Dr Brij Kothari

Dr Brij Kothari and his team have innovated, researched, and nationally implemented Same Language Subtitling (SLS) in India, for mass literacy.  Brij wears several hats, although his professional work has primarily focused on literacy and primary education in developing countries.  He is on the faculty of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and an Ashoka Fellow.  He founded PlanetRead.org (a non-profit) and BookBox.com (a for-profit social venture) while on a Reuters Digital Vision Fellowship at Stanford University.
 
The SLS project has received awards from the Tech Museum of Innovation (San Jose), the Institute for Social Inventions (London), and Manthan (New Delhi) and has been supported by Development Marketplace (World Bank), Google Foundation, Sir Ratan Tata Trust, the Department of Education, Govt. of India, and Doordarshan, India's state TV broadcaster.

Website: www.planetread.org