33 Years of Innovation, Trust, and Impact: Celebrating Polaris and Intellect Foundation Day

Celebrating Polaris and Intellect Foundation Day: 33 Years of Innovation, Trust, and Impact:-

33 years ago, we began with a simple belief: technology should create meaningful business impact—not just better software.

Today marks another Foundation Day at Polaris Consulting & Services Ltd and Intellect Design Arena Ltd. It is a moment to reflect on what brought us here, and more importantly, on what lies ahead.

From client-server to the internet, from mobile to cloud, and now AI, technology has continuously reinvented itself. One thing, however, has remained constant: our success is measured by the success of our customers.

That belief led us to design eMACH.ai built on first principles to give financial institutions a truly composable and contextual foundation and Purple Fabric, our open business impact AI platform that transforms intelligence into decisions with measurable outcomes. Yet neither was ever the destination. They exist because we continue to ask ourselves one question:

Will this make our customers stronger, faster and more competitive?

As AI reshapes financial institutions and enterprises across the world, we believe technology alone won’t define the winners. Enduring institutions will.

The organizations that thrive will combine the following:

* Technology with trust

* Innovation with resilience

* Intelligence with responsible execution

That belief is shaping our next chapter. Our aspiration is no longer just to build world-class software – it is to build an enduring institution, guided by seven enduring principles that define how we build, lead and renew ourselves:

  1. Purpose – Relentless focus on customer success
  2. Knowledge – Turning every engagement into institutional learning
  3. Leadership – Nurturing leaders who anticipate change
  4. Learning – Evolving faster than technology itself
  5. Renewal – Redesigning before change demands it
  6. Culture – Startup agility with institutional discipline
  7. Societal Impact – Creating value that extends beyond business into communities

Trust is earned one commitment at a time. To every customer, partner and associate who has placed your trust in us – thank you. You have challenged us to think sharper, move faster and raise our own bar, year after year.

Here’s to remaining curious. Accountable. Innovative. And above all, worthy of that trust.

Happy Foundation Day to everyone who are part of the Polaris and Intellect journey.

The future isn’t simply something we’re building. It’s something we’re designing – together.

Mission Samriddhi Ullas Trust School of Design Thinking

August 5, 2026

Mission Samriddhi at 10: From Designing Dreams to Scaling Village Surplus

The next Silicon Valley will not be a city.
It will be a valley of villages.

This is the belief with which we started Mission Samriddhi ten years ago.

At Mission Samriddhi Summit 10 which is happening now in Chennai (26 – 28 Feb), I began with a simple question:

What truly transforms a civilisation?
Is it technology?
Is it capital?
Or is it something deeper?

History gives us a clear answer.

Technology existed long before modern economies. The real shift happened when societies learned how to organise thinking and community.

In 1602, the East India Company became the first publicly listed company in the world. Its real innovation was not ships or trade routes.

Its real innovation was organised surplus people investing together and sharing the value they created.

In the 1700s, Edinburgh, a town of less than 200,000 people became a centre of global innovation because thinkers met, debated and built ideas together.

France and Switzerland later showed that design, precision and brand can create enduring prosperity even without natural resources.

Then came Silicon Valley once a desert.

They took sand and turned it into silica to build chips that power the modern world.

When I visited the Satpura Valley in Betul, I asked myself a simple question:

If Silicon Valley can emerge from a desert, why can Satpura not emerge from a village economy?

Because the real resource is not land.

The real resource is thinking.

And if thinking is a resource,

It can be designed.
And if it can be designed – it can be scaled.

Mission Samriddhi was built on one simple conviction:

Rural development must begin with aspiration, not subsidy.

Villages must not survive on external capital.

Villages must create and retain their own surplus.

To make this possible, we built the 10 Pillars of Change:

1. Dream Activation– helping teenagers see themselves as creators, not job seekers.

2. Confidence through Creation–building the belief that value can be created locally.

3. Engineering Literacy– teaching youth to maintain and repair local technology.

4. Business Literacy –making village income, expenses and trade deficits visible.

5. Precision Farming –thinking in inches instead of acres to increase productivity.

6. Value Addition –processing and packaging products within the village.

7. SHGs as Startups–transforming self-help groups into professionally governed enterprises.

8. Technology and AI –giving rural youth access to the same knowledge as the world.

9. Design and Branding –creating brand surplus from village products.

10. Replicable Models –building enterprises that can scale across districts.

Over the last decade we have moved from Dream to Design.

Mission Samriddhi Summit 10 marks the shift from Design to Scale.

When villages generate surplus, Young people stop seeing the village as an exit point.

A place where they can become creators, entrepreneurs and leaders.

Civilisations are not built by resources. They are built by organised thinking.

 

February 23, 2026

Bridging the Urban-Rural Divide: ADK Jain Eye Hospital Celebrates 6 Years of Visionary Service

Yesterday ADK Jain Eye Hospital celebrated 6th Foundation day at Khekra, Bhagpat. This hospital is one of the very first hospital in actual Village where Urban specialists serve Rural India. The event was organised by Dr Manju Jain Verma, Chairperson, Dr. Ruma Gupta and Hospital team.

The event was attended by Asmita Lal, DM of Baghpat district, Dipender Manocha, and representatives from various social organisations across Uttar Pradesh.

In just six years, this purely charitable hospital has been serving over 90,000 patients a year.

