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<div class="gmail_quote"><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000099"><em>One Laptop Per Child project is based on the innovative laptop XO developed at MIT Media Lab and follows the five principles of </em></font><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000099" size="2"><em>Child ownership, at </em></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000099" size="2"><em>Early ages, with </em></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000099" size="2"><em>Saturation, </em></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000099" size="2"><em>Connection and </em></font></span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000099" size="2"><em>Free and open source.</em></font></span></div>
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<div><font color="#000066"><font face="trebuchet ms"><em><strong>Prakash Nanda</strong> has joined us as an Adviser and will support me in establishing and running the national, state and divisional organizations. He will also support with government education policy, communication, central government and Orissa state government affairs as needed. He was the Director and Head of a Rai Foundation educational institution, worked as a leader writer/ Assistant Editor with The Times of India and was also a Producer and Head of foreign affairs for Sahara TV Network. Prakash also worked closely with the Japanese government and headed some of their functions at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi. </em></font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000066"><font face="trebuchet ms"><em><strong>Amit Bhatia</strong> is an Adviser and will support us in helping schools, educational organisations and the government departments to purchase and deploy OLPC XO across the country. He will also support in establishing relationships with various educational institutions as well as the education departments of various state governments. He brings with him significant experience of selling to the Education Departments of the Govt of India and various state governments and has worked as a Senior VP of Macmillan as well as the CEO of an educational organization. </em></font></font></div>
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<div><font color="#000066"><font face="trebuchet ms"><em><strong>Puja Taneja</strong> will be the office manager and support our office in New Delhi. She currently supports and manages the offices of the Executive Director and President of TiE New Delhi and has over 12 years experience in managing the offices of the CEOs she worked with. </em></font></font></div>
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<div><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000066"><em>We look forward to your support in taking screen based learning and helping every child in india access the best in education available today across the country and regardless of their geography, income or community.</em></font></div>
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<div><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000066"><em>Thanks and best regards,</em></font></div>
<div><font face="trebuchet ms" color="#000066"><em>Satish Jha</em></font></div></div>
<div> -- <br><font color="#888888">-- <br>Satish Jha<br>President & CEO<br>OLPC India<br>One Cambridge Center, 10th Floor<br>Cambridge, MA 02141</font>
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