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Dr. Mohammad Osman Gani
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Canada-based economist; Author of "Foundations of Economic Science", a path-breaking book on Economics; Ph.D. in Economics from New York University, M.A. (Econ.) from New York University, M.A. (Econ.) from Dhaka University; he has redefined economics by building an economic analysis from scratch, following the dictates of science; he has devised a method to produce fiat money for the developing countries which will free the debt-ridden third world from its "ruinous dependence on the dollar", and he is currently looking for ways to implement his project.
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G. Venugopal
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An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer with the Indian government; M.Sc. (Physics) from IIT Madras, and later developed interest in social sciences and joined IAS; interested in development issues and has done field work in academic capacity, apart from implementing programs as a government officer; his idea is to see this group evolve into an entity where the discussions gradually emerge into some fruitful collective action.
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Dr. Beni P. Agarwal
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A career diplomat, the former Ambassador of India to Lebanon, Greece and Bulgaria. He also served as India's Ambassador to six African countries. He received the highest civilian awards of three countries (Bulgaria, Ivory Coast, Lebanon) during his years in service. He has been the President of "Association for Asian Union" since 2001, and became the Chief Editor of "The Harbinger of Asian Union" from 2002.
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Indu Mirani
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Well known film critic and film trade journalist based in Mumbai; Publisher and Editor of a weekly publication on film trade in Mumbai called "Box Office".
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Dr. Kailash N. Srivastava
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Electrical Engineer from IIT (Kanpur), with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, based in Sweden at the corporate research center of a multi-national company
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Major General (Retd.) Sudhir Jatar
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Commissioned in the Corps of Engineers, Indian Army with seniority for June 7, 1954; commanded an engineer regiment in the 1971 war; commanded two infantry brigades; current positions held: Consultant to ICICI; Member, Expert Committee of the government on oil/gas production; Director, Vidoecon Petroleum Ltd.; Managing Trustee, Smt Vimlabai (Jiji) Neelkanth Charitable Trust; Chairman, GOI Committee for assessing security for oilfield installations; Chairman, ONGC committee on organisational restructuring; President, Nagrik Chetna Manch; Founder Member, Initiative for Peace, Arms Control & Disarmament
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Pradeep Singhi
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Mr. Singhi has been the President/CEO of a few companies of the Birla group until 1995. Currently involved with Consultancy, as part of a large, newly-formed combine, that is providing turnkey and advisory services - legal, commercial, taxation, and engineering. Interests include Photography, Computers, and Reading, but Music is his passion. Based in Kolkata, India.
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KMGuru
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Owns company in USA that provides high-end technology solutions to business and government. [Manager's Note : Knowledge Management (KM) Guru's real identity is not yet known to the group, but what is known is that with a diverse educational background in medicine, engineering, and computers, he is a renaissance man, a direct disciple of Swami Nikhilananda, and has spent over 30 years practicing and teaching in various private, corporate, and other U.S. colleges (CEU's) about transcendental meditation, stress management, and creativity - all this apart from his business career. His interests include astronomy, astrophysics, genetics, bioinformatics, exobiology, climate modeling etc, and of course spiritual development.]
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Dharma (Mathemagician)
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Mathematics and Yoga Teacher. He teaches kids Vedic maths, teaches oldies Yoga, he has run IT companies, been partner in a UK firm of accountants, taught digital imaging analysis to geophysicists in Jerusalem, taught management fundamentals (and proper English!) to Texans.
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C. Umashankar
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An Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer alloted to the Tamil Nadu cadre. He joined the Indian Administrative Services in 1990, and since then he has held various positions in the government of Tamil Nadu. Mr. Umashankar's vision is to see an e-Governance based Public Administration in India, and a corruption-free society. Mr. Umashankar is an expert in the emerging area of e-Governance, and has achieved high recognition in this field.
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Dr. Taher Kagalwala, M.D. (Ped.), D.C.H.
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Pediatrician and neonatologist based in Mumbai, India, and an avid net surfer. Dr. Taher's Homepage is : http://drtaherforkids.com
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Anjali Ramachandran
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Master's degree holder in International Housing and Social Change from the London School of Economics (LSE); bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Madras; her interests include international development, poverty issues, urbanisation, theatre, travelling, and current affairs.
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Debby Feuerman
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Executive Director, CARE & FAIR USA -- Carpet Trade Against Child Labor (www.care-fair.org) ; it is a nonprofit organization in New York, dedicated to end abusive child labor practices in carpet producing areas of India, Nepal, Pakistan, as well as to improve social standards for the weavers and their families. CARE & FAIR runs 34 long-term projects in India, Nepal, and Pakistan, all in carpet weaving areas. Over 9,000 students currently go to school with free tuition in 23 schools. 11 healthcare centers give free medical treatment to 250,000 patients every year.
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Jagdish Nazareth, MBA (IIM-A)
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B.Sc. (Chemistry) 1972 ; MBA from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad 1974 ; has spent 20 years doing action-research on the problems of low-income rural families in the villages of Gujarat ; has developed an environment and nutrition friendly technological concept called Sustainable Organic Agriculture Model, which is an alternative to the Green Revolution Model ; pursuing further studies in Agriculture, currently in his 2nd year of Fellow Program in Management (Agriculture) at IIM, Ahmedabad.
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Dr. Shivanand Kanavi
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Executive Editor of Business India, Nariman Point, Mumbai, India.
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V. S. Rawat
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B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur in 1985, and presently running own private limited company at Indore, MP, India
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Sai N (Indian©)
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Self-described geek. 42 years old. Married, two kids. Living in the US since 1986 ; Have worked in the finance industry IT for the past 6/7 years; Major interests include Economics, Finance, Politics, India, Reading, Music.
