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Vijay Raghunathan

Co-founder at Praying Mantis

Bangalore, India

Vijay Raghunathan is the co-founder of Praying Mantis, a technology startup working on emerging technologies like Digital Twins, AI, and Blockchain.

Prior to the startup, Vijay spent 18+ years in the corporate sector handling various techno-commercial portfolios in the Telecom, Fintech and ICT sector.

In the past, Vijay has been associated with companies like Subex, Neural Technologies and Ushacomm.
Vijay has been leading teams at the strategic and tactical levels, collaborating with the largest enterprises and brand new startups, solving challenges with customers in over 50 countries across the world.

Vijay is an alumni of NIT Jamshedpur, and has followed it with Executive Learning programs at IIM-Bangalore and IIM-Ahmedabad.

Vijay frequently blogs on emerging technologies and digital transformation at www.vijayraghunathan.com

Vijay has published books on Digital Twins, Blockchain, and Artificial Intelligence, and a regular speaker in leading conferences around the world.

Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Bangalore, India
Speaking Topics: Digital Twin, Blockchain, Future Technologies

Vijay Raghunathan Points
Academic 0
Author 209
Influencer 33
Speaker 8
Entrepreneur 20
Total 270

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Thought Leader Profile

Portfolio Mix

Company Information

Company Type: Company
Business Unit: Technology

Areas of Expertise

AI 31.20
Analytics
AR/VR
Big Data
Blockchain 37.02
Business Strategy
Cryptocurrency 30.50
Digital Disruption 30.05
Digital Transformation 32.70
Emerging Technology 37.16
Entrepreneurship
FinTech
Future of Work 30.03
Innovation 30.04
IoT 35.20
Management
Marketing
Open Innovation
Quantum Computing 30.27
Sales
Startups 31.81
Predictive Analytics
Risk Management 30.12
Supply Chain
Privacy 30.09
COVID19 30.58
Digital Twins 100
NFT 30.58
Metaverse

Industry Experience

Financial Services & Banking
High Tech & Electronics
Media
Telecommunications
Wholesale Distribution

Publications

29 Article/Blogs
How to List and Sell Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ?
www.vijayraghunathan.com
March 30, 2022
Listing & selling is a critical stage for any Non-Fungible Token (NFT) project. NFTs are without question one of the hottest topics on the web right now. With so many projects competing for users attention and money, the process leading to listing and selling NFTs can mean the difference between success and failure.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, NFT

How to Launch a Successful Token Sale ?
www.vijayraghunathan.com
March 23, 2022
Traditionally, a start-up would approach investors to raise funds for their idea. In DeFi, token sale is a crowd-funding approach which pools capital from investors. There are many formats of raising funds - ICO, IEO, IDO, etc, and the specifics may change from sale to sale. In this article, let's look at the typical process required to launch a successful token sale.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Emerging Technology

DeFi - The Complete 101
www.vijayraghunathan.com
March 15, 2022
The DeFi movement, started by Bitcoin, was further developed by Ethereum. DeFi is an alternate financial system built on blockchain, which is decentralised, trustless, and transparent. DeFi offers similar financial tools like trading, savings, insurance, and more - but cuts out the need for traditional financial institutions and intermediaries.

DeFi is also known as Open Finance and Distributed Finance. The terminologies may vary, but the underlying principle is to remove the bottlenecks that exist in the traditional financial system and create an alternate open network.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Emerging Technology

Tokenomics - The Complete 101
www.vijayraghunathan.com
March 06, 2022
Imagine you are creating a new country. One of the critical aspects to consider is launching the country's own currency or a pseudo-currency. The monetary and fiscal policies determine how the country uses the new currency as a tool for value creation and value distribution.

Similarly, your Web 3.0 cryptocurrency project is a country with its own economy. You will launch a token (or a coin) to be used within your project. The monetary and fiscal policies you setup will determine the success or failure of the project.

Tokenomics (token + economics) is the tool to design and create a thriving Web 3.0 economic ecosystem supported by tokens. Tokenomics covers the project design, fund raising, token operations, token benefits, token destruction, the governance of the project, and more.

