23 March 2018, 05:30 am
Technology and Society: Educating Future Leaders and Creating an Informed Citizenry
Programme Type
Talks
Technology and Society: Educating Future Leaders and Creating an Informed Citizenry
Speaker: Dr. Venkatesh Narayanmurthi, eminent scientist and acclaimed public policy expert, who is currently Professor of Technology and Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
 
Chair: Shri Shyam Saran, former Foreign Secretary
 
For both future leaders and citizens, there is need to bridge the growing gap between rapid and pervasive advance of technology which is transforming societies we live in and our understanding of this process in all its dimensions. This will be key to addressing the grand challenges confronting humanity in the 21st century