[liberationtech] Rajesh Veeraraghavan at Stanford Liberationtech's Seminar on Nov 21

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http://liberationtechnology.stanford.edu/events/7931

Liberation Technology Seminar Series- Rajesh Veeraraghavan  
CDDRL Seminar Series

DATE AND TIME
November 21, 2013
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM

AVAILABILITY
Open to the public
No RSVP required

SPEAKER
Rajesh Veeraraghavan - PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Information. at UC Berkeley

Rajesh Veeraraghavan is currently a PhD student at the UC Berkeley School of Information, where he is exploring the relationship between information and socio economic development. Specifically, I am looking at Right to Information and its effect on the implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in India.

He used to work as an associate researcher in the Technology for Emerging Markets Group at Microsoft Research India in Bangalore. Prior to this, I was a software developer at Microsoft in the US and a volunteer for Association for India’s Development for several years.

His research focuses on developing computing and social systems that complement existing efforts of sustainable development in the developing world. My current work has been in the broad area of computing in smallholder agriculture.

LOCATION
Wallenberg Theater
Wallenberg Hall
450 Serra Mall, Building 160
Stanford, Ca 94305-2055