APP “ WRAPITUP “ – Innovation by a Creative Genius
Hard work
and success two sides of same coin . There is no doubt that scientific advances depend not only
on new ideas, conceptual leaps and paradigm shifts, but also to a large extent
on technological advances that make these steps possible. The innovation of APP
known as “WRAPITUP” by Harshdeep Hura is mind boggling. The significant thing
is that the “App will shorten long
paragraphs into short one-liners” as the
tag goes “WRAPITUP”. Presently ,
the APP is available only to the IOS users .
It will shorten any lengthy documents
without losing the credibility or essence . The APP was launched on 25th
July , 2015 , this year.
According to Harshdeep , “We live in
an age where information is so quickly accessible. I built an app which
algorithmically decides what’s important by learning programming online. This
pushes us in an era of information overload, where we have more information to
consume, than the time to consume it. WrapItUp was built around the idea to
help people read more, in less™and it does it’s job well. 200+ people use it on a
regular basis and in just 4 months of launch, WrapItUp has done about 53,479
summaries. This really shows that in today’s age of information overload, you
don’t need to setup huge industries to build an empire. All you need is an
internet connection and a laptop to build your own small empire without any
one’s permission. “ Till date the APP
receives over 200 views and produced over 51,000 summaries. It will be shortly
available for android , chrome and windows operating system in the next year
. Harshdeep wish to work on new apps
which will serve people in their regular explorations / activities .
Harshdeep
Hura hails from Sambalpur , Odisha and done his academics at Raipur Amity Global
Business School
WrapItUp - The Journey.
“I got first exposure to computer in 2004 when
I was in 4th standard. I remember doing my chores on time to have some digital
time and as I grew up, technology grew on me because I saw it as a tool to
express ideas. In the early years getting computer time was tough because of
school and it was something completely new back then. With the Internet coming
in my life 2 years later, suddenly spreading ideas on a floppy disc became
sharing ideas on forums and bulletin boards and this was also the time I
started learning HTML, which was my first exposure to code. It was really great
to then write some lines of code and see how it changes and builds with every
single line. Few years later, HTML and C++ became standard syllabus at school
which really helped me foster my interest in code. I used to get extra time in
computer lab to code and build basic algorithms and programs and solve everyday
problems.
2010 was
when things started to get serious with programming because I was building
programs to teach my own self maths and doing others programming home works for
treats at school canteen or straight up food (I was at boarding school so
taking money didn’t make sense.)
2011.
I was
studying for my 11th grade class test and got stuck in a business studies
chapter. This chapter in particular was very hard, and I ended up highlighting
almost every single line in the chapter. Friends had no clue about the chapter
and the faculty was way too busy and this is when I got the idea of building
something to tell me what’s important. I started writing down ideas of how this
can be built and started working on it. Most of the times I’d build logic flow
charts trying to figure out how, in general, can an algorithm decide why a
sentence is more important than other. Again, being in a boarding school I had
limited access to internet and computers in general, the development slowed down
way too much, but it was also good because I got enough time to perfect the
flow charts, which I would later program on.
After
finishing schooling and entering FLAME, Pune for further education, I decided
to take subjects which really interested me. I was a BBA student with subjects
like calligraphy, anthropology and physics, apart from my regular courses. Mid
way through college I decided I want to take development of WrapItUp full time
and left my regular course to sit in classes I really wanted to (and would
later help me build better algorithms). Doing subjects like physics and
calligraphy or anthropology don’t make sense to most people but it’s because of
exposure to these subjects, I am better at marketing and building algorithms.
Let’s take
an example.
Physics.
F= m x a
(force = mass x acceleration)
The most
basic formula every tom, dick and harry knows. I think this is the best way to
run a business. For example, huge corporations like P&G and Unilever are
divided into smaller brands so if anything happens, they can be turns around
easily. To put it in terms of physics, the smaller the mass (brand) the less
acceleration is required to turn the company around.
It’s
things like these which made sense to me and how something so basic a formula
can be twisted into finding out a way to run business.
2014 I
joined in Amity Global Business
School
More importantly, there first need to be sustained efforts
to improve digital literacy. Universities have a role to play here: the
National programme on Technology Enhanced Learning is a step in the right
direction; more MOOCs (massive open online courses) have to be rolled out for
people without access to regular college education.
Last but not the least; we need to embrace the spirit of
risk in our society. “Going digital is no longer an option for us; it is the
default,” said the CEO and MD of TCS Mr. Chandrasekaran at the World Economic
Forum this year where he chaired the IT Governors Steering Committee. While
this statement is now true for the world at large, India
Scientific temper can’t be developed overnight and
it should begin right from the school, where the students ought to be given the
opportunity to be more interactive. Similarly, the parents need to spare some
time for the children, who can be taken through the why, what, how and when
type of reasoning, thereby imparting the rudiments essential for broadening
their horizon of knowledge. Prof. Yashpal has noted, “science will also have to
come forward in changing our thoughts and eradicating various social evils,
including casteism, extremism…”(Times of India, 16th May 2005). India
Siddhartha shankar Mishra ,
Sambalpur , Odisha
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