Dr. Ashok Gadgil - 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for ...
Dr. Ashok Gadgil - 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation ...
Video profile of Dr. Ashok Gadgil, winner of the 2012 $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Global Innovation for scientific solutions to the global water crisis, and energy and fuel efficiency.
ghdLAB: in the world, for the world
ghdLAB: in the world, for the world
FALL 2011 OVERVIEW: OUR VISION OF THE VALUE OF ghdLAB Learn about why ghdLAB blends classroom learning and action-based field projects. MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Anjali Sastry, students, and field partners explain what they've gained from taking on practical health care management and ...
3 minute interviews: 2010 MIT Sloan students on their ...
3 minute interviews: 2010 MIT Sloan students on their experience in Africa
This video was filmed by students in May and June 2010, after the second set of global health delivery lab student teams returned to campus from various project locations in sub-Saharan Africa. It presents the personal experience of a sample of students and is one of ...
New Technology Brings Offshoring to Villages
New Technology Brings Offshoring to Villages
The Xerox CTO describes research that allows manufacturing and office workers to avoid commuting to traffic-choked Indian cities.
Extraordinary Bengal Tiger sighting
Extraordinary Bengal Tiger sighting
This video was made by Bill Peck '60 while on an MIT Alumni Travel Program trip to India and Nepal in October 2010. The sighting took place early in the morning of October 25, 2010 at Ranthambore National Park in India and lasted for about a half hour. The park ranger said that a sighting of ...
About the MISTI Program
About the MISTI Program
The MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives--better known as MISTI--connects MIT students and faculty with research and innovation around the world. MIT's primary international program, MISTI is a pioneer in applied international studies--a distinctively MIT concept. Working ...
Obama's Strategy Towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South ...
Obama's Strategy Towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Asia
The Center's series Audit of the Conventional Wisdom continues with a look at the Obama administration's strategy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Asia. Paul Staniland, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at MIT and a member of the Center's ...
Lighter, Cheaper, Stronger
Lighter, Cheaper, Stronger
Video by: Canay Ozden Prostheses are critical body extensions. They should naturally fit the body, lend themselves to customization, and be affordable, none of which are provided by today's industry. Nadya Peek, of MIT's "Fab Lab," takes us on a short tour of the world of those who seek ...
Automotive Lightweighting as a Strategic Opportunity for ...
Automotive Lightweighting as a Strategic Opportunity for India's ...
03/02/2010 4:00 PM 3"270Charles Fine, Chrysler Leaders for Manufacturing Professor; MIT Sloan School of Management; Richard Roth, Research Associate, Engineering Systems DivisionDescription: Suppose you could leapfrog 100 years of experience in the automotive industry ...
Death of the News?
Death of the News?
03/02/2010 5:30 PM Wong AuditoriumMaria Balinska, Nieman Fellow, Harvard University (on leave from BBC); Susan Glasser, Executive Editor, Foreign Policy; Jason Pontin, Editor in Chief and Publisher, Technology ReviewDescription: While not dead, the U.S. news industry is severely depleted and ...
The Road from Copenhagen
The Road from Copenhagen
Following the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark, a five-member panel reviews the pros and cons of the events that took place.
Thomas Barry, Founder and CEO of Zephyr Management
Thomas Barry, Founder and CEO of Zephyr Management
Legatum lecturer, Thomas Barry is the founder and CEO of Zephyr Management. A global private equity and marketable securities firm, Zephry Management, L.P. manages specialized investment funds in both the developed and developing markets. Since 1994, Zephyr has ...
Technology & Culture Forum - Malalai Joya
Technology & Culture Forum - Malalai Joya
Malalai Joya - in 2005 at the age of 27 became the youngest member of the Afghan ParliamentRecorded on 10/29/09
B&K Securities MIT-India Forum
B&K Securities MIT-India Forum
Featuring India's Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Kapil SibalRecorded on 10/27/2009.
Education Across Borders: The India Perspective
Education Across Borders: The India Perspective
10/27/2009 3:00 PM 10"250Shri Kapil Sibal, Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of IndiaDescription: Rickshaw drivers in India are frequent victims of tuberculosis after just a few years inhaling traffic fumes. This near"epidemic went ...
Leadership Amidst Crisis
Leadership Amidst Crisis
10/27/2009 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumS. D. Shibulal, Co"founder and Chief Operating Officer, Infosys Technologies, Ltd. Description: In thirty years, S. D. Shibulal has seen his share of economic crises, three to be exact. But in thinking hard about the role of crises in the future for today's ...
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
This video is part of the B&K Securities MIT India Forum with featured speaker: Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Indian Planning Commission. Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia has also served as a member of the Indian Planning Commission and member of the ...
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
Toward India 2020: Challenges and Opportunities
09/09/2009 11:00 AM Bartos theaterDr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman, Indian Planning CommissionDescription: People sometimes ask Montek Singh Ahluwalia questions loaded with "aspirational objectives," such as when India will "get rid of poverty." Few are as ...