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Tags: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Emerging Technology

We’ll Head Back To Office. Once Things Settle.
www.vijayraghunathan.com
March 26, 2020
Imagine an entire office working virtual for the full year? That’s a stretch by any company standards.

Here's why.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Future of Work, IoT

Privacy Is Dead. Thanks To Coronavirus.
www.vijayraghunathan.com
March 25, 2020
Could this coronavirus episode reverse the privacy gains of the past?

Likely.

Here’s why!

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Tags: Privacy, Risk Management, COVID19

How Digital Twins Are Transitioning From Industrial To Individual?
www.vijayraghunathan.com
October 28, 2019
One day, a full autonomous twin may out-survive us in the digital space. What are the use cases around the corner & why should you care about them?

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Digital Twins

One's Not Enough! Time for Twins
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September 03, 2019
Green initiatives are turning to digital twins. So what exactly is in store?

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Digital Twins

Why Digital Twins & BCI Complement each other
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July 26, 2019
Digital Twins and Brain-Computer interface are emerging technologies in their infancy. Together, they have the potential to help advance the cause of each other. Let's look at how

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Tags: AI, IoT, Digital Twins

Why Digital Twins are Central to Digital Transformation?
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July 01, 2019
Enterprises no longer have a choice, but innovate for the best customer experience

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Digital Twins

Why Blockchain and Digital Twins Are Good Partners
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June 07, 2019
If the 'data-rush' history has taught us one lesson, it should be about the data security and privacy

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Tags: Blockchain, IoT, Digital Twins

A Quantum Leap for the Digital Twins
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May 23, 2019
Will the advent of quantum computing boost the digital twin initiatives?

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Tags: IoT, Quantum Computing, Digital Twins

Digital Twins vs Simulation: Three Key Differences
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May 13, 2019
A thousand and more ways to learn and optimize from the real-world

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Digital Twins

The Wisdom of the Crowd
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April 29, 2019
A group collectively makes smarter and better decisions

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Tags: Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology, IoT

The Path to Digital Twins
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April 16, 2019
As we build a parallel world in the ether, the barriers withholding the physical will crumble

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Digital Twins

Why Executives Need to Take Note of 'Digital Twins'
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April 01, 2019
It is a concept, not a single product or a piece of technology

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Digital Twins

How Telecommunications Industry Can Use Blockchain For Innovation
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March 11, 2019
If 4G and LTE heralded the era of location-based services, 5G is anticipated to propel presence-based services

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

The Scalability Conundrum of Blockchain Networks
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February 27, 2019
Scaling up is a real fear slowing the enterprise adoption of the technology. Is it really worth dreading?

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Three Stars of the Next Technology Revolution
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February 07, 2019
As the world transitions into a cognitive economy, could blockchain serve as the catalyst?

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Five Areas to Develop Blockchain Skills Within Your Organization
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January 02, 2019
As the technology advances in the new year, buyers are expecting vendors to demonstrate all-around capabilities

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Four Questions Leaders Should Ask Before Starting their Blockchain Journey
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December 17, 2018
They want to be a leader in the space but don't have a clear understanding of the technology

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Are Countries Finally Outgrowing Their Fear of Blockchain?
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December 10, 2018
The technology can herald a new era in effectively implementing national programs

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

The 6 Key Concepts of the Blockchain
www.vijayraghunathan.com
August 07, 2018
Ms. Blockchain is a database. Not a traditional one. She is a distributed database. She is a decentralized database. She is an immutable database. Her father is Mr. Satoshi Nakamoto. Her birthday is January 9, 2009. She was born at Sourceforge. Her doting father named her Bitcoin.

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Machines – How do they learn?
www.vijayraghunathan.com
June 17, 2018
The Machine Learning algorithms are created to imitate the human learning, and knowledge acquisition process. They learn as humans do – improve with practice and experience. For all the cricket fans out there, let’s take an example closer to your heart – how to find the trick to taking wickets, consistently?

