Sugata Mitra
Indian computer scientist, best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment
- Born
- 12 February 1952, Kolkata
- Age
- 74
Sugata Mitra (born 12 February 1952) is an Indian computer scientist and educational theorist. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment, and widely cited in works on literacy and education. He is Professor Emeritus at NIIT University, Rajasthan, India. A Ph.D. in theoretical physics, he retired in 2019 as Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in England, after 13 years there including a year in 2012 as visiting professor at MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He won the TED Prize 2013.
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