The Renaissance took place in chaos and plague.
If you look at the origins of the postal service in the U.S., the founding fathers created it to protect democratic rights.
Innovation actually demands freedom and freedom demands innovation.
Email has explosively supported the growth of letter writing globally.
In many ways I just did not fit the mold of a 1970s high tech innovator. I was not white, I was not working for the military or for a defense contractor, and I must have seemed too young and too naive to stand up for the truth.
Since the day I was born as a low-caste Indian, I've had to fight.
Clearly texting, SMS and chat are very different than writing a letter or email.
For me, defeating Elizabeth Warren in Massachusetts is driving a bigger blow to these institutions of power right in the belly of the beast.
Prior to 1980, people used to dictate to a secretary for preparing written documents and that person would then punch keys on a typewriter. I was inspired to invent a medium for doing this work by engaging just one person.
Email did precisely what I predicted, back in 1978, it took over the postal mail process and system of writing letters.
Our ancient yogis and sages were not just medical healers, but systems scientists and systems engineers, who saw the body and the universe as an interconnected engineering system, a system of systems that are governed by fundamental engineering systems principles.
I am humbled to be selected as a TiE Star recipient and to be included among such an esteemed group of true innovators and intrepid entrepreneurs.
I, in fact, believe people should work before they even go to school.
Fundamentally there is a narrative around where innovation can come out from.
The invention of email evolved from a challenge to solve a real world problem.
A quick search through the U.S. Copyright Office's website will show that email was first used in 1979 and has been registered under 'Shiva Ayyadurai.'
Engineering is about finding solutions with a commitment to ongoing refinement. That's what engineering training teaches you.
Jobs cannot be created if innovation is restricted to large corporates.
Be the light. Know the truth. God bless you.
I have no doubt that my origin and ethnicity have strongly influenced controversy over my invention of email.
