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Samvida Venkatesh, a 16-year-old student reporter for the online magazine ‘The Alternative’ interviewed me for their Work With A Purpose series. Here’s a snapshot of the published piece.
– Balu
… Continue readingDr R Balasubramaniam on the snakebite that made him a doctor
Entering the medical profession is in itself a daunting task, and then serving in rural areas makes it that much harder.
Date: 27th Jan 2013
Topic: Swami Vivekananda’s message for the Youth of India
Today was indeed a special day. I had been to H.D.Kote to inaugurate the Jagruthi Vedike, a Community Based Organization of young men and women who had come together to spread the message and use of the Right to Information (RTI) Act.… Continue reading
My talk on ‘Enlightened Leadership’ at the SVYM fund-raising dinner at Mysore on 28-Oct-12.
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My talk on ‘Development Journey of the last 25 years’ at the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, USA on 05-Oct-12.
An article in Cornell Chronicle about my appointment as Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of ’56 Professor at Cornell University.
– Balu
… Continue readingAug. 16, 2012
International development expert named Rhodes professor
By Susan Kelley
International development expert Ramaswami Balasubramaniam has been named a Frank H.T.
Though I have been teaching and lecturing in India now for more than 15 years, I truly felt the excitement of being in a thorough academic environment only when I was at Harvard. Being a student on one side and a teaching assistant on the other gave me perspectives from both sides of the fence.… Continue reading
This is the recording of my conversation with Ms. Indu Ramesh, a freelance radio programmer based in Bangalore.
– Balu… Continue reading
We will be celebrating Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary differently. We intend inviting people who have led a value based life and worked for building a resurgent India to come and share their experiences and knowledge with the people of Mysore through a series of public talks.… Continue reading
In conversation with Bharathi Ghanashyam and Jasvinder Sehgal, both members of Journalists against TB, a group of committed health journalists.
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Audio file courtesy: Journalists against TB… Continue reading
The enormous work done by Justice Santosh Hegde as the Lokayukta of Karnataka is an eye opener for the anti-corruption movement. Despite the constraints of the law, his investigations and reports have led to many important politicians to see the insides of a jail.… Continue reading
By Abby Bellows
In April 2011, the Indian middle class started to wake up. Development activist Dr. R.Balasubramaniam (Balu) (HKS Mason Fellow, 2009-10) shared the story in a talk at the Hauser Center on October 31, 2011. India’s “dying democracy”, he explained, was revived by a convergence of factors – the Arab Spring uprisings suddenly made change possible, patriotism surged after India won the World Cup in cricket, and growth in the young middle class created a demographic with energy and money, restless for a noble cause.… Continue reading
My articles (in Kannada) on corruption, Jan Lokpal bill and the anti-corruption movement have been compiled and made into a book titled Brashtacharavemba Rogavu, Manushyaremba Naavu. It will be released by Hon’ble Justice Santosh Hegde, the former Lokayukta of Karnataka at the Senate Hall, University of Mysore on 13th of October (Thursday).… Continue reading
Shri Chamanlal is one of the distinguished officers of Indian Police Service (IPS). While in service, he served in different capacities from being the Director General of Police of Nagaland state, to the Deputy Director General of Border Security Force and other similar positions in different parts of the country.… Continue reading
Go from village to village, do good to humanity and to the world at large.
This was the clarion call given by Swami Vivekananda more than a century ago to the youth of India. Swamiji’s message went beyond geographical boundaries to include the whole of humanity.… Continue reading
Dr.Balasubramaniam addressed the students of Prof. Fernando Reimers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on 19-Feb, Friday. Prof. Reimers teaches a course on Educational Innovations. Balu spoke on the different innovations that SVYM has attempted in the Education sector in the last 22 years.… Continue reading
