"Innovation is the key for national and individual growth" - Dr APJ Abdul Kalam

Sitting L to R: K. Srinivasan, Dr Abdul Kalam and Arvind Thiagarajan

PodUniveral Edition 119

I had the great opportunity of meeting and interacting with our Former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam on 10th November 2010.  Mr Arvind Thiagarajan, serial inventor also accompanied me to show his latest device invented by him, to check the heart murmur within 10 seconds.  

Though, I have met  personally Dr Abdul Kalam and spoken to him over phone several times, every time, I meet him, I really feel excited to interact with him. I always feel that is generating a positive vibration like great Sages of this nation.  In a child like enthusiasm, Dr Kalam was using the device to check how it was working.  He also gave few important technical suggestions to Arvind for further  improving the use of this device.

At the end of our conversation, I requested him a brief message to our Indian youth exclusively for PodUniversal and India Vision members.  I requested him to give his views on the importance of innovation in the nation development.  He sat in silence for 10 seconds and started his message.  Within one minute and three seconds, he conveyed a wonderful message for the youth with all clarity.  That is his power of communication.  Please watch his message by clicking 'play' button in the player below.

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How to invent and patent? - Success story of serial inventor Arvind Thiagarajan

PodUniversal Edition 118

Arvind Thiagarajan

Former Indian President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam always says that for sustained economic growth, only innovation and technology can help.  Though, India has been doing an excellent job in the software domain, the Indian professionals are being used only as 'workers' by the Multinational companies.  Unless, Indian professionals come out with hardware and software products, economic growth of India cannot be sustained.

Inspired by Dr Abdul Kalam's words, Arvind Thiagarajan (30), started working on inventions right from his Engineering College days.  When he was studying in Anna University, he was fortunate to meet and interact with Dr Kalam, who was working as a Professor with Anna University  in early 2000, before he became the President of India.  Dr Kalam advised him to innovate and also patent all his inventions.

Today Arvind has got more than 40 patents in his name covering various important domains like bio technology, imaging, etc. .  Recently, he also introduced one device HDfonoDoc, which can detect the murmur in the heart within 10 seconds and give a print out of the sound waves.  This is the first of its kind in the world and will revolutionalise the health care industry in the diagnosis of cardiac problems. He has also obtained approvals from FDA and CE. He is also planning to add and more hardware and software products and dedicate to India.  For him the hobby is 'innovation'. 

This week, we met him and recorded his podcast interview for PodUniversal.  In this podcast, he has explained the interesting success story.  He has also assured to help young inventors with the guidance for patenting.  He can be reached at arvind.thiagy@gmail.com  for any guidance on innovation and patenting.

Please listen to his interview by clicking 'play' button.  (9 m 50 sec).  In this podcast, we have also added a 40 seconds audio clip of Dr Abdul Kalam, giving his views on innovation.

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Word's first device to detect heart murmur invented by an Indian Scientist

HDFonoDoc

Mr Arvind Thiagarajan (30), a serial inventor and a scientist has invented and introduced a new handy device HDFonoDoc, which can detect murmur in the heart within 10 seconds. Arvind Thiagarajan holds more than 40 patents in his name.

Auscultation is an ancient method, through which experts were able to detect the defects in our body system through 'sound'.  Stethoscope, used by the doctors is based on this method.

How cardiac problems can happen?

Cardiac problems can occur due to (a) electrical and (b) mechanical defects in the heart.  Electrical problems are now detected through the device known as ECG.  ECG cannnot provide mechanical defects.

To find out mechanical problems, the patients have to go to Echo Cardiographs, which is costly and available in select centres.  The analysis of the data needs to be done by a specialist doctor.  Even if a patient wants to rule out the possibility of heart problems, he has to go to Echo Cardiography.  That adds pressure on the experts also.

Murmur in the heart

Murmur in the heart can happen due to (a) blockage in the heart valve, (b) leakage in the heart valve and (c) hole in the heart.  If the murmur is not detected and corrected in time, it may cost the life.

Using the method of 'Auscultation', Arvind Thiagarajan has invented a new device 'HDfonoDoc', which can detect the murmur in the heart within 10 seconds.  This device has received FDA approval from US and CE approval from Europe.  Indian Government has also certified this device.

In an exclusive interview for PodUniversal, he has demonstrated the use of this device.  Please watch this 7 minute interesting video.

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Stress Management through Meditation - Simple techniques

PodUniversal Edition 111

Brahmakumaris, one of the leading spiritual organisations conducted a three-day National Media Conference 2010 from 17th September 2010 at Mount Abu.

