Mr. Vinod Sood, MD, HSC, and Chariman, Confederation of Indian Industry's Regional Committee (NR) on DX, was invited to deliver the welcome & opening remarks at CII’s Big Data & Analytics Conclave at the Shangri-La Eros Hotel in New Delhi. Mr. Sood was also invited as speaker and to moderate a session on “Unlocking the Potential: DeepTech Startups and Corporate in a Dynamic Collaboration”, at CII’s ICONN Summit in T-Hub 2.0 in Hyderabad. At CII’s Big Data & Analytics Conclave, Mr. Sood was joined by Mr. Gaurav Mehrotra, Director – Engineering, who was invited to participate in a panel discussion “Data as the New Currency: Monetizing Information”. HSCians Divya Karki, Gyanendra Singh, Mahesh Garg & Puja Malhotra attended the conclave as delegates.
One who is always eager to help and present in Parivartan's most engagement, Mr. Shubham Gupta, Sr. Principal Engineer, is the Golden Heart of HSC for this edition. Shubham apart from being one of the most proactive members of the Parivartan group is also contributing to causes that are close to his heart through Bhavna Welfare Foundation, in his hometown of Kanpur, UP. Education, Blood Donation, Environment & accessible healthcare are few of the initiatives of the NGO that he has contributed to. He has also been a key figure in encouraging and inspiring all the young members of his team to participate in Parivartan's engagements and collectively take part in the Wish tree donation drive every year. As he awaits the new year to do more good and help the members of the underserved sections live a life of dignity, keep watching this space to know about more such Golden Hearts of HSC!
Join Mr. Vinod Sood, MD, HSC, and Chariman, CII Regional Committee (NR) on DX, as he delivers the opening remarks at Confederation of Indian Industry’s Big Data & Analytics Conclave on December 19, 2024, at the Shangri-La Eros Hotel in New Delhi. Listen to his insights on the data-driven economy that is shaping the future. HSC is also a proud Gold Partner of the conclave.
Mr. Amit Gupta, AVP – Engineering, Hughes Systique, was invited to participate and share his insights in a panel discussion on “Leveraging AI and other emerging technologies for advanced automation in the ER&D sector”, at Nasscom’s Technology Confluence. With the theme of “Propelling Innovation for Endless Opportunities”, the conference was attended by tech enthusiasts, industry trailblazers, and forward-thinking visionaries at the Pullman Hotel, New Delhi. The panel explored “how to leverage AI & emerging technologies to foster innovation, optimize operational efficiencies, and enhance competitive advantage of the ER&D sector”. Mr. Gupta focussed on the current use cases where AI enabled automation can lead to digital transformation and shared his forecast for the AI industry in the upcoming 2-3 years. Before concluding, Mr. Gupta also talked about how AI validation & Verification standards and risk management will give “requisite confidence to business executives to adopt AI for critical use cases”.
Ms. Shilpa Mitra Roy, Director – HR, was invited as a speaker at Amcham India’s Conference on India’s Demographic Dividend: Skilling for the Future - US India Partnership, which was organised in partnership with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship at the Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. She spoke on the topic of “Building Skill Pipeline Through Tripartite Partnership” and her panel focussed on the issue of Public-Private partnerships in the area of skilling.
At the annual battle of the innovative minds of Hughes Systique Corporation, Hackathon 2024, the teams battled it out with AI as their only weapon. While some solutions addressed the key issues that we face as a society, others showcased a promising start with some ingenious ideas. Bringing a refreshing change and twist from the previous years’ Hackathon, this time the participating teams had also to come up with a problem statement and devise solution for it in a fortnight. It was a tough ask from the judges to adjudge any one winner after the teams had presented their solutions to them. But Team Coffee Script with ideators Arjun Vir Singh Mehta, Ishan Bhardwaj & Parth Tayal emerged as the winners of Hackathon 2024 for their prolific idea and creative concept – “Nestmate”. Aayushi Gupta, Raghav Sharma & Yatin Tomer’s team Perceptive Pulse were the runner up for their solution on “Enhancing Human Pose Detection”. Team WFM or Workforce Management of Anirudh Gupta, Arpit Jain & Shubham Gupta were the 2nd runner up of Hackathon 2024 and the winner of the 3rd prize for their solution of “Workforce Management using AI”.
In a candid interview of Vinod Sood, MD, Hughes Systique Corporation, by Prashant Upadhyaya, ex-HSS, they traverse across a plethora of topics and Vinod answers some tough questions while setting the record straight and clearing the air on a lot of things left unanswered. From his unconventional approach to academics at Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh to being part of the C-DoT team which designed India's first Digital Switching system. Vinod also talks about his motivation to join the Hughes team with the “maverick” Howard Hughes playing a big role in it. Donning multiple hats in the early days at HSS, while leading the team to develop the “Cellular Air to Ground Calling System” done for the first time from a commercial airliner to becoming the Global Head of Engineering and R&D at Hughes Software Systems (HSS). He goes into detail about the origins of Hughes Systique which was started by industry stalwarts like Pradman Kaul, Pradeep Kaul, Anil Sharma, Ajay Kr. Gupta and himself. He also talks about the “tumultuous” initial journey of HSC and navigating the challenges of the pandemic. Speaking about the future of the tech industry, Vinod mentions biotechnology, genetics, agritech, quantum computing, immersive reality and AI Powered Brain Computer Interface (BCI) to come up on a big scale in the next 5-10 years.
Miles & Continents apart but keeping the flag of culture & tradition high! HSCians at the Rockville, Maryland headquarters in the US, celebrated the festival of Diwali with mesmerizing performance by the extended members of the HSC family and the young ones. The smiling faces at the end of the evening, the occasion even more special.
On his visit to the US, this year, Mr. Vinod Sood, MD, Hughes Systique Corporation, took the opportunity to meet up with HSC’s key customers in USA and Hughes Network Systems in Germantown, Maryland, to re-iterate HSC’s continued commitment of pro-actively providing outstanding support for its customers’ success, through innovation and R&D breakthroughs. He also met the entire HSC teams in Germantown & Miami, Florida and appreciated them for their relentless efforts to ensure a delightful customer experience and their families - the extended HSC family, for supporting them to do so.
Mr. Rajat Sharma, Chief Engineer, Hughes Systique, is not just one of the engineering mavericks at HSC but also a humble mentor to many. He is also the HSCian in Focus for this edition. Mr. Sharma has been one of the earliest members of the HSC family and since then has never looked back. An authority in the domain he works in but still the avid learner in him takes time out to explore other scientific topics and learn from his curiosity.
