Balaji Venkataraman

Current

• Global Leader, Knowledge Management and Sharing at ICRISAT

Past

• Head of Information Systems Unit at ICRISAT
• Director for Informatics at M S Swaminathan Research Foundation

Education

• University of Madras
• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

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Industry

Research

Balaji Venkataraman’s Summary

I am a worker in the broad area of knowledge sharing in development research. I am interested in applying frontier technologies to address the challenge of equitable development in the rural areas of the developing world.

My current area of interest is in the information and communication technology continuum, focussing on content management for local empowerment, wireless sensors for remote area data gathering, GIS-based tools for micro-area development and in developing a new interpretaion of open learning paradigm for people who are not exposed to the classroom milieu. I am involved in developing a new approach to customisable mass education for the millions in the rural areas.

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Balaji Venkataraman’s Specialties:

Knowledge management; knowledge sharing processes for community organizations; open access content creation and management;wireless sensors application; research management.

Additional Information

Balaji Venkataraman’s Honors:

I received the World Technology Award in the Education category in 2001, and my work group received the Motorola Gold Award for socially useful innovation in two-way radio technology in 1999. I have been associated with and led projects supported by the IDRC (Canada), the UNDP, the UNESCO, the International Tropical Timber Organization, the FAO and the CGIAR. My work has been reported in international media, especially the New York Times (May 2000), the BBC (December 2000)and in the Spectrum (Feb 2004), the popular magazine of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers