Dr. Suraj A. Dhirwani, Author at Dr. Suraj A. Dhirwani

Why the best AI advice I heard was: “Don’t always use AI.”

They say the journey is as important as the destination, but after sitting in a kilometre-long jam at Bhairav Marg, I beg to differ! I finally managed a smooth entry through Gate 4 of the India AI Impact Summit, just as the venue was buzzing with anticipation for the Hon’ble PM’s evening visit. I spent […]

23/02/2026
Beyond the Prescription, Freedom of Expression, Technology
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From Swaraj to Sovereign AI: Walking the Kartavya Path

On the 2nd day of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, having heard some really insightful panel discussions in Bharat Mandapam, across various meeting rooms, I felt the need to gather my thoughts. What better way to do that than to go for a nice long walk? Not that I hadn’t had enough of walking […]

22/02/2026
Beyond the Prescription, Chronic Thoughts, Freedom of Expression, Lateral Reflections, Technology
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Project NANDA: Architecting the Internet of AI Agents

One of the highlight moments for me at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 was inside the NANDA Closed-Door Session on Day 2 Project NANDA: Architecting the Internet of AI Agents Looking around that incredibly diverse room of cryptographers, climate advocates, policymakers, ethicists, and deep-tech builders, the core debate was intense: As we rapidly transition […]

What Matters More: One Negative or Hundred Positives?

The India AI Impact Summit 2026 showcased some incredible technology, but if you look at the news cycle, you’d think only one thing happened. By now, most of us have seen the viral controversy surrounding the Galgotias University stall. A misrepresentation of an off-the-shelf Chinese robot as an in-house hardware innovation quickly became the biggest […]

22/02/2026
Healthcare, In My Humble/Honest Opinion (IMHO), Perspective & Prose, Stethoscope for the Soul, Technology
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Real Life use-case of the Withings ScanWatch ECG feature … and the eSim has a major flaw!

Disclaimer: I know that the Withings ScanWatch is NOT a product sold in India, and the ECG feature is unavailable to all users. It is ‘certified’ to be useful for users in some countries only! My review is not meant to challenge any claims or refute any marketing material published by Withings for any of […]

23/12/2023
Beyond the Prescription, Blogs, Gadgets, Healthcare, Technology
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The Backpacker’s backpack buying experience…

The Backpacker’s backpack buying experience… =============== Update: Although the brand ‘offers’ 8 years of warranty on their products, the materials used are just not built-to-last. Poorly designed and bad choice of materials for the friction and contact points. In less than a year of usage, my bad is already tearing (including the second layer of […]

31/01/2023
Blogs, In My Humble/Honest Opinion (IMHO), Technology
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Be Indian … Buy Indian

Updated on 20th May 2020 For years, I have believed in this poignant statement. Be Indian. Buy Indian. Well before the ‘Make in India’ initiative provided some more viable alternatives. (Earlier posts: One, Two, Three) Patriotism is not subject to dates of a calendar, neither days of adversity. If we want India to be a […]

What happens IF you do get infected with COVID 19 / Corona Virus

What happens IF YOU are Covid 19 positive: I sincerely hope that this post remains as an idle exercise, but if and when you are detected as Corona virus / Covid 19 / SARS Cov2 Positive … But, planning to fail is failing to plan. Taking a look at the worst possible outcome, may either […]

30/04/2020
Beyond the Prescription, Blogs, Medicine, Stethoscope for the Soul
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Request to Factory Owners / Business Owners re-opening after COVID 19 / Corona

A small personal request from my side to all the factory owners and office owners of this group. Tomorrow onwards, over the next 15 days, at some point you will be resuming operations in a more substantial number, than it is for now. I request you to please adhere to guidelines seriously even though I […]

26/04/2020
Blogs
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Mumbaikars … what have we learnt?

*Update* Thank you, everyone, for the overwhelming response and suggestions that were shared! I have added and updated a select few accordingly! Dear fellow Mumbaikars, I ask you because we are the ONE city in all of INDIA with the maximum COVID 19 positive cases. The lockdown started on 25th March 2020, we have spent […]

10/04/2020
Blogs
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