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New Books in Ancient HistoryNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2025-11-2947 min
Beyond Pages: A SUNY Press PodcastNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2025-11-2947 min
New Books in South Asian StudiesNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2025-11-2947 min
New Books in ArchaeologyNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2025-11-2947 min
New Books in Southeast Asian StudiesNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2025-11-2947 min
New Books in Buddhist StudiesNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2025-11-2947 min
New Books in Indian ReligionsNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2025-11-2947 min
Welcome ChangeAisha Nyandoro: Why direct investment in families worksAshoka Fellow Aisha Nyandoro has pioneered an approach to ending generational poverty for families. In 2018, she launched a guaranteed income program for Black mothers in Mississippi, and through its success has become a leading champion of federal guaranteed income, including the Child Tax Credit. Across all efforts, she and her team are changing the narrative about poverty and power, challenging long-standing prejudices about who deserves to make it in America, and countering gendered and racialized narratives about why people don’t.Speaking with Aisha is Angelou Ezeilo, an Ashoka Fellow from Atlanta, now living in Lagos, Nigeria.
2024-10-0435 min
Welcome ChangeTessy Britton: Why cities of the future need to be built on practical everyday participationCountless examples across the world show us that living in multicultural neighborhoods frequently results in people living side-by-side but in parallel communities. This deprives us of the opportunity to build shared lives, focus on the many things we have in common, and work together on the challenges we experience close to home. We can do all this while treasuring our own cultures and backgrounds.Many people want to be part of creating cohesive communities, but need and want fresh opportunities to connect and build vital understanding and friendship. These opportunities don't emerge spontaneously. New bridging social infrastructures...
2024-09-2041 min
Welcome ChangeBianca Tylek: Removing the financial incentives for incarcerationThe U.S. spends $80B annually to incarcerate more of its people than any other nation in the world — with a hidden ecosystem of corporate and other actors benefiting financially from high incarceration rates.Listen in to hear from Ashoka Fellow Bianca Tylek, founder of Worth Rises, about exposing these financial incentives and creating alternatives. Learn about her team’s unique strategy that has prompted swift local and federal policy change and shifted narratives around the real cost of incarceration and the communities who shoulder that burden.Mentioned in this episode is "The most famous spee...
2024-09-0634 min
Welcome ChangeXimena Abogabir: Our Travels to 100People in many parts of the world are living longer, and ideas about aging are evolving, too. Listen in to explore with Ximena Abogabir of Chile what conversations about longevity are missing, how advertisers and the media can be allies in shaping new norms around aging, and what lifelong contribution can look like – for all of us, whatever our age.An Ashoka Fellow since 1995, Ximena is a serial entrepreneur, having most recently founded Travesía 100 (“Journey to 100”). *Episode recorded live on February 28, 2024. Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and insight series - short conversations with the...
2024-08-2332 min
Empires: Dominance and LegacyThe Maurya Empire - Ashoka and the spread of BuddhismIn this episode of Empires: Dominance and Legacy, we explore the history of the Maurya Empire, focusing on the reign of Ashoka the Great and his significant role in the spread of Buddhism. The episode begins with the foundation of the Maurya Empire by Chandragupta Maurya in 322 BCE, highlighting his efforts to unify the Indian subcontinent with the guidance of his advisor, Chanakya. The narrative continues with the expansion of the empire under Chandragupta’s son, Bindusara.Ashoka’s reign (268-232 BCE) marks a transformative period in the Maurya Empire’s history. The episode details Ashoka’s early mi...
2024-08-0608 min
Welcome ChangeMel Young & Michael Sani: Olympic legacy - Moving towards a more responsible sporting worldWith the Olympics kicking off, we'll explore how sports can create positive change (if responsibility is built into sporting ecosystems); how major sporting events can drive new norms and lasting change; and of course, what highlights we’re all looking for at this year’s Olympics!We'll be joined by three Ashoka Fellows in the UK:-Mel Young, founder of the Homeless World Cup (the inspiration for the new Netflix film 'The Beautiful Game'), former Chair of Sport Scotland, and former Board member of UK Sport;-Michael Sani, whose latest venture Play Verto looks at h...
2024-07-2632 min
Welcome ChangeDiana Adams: Family is what you make itIn many places, care structures and notions of family are evolving. In the U.S., for example, less than 20% of households now fit the mold of married couples with kids. Even so, the nuclear family is still the basis for such benefits as health care, health insurance, tax breaks, and citizenship.On this episode of Welcome Change, we hear from Ashoka Fellow Diana Adams, who is expanding the legal and cultural understanding of family and showing how a more spacious definition can help everyone – especially kids, who benefit from stable adult relationships (including same sex couples, single pe...
