The Rammer @ColRamit

Great energy & insights at the inaugural USIBC-SIDM Roundtable in New Delhi. As a startup founder, building strong R&D and Innovation Bridges between our nations is where real impact begins. Deepening 🇮🇳-🇺🇸 industrial cooperation opens crucial pathways for:- • Co-development & Co-production • Resilient, future-ready Supply Chains. @SIDMIndia @USIBC @aeroshul

U.S.-India Business Council @USIBC

3 weeks ago

USIBC successfully inaugurated the 𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐂–𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐌 𝐁𝐢-𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 on July 29, 2026, in New Delhi with @TheAsiaGroup as Knowledge Partner. The event featured key representatives including Shri Amit Shivkumar Telang, IFS, Joint Secretary

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Next in who after the Ramanujan series? At a tender age of 16, a brilliant but completely unguided boy from Tamil Nadu joined the National Defence Academy & was commissioned into the Indian Navy's electrical branch . He did not have the luxury of a quiet university setting; he was trained in practical skills to maintain weapons systems on warships. But Arogyaswami Paulraj possessed an insatiable, self-taught obsession with the advanced mathematics of signal processing, control theory & information theory. He studied advanced matrices & random variables by lamplight on naval ships. By the late 1970s, India faced a serious strategic challenge. After the 1971 Indo-Pak War exposed weaknesses in imported sonars, the Navy needed an advanced anti-submarine warfare system but was blocked by international export restrictions. The Navy turned to Paulraj, then a rising officer with a PhD from IIT Delhi (earned while still in service). He was tasked with leading a major indigenous project to develop a world-class hull-mounted panoramic sonar from scratch. Operating under intense resource scarcity, Paulraj’s mathematical genius took over. He designed complex signal-processing algos that could filter the chaotic, deafening acoustic noise of the ocean to pinpoint enemy submarines. The resulting system, APSOH (Advanced Panoramic Sonar Hull), inducted in 1983, completely stunned global military observers. It did not just work, it outperformed contemporary Western systems. After setting up major defense labs in India, Paulraj retired from active naval service & arrived at Stanford University in 1991 as a research associate. This is where the story shifts from military history to modern legend. While working on signal separation experiments for airborne military reconnaissance, Paulraj noticed a strange, fleeting physical phenomenon. When a radio signal is transmitted in a crowded area (like a city with buildings), it bounces off walls & scatters into 1000s of chaotic, distorted paths. Engineers treated this scattering as a nightmare, multipath interference that corrupted data. Paulraj had a paradigm-shifting realization rooted in multi-variable calculus & spatial matrices: What if the scattering was not a bug, but a feature? He realized that if we used multiple antennas at the transmitter & multiple antennas at the receiver, we could use advanced matrix mathematics to isolate those scattered paths & stream parallel, independent channels of data over the exact same frequency, at the exact same time. He called it MIMO (Multiple Input, Multiple Output). When he 1st proposed it, the academic world mocked him. Prominent profs & industry skeptics told him it violated the laws of physics & information theory. They claimed it was mathematically impossible to multiply data speeds w/o expanding bandwidth. Paulraj did no back down. He built his own prototype, founded a startup & proved the mathematics in real-world silicon. He designed the microscopic architecture, the microchip algos that allowed small devices to execute these hyper-complex spatial matrix calculations in fractions of a microsecond. If we look at the device we are using to read this right now, look at the top corners of our screen. We cannot see them, but embedded inside the frame of our phone are multiple microscopic antennas operating on Paulraj’s exact MIMO-OFDMA mathematics. Every single modern 4G network, 5G network & high-speed Wi-Fi router on Earth is built entirely on the mathematical foundation invented by the self-taught Indian Navy officer who packed his bags for Stanford. He did not just solve a math problem; he built the invisible highway that carries nearly 100% of the world's mobile data traffic today.

@SpokespersonMoD @rajnathsingh @DefenceMinIndia @SethSanjayMP @HQ_IDS_India @DefProdnIndia @adgpi @indiannavy @IAF_MCC @PIB_India @NDA_Khadakwasla That’s great news. Heartiest congratulations to Gen Dhiraj Seth, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM. A very distinguished professional and a thorough gentlemen. Jai Hind! 🇮🇳

@sharimohan121 @The_IVPillar Totally agree Sir! One Infantry Regiment has ~20 units against Regt. of Artillery with 250+ units, while latter has 12-15 times officers with same professional qualifications & acumen. If one Infantry Regt. has 2-3x more Lt Generals than Artillery, then the system is broken.

