Envisioned

Early on at Dalberg, I noted the unreliable mechanisms that survey and data collectors deploy in the field, and the implications that has on how decisions are made in the country. What if administrators could access high-quality, real-time, accurate data reflecting key datapoints? What impact would that have on the way a country is governed?

Imagine real-time GDP data — how much did GDP grow in the last 24 hours? In the last 10 minutes? What does a time series look like on a minute-by-minute basis? Imagine real-time inflation numbers — where are inflation hotspots emerging in the country, and how can issues there be addressed?

I envision this as a crowd-sourced platform, where individuals from all over India can (i) regularly answer a questionnaire representing key questions with sub-district-level granularity and (ii) upload and edit other secondary data sources representing regions, Wikipedia-style. The end vision is a map of India where you can zoom into individual neighbourhoods and see trends relating to quality of life — education levels, access to utilities (clean air, water, food, healthcare, power, internet, AI compute), environmental indicators, and more.

Project blueprint · under construction

I strongly believe that automated, vertical, indoor farming is the future of how society feeds itself. This is how we lose our dependency on a weather that is seemingly wrecked, and begin to cede land back to Nature, reducing our spoilage of natural resources.

My second core conviction is that the real money is in high-quality produce. Japan is an excellent example of high-cost fruits finding their way to being the ultimate luxury item. In my mind, I am already cultivating designer peaches, plums and other extravaganza, but in reality, this remains a humble blueprint.

Project blueprint · under construction