2024-07-1236 min
Welcome ChangeChristiana Bukalo: Making Stateless People Visible and PowerfulThere are more than 15 million stateless people across the world. Without a recognized nationality, they are left isolated and denied basic human rights. On this episode of Welcome Change, listen in to learned from Ashoka Fellow Christiana Bukalo what led her to found Statefree in Germany - the world's first community for and by stateless individuals. We’ll heard about the power of developing a common identity and sense of belonging, the importance of shifting narratives around statelessness, and how they are building political power to ensure equal rights.*Episode originally recorded on Jan. 17, 2024Welcome Ch...
2024-06-0732 min
Welcome ChangeNelson Olanipekun: Leveraging AI for JusticeAccess to justice is a fundamental right that remains out of reach for far too many people. In Nigeria, 1 in 8 people experience legal challenges, but hiring a lawyer is a luxury few can afford. At the same time, Nigerian courts, like so many around the world are clogged up with cases taking on average between 1 and 6 years to move through the justice system, with 70 percent of inmates in Nigerian prisons “awaiting trial”.Is this an area where technology and artificial intelligence might help? And what are the safeguards to put in place to ensure we do not furt...
2024-05-1731 min
Welcome ChangeFrançois Taddei and Stephen Friend: Learning for a living planetIn artificial intelligence (AI), climate and many domains impacting our futures, change is happening so fast – requiring new skills, mindsets, and modes of learning. Join us to hear from two Ashoka Fellows – François Taddei and Stephen Friend – on the evolving work of Learning Planet Institute, codesigning with young people planetary Higher Ed and lifelong collaborative action for all.Episode record live on Nov. 29, 2023Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and insight series - short conversations with the world's leading changemakers on what works, what's next, and the role we can play. Browse the series...
2024-03-0731 min
Purpose Projects#59 Sascha Haselmayer von Ashoka | Wie fördert euer Netzwerk sozialen Wandel?Wie können wir die Welt so organisieren, dass sich jede:r eingeladen fühlt, diese mitzugestalten?Ein Gespräch mit Sascha Haselmeyer von Ashoka Deutschland über systematischen Wandel und das Zusammenwirken von Sozialunternehmer:innen. Ashoka ist eine globale Organisation und das älteste Netzwerk für Sozialunternehmer:innen. Gemeinsam schauen wir auf die Arbeit von den Ashoka Fellows und wie gemeinsamer Wandel geschaffen wird.Hört jetzt rein und lernt, wie Teilhabe am systematischen Wandel für uns alle funktioniert!👏 Checkt Sascha und Ashoka hier: Sascha Haselmayer Ashoka (Website) Ashoka (LinkedIn)💬 Außerdem in di...
2024-02-2856 min
Welcome ChangeGita Syahrani: Blueprints for sustainability and lessons from IndonesiaIndonesia has abundant natural carbon capture areas critical for stabilizing our planet's climate -- such as tropical forests and roughly one-third of the world’s tropical peatlands. Join us to meet Gita Syahrani in Jakarta and explore how she’s weaving a collaborative governance network among the relatively few local jurisdictions (kabupaten) that oversee 80% of these important resources. Gita became an Ashoka Fellow earlier this year and was just recognized with a Climate Breakthrough Award. And yet she feels 2024 will be an even bigger year for this work and impact. Join us to find out why!Welcome Chan...
2024-02-1638 min
Welcome ChangeMolly Hemstreet & Brandon Dennison: The New Appalachian EconomyHow are communities reimagining their economic futures? Join us on Nov. 1 to meet Ashoka Fellow Molly Hemstreet who co-leads The Industrial Commons, a network of worker owned textile cooperatives in North Carolina – in conversation with Brandon Dennison, an Ashoka Fellow and founder of Coalfield Development in West Virginia. They’ll be talking about centering heritage industries (textiles), seeding future industries (clean energy), advancing worker ownership, and a new economic playbook for communities everywhere – for closing wealth gaps and distributing ownership.*Recorded live on Nov. 1, 2023Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and insight series - short conversations with t...
2024-01-2632 min
Welcome ChangeMyroslava Keryk: Migrants and refugees stepping up as changemakersWhether due to conflict, climate change or economic opportunity, more and more people find themselves on the move across and within borders. Ukraine is a case in point, with more than 8 million of its citizens forced to leave their homes since the war broke out in 2022. Nearly one million of them landed in Poland, doubling the size of the country’s Ukrainian diaspora.For Ashoka Fellow Myroslava Keryk, who had moved from Ukraine to Poland more than 20 years prior, it was clear that the approach of seeing migrants merely as recipients of aid would fall short and en...