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Business Intelligence – The bridge between Head and Heart!
www.vijayraghunathan.com
June 04, 2018
One of the questions executives are facing in this age is why should they rely on data. One of the appeals of a great leader, has been the ability to cut through the haze, and take decisions.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Why Should Telco's Innovate More?
WIMWIAN - IIM Ahmedabad
June 01, 2018
A perspective on innovation and why telco's should focus more on it.

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Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Innovation

Why use Machine Learning for Business Analytics?
www.vijayraghunathan.com
May 27, 2018
How is Machine Learning different from Artificial Intelligence? What is Deep Learning? There are enough confounding stories around Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics etc. As always, before closing, let’s look at the Big Picture.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Why should the Machines learn?
www.vijayraghunathan.com
May 27, 2018
How is Machine Learning different from Artificial Intelligence? What is Deep Learning? There are enough confounding stories around Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Robotics etc. As always, before closing, let’s look at the Big Picture.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

The Big Picture of Analytics & Machine Learning
www.vijayraghunathan.com
April 30, 2018
Business intelligence, Business Analytics, Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Scientist – many terminologies and varying definitions exists today, as it happens with any emerging technology and industry. A beginner will get lost, within minutes, in this quagmire of jargons.

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

3 Books
Digital Twin - A Complete Guide For The Complete Beginner
Amazon
November 12, 2019
Digital twins or digital twin, as a concept, has been around for a while. Dr. Michael Grieves at the University of Michigan in the USA wrote about it in a white paper in 2002. NASA’s been long using digital twins for its space mission, as they (obviously) don’t have physical access to the equipment once it leaves our planet. Simulation and visualisation technologies have been in use for decades.

Yet, digital twins didn’t capture the imagination of enterprises until recently.

The proliferation of IoT (Internet of Things) devices, the ability to gather and manage big data, and the emergence of sophisticated analysis and prediction technologies, are now pushing the adoption of digital twins.

Gartner named digital twins as the Top 10 Strategic Technology for 2017, fuelling the imagination of enterprises. From there, it’s been a growth story.

What is a digital twin?
Why are they important?
Why should we need to note them?

Join us as we explore the answers to these questions in this book.

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Tags: Digital Transformation, IoT, Digital Twins

A Date With Blockchain
Amazon
August 05, 2018
This is not a blockchain for dummies book. This will be an intensive read. We will go deep into the core concepts and structures of the blockchain, cutting through the jargons and mystiques of the technology. But, you need ZERO background to read this book.

You will be introduced to the key concepts, few at a time, enough to help you fall in love with Ms.Blockchain.

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Analytics Translator : The New Role in Analytics
Amazon
July 19, 2018
Analytics Translator (or Data Translator) is an emerging role in the field of Machine Learning, and Business Analytics.

According to McKinsey, "Analytics Translator" are the new must-have role, and perhaps the the "most important" for the success of the Artificial Intelligence programs, in an organisation.

McKinsey, also estimates, that by 2026, the demand for translators in the United States alone may reach 2 to 4 million.

How does one become an Analytics/Data Translator? What are the subjects to gain familiarity with? Which tools to use, and how?

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

1 Founder
Co-Founder
None
April 01, 2019
Praying Mantis is a technology startup based out of Bangalore, India. 

Praying Mantis works on cutting-edge technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Digital Twins.

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Tags: AI, Startups, Digital Twins

2 Panels
Product Launch : Crunch Metrics
Subex
January 09, 2019
Moderated a panel discussion on "Leveraging analytics for the new age companies" during the launch of Subex's new analytics product

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Our Wise Heads Review Our Event and Industry
Risk & Assurance Group
September 12, 2018
A panel discussion on industry trends & its' relevance to the risk & assurance functions

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Tags: Blockchain, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

2 Speaking Engagements
Leveraging AI and ML for Assurance
Risk & Assurance Group
September 12, 2018
How to leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to address risks in the enterprises?

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

Device Subsidy Abuse & Risk Management
GSMA Fraud & Security Group
May 17, 2018
A talk on the risks and abuse associated with the devices (handsets, tablets etc)

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Tags: AI, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technology

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