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Ravin Agrawal Investor |
As an emerging markets investor, Ravin Agrawal tries to predict the future, balancing economic, political and technological factors. |
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TED University Session 2 Wed Nov 4, 2009 4:15 – 5:00 |
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Charles Anderson Marine biologist |
Charles Anderson studies marine life in the Maldives, a nation of coral atolls in the Indian ocean. |
Session 6: Green and Blue Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Alwar Balasubramaniam Artist |
Sculptor, painter and printmaker Alwar Balasubramaniam makes work that crosses the boundary between art, perception and life. |
Session 9: Within you, without you Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Harsha Bhogle Cricket commentator |
Harsha Bhogle can talk about the business side of cricket, the technicalities of play and the psychology of the players with equal authority. |
Session 2: Not business as usual Thurs Nov 5, 2009 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Shukla Bose Education activist |
Shukla Bose is the founder and head of the Parikrma Humanity Foundation, a nonprofit that runs four extraordinary schools for poor children. |
Session 4: Reinventing Development Thurs Nov 5, 2009 12:00 – 1:45 |
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Jane Chen Social entrepreneur |
TED Fellow Jane Chen has spent years working on health issues in the developing world. |
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TED Fellows Session 1 Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:00 – 10:15 |
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Eve Ensler Playwright, activist |
Eve Ensler created the ground-breaking "Vagina Monologues," whose success propelled her to found V-Day -- a movement to end violence against women and girls everywhere. |
Session 8: Learning to Learn Sat Nov 7, 2009 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Anil Gupta Innovation advocate |
Anil Gupta created the Honey Bee Network to support grassroots innovators who are rich in knowledge, but not in resources. |
Session 4: Reinventing Development Thurs Nov 5, 2009 12:00 – 1:45 |
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Asher Hasan Social entrepreneur |
Asher Hasan's social enterprise Naya Jeevan (the name means "new life" in Urdu and Hindi) is the emerging world's first HMO for the urban, working poor. |
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Session 4: Reinventing Development Thurs Nov 5, 2009 12:00 – 1:45 |
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Shekhar Kapur Director and writer |
Shekhar Kapur is a visionary filmmaker and storyteller who works at the intersection of art, myth and activism. |
Session 7: Power of stories Fri Nov 6, 2009 4:45 – 6:30 |
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His Holiness the Karmapa Spiritual leader |
Ogyen Trinley Dorje is the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, a revered figure in Tibetan Buddhism devoted to preserving and propagating Buddhist teachings. |
Session 9: Within you, without you Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Lalitesh Katragadda Engineer |
Lalitesh Katragadda builds tools that help groups of people compile information to build something greater than the sum of its parts. His latest fascination: collaborative maps. |
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Session 5: Redesigning Community Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Sunitha Krishnan Anti-trafficking crusader |
Sunitha Krishnan is galvanizing India’s battle against sexual slavery by uniting government, corporations and NGOs to end human trafficking. |
Session 5: Redesigning Community Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Ryan Lobo Photographer |
As a photographer and filmmaker, Ryan Lobo uses his exquisite lens to capture humanity and nature at their most open and vulnerable moments. |
Session 7: Power of stories Fri Nov 6, 2009 4:45 – 6:30 |
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R.A. Mashelkar Scientist, innovator |
Using a principle he calls “convex lens leadership,” R.A. Mashelkar’s vision has catapulted india’s talent for science and innovation onto the international stage. |
Session 2: Not business as usual Thurs Nov 5, 2009 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Shaffi Mather Social entrepreneur, lawyer |
Shaffi Mather is the founder of 1298 for Ambulance, Education Access for All, and co-promoter of Moksha-Yug Access. |
Session 4: Reinventing Development Thurs Nov 5, 2009 12:00 – 1:45 |
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Anupam Mishra Environmental activist |
To promote smart water management, Anupam Mishra works to preserve rural India’s traditional rainwater harvesting techniques. |
Session 6: Green and Blue Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Pranav Mistry Director of research, Samsung Research America |
As an MIT grad student, Pranav Mistry invented SixthSense, a wearable device that enables new interactions between the real world and the world of data. |
Session 3: Wonder. Wonders. Thurs Nov 5, 2009 4:45 – 6:30 |
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Sendhil Mullainathan Behavioral economist |