2024-01-0530 min
L'Espresso podcast contest29 - FARDELLI D'ITALIA - ASHOKA LA RETE MONDIALE DEL CAMBIAMENTO - IVANA CALABRESEEPISODIO - 29 - FARDELLI D'ITALIA - ASHOKA LA RETE MONDIALE DEL CAMBIAMENTO - IVANA CALABRESEAshoka è l’organizzazione internazionale madre della più grande rete mondiale di innovatori sociali visionari, creativi e rivoluzionari, presente da 40 anni in oltre 90 Paesi. Madalena Lima è entrata in Ashoka attraverso un tirocinio avviato in Portogallo mentre si trovava in Erasmus. Nel 2021, in collaborazione con l’Agenzia Italiana per la Gioventù, Ashoka ha lanciato “Generazione Changemaker” (GenC), un programma di mappatura nato proprio a partire dalla narrazione negativa subita dalla giovani generazioni in Italia, che punta a eroderla promuovendo la cultura del cambiame...
2023-12-2914 min
carpe diem – Der Podcast für ein gutes Leben#226 Ashoka-Europachefin Marie Ringler: Wie wir eine glücklichere und gerechtere Welt schaffenDie Weihnachtsepisode beschäftigt sich jedes Jahr mit einer Person oder Organisation, die unsere Welt im Kleinen oder Großen ein bisschen besser macht. Dieses Mal geht es um Social Entrepreneurs und Mut zur Veränderung. Der Gast unserer Weihnachts-Charity-Episode 2023 ist Marie Ringler. Sie war die jüngste Landtagsabgeordnete der Grünen in Wien und hat zehn Jahre in der Politik gearbeitet, bevor sie beschlossen hat, dass es an der Zeit für etwas Neues war. Ihr neues Projekt wurde Ashoka, eine weltweit operierende Organisation, die soziale Entrepreneure mit guten Ideen unter ihre Fittiche nimmt und deren Projek...
2023-12-1957 min
Welcome ChangeKuldeep Dantewadia + Koen Timmers: Unleashing our climate agencyIn March 2023, UN Secretary General António Guterres was unequivocal when he spoke at the release of the UN’s 6th IPCC report: “our world needs climate action on all fronts – everything, everywhere, all at once.” But who is going to deliver this action? The answer must be: Everyone. We need a groundswell of changemakers: to shift the systems and structures they’re part of, in their work, schools, neighborhoods and countries.For a practical look at how two Ashoka Fellows are activating climate agency in millions of young people, listen in on this Welcome Change. We’ll speak with...
2023-11-1733 min
Welcome ChangeCristi Hegranes: How Local Journalists Can Improve the Global News IndustryIn journalism and many other fields, "local" is understood as somehow less than global, limited. But what if the reverse is true: What if the most sought-after expertise is closest to the story? In her new book Byline, Fellow Cristi Hegranes, founder of Global Press, looks at the future of news and opportunities to meld local and global for greater accuracy and trust. We’ll also hear from Cristi how some reporting practices from Covid times may be here to stay – and why that’s a good thing.*Episode recorded live on September 20, 2023.Welcome Change...
2023-10-2730 min
Welcome ChangeKelly Davies: The next goal - chasing the full potential of sport for goodThe world just experienced one of the most significant global celebration of women’s sports – the 2023 World Cup. Cited as the most internationally inclusive women’s sporting event, breaking viewership and attendance records, it showed us how sport can be a platform for progress. Yet it also revealed how much more is needed to put women on an equal footing to men and address systemic problems in plain view to players and hundreds of millions of fans.For a look at what’s next in the world of sports and changemaking, we heard from Ashoka Fellow and former f...
2023-10-1329 min
The Goof and Goober ShowEpisode 32: The Goof and Goober Show: Ashoka - Episodes 1-3Join Goof and Goober, your favorite dynamic duo of pop culture commentary, as they embark on an epic adventure into the mystical world of "Ashoka: The Galactic Guardian." In this special episode, our hosts dive deep into the first three episodes of the hit TV series, "Ashoka," to bring you an action-packed, lightsaber-wielding review like never before.
Episode 1: "The Awakening"
Our adventure begins as we follow the young and determined Ashoka on her quest to become a Jedi Knight. Goof and Goober break down the thrilling moments and character introductions that set the stage for the galaxy-spanning...
2023-09-101h 31
Welcome ChangeHeber Brown III: Black churches as food hubsRev. Heber Brown III, an Ashoka Fellow in Baltimore, is activating one of the most resilient of Black institutions in the U.S. – the Black Church – to become a food producer network. His Black Church Food Security Network is now 170 congregations strong, all working to grow and distribute nutritious food to congregants and communities.Listen in to hear from Heber, in conversation with Rev. Jennifer Bailey, also an Ashoka Fellow, and founder of Faith Matters Network. *Previously recorded live on June 21, 2023.Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and insight series - short conversations with the w...
2023-09-0830 min
Welcome ChangeMariana Ruenes: The role of business in ending human traffickingSome key industries can play an outsized role in ending human trafficking, says social entrepreneur Mariana Ruenes, who has been working to end modern slavery since age 17. Now, her Mexico City-based network equips businesses in such industries as travel and tourism with strategies to identify, report, and ultimately prevent human trafficking and exploitation in Latin America.Listen in on this episode to learn more about modern slavery and how Mariana's organization is partnering with the private sector to fight against this issue.*Episode previously recorded on May 10, 2023.Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and...
