[Mitworld] India's Kapil Sibal on Education Across Borders, Dries Buytaert on Drupal

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 9, Number 15 |  November 30, 2009

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Education Across Borders: The India Perspective
October 27, 2009

Rickshaw drivers in India are frequent victims of tuberculosis after just a few years inhaling 
traffic fumes. This near-epidemic went unacknowledged until Kapil Sibal demanded a solution. 
The fix, now gaining traction across the country, is a solar-powered vehicle that eliminates 
pedaling. But what began as a project to assist his nation’s afflicted rickshaw drivers has 
broadened into a much grander scheme in Sibal’s hands. Project 800 is a government venture to 
apply science and technology to better the lives of India’s 800 million citizens facing a multitude 
of hardships.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/724

Speaker:
Kapil Sibal
Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Government of India


Event Host:
Global MIT

"Can you provide solutions for Indian problems by research in the US? I doubt it. The site of 
research must shift to where the problem exists."
-Kapil Sibal 

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The State of Drupal
October 26, 2009

Dries Buytaert relates a synopsis of his life with Drupal. From its inception during Buytaert's 
"typical geek" undergraduate days in Antwerp in 1999, to the upcoming release of Drupal 7, Buytaert places
a particular emphasis on the community that has been created by the nature of an open source product.


http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/723

Speaker:
Dries Buytaert
Founder, Drupal
CTO and Co-founder, Acquia


Event Host:
Sustainability at MIT

"Drupal is a 'Do-ocracy', meaning 
the stuff that gets into Drupal 7 is the stuff 
that people like you actually worked on. 
"
-Dries Buytaert

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In The Pipeline:

Liberty by Design

Presented By:
Engineering Systems Division
Brunel Lecture on Complex Systems

Moderator:
Alan Davidson
Director of Government Relations and Public Policy
Google

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