The current team of members involved in the work at Aksharavani are as follows:
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- Dr. Leela Prasad; Associate Professor of Ethics & South Asian Studies, Department of Religion, Duke University; Faculty Director, Duke INtense Global-Hyderabad; Faculty Director, Duke Center for Civic Engagement
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- Dr. Baba Prasad; President & CEO, Vivékin Group; Visiting Professor, IIIT-Hyderabad; Sloan Fellow, The Wharton Financial Institutions Center, University of Pennsylvania
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- Professor Bhavani Aadimoolam; Hindi Instructor, Study in India Program, University of Hyderabad; Co-founder of Aksharavani
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- H. Renuka, Teacher at Aksharavani
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- Parvati, Teacher at Aksharavani
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- Kotamma, Babysitter at Aksharavani
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- Sonam Aidasani; Duke University 2014, Major: Sociology, Certificates: Education & South Asian Studies; Hometown: St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.”-Albert Pine
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- Alikiah Barclay; Duke University 2013, Major: Public Policy, Minor: Economics, Hometown: Pompano Beach, Florida; “My theory is to start small, but get those small victories in. It’s routine, it’s regular and it’s relentless.” -Geoffrey Canada
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- Katia Griffin-Jakymec; Duke University 2014, Majors: International Comparative Studies and Earth & Ocean Sciences, Hometown: Louisville, Kentucky; This project gives me great pride, and I’m excited to watch the curriculum grow and adapt with the school. Nothing is better than witnessing a face glowing with the self-fulfillment of new knowledge, and even more so when it is one of the children’s!
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- Derek Scott; Duke University 2012, Major: Political Science & Linguistics (Interdepartmental), Hometown: Hermosa Beach, California
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- Yvette Vasquez; Duke University 2014, Major: Cultural Anthropology, Minor: Photography, Hometown: San Diego, California; “Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”- Shel Silverstein
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- Rachel White; Duke University 2014, Major: International Comparative Studies, Certificate: Documentary Studies, Hometown: Blanchard, Michigan; “We’re too young to know that certain things are impossible, so we will do them anyways.”-William Pitt
