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Some published works: • PEDAGOGY RESEARCH 'When Technology Meets Health Care in Knowledge Society' - case study on Aurosiksha, Aravind Eye Care's growing e-Learning system. Selected among the top 4 papers at SEARCC 2011 seminar (South East Asia Regional Computer Confederation, Mumbai Dec '11), CSI Communications, Mumbai, June '12 SEARCC was established by UN in 1978. Aravind Eye Care System is WHO Collaborating Center For Prevention of Blindness, the world's largest eye care service provider with over 300,000 surgeries/year and 270 partner hospitals across 29 countries (south Asia, South America and Africa). Aravind's social enterprise model is studied at Harvard Business School. 'Observing Aurosiksha', Integral Education-based Blended Learning roadmap presented at LAICO (Lions Aravind Institute of Community Opthalmology), Aravind Eye Care System, Madurai, Dec '10 'Ninād has been conceived to provide solutions to complex problems. Its approach is holistic and transdisciplinary, relying on a worldwide network of specialists in different areas.' In my experience working with Ninād means to enlarge the spectrum of diagnostic hypothesis and the vision of the problem to solve. It also means to work out different levels of solutions corresponding to the different levels of existence of the project to realize: personal, social, ecological and transpersonal.' ~ Mr.Enzo Fazzino Chief - Outreach, Portal and Publications Section Bureau of Public Information, UNESCO, Paris • SUSTAINABILITY Project Synapse: a research and development project between Auroville Dental Centre (south India) and Ninād (Knowledge Partner): a revolutionary Community Care-centric oral healthcare model that services children primarily in the rural space where there is acute need for sustainable healthcare. This program trains and empowers rural women with no medical background to become dental hygienists via an integrative and unique methodology derived from proprioception with optimized ergonomics where Concept ‘0’ (zero) represents the ideal state of health and balance. The dream: Millions of Smiling Children - future citizens of the world ! :) 'Synapse trilogy' emerged from Project Synapse:
- Centre for Dental Education and Research, AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi) ranked no.1 medical college in India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India - ICOH (Inter-country Centre for Oral Health), WHO Collaborating Centre for Promoting Community-based Oral Health Models headquarters for South-East Asia, Department of Health, Ministry of Public Health, Chiang Mai, Thailand - PD-Promotion Centre (Osaka) - IDA (Indian Dental Association, Pondicherry) - Aravind Eye Care System (WHO Collaborating Center For Prevention of Blindness, world's largest eye care service provider) - Lavelle Fund for the Blind (New York) 'Tooth Fairies', The Hindu Business Line (India's 2nd largest business daily, March 5th '10 (has been quoted) 'Excellent presentation. We have come to appreciate Proprioceptive Derivation.' ~ Dr.Dan Callahan, President, Children's Vision Initiative, Lavelle Fund for The Blind, New York 'Technology and Rural Development, a case in perspective: Computers on Wheels', Club of Amsterdam Journal, June '10 - Computers on Wheels (COW) was a finalist at Stockholm Challenge 2006 'About Wilderness: The Idea and the Space', Club of Amsterdam Journal, June '11 - The Tholkappiar Eco Park is considered a breakthrough public-private partnership initiative within the urban planning context in India. • MANAGEMENT 'When Zero means All', Club of Amsterdam Journal, June '10 'On the Art of Value-Webbing', La Revue Agir 20-21, Paris, Jan '05 'Your insightful capability to conceive these kinds of organizational development and learning tools will help the students and the faculty members at our business school to truly leverage the power of Blended Learning.' ~ Dr. M.R.Gopalan - Fellow of IIM-A Director (Research) Institute of Finance and International Management (IFIM) ranked no.6 in South India, Bangalore • SPIRITUALITY 'Evolution Fast-forward' (released in Feb '11) is an experimental film based on the concept of Narrative Immersion. It delves into some principal aspects of Sri Aurobindo's Integral Yoga with 'Savitri' (Sri Aurobindo's epic poem) as source of inspiration. Presented at: Mutations II seminar (Auroville), Auroville Film Festival (Auroville), Sri Aurobindo Ashram (Pondicherry), AUM Conference (California) • TECHNOLOGY 'The Big Science Visionary', MIT Technology Review, May '11 'Homi Bhabha and the Computer Revolution' - a seminal book by India's top scientists and technologists with a foreword by Mr.Ratan Tata (head of Tata Group) celebrating the centenary of Dr.Bhabha considered the father of India's nuclear programme and science visionary. 'Parampara Project: Condensing Knowledge and Time as e-Culture', UNESCO Memory World Register recipient,Club of Amsterdam Journal, May '09 'Aspects of Mobility', Club of Amsterdam Journal, April '07 • INTERVIEW 'On Architecting Knowledge', The Golden Chain magazine, India, Aug '11 • ARTS AND CULTURE 'Vikram Seth - The Global Indian', Private Circulation • POETRY 'The Toss', Mother India, November '04 'The Pebble Collector', Mother India, May '05 'The Myriad Called 'I' ', Mother India, March '06 'The Wall', Mother India, October '06 'Inspired words, they remind me of my own poems.' ~ (late) Dr.Amal Kiran (1904-2011), noted Indian poet-philosopher and founding editor of 'Mother India' |
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