Sendhil Mullainathan asks a compelling question: what are the irrational choices we make that perpetuate poverty, corruption, discrimination? |
Session 4: Reinventing Development Thurs Nov 5, 2009 12:00 – 1:45 |
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Alexis Ohanian Entrepreneur |
Alexis Ohanian is the co-founder an executive chairman of Reddit, a social-voting news website with geek allegiances, a small-town feel and a penchant for lighting up the memes your friends IM you about next week. |
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Session 6: Green and Blue Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:15 – 4:00 |
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Devdutt Pattanaik Mythologist |
Devdutt Pattanaik looks at business and modern life through the lens of mythology. |
Session 1: Fast forward Thurs Nov 5, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Vilayanur Ramachandran Brain expert |
Neurologist V.S. Ramachandran looks deep into the brain’s most basic mechanisms. By working with those who have very specific mental disabilities caused by brain injury or stroke, he can map functions of the mind to physical structures of the brain. |
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TED University Session 1 Wed Nov 4, 2009 3:00 – 3:45 |
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Kavita Ramdas Philanthropist |
Kavita Ramdas directs the Global Fund for Women, the largest foundation in the world supporting women's human rights across all borders. |
Session 5: Redesigning Community Fri Nov 6, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Thulasiraj Ravilla Vision activist |
Thulasiraj Ravilla is the executive director of the Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology, helping eye-care hospitals around the world build capacity to prevent blindness. |
Session 8: Learning to Learn Sat Nov 7, 2009 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Hans Rosling Global health expert; data visionary |
In Hans Rosling’s hands, data sings. Global trends in health and economics come to vivid life. And the big picture of global development—with some surprisingly good news—snaps into sharp focus. |
Session 1: Fast forward Thurs Nov 5, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Mallika Sarabhai Dancer, actor, activist |
As the leader of Darpana, Mallika Sarabhai is a pioneer in using dance and the arts for social change. |
Session 1: Fast forward Thurs Nov 5, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Kartick Satyanarayan Wildlife conservationist |
Kartick Satyanarayan works tirelessly to save India’s wild animals from illegal captivity and poaching -- most notably rescuing hundreds of “dancing” bears. |
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TED University Session 3 Thurs Nov 5, 2009 8:45 – 10:00 |
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Kiran Sethi Educator |
The founder of the Riverside School in Ahmedabad, Kiran Sethi has launched an initiative to make our cities more child-friendly. |
Session 8: Learning to Learn Sat Nov 7, 2009 8:30 – 10:15 |
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Ananda Shankar Jayant Dancer and choreographer |
With precision and sparkling grace, Ananda Shankar Jayant performs and teaches the classical dance styles of Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi. |
Session 7: Power of stories Fri Nov 6, 2009 4:45 – 6:30 |
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Aditi Shankardass Neuroscientist |
Aditi Shankardass is pioneering the use of EEG technology to give children with developmental disorders their most accurate diagnosis. |
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TED University Session 3 Thurs Nov 5, 2009 8:45 – 10:00 |
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Pawan Sinha Visual neuroscientist |
Pawan Sinha researches how our brains interpret what our eyes see -- and uses that research to give blind children the gift of sight. |
Session 3: Wonder. Wonders. Thurs Nov 5, 2009 4:45 – 6:30 |
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Sivamani Percussionist |
Sivamani is a versatile and creative drummer, as a soloist, with his band Rhythm Asia, and in hundreds of collaborations. |
Session 9: Within you, without you Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Derek Sivers Entrepreneur |
Through his new project, MuckWork, Derek Sivers wants to lessen the burdens (and boredom) of creative people. |
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TED University Session 2 Wed Nov 4, 2009 4:15 – 5:00 |
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Shashi Tharoor Politician and writer |
After a long career at the UN, and a parallel life as a novelist, Shashi Tharoor became a member of India's Parliament. He spent 10 months as India's Minister for External Affairs, building connections between India and the world. |
Session 9: Within you, without you Sat Nov 7, 2009 11:00 – 12:45 |
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Romulus Whitaker Herpetologist |
Romulus Whitaker is a scientist and conservationist who slings around the globe to study and protect reptiles. |
Session 3: Wonder. Wonders. Thurs Nov 5, 2009 4:45 – 6:30 |
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