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Prof- Ravi Bapna (Batch of 1987, )
About the Book:
How AI can positively impact so many aspects of our daily lives, from health and wellness to work, education, and home life.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is a powerful general-purpose technology that is reshaping the modern economy, but misperceptions about AI stand in the way of harnessing it for the betterment of humanity. In Thrive, Ravi Bapna and Anindya Ghose counter the backlash by showcasing how AI is positively influencing the aspects of our daily lives that we care about most: our health and wellness, relationships, education, the workplace, and domestic life. In the process the authors help explain the underlying technology and give people the agency they need to shape the debate around how we should regulate AI to maximize its benefits and minimize its risks.
Bringing over two decades of experience with cutting-edge research, consulting, executive coaching, and advising to bear on the subject, Bapna and Ghose demystify the technology of AI itself. They offer a novel “House of AI” framework that encompasses traditional analytics, generative AI, and fair and ethical deployment of AI. Using examples from everyday life, they showcase how the modern AI-powered ecosystem fundamentally improves the emotional, physical, and material well-being of regular people across the globe. Thrive’s mission is to educate the public about AI, shape realistic expectations, and foster informed discussions about a fast-emerging AI-shaped society.
Mr.Sudeep Chakravarti (Batch of 1981, RAJ House)
About the Book:
In late August 1978, Geeta and Sanjay Chopra stepped out of their home in a quiet neighbourhood in Delhi. Geeta had to record a programme at All India Radio. Her younger brother Sanjay accompanied her. The two teenagers disappeared. Three days later, their disfigured bodies would be found by cowherds in a deserted corner of the Ridge, a thickly forested area on the western outskirts of the city. The brutal killing of the children traumatized the city and transfixed the nation. The prime minister had to answer questions about the crime in parliament and police forces in numerous states were mobilized to hunt down the killers.
In Fallen City, the first full-length book about the murder and its aftermath, I recall the horrific crime using eyewitness accounts, archival research, court records, and original interviews to shed fresh light on the tragedy.
The murder of Geeta and Sanjay Chopra took place during an exceptionally unsettled phase in the history of the Indian capital in modern times. Just a few years earlier, in the mid-1970s, Indira Gandhi’s Emergency had terrorized many sections of the population, and just a few years later, in 1984, the city would be convulsed again by a pogrom against Sikhs following the assassination of Indira. Against this background of blood and vengeance, Fallen City attempts to explore the murder of the Chopra siblings, the hunt for their killers, and the sadness and trauma of those grim days and the darkness that settled on Delhi, and on India.
Mr Shivalik Bakshi (Batch of 1991, RAJ House)
About the Book:
Nowhere Man-Capt. Kamal Bakshi fought in the 1971 Indo-Pak War and went missing after the Battle of Chhamb--the bloodiest battle of 1971. Although no one from his battalion had seen him get killed, no one had been able to locate his body. And so, the military declared him 'Missing, Believed Killed'--the ambiguous status assigned to soldiers when their death cannot be confirmed.
However, six years after the war, the Indian government changed its mind. The Ministry of External Affairs announced in Parliament that Indian intelligence agencies have reason to believe that Pakistan had not been truthful when it handed over the list of Indian POWs in its custody. It went on to state the names of at least forty Indian soldiers still believed to be in Pakistani custody and one of the names was Kamal Bakshi's.
This book has been written by his nephew Shivalik Bakshi. It is his story, recreated from his letters, diaries, recollections of those who crossed paths with him and published accounts of the Battle of Chhamb.
Mr Vivek Sood (Batch of 1984, Jodpur House)
About the Author & Book:
Vivek Sood is one of the leading senior counsels based in Delhi with three decades of law practice, a prolific author, a frequent speaker on contemporary legal and constitutional issues on public platforms. As a senior counsel, Sood is well known for being engaged in complex legal briefs in diverse branches of law including criminal, constitutional and commercial laws.
Apart from a very successful law practice, Vivek Sood strongly believes in contributing to the development of law and other socio-legal causes such as promoting DNA evidence, the human right to fair trial, and free speech. Vivek Sood is also a prolific author.
Each of his books demystifies complex legal issues so that they can be read by one and all rather than only the legal community. He has written extensively on the criminal justice system, cybercrime, electronic evidence, immunity to Internet intermediaries, electronic contracts, taxation of Internet entities, intellectual property rights in the virtual world, arbitration, insolvency law, as well constitutional issues with respect to the Right to Privacy.
Sood’s books are pioneering works on the subjects he chooses to write on. He coined the expression “Fundamental Right to Internet” in 2011, which was the title of his book. The expression was used for the first time by the Supreme Court in 2019 in the Kashmir Internet shutdown case. In 2021, Sood coined the expression “Commercial Justice” in his book titled “Emergence of Commercial Justice: Insolvency & Arbitration”. He then authored another widely read book titled “Right to Privacy: Arguing for the People” in 2021. In the year 2022, Sood authored “ Progress of Indian Economy: Legislative Proactivism since 2015.”
