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Ms. Sonal Shah, Director of Operations, Center for Global Development. She is one of the co-founders of Indicorps and India Abroad Person of the Year 2003. |
Mr. Vikram Misri, Counselor (Political), Embassy of India Mr. Sanjay Puri, Executive Director, USINPAC Ms. Sonal Shah, Co-founder, Indicorps, and India Abroad Person of the Year, 2003 Discussion: New Frontiers in Leadership, Participation, and Service |
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Dr. Kiran Bedi, Civilian Police Advisor to the United Nations (UN) A talk on Empowerment Through Education
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Dr. Kalyanaraman, An advisor to the River Interlinking task force, he is also author of the seven volume book on "Saraswathi-Sindhu Civilization" A talk on Interlinking India's Rivers
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Ms. Sandhya Jain, social development consultant and a columnist with The Pioneer, a leading newspaper of Delhi. A talk on Nationalism in Indian Media |
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Ms. Anika Gupta, youngest till date to speak in a DESI event, is also laudably the youngest Indian American to participate in the Ekal Vidyalaya Vanayatra. A talk on Increasing Literacy and Building Communities in Rural India |
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Ms. Bhuvana is an Electrical and Electronics Engineer trained by the World Bank on Renewable Technologies. She has undertaken consultancy assignments on Wind and Solar Power projects. A talk on Renewable Energy Technologies
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Mr. Subodh Atal, Analyst, CATO Institute Mr. Peter Bergen, CNN Terrorism Analyst Mr. Vikram Misri, Counselor, Indian Embassy Mr. Subhash Kak, Faculty, Louisiana State University Mr. Sanjay Tiku, Kashmiri Pandit, Grad Student A Panel Discussion on Terrorism in Kashmir. |
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Mr. Francois Gautier, a French journalist and writer, lived in India for 33 years and contributes to various news agencies. He has written several books including "Un autre Regard sur l'Inde" "Arise O India" , "A Western journalist on India" , "India's Self Denial","Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a guru of Joy". |