Authors : Shreya Basu and Deepa Soman "The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker Prem Kumar Vislawath (Founder of Hepicopter) is a creator. He believes that technology and ingenuity can help us fight and defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. His company, Marut Dronetech, is building use cases to show the potential of their remotely piloted devices, in these times of social distancing and mass lockdowns. "We are trying the build the healthcare gap in India’a

~ Vedashree Patankar and Deepa Soman Radhika Bawa is performing on the piano at a Christmas Day concert at Sharan, an elder care facility in Vashi, Navi Mumbai. This is an annual show put up by the music teacher, Bela Peshattiwar. Radhika and her son play a piece, flawlessly and Radhika is all grace. She laughs as Deepa brings this up as a memory of her first time of meeting this woman. Bela ma'am has spoken of Radhika's kindness and generosity when she first started her musi

" Rohan, which is our top-performing Learning Monday video? '. " Jhankar Gadkari" , says Rohan, without missing a beat. " Everyone is tired of being indoors and they love the idea of travel ". P. R. Sakthivel, our Torchbearer Thursday guest speaker says, "Deepa, I don't know how I missed introducing Jhankar. He is a fantastic speaker. He is knowledgeable on so many subjects". A study of Jhankar Gadkri's Linkedin Profile and his interesting TEDx talk at Amity University tell m

What is Palliative care?  Mayo clinic defines it as  specialized medical care that focuses on providing patients relief from pain and other symptoms of a serious illness, no matter the diagnosis or stage of disease. Palliative care teams aim to improve the quality of life for both patients and their families. This form of care is offered alongside curative or other treatments you may be receiving. Palliative care is provided by a team of doctors, nurses and other specially tr

Parthip Thyagarajan , Founder, WeddingSutra.com was our Lumiere Learning Monday guest speaker on 6th April 2020. It was our first ever Zoom Learning Monday. We first met Parthip in 2011 when he came unannounced to our Lumiere - Punit Park office one sunny late afternoon. I saw his silhouette through the frosted glass of my office. “ I saw the board that read Lumière Business Solutions. What kind of services do you offer ?”. WeddingSutra.com is a wedding media company Parthip

Grains to Greens, a venture to make urban garden accessible.

- Mira Venkat What is Torchbearer Thursday? Lumiere Torchbearer Thursday is a weekly initiative that aims to showcase the outstanding contributions made by organisations during the pandemic. Diving deep into technology On May 28, 2020, Lumiere welcomed the “first family of deep technology” from Chennai. The family runs Zuppa Geo Navigation Technologies, which aims to structure a Post-COVID society by enabling efficient use of resources through data driven operations and techn

Visual note: Janhavi Kulkarni - Ayushi Limbachiya This Lumière Learning Monday, we took a dive into “A Whole New World” with the global creative powerhouse, actor, singer, voice actor, and trainer, Chetan Sashital. Every element of our being is connected to the other. Similarly, our voice is not merely a sound but defines our entire existence. With his spontaneous voice-overs, captivating stories, and fun exercises with the Lumière audience, Chetan took our imagination to a r