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Two Indians in Forbes Top 15 'Classroom Revolutionaries' - International Business Times
Suneet Tuli, Indian origin CEO of British
manufacturing and marketing company
DataWind, and Anant Agarwal, professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) are identified as "classroom
revolutionaries" by Forbes for their
contribution to the education field globally.
Suneet Tuli, the brain behind India's cheapest
tablet Aakash, revolutionized the education
system with the Aakash tablet which gave
the technology access to many students.
"Tuli is the mastermind behind the world's
cheapest tablet computer, the Aakash 2,
which has the potential to revolutionize
educational access in the developing world,"
the Forbes said.
"I don't care about creating the iPad killer. I
care about the 3 billion people who can
afford this device," the publication quoted
Tuli as saying.
DataWind is churning out the next version of
Aakash tablet featuring capacitive screen,
Android 4.0 operating system and a Ghz
processor in its mill which is scheduled to
release on November 11.Tulil's low cost
tablet Aakash has been making the headlines
since its launch. Recently, DataWind
announced that the company is going to
showcase the tablet at the United Nations
(UN) in the last week of November. The CEO
of the company Suneet Tuli has been given
'the innovative educator' title.
The other Indian who is among the top 15
innovators is Anant Agarwal, the President of
edX, online learning initiative of MIT under
the joint partnership of MIT and Harvard
University. The 53-year-old Agarwal, who
aspires to educate billion people, is also a
computer architecture researcher.
"EdX continues to up the ante by increasing
partners (Pearson has signed on), classes
(seven to dozens for spring 2013) and
innovations, such as virtual laboratories,"
Forbes added.
The 15 education innovators named in the list
are the people who are on the wheel to
harness the disruptive technologies for the
purpose of training the next generation
teachers. The founder of Khan Academy,
Salman Khan, is also in the list. The 36-
year-old Khan, who holds multiple degrees
from MIT and Harvard, is credited for
creating 3,400 tutorial videos which have
400,000 subscribers in YouTube alone.
Suneet Tuli, Indian origin CEO of British
manufacturing and marketing company
DataWind, and Anant Agarwal, professor of
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) are identified as "classroom
revolutionaries" by Forbes for their
contribution to the education field globally.
Suneet Tuli, the brain behind India's cheapest
tablet Aakash, revolutionized the education
system with the Aakash tablet which gave
the technology access to many students.
"Tuli is the mastermind behind the world's
cheapest tablet computer, the Aakash 2,
which has the potential to revolutionize
educational access in the developing world,"
the Forbes said.
"I don't care about creating the iPad killer. I
care about the 3 billion people who can
afford this device," the publication quoted
Tuli as saying.
DataWind is churning out the next version of
Aakash tablet featuring capacitive screen,
Android 4.0 operating system and a Ghz
processor in its mill which is scheduled to
release on November 11.Tulil's low cost
tablet Aakash has been making the headlines
since its launch. Recently, DataWind
announced that the company is going to
showcase the tablet at the United Nations
(UN) in the last week of November. The CEO
of the company Suneet Tuli has been given
'the innovative educator' title.
The other Indian who is among the top 15
innovators is Anant Agarwal, the President of
edX, online learning initiative of MIT under
the joint partnership of MIT and Harvard
University. The 53-year-old Agarwal, who
aspires to educate billion people, is also a
computer architecture researcher.
"EdX continues to up the ante by increasing
partners (Pearson has signed on), classes
(seven to dozens for spring 2013) and
innovations, such as virtual laboratories,"
Forbes added.
The 15 education innovators named in the list
are the people who are on the wheel to
harness the disruptive technologies for the
purpose of training the next generation
teachers. The founder of Khan Academy,
Salman Khan, is also in the list. The 36-
year-old Khan, who holds multiple degrees
from MIT and Harvard, is credited for
creating 3,400 tutorial videos which have
400,000 subscribers in YouTube alone.