Dr Sanddhya (extreme right)  interviewing B K  Binny (middle).
K. Srinivasan (left) recording the conversation

As part of this event, they had requested me to conduct a 'workshop on Podcasting'.  During the workshop, to give an hands-on experience to the participants, we asked them  to conduct an interview among themselves and to edit the audio live.

Accordingly, Dr Sanddhya from Pune, one of the workshop participants, interviewed Sister B K Binny, Public Relations Manager of Global Hospitals, Mount Abu (Rajasthan), who was also a participant.  Since B K Binny is already teaching Stress Management through Meditation at various places, the participants in the workshop decided that the topic could be on "Stress Management through Meditation" itself, for the benefit of all. The audio was edited by Kunal C Panchal, another participant from Mumbai.

Since the podcast interview was very useful, we decided to share this audio in public for the benefit of all. After the interview, we have also added one minute 'mild music'.  The listners may listen to the music and sit in silence with positive thoughts, to enjoy the power of meditation.

Please listen to the audio interview by clicking 'play' button (11 minutes).  The audio was recorded live during the workshop in the presence of all the participants and edited immediately.  The audio streaming will be smooth in broadband connections.  If you find any difficulty, you may download the audio in mp3 format, by right clicking this link and save to your desktop.

If you want to contact B K Binny for more details on stress management and meditation, you may write to her at bkbinny@gmail.com  

While listening to the interview, please also watch the photographs taken during the workshop.

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India's largest medical equipment expo Medicall 2010

PodUniversal Edition 104

India's largest and Asia's third largest medical equipment expo was opened on 6th August 2010.  In this three-day expo, more than 400 exhibitors from China, Germany, Taiwan, England and India have displayed their latest medical equipments.  More than 8000 medical professionals are expected to visit the expo.  

During this three days, various seminars are being held on different medical themes.  This podcast brings out the birds-eye-view of the expo.

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Dr Abdul Kalam appeals to youth to spare one hour every day for their body and mind

PodUniversal Edition 90

Today (16th October) is the birthday of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, former Indian President, who is being hailed as 'People President'. On this day, PodUniversal offers humble 'pranams' to Dr Abdul kalam and prays Almighty to give him long and healthy life to guide the youth of the globe.

When the Action 2020 team of India Vision online group met Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on 7th October 2009, I recorded an exclusive message from him. PodUniversal takes pride in publishing this exclusive message to coincide with his birthday.

In his messge, Dr Abdul Kalam appeals to all young people, to spare atleast one hour every day to keep body and mind healthy. He has prescribed 3D Healthcare.

(1) He suggests all youth take fibrous food; (2) spend one hour daily in walking or games or any physical exercise and (3) to sit on Meditation. Dr Kalam says that even at this age of 78, he never misses one-hour walk every day, wherever he is.

Please listen to his exclusive message by clicking 'play' button in the flash player below (5 m 45s). The audio streaming will be smooth in broadband connections. If astreaming is not smooth, you may right click this link and save the link/target as mp3 format in your desktop and listen.

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Beware and be aware - 5000 Indians die of heart diseases every day - It is time to act now!

PodUniversal Edition 85

Today (27th Sep 09) is the World Heart Day. Recently, I had the opportunity to meet Dr Satish Gupta, Global Hospitals and Research, Abu Road, Rajasthan. He had dedicated his life to find out alternate treatement for heart diseases through lifestyle changes. With the support of Global Medical Hospital, DRDO, Government of India Ministry of Health and National Yoga Institute, he had conducted extensive research in this direction for nearly 12 years. Dr Abdul Kalam, who was then heading DRDO also supported him in his project and was taking keen interest in the studies.

Three days back, I wrote in detail in the groups about the interview I had with Dr Satish Gupta with more details. More than 5 million people get fresh heart attack in India every year and out of this nearly 12 lakh people die within one month. On an average, nearly 2 million people die every year in India due to heart attacks. That means, every day around 5000 people die of heart disease in India. In spite of this, the awareness level is very low in India.

Though 50 lakh people get heart attacks every year, only 1.60 lakh people could get higher treatements like angioplasty or by-pass surgery. That means more than 95 percent of the affected people are not in a position to get high medical treatment due to cost factors. In view of this, Dr Gupta after various studies and research programmes found out that 'artery blocks' could be removed through proper meditation, diet, good sleep, exercise and with change of life style.

