Battushig Myanganbayar, ‘the boy genius of Ulan Bator. When he was 15 years old, in school in Mongolia he got a perfect score in the MIT Circuits and Electronics course he took through edX.
Type: Expert
Rikin Gandhi is chief executive officer of Digital Green. He co-founded Digital Green as a research project in Microsoft Research India’s Technology for Emerging Markets and now leads the spin-off that works to bring digital learning to the last mile.
Type: Expert
Mariam Nusrat Adil is the Founder of “GRID - Gaming Revolution for International Development,"which aims to trigger social dialogue, raise awareness & inspire behavior change with digital games in development interventions. She was featured on stage at a Clinton Global Initiative session moderated by President Bill Clinton.
Type: Expert
Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX an online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT. He taught the first edX course on circuits and electronics from MIT, which drew 155,000 students from 162 countries.
Type: Expert
Dorothy K. Gordon is the Director-General of Ghana’s Advanced Information Technology Institute. Dorothy has achieved worldwide recognition for her expertise in international development, as well as her contribution to the development of Ghana’s ICT sector. In addition to the continuous support of training and research initiatives in India and Africa, she holds several positions of influence,…
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As Microsoft’s president, Brad Smith leads a team of more than 1,500 business, legal and corporate affairs professionals located in 54 countries and operating in more than 120 nations. He plays a key role in spearheading the company’s work on critical issues involving the intersection of technology and society, including cybersecurity, privacy, artificial intelligence, environmental…
Type: Expert
Toomas Hendrik Ilves was born on December 26, 1953, to an Estonian family living in Stockholm, Sweden. He acquired his education in the United States – he graduated from Columbia University in New York City in 1976 and received his Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. 1984 he moved to Europe, to work at the office of Radio Free Europe in Munich, Germany,…
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With 18 years of experience in public service, Mr. Amrit Abhijat currently heads the Department of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh, where he is responsible for implementing the state’s tourism policy and supervising both central and state government tourism projects in Uttar Pradesh, including the World Bank-supported Pro-poor Tourism Development Project. In previous roles, Mr. Abhijat…
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Anna Bjerde became World Bank Vice President for Europe and Central Asia on May 1st, 2020. In this position, Anna leads the World Bank’s strategic, analytical, operational and knowledge work in the region. Prior to this, Anna was Director of Strategy and Operations for the Middle East and North Africa region at the World Bank. Before that, she oversaw the Bank’s strategies, lending and analytical…
Type: Expert
Paul formed consultancy Joule Logic in 2009 after a senior career in the hydro-electricity and wind energy fields. Paul has an excellent understanding of the technical and commercial issues surrounding all stages of renewables development and operation, including hydro power, solar and wind. Paul has been involved in many Australian wind farm developments and has worked extensively on renewables…
Type: Expert