Recently, in the year 2023, Vivek Sood has authored his seventh book, "Chaff & Grain", which is also a pioneering work on the Indian Criminal Justice System.
Mr K C Verma (Batch of 1965, Jodpur House)
About the Book:
A Whiff of Whimsy is just that—a collection of entertaining pieces on disparate subjects, ranging from personal foibles, social mores and current events to dysfunctional domesticity, pet peeves and growing old. The common threads of whimsy, sarcasm and amusing observations about human nature and urban life run through them.
K.C. Verma finds much to be joyous about in everyday life—from ageing gracefully to the ambiguous détente with the ‘little woman’. Besides heaping scorn on whatever he considers unacceptable conduct on the part of the rest of the world, he does not shy away from ridiculing the quirky behaviour of total strangers, neighbours and even his relatives. The charming narration of the improbable situations that Verma finds himself in is guaranteed to strike a sympathetic chord with readers across different age groups.
A Whiff of Whimsy is an eclectic mix of opinions and satire, as also impish observations about the not-so-simple business of leading humdrum lives. It will leave you with a good feeling, and a sense of having been on a highly enjoyable journey.
Wing Commander (Dr) Ashish Banerji (Batch of 1971, AFMC Batch of 1973)
About the Book:
This book is not an autobiography in the traditional sense. It does not follow my life chronologically, nor is it a complete account of my experiences. Instead, it focuses on the patients I managed and the challenges I faced, both surgical and administrative. While the incidents described are drawn from my life, this is not about my life – it’s about the situations I encountered and how I dealt with them.
Mr Girish Aivalli (Batch of 1990, Ajmer House)
About the Book:
“Trust is a dangerous thing. Unconscious betrayal – even more dangerous.”
The US has withdrawn from Afghanistan–something which both New Delhi and Rawalpindi had long anticipated.
As both nations grapple to come to terms with its consequences, an unanticipated cold war between the heads of two notorious institutions in Pakistan’s deep state, triggers a daring plan to frame an unsuspecting Indian to gain domestic political glory. It falls upon one man to execute a bold rescue mission, which leaves everyone stunned and grasping for an explanation – Our Man in Balochistan.
Mr.Anirudh Rathore (Batch of 1990, BT House) has over two decades of experience in equity investment. After completing his schooling from Mayo College, he went on to pursue his graduation from St Stephen’s College, Delhi University, and later, got his MBA from University of Rajasthan. He then worked as a banker at IndusInd Bank, HDFC Bank and Citibank for nearly a decade before starting his own business ventures. He is now the owner of two heritage hotels in Rajasthan.
Mayo Alumni Author
Articles by Mayo Alumni
Raja Narendra Singh Sarila was born in 1927 as heir to the princely state of Sarila in central India. As ADC to Lord Mountbatten he was a close witness to the ending of the British Raj. He later joined the Indian Foreign Service, where he worked from 1948 to 1985. He was a deputy permanent representative in the Indian delegation to the U.N. and headed the Pakistan and International Organisations Divisions at New Delhi in the late 1960s. He later served as India's ambassador to Spain, Brazil, Libya, Switzerland (with concurrent accreditation to the Vatican) and France. He has commentated on international affairs for numerous journals, both in India and abroad, and is the author of the international bestseller, The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India's Partition.
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury- Mayo Alumni, Batch of 1982 (Senior Fellow for South Asia)
Rahul Roy-Chaudhury- Mayo Alumni, Batch of 1982 (Senior Fellow for South Asia)
Mayo Alumni Young Author
Karanbir Singh (Batch of 2012), a model turned actor and now an author, published his first book, "My Little Infinity," on April 28th, 2018 at Pepper Fry Studios in Santacruz, Mumbai. Born in the holy city of Punjab, Amritsar, he belongs to a family of doctors who run a private clinic and considers himself to be the only orange in his family’s mango tree.
Karanbir has been awarded by the PANKAS Academy and has been featured in major magazines, radio channels, and newspapers, which include: Society Magazine,Tribune, Deccan Herald, Dainik Tribune, Punjab Kesri, The Daily Post, Askmen, What’s Hot, Afternoon DC, Punjab Jagran, and Mid-Day.
He holds a degree in Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Psychology, Sociology, and Economics, followed by a diploma in acting.
A brief of the book " The Mirrors on the Tides"
A journal across 15 years travelling from life at Mayo to Cricket to Cinema to matters coronary and cerebral, memoirs, essays, ideas that droned, trampolined, pole vaulted seeking more harmony around and bliss within to just be.
About the Author:
Vikramdev Mohapatra, an Old Boy from 1992 (DD, Oman, Kashmir, Raj House). A Dad who is also an Actor, Educator, Entrepreneur, Animal Rescuer. An Alumni of New York Film Academy, IIM Calcutta, Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration Manipal and Rajkumar College Raipur too.
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