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Balaji Sampath selected as Ashoka fellow |
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Balaji Sampath Old No 132, New 242, Avvai Shanmugam Road, Gopalapuram, Chennai - 600086 Phone: 98403-87111, 28350403 (O), 28361033 (H) Email:
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Educational Qualification - 1994-1997: Ph.D in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the University of Maryland at College Park
- 1990-1994: B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Work Experience - 2001-Current: Secretary for AID-India. Coordinating state wide projects in Health, Primary Education, Science Education, Village Enterprises, Rural Technology and Tsunami Rehabilitation.
- 1999-2001: Expanding and coordinating the Arogya Iyakkam health programme, conceptualizing and initiating the hundred block plan and part of the national team coordinating the People's Health Assembly campaign. Part of several Government and UNICEF State Level committees on nutrition, health and Education.
- 1997-1999: Staying in villages and learning about community health and education programmes. Learning about rural development and rural technology needs by working with the Tamilnadu Science Forum and the Center for Ecology and Rural Development. Worked for brief periods on a number of small projects. Visited a large number of NGOs to learn about their work.
- 1994-1997: As a PhD student at the University of Maryland, volunteered with Association for India's Development - a voluntary group of Indian students and professionals which raised funds to support NGO projects in Indian villages. Worked on all aspects - fund-raising, mobilizing volunteers, project review, direction planning, setting up systems, creating awareness materials and a website and strengthening the organization. Helped expand AID from 1 chapter in Maryland to about 25 chapters all over the US and UK and established AID as a large volunteer network.
Honors and Awards - Awarded the Ashoka Fellowship for Innovative Work in Science Education
- Graduate Fellowship from the University of Maryland
- Institute Merit Fellowship at IIT-Madras
- All India 4th in IIT-JEE 1990
- All India 1st in Physics Talent Exam
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Balaji Sampath's Tsunami Relief Report (253 KB)