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AI Pioneer Pushpak Bhattacharyya Dies at 63 – Inside His Legacy and India’s Ethical AI Future

Remembering a ‘Godfather’ of AI in India India’s technology community is mourning the loss of Professor Pushpak Bhattacharyya, a towering figure in artificial intelligence and linguistics. Bhattacharyya, 63, breathed his last on Sunday, October 5, in his hometown Shillong theshillongtimes.com. An alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and IIT Kanpur with a PhD from IIT Bombay, he built a distinguished academic career – eventually becoming a professor at IIT Bombay and later Director of IIT Patna theshillongtimes.com. Colleagues and students celebrate him as a pioneer who put Indian languages on the AI map. In fact, tech magnate Nandan Nilekani once praised Bhattacharyya

6 October 2025

Google’s 27th Birthday: The Surprising Truth Behind Its Date, Iconic Logo & Legacy

Early Days: From BackRub to Google Google began as a Stanford PhD project in 1996 called BackRub, a search engine that ranked pages by links ndtv.com. Co‑founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated the company on Sept 4, 1998 and soon rented a Menlo Park garage (from future YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki) as their first office ndtv.com. Crucially, in August 1998 Sun Microsystems co‑founder Andy Bechtolsheim wrote a $100,000 cheque payable to “Google Inc.” – effectively turning the fledgling project into a real company ndtv.com ndtv.com. (Google’s own anniversary page notes it was “founded in 1998 to organize the world’s

27 September 2025

Anniversaries · Company Stories · Google · Internet History · NASDAQ:GOOG · NASDAQ:GOOGL · Technology

Satellite Bus Showdown: Legacy Titans vs. NewSpace Mavericks (2024–2033)

The global satellite bus market is projected to rise from $14.1 billion in 2023 to $23.4 billion by 2033, a CAGR of about 5.4%. Lockheed Martin is developing the LM-2100 modular bus with upgradeable components, while Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Airbus, and Thales Alenia Space remain leaders in GEO and military programs. SpaceX has mass-produced Starlink satellites in-house, with over 6,500 launched to date and satellites comprising roughly 50% of active satellites, plus a Starshield military variant. Airbus and OneWeb formed a joint venture that manufactured hundreds of satellites on an assembly-line in Florida for mass production. Britain’s BAE Systems agreed

11 June 2025

Market Analysis · NewSpace · Satellites · Space Industry · Technology Trends