Brahmakumari Centre at Abu Road also conduct free trainings for the people who are affected by heart diseases. Please listen to the full interview ( 29 m 30 sec). Dr Gupta has explained in detail the causes for artery block and tips for prevention. He has also given details for those who want to contact them for training.

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Dr Satish Guptha may be reached at Global Hospitals and Research, Abu Road, Pin code 307 510, Rajasthan.

Their website is http://www.3dhealthcare.org

His email id is 3dhealthcare@gmail.com

PH: +91-2974-228880 & 228600

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Medicall 2009 - India's largest medical equipment expo

PodUniversal Edition 81

Medicall 2009, India's largest medical equipment expo was launched at Chennai at Chennai Trade Centre on 31st July 2009. In this three day expo, more than 250 National and International exhibitors are displaying their latest equipments. In addition, they also conduct Seminar on hospital management and patient safety issues.

Recently, Tamil Nadu Government has announced a medical insurance scheme to benefit 1 crore poor families. This scheme would enable the poor people to avail the medical facilities free of cost in private hospitals also. 300 private hospitals are already approved by the Government to provide facilities. This has exerted pressure on the private hospitals to increase their facilities. This expo comes at this time, when privte hospitals are in look out for competitive world class products.

Please watch the feature on Medicall 2009, by clicking 'play' button in the flash player (8 minutes). The video streaming will be smooth in broad band connections. If the streaming is not smooth, you may right click this link and download the video in wmv format to your desktop and play ( 4 mb).

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Pune based Indus Health pioneers in 'preventive health care'

While health care is getting projected in a large way in India, 'preventive health care' is not getting adequate attention. Pune based Indus Health Plus, for the past eight years, has been creating awareness about this 'preventive health care' in a successful manner, in an affordable cost. In partnership with many reputed institutions, they have transformed the lives of nearly 1.5 lakh people by way of diagnosis and health education, at different places.

As part of their CSR activity, they have now decided to support the 'under privileged' children of Municipal schools. These children would be diagnosed and given proper health awareness free of cost. For this purpose, they have organised a motivational seminar with Mr Shiv Khera, at Pune and Mumbai, with the support of various sponsors, priced at lower level. They would like to use the funds generated out of this, for supporting the poor children.

(Photo: L - R : Parnal Dekhne - JMD , Kanchan Naikawadi; Managing Director and Amol Naikawadi Joint Managing Director)

In a freewheeling conversation for PodUniversal, Mr Amol Naikawadi, Joint Managing Director of Indus Health Plus Pvt Limited, explains the importance of preventive health care and their activities.

Please click 'play' to listen to Mr Amol Naikawadi ( 10 m 30 s). (The streaming will be smooth in broad band. If the streaming is not smooth, you may download the mp3 file and play with any m3 player)






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Learning disability and Dyslexia - Role of parents, teachers and NGOs

Indian former President, Dr Abdul Kalam is always talking about 'school drop outs' and is campaigning for developing their skills. Lack of awareness about 'learning disability' or 'dyslexia' is one of the reasons for not identifying great talents and potential in the children.

It is generally reported that around 10 to 15 percent of the children across the world suffer from learning disability or what is known as Dyslexia. These children find difficulty in managing the academic works. They may also be slow learners. They would score poor marks. In most of the cases, these children are branded as 'useless', 'poor performers', etc. by the teachers and parents. They are also given punishment.

These children are not intellectually weak. They possess different skills like music, sports, art, acting, innovation, drawing, craft, driving, etc. Many eminent people like Winston Churchill, Einstein, Issac Newton, Thomas Alva Edison and many popular hollywood actors were dyslexic during their childhood.

If these children are not identified and remedied, we will be guilty of losing great men of eminence for future. Many times, because of the punishment given by teachers and parents, such children use their skills in different way and may turn out to be criminals and anti social elements.

Edition 49 - PodUniversal

Madras Dyslexia Association (MDA) is a non profit voluntary organisation started in 1991, by the parents of such children to create awareness about this disability and to train the teachers to handle such children. In an exclusive interview for PodUniversal, Ms Lakshmi Radhakrishnan, Chairperson (Academic) of Madras Dyslexia Association speaks about this disability and the role of parents and teachers in handling such children. Ms Lakshmi Radhakrishnan is one of the pioneers in India and has handled thousands of such children and also trained hundreds of teachers. MDA is also willing to offer guidance to the NGOs who are working in education and rural segment.

