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Sugata Mitra

1952 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sugata Mitra is the 190th most popular computer scientist (down from 181st in 2019), the 950th most popular biography from India (down from 884th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Computer Scientist.

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Sugata Mitra ranks 190 out of 245. Before him are Scott Fahlman, Grady Booch, Dave Cutler, Tim Paterson, Robert Tappan Morris, and Geir Ivarsøy. After him are Gary McKinnon, Maria Klawe, Brian Acton, Ralph Merkle, Gilles Brassard, and Erich Gamma.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Sugata Mitra ranks 649. Before him are Alice Hoffman, Valentina Nikonova, Rudolf Kargus, Heiner Brand, Raúl González, and Anastase Murekezi. After him are Jack Wild, Sam McMurray, Veronika Schmidt, Terry George, Rohinton Mistry, and Stephen South.

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In India

Among people born in India, Sugata Mitra ranks 950 out of 1,861. Before him are Bindu (1951), Zareen Khan (1987), Lalita Pawar (1916), Sunil Chhetri (1984), Arvind Swamy (1970), and Sonal Mansingh (1944). After him are Nabaneeta Dev Sen (1938), Anupam Tripathi (1988), Zohra Sehgal (1912), Narain Karthikeyan (1977), Bhanu Athaiya (1929), and Pratima Barua Pandey (1934).

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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In India

Among computer scientists born in India, Sugata Mitra ranks 3. Before him are Sudha Murty (1950), and Raj Reddy (1937). After him are Manindra Agrawal (1966).

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