TODAY: Postdoc presentation about Multicultural Research Teams - reminder

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Presented by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the MIT 
Postdoctoral Association:
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The Impact of Culture in Multicultural Research Teams
Speaker: Bhaskar Pant, MIT
Monday, April 30th in 76-156 (Koch Institute Building) from 3:00 to 4:30 
PM*

*Registration required (no fee)* **[ Register Now 
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDZNLWtJWERRWG4yRFVXR2ZrdjZtT1E6MA> 
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This seminar will provide a framework for understanding cultural 
differences among professionals from different parts of the world, and 
ways of maximizing effectiveness in communication and productivity when 
working in multicultural team settings.

  Bhaskar Pant is the Executive Director of MIT Professional Education, 
which delivers multiple academic programs to science and technology 
professionals globally.  He has worked internationally as a senior 
executive for companies such as Turner Broadcasting/CNN (in India), Sony 
Corporation (in New Jersey) and the Educational Testing Service (in 
Singapore).  He has devoted his career to the development of "global 
people skills" among working professionals, and recently taught a 
graduate management course titled "Intercultural Communication in the 
Global Workplace" at Harvard University's Extension School.  Bhaskar 
Pant has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the 
University of Rochester and a Master's degree in Communications from 
Indiana University.

-- 
Dana Bresee Keeth
Project Manager, Office of the Provost
MIT, 10-256
tel.617-715-4671

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