EDUCATION INNOVATORS Indian-origin CEO of Datawind, the maker of India's low-cost tablet Aakash, Suneet Singh Tuli and Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Anant Agarwal have been named by Forbes magazine among the 15 “classroom revolutionaries” who are using innovative technologies to reinvent education for students and teachers globally. The Forbes list names 15 education innovators who are “harnessing a slew of disruptive technologies to change everything from the way we teach grade school math to how we train the next generation of teachers.”

NORMAN ATKINS Cofounder, 1 2 Relay Graduate School of Education 4 Age: 50 Headquarters: New York, NY Relay students enrolled in Teach For America corps: 55% Favourite high school class: Journalism Fast fact: Of the 3.4 million public ANANT AGARWAL school teachers, 28% are under President, edX EDDY CUE SVP, 30 years old Internet Software and Age: 53 Services, Apple Headquarters: STACEY CHILDRESS Age: 48 Cambridge, Massachusetts 3 Deputy Director, College Ready, US Students enrolled: Headquarters: Programmes, Bill & Melinda Gates Cupertino, California Over 400,000 Foundation Age: 47 Total downloads: Favourite high school class: Headquarters: Seattle, Washington Physics Over 700 million Grants for US College Ready Fast fact: of Fast fact: 31% of higher programmes in 2011: 149 42% education students take young people go Favourite high school class: online courses online mostly with English Literature their smartphones Fast fact: 46 states have adopted the 5 Common Core State Standards Initiative JOSE FERREIRA Founder, Knewton 6 Age: 43 Headquarters: New York, New York Amount of VC financing: $54 million Favorite high school class: US History Fast fact: Tutoring and test prep is a $4.5-billion industry PAUL LEBLANC President, Southern New Hampshire University SAL KHAN Founder, Khan Academy Age: 55 7 Age: 36 Headquarters: Mountain View, California Headquarters: Manchester, NH Number of lessons delivered: Over 200 million Number of online students: 22,000 Favourite high school class: Journalism Fast fact: Televised lessons were broadcast into public high Favourite high school class: school students in 1956 in Pittsburgh Social studies Fast fact: 37 million Americans have some college credit but did not graduate 11 RONALD PACKARD CEO, K12; Age: 49 Headquarters: Herndon, Virginia Financial Year 2012 Revenue: $708 million DAPHNE KOLLER Cofounder, Coursera Favourite high school class: Physics 8 Age: 44 Headquarters: Mountain View, California Fast fact: 2 million public school students are enrolled in interactive distance learning classes Number of international students: About 60% 12 OSMAN RASHID Cofounder, Kno; Age: 42 Favourite high school class: Literature Headquarters: Santa Clara, California Fast fact: Coursera classes are accepted towards Number of textbooks available: 200,000 college credit Favourite high school class: Biology Fast fact: 60% of college students prefer digital over print textbooks ALAN LOUIE TED MITCHELL 13 SEBASTIAN THRUN Cofounder, Udacity; Age: 45 Cofounder, 10 CEO, NewSchools Headquarters: Palo Alto, Calif. Funding: $21 mn ImagineK12 Venture Fund Favourite high school class: Probability Age: 51 Age: 56 Fast fact: Almost 15% of Thrun’s first online class completed the course at Stanford University-level Headquarters: Headquarters: 14 SUNEET SINGH TULI CEO, Datawind Palo Alto, California Oakland, California Age: 44 Headquarters: London, UK Amount of initial Number of Favourite high school class: World politics 9 seed funding: ventures funded: Fast fact: 61 million kids (global) are not Under $20,000 58 in primary school Favourite high school class: Physics Favourite high school class: Calculus 15 JESSIE WOOLLEY-WILSON CEO, Fast fact: 50% of teachers say cost is Fast fact: $3.4 billion total in VC DreamBox learning; Age: 49 Headquarters: Bellevue, Washington No of data the No. 1 barrier to using digital investments in education points collected per student/hour: 50,000 games in classroom companies over last decade Favourite high school class: English Fast fact: Annual K-12 e-Learning; Spending: $3 bn NH: New Hampshire; NY: New York; Source: Forbes/ PTI