“Duty to country gave him his wings to fly; love for a good woman gave his heart the wings to soar.” Congrats Capt Bharat on both Wings. Happy Landings! - A fellow Army Aviator, Wings 2001 @DefenceMinIndia @HQ_IDS_India @adgpi @artrac_ia @SpokespersonMoD @IaSouthern

CDS with 7 three star officers of the Garhwal Regt. A proud moment for all Garhwalis. Congratulations to them. No brief against them. Well done. However I cannot post a similar picture of outstanding Artillery officers. I can only post a picture of "outstanding" gunners officers who are in NCC. They will never be 3 star officers. Having known them for long...they were as GOOD or better than others. In the day and age of DRAM warfare (Drone , Rocket, Artillery and Missile ) amply highlighted in Russia Ukraine War and Iran USA war...is there a need for more three star gunner officers or not? I learnt of the acronym DRAM through a serving GOC in C...all four are the bread and butter of Artillery. The topping is the all SFC units are also commanded by gunners. There is a huge imbalance in the leadership of the Indian Army and operational realities. This is against the national interests. Either Artillery officers are not good enough or are being discriminated and sidelined. In both cases it is the responsibility of the Prime Minister and Raksha Mantri to correct it. If not...all the best to India...we will be in deeper trouble. The woods are lovely dark and deep....I have miles to go before I sleep. @PMOIndia @rajnathsingh @SpokespersonMoD @HQ_IDS_India @adgpi @SandeepUnnithan @sharimohan121

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@TinyDhillon @KesariDhwaj Absolutely Correct Sir! 🫡 This is soft power of our military. Let’s revel in it. Such viral moments can boost the ‘Join the Indian Army’ message, at least on social media. @adgpi releases same equipment pictures routinely. A misplaced application of rules wouldn’t be right.

@GauravS46190092 Precisely, my first reaction too.

Like good old Fauji officers, when I see a POP, the marching standards and turnout are always being observed minutely. How do you rate this passing out?

BFBS Forces News @ForcesNews

4 months ago

"Today is just the start"🗣️ It was a historic day at Sandhurst Officer Cadets were commissioned as Army officers and inspected by the UK's highest-ranking female officer, General Dame Sharon Nesmith, at the Sovereign's Parade

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@palepurshankar @adgpi @SpokespersonMoD @SandeepUnnithan @sneheshphilip Amongst 17 two star Gen level Offrs in NCC, 4 or 5 are from IAF/Navy. So, it is definitely a skewed ratio if 2/3 of Army Maj Gens in NCC have been seconded from Arty.

Army Helicopter Pilots are a class apart. Sometimes in training, they’ve a li’l fun while honing their skills. All work, and no play would make them dull. A good gesture by @SecWar to lift their suspension.

Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh

5 months ago

🚨 LMFAO! President Trump just dropped this line after troops who flew that helicopter in front of Kid Rock's house got suspended "They like Kid Rock. I like Kid Rock. Maybe they were trying to defend him, I don't know!" 🤣 "I'm sure they had a good time." Q: What do you

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@adgpi The global defence-market dynamics are changing. Today, our French friends are in India. Indian developed weapon systems are highly formidable, effective, versatile & precise. These can considerably enhance modern firepower capabilities of friendly Armies. Jai Hind! 🇮🇳<>🇫🇷

Subject Matter Expert Exchange between the #IndianArmy and the #FrenchArmy was conducted on 09 & 10 March 2026, focusing on the employment of Long Range Vectors (LRVs) and Precision Guided Munitions (PGMs) in contemporary warfare. Delegations from both the Armies exchanged perspectives on operational employment, doctrinal developments and evolving global trends in precision fires and deep-strike capabilities, fostering professional military learning and deeper #DefenceCooperation. #IndiaFranceFriendship 🇮🇳🤝🇫🇷 @MEAIndia @DefenceMinIndia @SpokespersonMoD @IndiaembFrance @armeedeTerre @CEMAT_FR

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Please amend Para 108 of Finance Bill 2026 to stop TAX on DISABILITY pension. Soldier Rights need to be safeguarded for NATION BUILDING. Keep the Sovereign Promise. Jai Hind! @rashtrapatibhvn @PMOIndia @narendramodi @rajnathsingh @RajeevRC_X @RSSorg @ombirlakota @nsitharamanoffc

Taxing disability pensions + Agnipath = Ethos of lifelong service UNDERMINED. RISK Martial traditions to Serve = Huge consequences! Army trains by pushing limits, that's where disabilities happen. Disincentivise this, we lose our edge. Who gains? #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

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The Rammer @ColRamit

6 months ago

Taxing disability pensions + Agnipath = Ethos of lifelong service UNDERMINED. RISK Martial traditions to Serve = Huge consequences! Army trains by pushing limits, that's where disabilities happen. Disincentivise this, we lose our edge. Who gains? #KeepDisabilityPensionTaxFree

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@awasthi_bob @SemiconIndia @MicronTech @AshwiniVaishnaw @GoI_MeitY @GSEM_DST @PMOIndia @chakranewz @SecretaryMEITY Great going!