2023-08-1832 min
History For WeirdosAshoka Maurya - Warrior, Conqueror, VisionaryIn this episode of History For Weirdos, Andrew embarks on a captivating exploration of one of ancient India's most compelling figures: Ashoka Maurya aka Ashoka the Great. From the conquests of Alexander the Great & Ashoka's grandfather, Chandragupta, to his early upbringing to his rise as a powerful ruler, his fierce conquests, and his subsequent transformation after the brutal war in Kalinga; we delve into Ashoka's life. Join us as we uncover the profound shift that led him to embrace Buddhism, transforming not just his rule but the very fabric of his empire. We also cover Ashoka's reign...
2023-08-1455 min
Welcome ChangeHelena Puig: Why social media amplifies extreme views – and how to stop itFrom Syria, to Yemen, Burkina Faso, Myanmar, Mali, and the United States – conflict has migrated to online spaces. Recognizing this important shift, peace-builder and Ashoka Fellow Helena Puig Larrauri, co-founded Build Up to transform conflict in the digital age. Working with NGOs, UN agencies, community leaders and multilateral organizations, Build Up develops innovative tech solutions to conflict.Over the years, tackling the exponential growth of viral polarizing content spread on social media has become a pressing challenge for peacebuilders and a key question emerged: What if we made social media platforms pay for the harms they produce, li...
2023-07-2831 min
Welcome ChangeSaket Soni: Who responds to climate disasters?With the increasing frequency of storms, wildfires, tornadoes, and other natural disasters, Fellow Saket Soni, a labor organizer instrumental in the response to Hurricane Katrina, sees a new group of workers emerging: the resilience workforce. Essential to recovery efforts, these workers, many of them migrants, are less visible, more vulnerable and temporary, requiring new labor protections to support their critical role.Listen in to hear from Saket about his work and what's ahead. *Episode originally recorded on April 26, 2023Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and insight series - short conversations with the world's leading c...
2023-07-0730 minNew Books in Buddhist StudiesNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2023-06-2947 minNew Books in South Asian StudiesNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2023-06-2947 minNew Books in Ancient HistoryNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2023-06-2944 minNew Books in Southeast Asian StudiesNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2023-06-2944 minBeyond Pages: A SUNY Press PodcastNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2023-06-2944 minNew Books in ArchaeologyNayanjot Lahiri, "Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand" (SUNY Press, 2023)Blending travelogue, history, and archaeology, Searching for Ashoka: Questing for a Buddhist King from India to Thailand (SUNY Press, 2023) unravels the various avatars of India's most famous emperor, revealing how he came to be remembered—and forgotten—in distinctive ways at particular points in time and in specific locations. Through personal journeys that take her across India and to various sites and cities in Sri Lanka, Myanmar, and Thailand, archaeologist Nayanjot Lahiri explores how Ashoka's visibility from antiquity to the modern era has been accompanied by a reinvention of his persona. Although the historical Ashoka spoke expansively of his ideas...
2023-06-2947 min
Welcome ChangeMeseret Haileyesus: Building a safety net against economic abuseSabotaging her job. Refusing to work. Demanding she accounts for every cent. Destroying her credit. These are just a few examples of economic abuse. It’s a form of domestic violence that affects most women in abusive relationships, the consequences of which often continue even after they exit their relationship. Ashoka Fellow Meseret Haileyesus founded the Canadian Centre for Women’s Empowerment, to build a social, financial, and regulatory safety net against economic abuse. Listen in to learn more about how she works with survivors, the financial sector, policymakers and more to enact ground-breaking changes in Canada's finan...
2023-06-2333 min
Transition Drill96. A Journey From Yale Football to Army Green Beret and then CIA | Today Helping Veterans Heal. Ashoka Join me in this episode of the Transition Drill podcast, we delve into the life of Ashoka, a former Green Beret turned musician. Ashoka's journey is a testament to resilience, adaptability, and the pursuit of personal growth. Ashoka's military career began with a deep-seated desire to serve his country. Despite the challenges and sacrifices, he was driven by the honor and respect he earned as a Green Beret. However, his commitment to his daughter led him to make the difficult decision to leave the military and relocate to San Diego. His po...
2023-06-191h 41
Everyone A ChangemakerMaking Public Spaces Safer For Women w/ Jasmeen PathejaJasmeen Patheja is the founder of Blank Noise. Jasmeen was born and raised in Kolkata. Her family, traditional Punjabi business people migrated from Burma in the 1960s. Jasmeen attended one of the city’s best schools, but was always told she should prepare to be married by the time she turned twenty-one. Jasmeen always had the urge to use her creativity to make a difference. After studying psychology, Jasmeen was admitted to the esteemed Srishti School of Art Design and Technology in Bangalore. Wherever she went, she was haunted by the experience of being harassed on the streets, even as a...