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Vikas Vij
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Running an independent company in the field of international trade, based out of Seoul, Korea and New Delhi, India; travelled worldwide; age 35 years; MBA in marketing from Faculty of Management Studies, Benares Hindu University, India
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Dr. Homi Kaikobad (Arya)
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Multi-lingual Poet ; Philosopher ; highly experienced and widely travelled Medical Doctor ; presently based in Arizona.
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Tariq Syed
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International documentary film-maker dealing with pressing social and humanitarian issues of the day; working from Dubai and New Delhi.
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Dr. Mohan Kumar
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A retired Captain of Army Medical Corps in India, and presently a Director of the "Sleep Lab" in USA, which is conducting research on sleep patterns and dreams. Apart from his research on Dreams, he has a "Dream to see all Indians united and together." His interactive research website is www.visionsleep.com where the visitors may just give a minute of their time, and answer a few quick questions which would assist in Dr. Mohan's important research for the cause of humanity.
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G. Kalyan Kumar (Bijoo)
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New Delhi based Journalist ; post-graduate in English, with a pending Ph.D. ; Writes on International Relations and Social Issues ; Member of New York based Journalists' Club ; Member of IndiaOnline Media Forum ; hosts a club on Yahoo called "Malayalam Lovers" ; interests include travel and reading.
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V.D.G. Krishnan
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A Management Consultant with over 25 years of hands-on experience in various Management and Consultancy assignments in a leading Public Sector Undertaking in India and one of the fastest growing global MNC in Europe / Americas. Founder President & CEO of LL2B.COM (Life-Line to Business), an ICT Company, based in Chennai, India, and specializing in ‘Better Self Governance’. [Email: vdgk@yahoo.com]
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Updesh Kumar
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Chief Engineer, Air India, Mumbai
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Momtaaz Jung
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Based in U.K. for last 30 years ; accountant by qualification, teacher by profession ; hails from a family which played a prominent role in freedom struggle and bitterly opposed the partition ; his sister is politically active (ex-Chairperson, Minorities Commission) ; Interests include writing on educational/political issues, and saying verses in Urdu ; political thinking is firmly secular with left wing leanings.
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Lakshman Pernenkil
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Final year student of Dual Degree program in Chemical Engineering at IIT Madras ; Speaker of the Student Affairs Council, IIT Madras
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Dr. Shantanu Dutta
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A medical doctor who served the Indian Air Force for a brief stint of 6 years, and thereafter has switched over to developmental work by associating himself full-time with the NGO sector in India.
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Thomas Anthony
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A qualified Social Worker (masters in Social Work) ; worked for several years with Deepalaya, CRY, National Foundation for India, etc. and travelled extensively to all rural and tribal areas ; currently based in Toronto, Canada to further explore possibilities for India's development with a different vision, for which his efforts are ongoing.
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Dr. M.C. Gupta
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President, Delhi Chapter, International Union of Health Promotion and Education (HQ in Paris) ; Member, Scientific Advisory Group, ICMR, and IMA ; Member, Supreme Court Bar Association ; MBBS, M.D., MPH, L.L.B., L.L.M. ; Practising advocate ; formerly medical professor and Head, Human Nutrition, AIIMS ; written 75 scientific papers and 21 books.
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Dr. Sanjay Bedi
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Head of Department, Department of Pathology, SGRD Institute of Medical Sciences, Amritsar, Punjab, India. Son of Dr. Vijay Bedi and Dr. Usha Bedi, and married to Dr. Minu Bedi. Devised "Electronic Classroom" in India for teaching Pathology to Medical Students. Pursuing the adventurous journey to achieve a disease controlled Planet Earth.
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Dr. Hari D. Goyal
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Director, Asia-Pacific Socio-Economic Reserach Institute (APSERI), New Delhi. APSERI is involved in the following activities: Advancement of disadvantaged groups, Protection of Human Rights, Strengthening of democratic institutions, and Promoting sustainable development.
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Muktafi Farooqi
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Senior Business Executive in London, and interested in law and public affairs
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Dr. R.P. Maheshwari
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Professor at IIT Roorkee; Ph.D. from University of Roorkee; Electrical Engineer with post-graduation in Electrical Instrumentation Engineering from AMU
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Dr. Virinchi
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A Humanist, Nationalist, and Believer in all religions (practicing only one), all in that order ; deeply influenced by parents and teachers.
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Dr. Thulasi Doss
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A medical doctor in Chennai ; a spiritually inclined person, and a friend of a real saint Sri Shiva Shankar Baba ; interests include Spiritualism, Social Service, Patriotism, World Unity.
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Dr. Rohit
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Orthopedic surgeon ; interests include research
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Chitra Seshadri
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Electrical Engineer by qualification ; age 54 years ; working for an Indian MNC, looking after the eastern sector ; wife is a home-maker and they have a son who is doing Ph.D in Genomics in the U.S.
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Dr. Anil Kumar Patra,MS.DH&HM.FAIS
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Consultant surgeon, Surgical endoscopist,Laparoscopist, Hospital health care consultant ; his goal is minimum and quality health care services to be made available at the people's doorsteps with the advancement of technology.
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Dr. Prabhat Verma
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Professor of Anatomy at a medical college in Pune, and formerly served the army medical corps for 28 years at Air Force Medical College (AFMC), Pune,India.
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Dr. M. Thiruchitrambalam
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Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Udumalaipet, Tamil Nadu, India.
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