TEDxASB - Lakshmi Pratury - Moving into the Future while taking the Traditions along

Lakshmi Pratury brought TED to India in 2009, when the first TEDIndia conference was held in Mysore. In December 2010, she curated and hosted The INK Conference, in association with TED, (www.theinkconference.com) that carried forward the momentum created by TEDIndia. Lakshmi Pratury brings with her a varied and rich experience that spans for-profit enterprises, venture capital and nonprofit organizations. Featured in the list of '100 Most Powerful Women' by Forbes Asia in 2010 (www.forbes.com/global/2010/110..., Lakshmi has traversed an incredible distance professionally. As a social entrepreneur, Lakshmi was a leading force at the American India Foundation (AIF), where she was part of the management team that raised over $30M in five years to channel towards development activities in India. She was the founder of the Digital Equalizer program, which brought technology education to over 100,000 children and 2,000 teachers in India. Prior to AIF, Lakshmi was a partner at the venture capital firm Global Catalyst Partners. At Global Catalyst Partners, she established relationships between GCP, the development community in India, and key executives in India. Before this Lakshmi was with Intel Corporation for 12 years and had various roles in marketing, marketing communication, advertising, and evangelizing the developer community. Lakshmi holds a Bachelors degree in Mathematics from Nizam College, Hyderabad, India. She attended IIT, Mumbai; got an MBA from the Bajaj Institute, India, and a second MBA from Portland State University, with a minor in theater arts. Lakshmi has published articles in San Jose Mercury, San Francisco Chronicle, Mint (leading business daily in India); interviewed celebrities, contributed to radio shows, including National Public Radio, and acted in local (US) theater. Lakshmi spoke at conferences like TED conference in the US (www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/lak..., the DLD Conference in Germany, and at IIM Bangalore.
Description of the talk:
India, as a country, as a culture, as a community is not one idea that can be explained easily. It is a concept that is on the move, that is ever changing and evolving. In this talk, Lakshmi will create a context for India's race toward modernity while taking its centuries old tradition along.
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[@SatheeshGopalan]

Amazing observation. You did an excellent job in connecting tradition and innovation.

[@virendra99au]

Very well presented, nice & educational talk.

[@romerruper5825]

why she didn't prepare well before she spoke

[@romerruper5825]

boring, pointless, just show off kind of talk. lakshmi don't babble please. please you are not a speaker believe me