2023-06-1932 min
Welcome ChangeJessica Sager: Childcare in AmericaAt a time when the U.S. is experiencing a childcare crisis, family childcare educators offer critical support to working parents and families. Yet these providers (who are, in essence, our children's first teachers) are under-valued and many struggle to keep their neighborhood businesses open. For a look at the national landscape and possible reforms ahead, we’ll talk with Ashoka Fellow Jessica Sager, founder of All Our Kin, who is working to transform the childcare system. Her insights and policy recommendations are informed by her network of 1,100 family childcare educators in under-resourced communities in Connecticut and New York Ci...
2023-06-0932 min
Welcome ChangeLaurent Richard: Keeping forbidden stories alive through collaborative journalismOver the last five years, more than 300 journalists worldwide have been tragically killed. Ashoka Fellow and investigative reporter Laurent Richard founded Forbidden Stories, a global journalist network that collaborates to ensure “killing the journalist won’t kill the story.” Since 2018, they have published countless major investigations in 50 countries, bringing the world breaking news on the Pegasus Project among others, which revealed a global web of cyber-surveillance of unprecedented scale targeting journalists, human rights defenders, politicians and more.Listen in to this episode of Welcome Change as we hear from Laurent about the impact of their investigations —including their mo...
2023-05-2631 min
Everyone A ChangemakerPreparing Students For Life Through Real Life Gaming w/Parag MankeekarParag Mankeekar is the founder of RealLives Foundation. Parag, a doctor in a rural village near Pune, transitioned from individual patient care to addressing broader public health issues. He created a comprehensive health education system to bridge the gap between social behavior and medical treatment. As a hospital administrator, he resolved disputes, revitalized the institution, and prioritized public health. After experiencing the Gujarat earthquake, Parag recognized the need for disaster education among young people and founded a non-profit organization to organize camps and develop educational games.
Parag's approach involves utilizing schools, government agencies, and young ind...
2023-05-2241 min
Everyone A ChangemakerSolving Systemic Issues Through Science and Technology w/ Shannon Olsson Shannon Olsson is the founder of The Echo Network. Shannon, originally from rural New York, has spent 22 years listening to nature and building sustainable communities in India. With a Ph.D from Cornell University and experience at the Max Planck Institute and National Centre for Biological Sciences, she combines her scientific expertise with non-science sectors to create impactful change globally.
As a chemical ecologist with over two decades of experience, she is a sought-after science consultant, sustainability advisor, and global speaker. Shannon works with organizations, companies, institutes, and governments worldwide to integrate empathetic science into their sustainability plan...
2023-05-0820 min
Welcome ChangeLaetitia Vasseur: New consumer mindsets & building tech that lastsWe’ve likely all had the unfortunate experience of needing to replace our phone because it didn’t support the latest operating system or because repairing it would be nearly as costly as getting a new one. This industry practice is called planned obsolescence and it explains why electronics are now the fastest growing source of waste in the world, with serious impacts on our planet, let alone our consumer culture. Ashoka Fellow Laetitia Vasseur is out to reverse the practice in France and across Europe by building new incentives (and laws) for tech companies to embrace designs that work...
2023-05-0536 min
Everyone A ChangemakerChanging The Course Of The Lives Inmates w/ Beena ChintalapuriBeena Chintalapuri is a founder of Internet Freedom Foundation. With expertise in cognitive psychology, historical and cultural personality types in India, and applied behavior modification, Dr. Beena has identified triggers, responses, and error patterns to correct them through behavior modification.
Dr. Beena is transforming the perception of prisoners from being seen as a liability and outcasts within the prison system, to becoming a group of skilled professionals who can apply the principles of cognitive psychology to solve some of the most intricate issues facing the prison industry.
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2023-04-2424 min
Welcome ChangeWieste van der Werf: Our new ocean treaty & the role of sea rangersAfter 10 years of negotiations, the UN signed a historic international agreement to protect the world's oceans and the staggering 10 percent of marine species at risk of extinction. This is welcome news for the blue planet, and it raises the question of how the treaty will get implemented once ratified.Ashoka Fellow Wietse van der Werf, founder of Sea Ranger Service, has some answers. For the last 7 years they have been training young people from coastal areas as Sea Rangers to manage Marine Protected Areas, grooming them as the next generation of maritime workers. On this episode of...
2023-04-2131 min
Everyone A ChangemakerTransforming the state of Internet in India w/ Apar GuptaApar Gupta is a founder of Internet Freedom Foundation. Apar grew up in an upper-middle-class family in New Delhi. During his schooling years, Apar had two major interests that started to define the later years of his life, literature and technology. Apar's inclination towards social sciences led him to pursue Law, which not only aligned with his personal interests but also fulfilled his family's desire for a secure degree with promising career opportunities. After graduating from college, Apar first took the route of law practice, where he worked at a number of leading firms while also establishing his own.
