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INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL JUSTICE NETWORK |
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Isher Judge Ahluwalia
India
Chair of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). She received the Padma Bhushan in 2009 for her services in the field of education and literature. An economist of international standing, she is also member of the National Manufacturing Competitiveness Council. |
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Almudena Suárez Fernández
Mexico
Deputy Director-General of International Relations at Mexico’s Ministry of Social Development (SEDESOL). She is responsible for coordinating the international agenda of the Ministry, which includes the international dissemination of Mexico’s Social Policy Strategy. She joined SEDESOL in 2006. |
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Francis Bacon
United Kingdom
A researcher at Lemos&Crane, he is the lead writer for websites like MoneyActionNet, CohesionActionNet, SupportActionNet, BlueSalmon and Unboxed. Has co-authored the report Different World: how young people can work together on human rights, citizenship, equality and creating a better society and done research for the Home Office and the Department for Communities and Local Government. |
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Samir Barua
India
Director of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He joined the faculty in 1980. Specific areas of interest include capital markets, portfolio theory, international finance, operations research and decision sciences, applied statistics, operations management, and management information and control systems. |
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Andre Beteille
India
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of Delhi and National Research Scholar. Leading sociologist and a former member of the National Knowledge Commission, he has explored significant issues on religion, inequality, poverty and the nurturing of public institutions facing India today. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 2005. |
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Sharit Bhowmik
India
Professor and Dean, School of Management and Labour Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Science, which has programmes that address wider social issues and emphasise on marginalised and vulnerable groups. He specialises in labour organisations, informal employment, gender and employment plantation labour, worker cooperatives and self-management. |
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Vivienne Carelse
South Africa
Deputy Director-General in the Office of the Director-General in the national Department of Basic Education. A leading intellectual in the heritage and education sectors in South Africa, her recent appointment represents a return to leadership in the formal education sector after a six and a half-year sojourn as Director of Education & Public Programmes at Iziko Museums of Cape Town. |
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Vijaya Sherry Chand
India
Professor at the Ravi J. Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He specialises in management of basic education, social entrepreneurship, the non-profit sector and sustainable development. Has worked widely with social development organisations on programs for socio-economically marginalised dalit and tribal communities. |
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Shirley Cramer
United Kingdom
Chief Executive, Dyslexia Action since 2000. Under her leadership Dyslexia Action has become the leading provider of dyslexia services in Europe. Shirley works widely in the education sector. She was on the National Council of the Learning and Skills Council. She is an advisory board member of the National Literacy Trust. Awarded a CBE for her contribution to education in 2009. |
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Jonathan Douglas
United Kingdom
Director, National Literacy Trust, from 2007. Previously Jonathan was head of policy development at the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, where he also worked as head of learning and access. He is on the Advisory Committee of Every Child a Reader and the Advisory Committee of the Man Booker Prize. |
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