{"id":387,"date":"2015-12-08T23:13:52","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T23:13:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/?page_id=387"},"modified":"2016-05-25T18:25:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T18:25:43","slug":"ramji-raghavan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/program\/speakers\/ramji-raghavan\/","title":{"rendered":"Ramji Raghavan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ramji Raghavan – LINC 2016 Conference Speaker<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n

\"Ramji<\/a>Mr. Ramji Raghavan is the Founder & Chairman of Agastya International Foundation (www.agastya.org<\/a>), the world’s largest hands-on mobile science education program for economically disadvantaged children and rural teachers, to support and transform primary and secondary education in India.<\/p>\n

Operating with a fleet of 133 Mobile Labs, 48 Science Centers, 59 Lab on Bikes, and a 173-acre campus Creativity Lab <\/strong>near Bengaluru, Agastya has impacted over 6 million economically disadvantaged children <\/strong>and about 200,000 rural school teachers <\/strong>through creative hands-on science education. <\/strong>Agastya’s innovative \u2018TechLaBike Project\u2019 was one of four winners of the Google Global Impact Award <\/strong>in 2013<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Mr. Raghavan served as member of Prime Minister\u2019s National Knowledge Commission, Board member of Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi, Karnataka State Innovation Council and Executive Council member of Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum. In 2009 Mr. Raghavan was elected as a Senior Fellow by \u2018Ashoka: Innovators for the public\u2019 and in 2011 he was conferred the People\u2019s Hero Award by the \u2018Confederation of Indian Industry\u2019 (CII).<\/p>\n

Mr. Raghavan has an MBA from London Business School and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Development Studies from International Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands. He is an alumnus of Delhi University and Rishi Valley School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ramji Raghavan – LINC 2016 Conference Speaker Mr. Ramji Raghavan is the Founder & Chairman of Agastya International Foundation (www.agastya.org), the world’s largest hands-on mobile science education program for economically […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":514,"url":"https:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/linc-table-test\/","url_meta":{"origin":387,"position":0},"title":"Preliminary LINC 2016 Agenda","date":"March 4, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[button link=\"http:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/attend\/register\/\" size=\"medium\" target=\"_blank\" color=\"red\"]Click here to Register for LINC 2016[\/button] The preliminary agenda is now available. The preliminary agenda is subject to change. We will post an announcement when the finalized agenda is set and available for viewing and download. [custom_table style=\"2\"] Arrival and Workshop Day: Sunday, May 22,\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":85,"url":"https:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/program\/speakers\/","url_meta":{"origin":387,"position":1},"title":"Speakers","date":"November 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"[separator headline= \"h2\" title=\"LINC 2016 Conference Speakers\"] LINC 2016 Conference was a big success!\u00a0 We will post the videos of the plenary and panel sessions soon. Follow LINC on Twitter and Facebook to keep in touch and sign up to receive LINC email updates here. Educators. Entrepreneurs. Technology Experts. Below\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":75,"url":"https:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/agenda\/","url_meta":{"origin":387,"position":2},"title":"Agenda","date":"November 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"LINC 2016 Conference was a big success!\u00a0 We will post the videos of the plenary and panel sessions soon. Follow LINC on Twitter and Facebook to keep in touch and sign up to receive LINC email updates here. Please review the LINC 2016 Agenda below. [custom_table style=\"2\"] Arrival and Workshop\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":83,"url":"https:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/program\/workshops\/","url_meta":{"origin":387,"position":3},"title":"Workshops","date":"November 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"LINC 2016 Conference was a big success!\u00a0 We will post the videos of the plenary and panel sessions soon. Follow LINC on Twitter and Facebook to keep in touch and sign up to receive LINC email updates here. LINC 2016 Pre-conference Workshops | Sunday, May 22, 2016 Make the most\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":484,"url":"https:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/program\/workshops\/mooc-makers-workshop\/","url_meta":{"origin":387,"position":4},"title":"MOOC Makers Workshop","date":"February 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[separator headline= \"h2\" title=\"MOOC Makers Workshop\"] LINC 2016 Conference was a big success!\u00a0 We will post the videos of the plenary and panel sessions soon. Follow LINC on Twitter and Facebook to keep in touch and sign up to receive LINC email updates here. The agenda and speakers for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":473,"url":"https:\/\/linc2016.mit.edu\/program\/speakers\/nafez-al-dakkak\/","url_meta":{"origin":387,"position":5},"title":"Nafez Al Dakkak","date":"February 17, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"[separator headline= \"h2\" title=\"Nafez Al Dakkak - LINC 2016 Conference Speaker\"] Nafez Al Dakkak is a the founding director of Edraak.org, an online education effort of the Queen Rania Foundation aiming to provide free high quality online and blended education to Arabic speakers across the region. Edraak is the first\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"Nafez Al Dakkak