The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 5)

The new educational model proposed by Raj is based on capability and performance, and negates the advantages that some students have in terms of better access to quality schools and a better support system at home. SM: Children raised in cities have an advantage as well becuase they have environmental nurturing which the village kid

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 4)

Raj explains his theory of the “local best”, as well as how he identifies these students for admission into his school’s masters program. SM: You are also saying the book or lecture based education is not the way to go. RR: That is what I am saying. If this person is just putting the same

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 3)

The cost of education has been the source of intense debates around the world. Can a new framework and approach increase the quality of education while decreasing the cost? Can it increase accessibility to quality education and become a global solution? In this next segment, Raj provides some insight to these questions.

The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 2)

Essential to Raj’s vision is the creation of a knowledge base, which requires a substantial amount of time and funding to develop. Here we learn one manner in which this can be accomplished. SM: Before you move on let me ask you, purely from a systems building and systems scalability point of view, if you’re

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The Education Problem: Raj Reddy (Part 1)

Recently I talked with Raj Reddy (wiki bio here) about his thoughts in applying technology to education. To begin this series we review the theoretical foundation for his current work. SM: Raj, I am really looking forward to having a discussion on what I would call strategy and policy in terms of broader use of

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The Path to Entrepreneurship

I went to Stanford on Wednesday to give a lecture to a class of 60 students at the Department of Management Science and Engineering. The course was “Creativity and Innovation”, taught by Professor. Riitta Katila, who invited me to speak about Entrepreneurship. It was interesting for me to observe what’s top-of-mind for a cross-section of

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300 Million Strong Indian Middle Class

In the previous two-part post showcasing Battery Venture’s perspective on investments in India, the 300 million strong Indian middle class and its problems were highlighted as a key target market, and hence, opportunity. So, what are the problems that the Indian middle class faces? To answer this question, one should ask another question : How did

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Concept Arbitrage: Summary Trends

India’s Venture Business : A summary