|
Ramji Raghavan
Ramji Raghavan is a social innovator and entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairperson of Agastya International Foundation and Chairperson of the Navam Innovation Foundation, both Non Profit Organizations. Ramji served as a member of thCentral Advisory Board of Education Government of India. He is member of the Governing Council of the Marico Innovation Foundation . He has also served as a board member of Vigyan Prasar and as a member of the Working Group on Attracting Children to Science and Math of the Prime Minister's National Knowledge Commission. Ramiji is a well-recognized public speaker and has spoken at the Education World Forum, the annual INK Conference in association with TED, the Clinton Global Initiative, Harvard India Conference, MIT Media Lab, Peking University, Indian Institute of Science, the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research the PanIIT Conference, the Confederation of Indian Industry, Deshpande Development Dialogue, thIndian Institute of Management– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agastya International Foundation
Agastya International Foundation (Agastya) is an Indian education trust and non-profit organization based in Bangalore, India whose mission is to spark curiosity, nurture creativity and build confidence among economically disadvantaged children and teachers in India. A team of scientists, educators, and entrepreneurs led by Ramji Raghavan founded Agastya in 1999. Agastya's founders include the late K.V. Raghavan, former chairman of Engineers India Limited and Dr. P.K. Iyengar, former chairman of the Indian Atomic Energy Commission. Agastya runs hands-on science and art education programs in rural, semi-urban, and urban regions across 19 Indian states. It is one of the world's largest mobile and hands-on science education programs catering to economically disadvantaged children and public-school teachers. Programs Campus Creativity Lab Agastya has a "Campus Creativity Lab" located on a 172-acre campus in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh. It houses science and art centers, including a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |