Kunal Sawant

@maahirpanchal True

We will look back in 20 years and realise we misallocated capital at an absurd scale. We funded 50 edtech startups. India's precision component imports grew every single year. Nobody built the boring thing. The boring thing was the whole point.

@ruchirjajoo cringiest thing on twitter today

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Two continents. One team. One mission. Bengaluru ↔ Madison. Late nights. Real flight data. Dirac Labs’ 2025 recap 🎥

Met the team from QpiAI, a Bengaluru-based deeptech company at the forefront of India’s quantum journey and the developers of the country’s first indigenously built quantum computer for commercial use. Had a detailed discussion during which they appraised me of their ambitious roadmap to scale from a 25-qubit quantum computer to a 1,000-qubit system within the next two to three years. We also discussed the deployment of QpiAI’s quantum computer, India’s first ever, at IIIT-Dharwad, where we have recently announced a Centre of Excellence in Quantum AI and Computing. Karnataka Government is moving decisively in the quantum space and will continue to work closely with companies like QpiAI to advance and realise the Karnataka Quantum Roadmap.

@sanjeevsanyal @smitaprakash You sir are in the PMO. Don’t say that citizens need to speak up. The citizens have (supposedly) elected politicians to the job. If we’ve seen anything from our neighbours- when citizens speak they roar. We don’t need that here. All issues u spoke of are super imp!!

My latest podcast with @smitaprakash on a wide range of topics including how Indian history and global narratives are manipulated, and how we are pushing back. youtu.be/u0TV6h2v2qE?si…

We entered at 3bn in August 2024. A year later, the largest player buys Groq for 20.

@Viv_Krishnan @sssdefence @machani_satish @AlishaMachani Congrats Vivek, Satish and Dinesh!

Xmas came a couple of days early @sssdefence. Super proud of this win. It’s small but the most beautiful to date……@machani_satish @AlishaMachani

Current fav Indian politician even if he’s from AAP

The gold’s in the bottom of the pyramid. Brilliant article on the importance of controlling Tier 4 supply chains

STORY | India sets its own air standards; global rankings not official: Govt The government on Thursday told Parliament that global air quality rankings cited by various organisations are not conducted by any official authority and that the World Health Organisation's (WHO) air quality guidelines serve only as advisory values, not binding standards. Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha on India's position in global indices such as IQAir's World Air Quality Ranking, the WHO Global Air Quality Database, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) and the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) metrics, the Environment Ministry said no official country-wise pollution ranking is carried out worldwide. Minister of State for Environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said the WHO's guidelines are meant to help countries set their own standards, taking into account geography, environmental conditions, background levels and national circumstances. READ: ptinews.com/story/national…

@SatanAtWink Many bolts are manufactured in India btw… Aequs, Quest Global, Raghu Vamsi, Skanda, JEH, Unimech, JJG, Aerospace Engineers + many more and growing

Indian Aviation is all about Renting We don’t build a single aircraft we fly. Not one. Half our pilots train in America because we can’t even buy enough simulators - every single Level D simulator is imported. Our LCCs? IndiGo, SpiceJet, Akasa - all running on Amadeus-owned Navitaire. Every bag at every major airport moves on German belts (BEUMER runs them ALL). SITA powers 43 airports. Air India flew widebodies to *California* for cabin retrofits because we can’t do it here. Even our damn galley carts are imported. Not one bolt, rivet, or seat manufactured in India. We’re not building an aviation industry but I hope we are just around the corner

@VishnuNDTV Unnecessary to always compare. We need to own up and improve. Instead of looking at the best, the systemic thought process is to compare with the worst. Look up man, not down.

I totally get your point, Raymond and therefore, this isn't an outrage tweet. But just, for a moment, imagine the reverse side of the story - It takes 6.5 odd months for an Indian national to get an appointment for a visa at, say, the US Embassy in Delhi. Families wait anxiously for months, line up, collect a ton of financial documentation, letters, permissions, bookings. They face INTENSE scrutiny at the counter - their dreams of travelling are often summarily dismissed and then, if cleared, even more scrutiny awaits them at the immigration counter upon arrival at their destination. Often ridiculous questions - not just in the US but essentially anywhere in the West. On a visit from Zurich to London a few years back, I was asked why I had been in Switzerland - I said I attended the World Economic Forum in Davos. I was asked, cheekily, ''Did you really?'' And was then asked to tell the officer the agenda at the World Economic Forum that year. Trust me, that is a VERY specific question. Fortunately I had the answer. To my point, the India e-visa application page may leave a lot to be desired - but India welcomes most people and rejects far fewer people than several other countries.

@sciencegirl Tree

@IndianTechGuide True! Indians are naturally afraid of authority but currently there’s no authority in India that you have to be afraid of We have to start making examples of bad actors. Even developed countries like Singapore cane petty criminals and we early release child molesters from jail

🚨 Opinion: In a country of India’s size, only strict and well-enforced policies can ensure public discipline. No one is afraid to - Piss on a city roadside. - Throw trash beside the road/pond. - Sell pan gutka and spit on roads/walls. - Walk recklessly in the middle of the roads. - Stare at women and misbehave. Is the Indian government too soft on its public?

@IndianGems_ Largely Indians themselves… Hatred towards politicians is also at an all time high within India

Who is responsible for this?

@paraschopra Strip away all the air purifying systems from them and Delhi will have AQI <100 in 1 month

Delhi has the prime minister, president, Supreme Court judges, army chiefs, AIIMS doctors and most of the other powerful people in India. And, yet, the AQI is close to 1000 and the issue remains unsolved for years. How absolutely nuts is that!

Kabul City road: wide sidewalks, clear markings, barely any potholes. How does a war-torn, poor country have better intra-city roads than many of ours? Low population? But China has a massive population and still maintains excellent roads. The real difference, I think, is simple: zero tolerance for corruption. The Taliban and Communist China impose extreme penalties for corruption, even death, while we barely manage a functional jail term. How many contractors or govt officials here have ever gone to jail for rampant road-project corruption?

If you take a one hour flight to Sri Lanka (or anywhere) you'll see that they don't even one pothole on the road, traffic is disciplined, and streets are clean Land in India and you're greeted by lawlessness

The smart ones leave the country. The optimists stay hoping that the country will change. But it’s a losing battle. All these government agents will comment it was “tragic” - the loss of life. But these pilots are the best of India’s populace and this is how we treat them back

The older I get the more conflicted I am about the government of India’s actual intentions. When younger, I thought a right wing party could clean up the system. But the entire cabal is rotten inside and out