchants, shopkeepers and large enterprises - to drive a technically enabled India in the coming years. There is an opportunity for SMEs to digitally enable themselves now, and Jio and Microsoft could provide the tool sets and data sets for the same, he said. "Small, medium and micro enterprises provide 70% of India's employment, they drive 40% of our exports and are critical to all the economic activity that we see. And they have done this with zero technical enablement and adoption, " Ambani said. =========================== Given this commitment of Mukesh Ambani, it is more than likely that Reliance will soon get into the business of " skilling / re-skilling " , 12 crore persons employed by MSME, using Microsoft's cloud-based services, as described in : Organizing the Unorganized [ 04 Feb 2019 ] https://lnkd.in/fSM6EUD

MP drafts right to water law, promises 55 litre/day to each

25 Feb 2020 News: MP drafts right to water law, promises 55 litre/day to each https://lnkd.in/fVg98mJ -------------------------------------------- Congratulations , Shri Sukhdev Panse ( Minister PHE-MP ) sukhdeopanse@gmail.com One suggestion to ensure success of your unique initiative : > Law should incorporate a clause requiring all new buildings to have a separate / independent / internet connected, SMART WATER METER ( similar to smart electricity meters ) for each household ( residence / office ) > Water charges to be automatically deducted through PRE-PAID arrangement ( - a Mobile App should suffice ) > Water supply to get cut-off automatically when family's water quota ( proportionate ) gets exceeded . To restart automatically , when cumulative consumption falls below quota > There will be no need for preparation of a WATER BILL and hassle to collect the bill amount > Existing buildings to install such SMART WATER METERS , by 27 June 2023 ----------------- If done , MP will set a BENCH-MARK for all other states

Congratulations for this , potentially revolutionary, innovation

Shri Gaurav Somwanshi ( EmerTech ) Shri Vilas Shinde ( Sahyadri Farmer Producer Company ) ------------------------------ sridharaghalaya@gmail.com / gaurav@gmail.com sridhar@gmail.com / info@emertech.io sahyadrifarms2@gmail.com / vilas@sahyadrifarms.com ----------------------------- Friends, Just came across following news report : New app to connect farmers with buyers https://lnkd.in/f-6bf5Q Congratulations for this , potentially revolutionary, innovation Report reads :  Application will provide information about fruits, vegetables, grains and farm produce sold in retail stores.  Aimed at bringing transparency in pricing / eliminating exploitation of farmers by middlemen.  On this platform, farmers can view how much of their crop has been sold/ at what rate. Soon, a similar platform for consumers will be launched where buyers can scan a QR code on the pack using their smartphones to get details on the farmer, the production cost, pesticides or fertilisers used and the quality certificates received Given your pioneering spirit, you might like to look at the following : https://lnkd.in/f2TVDtQ

NTT urges 200,000 employees to work from home as virus spreads

News: NTT urges 200,000 employees to work from home as virus spreads https://lnkd.in/fVu9Nzq ============== Extract : > a push for telecommuting by a top Japanese company could prompt similar moves in the corporate sector. > NTT also urged subsidiaries to use teleconferencing instead of bringing large groups together for meetings, ====================== We , in India , need teleconferencing badly , but for another reason , described below : Wormholes Across the World ? [ 03 Mar 2017 ] https://lnkd.in/fGrFBw3 -------------