Indian-origin CEO of Datawind, the maker of India's low-cost tablet Aakash, Suneet Singh Tuli and Massachusettes Institute of Technology professor Anant Agarwal have been named by Forbes magazine
among the 15 "classroom revolutionaries" who are using innovative
technologies to reinvent education for students and teachers globally.
The Forbes list names 15 education innovators who are "harnessing a slew of disruptive technologies to change everything from the way we teach grade school math to how we train the next generation of teachers."
The publication said Tuli(44)) is the " mastermind"
behind the world's cheapest tablet computer Aakash, "which has the
potential to revolutionise educational access in the developing world."
Datawind has a backlog of "millions" of orders for the 35 dollar Aakash tablet. The publication quoted Tuli as saying that "I don't care about creating the iPad killer. I care about the 3 billion people who can afford this device."
Agarwal, 53, a professor of computer science at MIT is also the
President of edX, the new combined online offerings of Harvard, MIT, the
University of California at Berkeley and the University of Texas.
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