Bharath M. Palavalli

There seems to be a bit of #Bangalore love on Twitter. So here is a a list of books about/on Bangalore that I've either read or enjoyed (in no particular order). Please do share your favourite book(s) other Indian cities. #booksoncities 1/n

I finally found a great copy of Fazlul Hasan’s Bangalore through the Centuries; I’ve been looking for a good copy for a while now. Thank you @bookworm_Kris! My list of books on Bangalore is almost complete: x.com/bharathmp/stat… #bangalore #booksonbangalore

Nice! Looking forward to this thread by @madmrad

In our second discussion of the Science of Cities series, we explore the Indian urban system w/ Anand Sahasranaman, particularly how scale & geography impact urban properties, and what this tells us about the evolution of the urban fabric of the country. youtube.com/watch?v=yk28ok…

Hey All! Tomorrow, we have a small quiz programme planned in the Namma Raste event. The quiz, titled Right Anta Heli is a programme that has to do with topics related to BMTC. This is being organised by us, Friends of BMTC & being hosted by stand-up comedian, @Nithin_m_kamath

Our first conversation with @BettencourtLuis of @UChicago, @sfiscience on ideas of "urban scaling", and how this helps us develop an underlying sense of urban living: youtube.com/watch?v=fcmkPp… Some of the themes highlighted in the conversation were...

Democratising complex system modelling sco.lt/5vCVO4

Sunday morning on #BMTC is generally different, & I paid for the ticket online which was definitely useful. It would’ve helped if the scanner was with the ticket machine rather than just stickers on the bus. #publictransport #bangalore

“DREAM MACHINE is suited for readers looking for an introduction the inner workings of AI technology while also contemplating the future of technology unfolding within our present-day...” @architamittra reviews work by @Laurent_Daudet and @WorldOfHalahala locusmag.com/2025/01/dream-…

Looking forward to this, which has a chapter by me on "Exploring the Emergence of Peripheral Centralities in Bengaluru: The Case of Electronics City". The book also key contributions from many others across the globe edited by @TheBigNA @rkeil & @Planographer

Did you play #Scidle today? Scidle English #4 2/6 scidle.researchmatters.in 🟨⬜⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Lovely to see more agent-based modelling work from India! Do take a look at this piece of work from @MenonBioPhysics and team. We’ve used agent based models in testing and designing public policy, and built a distributed framework in the past with my previous work at @fovlabs.

How can AI help Indian language scicommers? Here is my try which was just an idea two years ago when I spoke at #SJAI meet. This brief podcast is fully AI. A news brief from the newsletter #,Science-Adviser of @aaas was translated machine language (Google Translate was best. 1/n

It has been a while since I posted. We are thrilled to announce Tarkam: Centre for Data-Driven Discourse at @IIITB_official. If you want to talk #data, #standards, #Interoperability or #stories, please reach out. It is a result of a lot of civil society partners coming together.

Dear @BBMPCOMM by evicting the vendors of church street , you hit not just their business but of shops also. Church street has lost its vibe. Pls follow Street vendors act, restore livelihoods of the poor. @aicctukar Imp story by @ShreyasJurno

The metaphors of artificial intelligence writes @MelMitchell1 @sfiscience | Science science.org/doi/full/10.11…

Always good to get a fountain pen restored by the makers of the pen themselves! Thanks to Ranga Pena for fixing the 4CS. The Fountain Pen Show seemed to have a greater footfall than last year & it was nice seeing so many folks who were new to #fountainpens #bangalore

#Survey Alert: Understanding Author's Perception for #Publishing We are trying to understand the author's perception in India for publishing in #journals. We'd be grateful if you can spare your time in responding to the survey. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #Research #India

When making games is more fun than playing them! #gamedesign #researchtools

This is possibly the best combination, put together a “public” library as part of a “public” transport system! You can never go wrong with it. This is wonderful work by everyone involved! #PublicTransport #publiclibraries

"Are we allowed to be unimpressed by Nobel prize winners? Hope so." Professor Duncan Green (@fp2p) on Why Nations Fail. wp.me/p3MVmW-3rx