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2023-04-1026 min
Welcome ChangeAriel Koren: Eliminating language barriers when it matters mostAshoka Fellow Ariel Koren is elevating access to expert translation as a basic right and working towards a future where people of diverse backgrounds and languages can give and receive vital information – whether managing a health crisis or applying for asylum – in a language they know well. Ariel's translator collective currently supports 110 languages.On this episode, we look at what's working and what's next when it comes to increasing freedom of mobility and eliminating language barriers.*Episode recorded live on February 22, 2023.Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and insight series - short conversations with the...
2023-04-0736 min
Everyone A ChangemakerImproving Water Quality Through Communities w/Sunderrajan KrishnanTITLE: Improving Water Quality Through Communities w/Sunderrajan Krishnan
Sunderrajan Krishnan is the founder of INREM Foundation. He has a B.Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Bombay and a PhD in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University. He has been a member of Indian Planning Commission 12th five-year plan working groups for ‘Sustainable Groundwater Management’ and ‘Water Database Development and Management’. Dr Krishnan’s work has mainly been in the two areas of Water harvesting and groundwater management, and in Water quality and health.
Sunderrajan believes that implementing a comprehensive strategy to tackle...
2023-03-2721 min
Welcome ChangeNaomi Mwaura: Redesigning Kenya's public transport with women in mindAll over the world, women face astounding rates of sexual harassment on public transport. In Kenya, this issue affects 88 percent of women. What if we could redesign public transport systems to fundamentally improve safety for women and other vulnerable groups? This is the question social entrepreneur Naomi Mwaura is answering with FLONE Initiative – the organization she founded in 2013.Listen in to hear about Naomi’s deep love and appreciation for “matatus” - Kenya’s minibuses - and how she is transforming an entire industry from the ground up by putting more women in charge and by paying attention...
2023-03-1628 min
Everyone A ChangemakerTransforming Education System Through Night Schools w/Nikita KetkarNikita Ketkar is the founder of Masoom Education. Nikita is a postgraduate in Political Science from Mumbai University who successfully cleared the UPSC exam in 1996 and went on to join the Armed Forces Civil Services. After serving as a bureaucrat for a couple of years, she realized that she was not content with dealing solely with files and rules. She began volunteering for various organizations and, in 2001, stumbled upon night schools while working on a project related to domestic help for an NGO during their deputation with the NCC Directorate.
The discovery that working students attended night...
2023-03-1326 min
Everyone A ChangemakerUplifting Rural Women Through Sustainable Farming w/ Anil Kumar VermaAnil Kumar Verma is a founder of PRAN. Anil proposed organic farming using the system of root intensification to a village in Bihar, but no one wanted to try it except for Kunti Devi. She succeeded in growing rice and inspired other women in her village and neighboring villages to try organic farming. Anil founded PRAN, a nonprofit that works with women farmers using the SRI technique. Women farmers are more inclusive in their thinking and when they earn, their social status increases, giving them a say in family and village matters. Anil has seen women farmers take up...
2023-02-2736 min
Welcome ChangeLaura Zommer: Debunking & defunding Spanish-language disinformationAshoka Fellow Laura Zommer is a fact-checking pioneer from Argentina who founded Chequeado and co-founded FactChequeado to combat Spanish-language disinformation across 17 Latin American countries and the U.S. While several of the large platforms, from Meta to Google and Twitter, make efforts to combat misinformation in English, their investments in other languages, including Spanish, is dismal in comparison. With 60 million Latinos living in the U.S. and no significant Spanish-language fact-checking efforts operating in the U.S., Laura paired up with Spanish Ashoka Fellow, Clara Jimenez Cruz of Maldita.es to fill that gap and address the rising societal...
2023-02-1633 min
Everyone A ChangemakerEmpowering India’s Youth For Life w/Christopher TurilloChristopher Turillo is the co-founder of Medha, a youth-centric organisation based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Chris co-founded Medha in Lucknow in 2011 to shape the future of the school-to-work transition by bringing a combination of 21st-Century skills education, workplace engagement, and alumni networks to government education systems. Medha is working with state governments to implement their career readiness programs in all colleges, through training government trainers and increasing investment in career counseling. Over the past decade, Medha has improved employment, employability, and life skills for more than 85,000 students across 600 educational institutions in some of the most under-resourced states in India.
2023-02-1325 min
Welcome ChangeSolomon King: African Robotics RevolutionFrom his global headquarters in Kampala, Uganda, Ashoka Fellow Solomon King is on track to deliver hands-on science and technology education to one million African children by 2030. On the youthful African continent - where 60% of the population is under 25 - Solomon believes that building robots, learning to code, and working with AI is the best way to equip young folks with world-class science and technology skills and help them transform their continent and the world.On this episode, we hear about the kinds of robots' kids are building, what Solomon thinks about the power of AI, and...
