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41. Moving from industry to academia

Working in the industry and working in academia - there are a lot of differences between the two. You may discover your desire for academic research and teaching at any point in your career, including after you begin your career in the industry. How do you make the switch and what should you know before you do?


We talk about this with Shruthi N, Asst. Professor in Department of Electronics & Communication engineering at BNMIT, Bangalore. Shruthi has worked in the industry for 3.5 years and has been with academia for 7 years. She cares about her students and is passionate about helping them find the best in themselves.


Episode length: 31 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options


40. Beyond commerce: Working on technology that benefits society

We have all dreamt of doing projects that benefit society at large, without having profit as the sole motive. What would such a job look like? And how would you go about finding it? We talk to Denny George, an engineer who has been applying his technical skills to civic causes for many years.


Denny is the Co-Founder and Product Engineer at Tattle Inc, where he builds tools and datasets that help fight misinformation in India. Before Tattle, Denny built an app that let US residents manage their interactions with law enforcement agencies. He also built an app for non-unionized workers of Walmart to be more aware of their rights as workers.



Episode length: 31 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options


Mentioned in this episode

3. MigraCam app - https://www.aclutx.org/en/migracam

6. Quadrant 2 - https://quadrant2.us/

8. DAIICT, Gandhinagar - https://www.daiict.ac.in/

9. Design for the Real World, by Victor Papanek - https://www.amazon.in/Design-Real-World-Ecology-Social/dp/0897331532

10. IIM-A's CIIE - https://ciie.co/

11. Civic Hall of New York - https://civichall.org/

39. It is your career, build it like a product!

Most of us do not manage our careers actively. What if we had a model to guide us through the process? What if the model was derived as a result of decades of experience and observation in both industry and academia?


Dr Raj Yavatkar, CTO of Juniper Networks, introduces such a model for career building and talks through how it can be applied to our own careers. Raj is responsible for charting Juniper's technology strategy and for leading the company’s critical technology innovations. He has been awarded more than 45 patents, published over 60 research papers, authored five Internet standards, and co-authored a book on Internet QoS (Quality of Service). He is an IEEE Fellow and holds a PhD in Computer Science from Purdue University.

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Episode length: 37 min | Listen on: Spotify | Google | Apple | More options


Raj's Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajyavatkar1982/


Mentioned in the episode

2. List of Raj’s technical publications: https://dblp.org/pid/58/6723.html




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