Author: synergia

  • Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainties

    Navigating Geopolitical Uncertainties

    Shyam Saran, Former Foreign Secretary, Government of India, gave his expert insights on how India can navigate geopolitical uncertainty of the 21st Century during the Synergia Conclave-2019.

  • The Future of Security- Building a 5G Ecosystem

    The Future of Security- Building a 5G Ecosystem

    A panel distinguished subject matter experts to include Aruna Sundararajan, IAS, former Telecom Secretary, GOI, Shinya Kukita, Chief Architect, Global Business Unit, NEC, Rajan Mathews, Director General COAI and Dr KD Nayak former DG DRDO, was assembled at the Synergia Conclave 2019. The panel unravelled the intricacies of the 5G ecosystem in a lucid and…

  • Electoral Bonds: In Search of Transparency

    Electoral Bonds: In Search of Transparency

    Free and fair elections are quintessential for an effective democracy. Does the Indian electoral bonds scheme supplement or undermine the fundamental tenant of ensuring transparency in the electoral process in a democracy?

  • US Perception of the 5G Revolution

    US Perception of the 5G Revolution

    Admiral Dennis C Blair, Former Director of National Intelligence, US, addressed the Synergia Conclave-2019 through video on guidelines for building and deployment of the revolutionary 5G technology.

  • U.S. – China Technology War

    U.S. – China Technology War

    Dr Paulraj, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University, Winner of the Marconi Prize & IEEE Alexander Bell Medal, speaking during the Synergia Conclave 2019 provided a larger perspective on the current US-China technology war. He also gave his insights on what kind of implications it holds for the world.

  • Global Protests-A society at war with itself?

    Global Protests-A society at war with itself?

    The society at present is full of paradoxes- on the one hand, we are on the threshold of the next phase of the digital revolution and the other hand there is anger, distrust and disillusion with the government. Does this signify a failure of the state to fulfil its responsibility towards governance?

  • Future of Manufacturing- Digital Manufacturing

    Future of Manufacturing- Digital Manufacturing

    Udayant Malhoutra, CEO/Managing Director of Dynamatic Technologies Ltd, a high tech manufacturing company spoke on Future of Manufacturing during Synergia Conclave 2019.

  • Mastering Agility in Geopolitical Uncertainty

    Mastering Agility in Geopolitical Uncertainty

    Geopolitical uncertainty is on the rise, fuelled by volatile oil and gas prices, shifting Middle East alliances, Brexit shock to the EU,  the insular policies of Trump administration and the nationalistic rise of  opposition to free trade.  China’s ascendency is disturbing global power equilibrium.  During the Synergia Conclave 2019, a panel comprising of  Uzi Arad, Former NSA, Gov. of Israel, Shivshankar…

  • Future of Security- Ecosystems

    Future of Security- Ecosystems

    Rutger Van Zuidam, Founder and CEO, Odyssey took the Synergia Conclave 2019  on a journey along the ‘curve’, beyond any one’s imagination. Blockchain technology is itself unmindful of the concept of boundaries and sovereign states.

  • Sri Lankan Elections

    Sri Lankan Elections

    Victory in the Sri Lankan Presidential elections of the former defence chief, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 70, could herald a new era in the political scene of the ‘Emerald Island’. With his brother and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa appointed as the Prime Minister, the duo is firmly in the saddle.