MDA has their website http://www.mdachennai.com and they can be reached at mda.ananya@gmail.com

Please click to play the podcast interview with Ms Lakshmi Radhakrishnan in audio format. (For smooth streaming of audio, you need a broadband of 100 mbps. If you do not get streaming properly, you may download this audio to your desktop and listen through any mp3 player) - 16 minutes


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Dr Sangeetha Madhu, Clinical Pshychologist speaks on 'challenges of working women"

Edition 41

Present day working women face lot of challenges. They find it difficult to manage the work pressure both at work place and at family. A survey was conducted online to study the various perceptions of challenges faced by women. The results of the survey were discussed with Dr Sangeetha Madhu, Clinical Psychologist and Consultant. In an exclusive interview with Shvetha Sridhar, Dr Sangeetha Madhu speaks about the various challenges faced by the working women and also gives solutions to cope with them. Please listen to her interview: (15 m )

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Indian Medical equipment manufacturers showcase their products in MEDICALL 2008

A three-day medical equipment exhibition titled 'MEDICALL 2008' at Chennai was inaugurated by Tamilnadu State Health Minister Mr M R K Paneerselvam on 1st August 2008. Around 200 exhibitors have displayed their products. Dr S Manivannan, CEO, Medicall has been organising this for the past three years with the intention of bringing together all the Indian medical equipment manufacturers and the medical professionals under one roof. This exhibition is also integrated with seminars on different themes to update the medical professonals with the latest developments in the health care industry. This is the largest such exhibition in India.

Presently, it is estimated that around 65 to 70 percent of the medical equipments are imported from various countries. Medical equipment industry is growing at 15% annually from the 10,000 crores at 2006 level to 22,000 crores in 2012. As the Minister said during the inauguration, Indian medical equipments are highly cost effective and qualitative.

Please listen to the exclusive podcast on MEDICALL 2008


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Protecting youth from HIV / AIDS - A special interview

PodUniversal Edition 34

Dr K. Surya Rao of Vishakapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) was honoured by President of India during May 2008 with Padma Shree Award. The Award was given to him for his contribution in the research activities of HIV / AIDS and for creating awarenss.

In and exclusive interview with K. Srinivasan, Editor of PodUniversal, Dr Surya Rao speaks about the present situation of impact of HIV / AIDS in India and also gives suggestions to protect from this killer virus.

Please click to listen to his interview (11 m 45 s)

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Managing your stress in office environment - 3 simple steps

PodUniversal Edition 11 and 12 June 07

During the second week of June 07, PodUniversal conducted an online quick survey to study the level of stress amongst the people and the reasons, they feel. Based on the survey, we conducted two exclusive podcast interviews with Mr D V Sridhar (Founder Director, Yogaraksanam), an eminent Yoga therapy expert and Ms Sangeetha Madhu, an eminent Counsellor and Clinical Psychologist (both based at Chennai). Mr Sridhar gives three simple steps to relieve the stress in the office environment. Ms Sangeetha Madhu explains the reasons for stress with some case studies and gives solutions to cope with the stress.

If you want to download the podshow in wmv format (can be played in windows media player) right click on the links given below and save in your desktop.

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How to protect eyes of computer users? - simple techniques

Many of the computer users world over suffer from various eye problems, which is known as "Computer vision syndrome". Dry eyes, itching, irritation and watery sensation are few symptoms of this syndrome. It happens due to the prolonged usage and exposure to computers, altered lifestyle and the change in work environment.

Dr (Mrs) N Rajini Kantha, Medical Director, R K Eye Centre, Chennai in an exclusive podcast interview with K. Srinivasan of PodUniversal speaks about the various eye problems due to computer usage and also gives tips to mange them.

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Counselling for stress and anxiety

Presently many youngsters are stressed due to anxiety and work pressure. Besides causing health problem, this stress and anxiety lead to strained relationship in the family.

In the absence of proper counsellings by elders or by trained professionals, these youngsters are not able to lead a happy life.

Mr K. Adhivarahan, a Senior Counsellor in an exclusive podcast interview with K. Srinivasan, gives more details. Please click 'play' to listen to streaming audio.

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How to relieve stress? - Some simple breathing techniques

Presently, many people, particularly youngsters, are suffering from stress, due to various reasons. Stress leads to lot of health problems, combined with bad attitude.

In this podcast interview with K. Srinivasan, Mr D V Sridhar, an eminent Yoga Expert and Founder Director of YogaRaksan talks about the various aspects of stress and related health problems.

He also gives few simple breathing techniques to relieve stress in office environment. Please click 'play' to listen to streaming audio. (9 m 59s)

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