2023-02-0337 min
The Health SessionsAshoka Houlahan - Cellular Rejuvenation TechniquesThis week I'm excited to welcome Ashoka Houlahan to the podcast. Ashoka is the founder of Quantum Uplift, which is the next generation in wellness centers that incorporates leading edge research with advanced equipment and technology. In this episode, we discuss cellular health, the everyday practices that could negatively impact ourselves, and the strategies and technology on offer that can help. Over to Ashoka. Some questions asked during this episode: What everyday practices could be negatively impacting our cellular health? How does the technology you offer support cellular health? What is the quantum field? https://180n...
2023-01-301h 00
Everyone A ChangemakerEmpowering Common People To Save Lives In Emergencies w/Rajesh TrivediRajesh Trivedi is a founder of Alert. Rajesh's diverse background and strong academic foundation have equipped him with the skills necessary to drive complex IT transformations. With a passion for creating positive impact, Rajesh has a deep commitment to using technology for the betterment of society. He continues to seek out new challenges and opportunities to make a difference in the world through his work.
Rajesh's commitment to making a difference in the world led him to leave his corporate career and dedicate himself full-time to ALERT. ALERT is creating a community of individuals who are equipped...
2023-01-3026 min
Everyone A ChangemakerBridging The Gap Between Schools & Communities w/Saransh VaswaniTITLE: Bridging The Gap Between Schools & Communities w/Saransh Vaswani
Saransh Vaswani is the founder of Saajha. He graduated from Hans Raj College, Delhi University, a Gandhi fellow. Saransh has also done the Young India fellowship program (Ashoka University). He was also awarded the Echoing Green fellowship in 2014 and was featured in Forbes India’s 30 under 30 list of young achievers.
Saransh believes that public education is one of the most accessible tools for social mobility, better life outcomes for our children and a truly democratic nation. For him, education is about enabling that democratic path, bri...
2023-01-1620 min
Welcome ChangeBree Jones: Development without displacementStarting in Baltimore, Ashoka Fellow Bree Jones sees an opportunity to restore neighborhoods that have rich histories but are experiencing hyper-vacancy due to decades of disinvestment and systemic inequities. Working with first-time home buyers and an array of city actors, she is catalyzing block-level restoration and building the wealth of Black residents – without displacing legacy neighbors.Listen in on this episode to meet Bree, learn more, and check how her team's development approach and principles may apply in your community. *Episode recorded live on December 7, 2022Welcome Change is Ashoka's news and insight ser...
2023-01-1237 min
Everyone A ChangemakerEmpowering Young Women For The Future w/Anusha BharadwajAnusha Bharadwaj is the founder of Voice4Girls. Anusha has been a development sector professional since 2002 and her core expertise is in child education and health, adolescent health, gender, public health and rural development. She holds an MBA in Rural Management from Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) and an MA in Sociology from Annamalai University. In her spare time, Anusha is a documentary photographer and she believes that this lends a unique perspective into the communities she serves.
Anusha believes that marginalized adolescent girls in India must be enabled to take charge of their future and wo...
2023-01-0230 min
Everyone A ChangemakerBuilding Financially Sustainable Organizations In The Social Sector w/Biplab PaulBiplab Paul is the founder of Naireeta Services. Born in 1970 in the small town of Chinsurah in West Bengal, Biplab went to a local school where he engaged in Indian Scouts and Guides. He fondly remembers his scouts training as teaching him to be empathetic to the needs of others. Biplab completed his master’s degree in economics from Jadavpur University of Kolkata (1994) before taking a course on environmental education at the Center for Environment Education, Ahmedabad.
Biplab’s time of over a year exposed him to the problems of the rural poor in an arid region of G...
2022-12-1926 min
Everyone A ChangemakerTeaching Three Million Children To Love Math w/Ashok KamathAshok Kamath is the founder of Akshara Foundation. Immediately after obtaining his M.Sc. from IIT Bombay, Mr. Ashok Kamath joined Analog Devices Inc., a Boston-based manufacturer of integrated circuits. Later he set up the Analog Devices India, and retired as its Managing Director in March 2004. He opted to leave behind a successful career in the corporate sector and involve himself in the development sector.
Ashok believes that children should not be deprived of quality education just because they do not have access to it or the resources to realize their dreams. He believe that the use...
2022-12-0529 min
Everyone A ChangemakerBridging The Gap In Education For Children w/Merlia ShaukathMerlia Shaukath is the founder of Madhi Foundation. Merlia is an alumna of Stella Maris College, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Oxford. She comes with an experience of nearly 10 years in the development sector with leadership roles in organisations like Teach For India and Athena Infonomics.
She envisions a world where every child has a truly equal chance to achieve their potential. She believes that the foundational literacy and numeracy learning gaps among children must be eliminated over the next ten years, in order to avert a monumental crisis and societal...