The hospital has also achieved a significant milestone of completing 1,000 surgeries in a single month, under the leadership of Dr. Ruma Gupta.

With more than 200 eye-screening camps conducted across six districts (almost one camp every day), the hospital is actively working to eliminate preventable blindness.

ADK Hospital has also achieved self-sustainability and performs 70% of its surgeries free of cost.

The hospital has been accorded national status for training DNB students as well – one of the first such recognitions for a rural charitable institution.

This is a remarkable example of social impact driven by leadership, service, and execution excellence.

November 16, 2025

Design Thinking. Systems Thinking. Human Thinking – The Journey of Mission Samriddhi.

Foundation Day of Mission Samriddhi 

On 12th November 2016, a small meeting of around 25 people at the Design Center laid the foundation for what would become a large family of True Rural Transformation Catalysts.

Each interaction with the Mission Samriddhi community continues to humble me – the depth of knowledge, width of experience, and height of commitment that each of you brings is truly inspiring

Over these years, we have conducted Design Thinking workshops across five dimensions of holistic development – Personal, Social, Economic, Ecological, and Institutional. Through First Principles Thinking, we uncovered core issues, and by applying Systems Thinking, we built repeatable and scalable models for transformation

To me, Mission Samriddhi is a Living University of Humanity – it teaches me something new every single week. In these nine years, not one week has passed without learning, reflection, or inspiration from this collective.

As we often say, we don’t thank our family members – yet today, I want to express my deep gratitude to all of you – my teachers, collaborators, and fellow contributors – for walking together on this journey to make the world a better and more humane place.

 

November 13, 2025

The Astonishing Precision of Blood Sugar Regulation

I learnt that total blood sugar in human body is just 5 grams ie one teaspoon of sugar. Just 1/8 of Coca-Cola can.

The Liver is most precision organ which maintains it within find range of 4 grams to 6 grams in blood quantity of half bucket ie 7 litres.

Imagine a half bucket of water with one teaspoon of sugar. If it teaspoon becomes table spoon then it is called Diabetes.

June 25, 2025

Human first, Nationalities second

Yes India Pak war has started. 3rd global conflict after Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Palestine.

We all know Wars are not good for anyone and yet Humans with wisdom and intelligence indulge in it that too in 21st century.

The question remains – Are we going forward with increased Technologies and Human intelligence or driven by raw animal instincts and passions?

Stay calm without any bias, without blame since in this situation we can’t trust all the news.

At end of day, we are Human first, Nationalities second. Follow human principles of Love, compassion and growth.

April 29, 2025

Imagine 1 USD to 60 INR

Today I was researching on earlier similar economic shocks as current Trump Circus. I found 1971, Nixon Shock was equally big when he abolished Dollar linkage to Gold ie 35 USD to one Ounce of Gold. This rate was fixed since 1944 Bretton Wood Agreement.

Then to counter US deficits, he allowed dollar to get devalued against German mark as well as Japanese Yen. USD devalued from 3.51 to 1.6 in just 10 years.
It devalued similar against Japanese yen from 360 to 227 till 1980 and to 95 yen in 1995.

Japan has coped up 300 percent currency appreciation in 25 years because of innovation and JIT.

I need to learn more about Macro economics and politics of 1970 era to reach some insights but Now imagine if USD devalues against INR by just 30 percent not 300 percent in next 5 years ie 60 rupees to one USD, what will happen to Indian Exports and especially to Indian IT industry.

Just a question to ponder to design our future.

April 13, 2025

‘What Questions to ask‘ Skill

In AI era, Contextualising and Applying the Knowledge will become more dominant Skill compare to ‘having knowledge’.

‘What Questions to ask‘ Skill will help in Applying right knowledge at right place.

February 12, 2025

L0 of Thirukkural

Today, on Thiruvalluvar Day (which is being celebrated in Tamil Nadu, India), I am reminded of a fascinating conversation I had a few years ago with one of our clients about the rich cultural heritage of Tamil Nadu and South India. Naturally, the discussion veered towards a subject I am deeply passionate about—Thirukkural, the timeless masterpiece of knowledge, ethics, and morality written by the celebrated Tamil poet and philosopher Thiruvalluvar over 2,000 years ago.

In many ways, Thiruvalluvar could be considered the world’s first “tweeter”! Each couplet (kural) is incredibly crisp, concise, and clear—crafted in just 7 words across 2 lines. The Thirukkural itself is a profound compilation of 1,330 couplets, structured into 133 chapters grouped under three life principles—Virtue, Wealth and Love, aligning seamlessly with the ancient Indian philosophy of life’s pursuits.

To truly appreciate the depth of this literary masterpiece, I conceptualized using one of our Design Thinking tools, L0, typically employed to detail a business, product, or solution. The result was an L0 equivalent of the entire Thirukkural, a modern framework capturing its essence in a structured and relatable manner. Today, I am delighted to share this English version for the benefit of a wider audience.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this perspective of Thirukkural!

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January 22, 2025

Sub Processes of Observation

  1. Eyes to observe object or person or persons emotions.
  2. Observation interpreter to map to literal meaning of the object or person.
  3. Emotional reader to make literal meaning of emotions.
  4. Knowledge retriever to retrieve the associated knowledge about that person or an object from self Knowledge Database.
  5. Contextualising observation to self purpose or not.
  6. Contextualising from the perspective of Object or Person.
  7. If relevant, retain it and update self Knowledge System.

January 15, 2025