2022-11-2122 min
Welcome ChangeArmin Salek: Redistributing legal powerArmin believes that everyone of all ages and across all socio-economic groups should have access to legal knowledge and services. By launching the first legal clinic in the U.S. staffed by young people (and supervised by a licensed attorney), Armin has proven that it is possible to simultaneously harness the untapped power of young people, reimagine high school legal education, extend community access to legal services, and transform the pathways into the legal profession.In addition to the legal clinic model he piloted in Austin, Texas in 2017, Armin and his team at Youth Justice Alliance develop...
2022-11-1836 min
Everyone A ChangemakerDeveloping High Quality Public Education Systems w/Madhukar BanuriTITLE: Developing High Quality Public Education Systems w/Madhukar Banuri
Madhukar Banuri is the founder of Leadership For Equity. Born to middle class parents in South India, Madhukar began his education being exposed to farming and studying in a government run school in his village for the first 7 years of his life. He has more than 11 years of experience in the education sector, and had previously worked with Pune City Connect and Teach For India. Madhukar has an engineering degree from BITS Pilani.
He envisions an India where there is equality in access to excellent...
2022-11-0728 min
Welcome ChangeMark Campanale: Climate Change & the hidden cost of business as usualOn this episode of Welcome Change, we heard from Mark Campanale to explore how climate change impacts financial markets, and how investors can support a sustainable future. Ashoka Fellow Mark Campanale (UK) started the Carbon Tracker Initiative in 2009 that ended up placing terms like “carbon bubble”, “unburnable carbon” and “stranded assets” into the financial and environmental lexicon. More recently, he founded Planet Tracker that focuses on agriculture, seafood, forestry, water and textiles. Mark worked for 25 years for major asset management companies, and co-founded some of the UK's first responsible investment funds in late 1980s. *Episode recorded on March 24, 202...
2022-10-2731 min
Everyone A ChangemakerEmpowering Youth For The Workforce Through Mentoring w/Arundhuti GuptaArundhuti Gupta is the founder of Mentor Together. Arundhuti studied Bachelor of Commerce from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore and Master's in Finance, Manchester Business School. As a soon-to-be college graduate in 2007, she had several ideas about how she could make a difference in her city, but needed an initial push and a safe space to explore her abilities. Mentorship she accessed fortuitously helped her get started and discover how empowering working with young people was. At the start of a career in Finance then she chose to instead pay forward the mentorship she received, to ensure it wasn't left...
2022-10-2425 min
Welcome Change'Gbenga Sesan: Nigeria's Twitter ban & what it means for democracyNigeria instituted a Twitter ban nation-wide on June 4, threatening "prosecution of offenders," after Twitter deleted a violence-inciting tweet by Nigerian President Buhari. Some believe this most recent move could be a precursor to further democratic clampdowns and an internet shutdown - a practice used in 29 countries last year to silence protests, sway elections or hide human rights violations.As the clash between nation states and "cloud nations" intensifies, regular citizens are stepping up to defend democratic norms. On this episode, we speak with Ashoka Fellow 'Gbenga Sesan of Paradigm HQ about building civic power and defending digital...
2022-10-1332 min
Everyone A ChangemakerConserving Water Through Rainwater Harvesting w/Vishwanath SVishwanath S is the founder of Biome Environmental Trust. He is a Civil Engineer from Mysore University and a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from CEPT, Ahmedabad. He holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Urban Environmental Management from Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He has designed and implemented many water , wastewater , rainwater harvesting and ecological sanitation systems. He has also worked on policy teams for the writing of the State Water Policy, rainwater harvesting policy and bye-laws for Bengaluru city, wastewater reuse policy for the state of Karnataka and as an adviser for the National Wastewater Policy . His current interests...
2022-10-1034 min
Everyone A ChangemakerImproving Gender Equity Through Sustainable Livelihoods w/Sanjay SharmaSanjay Sharma is a founder of Manjari Foundation based at Dholpur Rajasthan. He holds a B.Tech in Agricultural Engineering from Punjab Agriculture University Ludhiana, Punjab, India and Masters in Sustainable International Development majored in Development Economics from the Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Waltham, Boston, MA, USA. Over the years he has been instrumental in shaping favorable and socially inclusive policies at the state and centre level with a mission of poverty eradication and women empowerment. He has been working as a committee member in various groups with rural development department, livestock and dairy departments, cooperative...
2022-09-2629 min
Welcome ChangeRosanne Haggerty: Communities Solving HomelessnessCome learn about the Built for Zero movement of 100+ communities across the U.S. committed to ending chronic homelessness. We'll hear from Ashoka Fellow Rosanne Haggerty, founder of Community Solutions/Built for Zero, about how participating communities work together to make homelessness, when it happens, rare and brief. So far, 14 communities have achieved "functional zero" homelessness, with dozens more on track to do so.Speaking with Rosanne will be Berlin-based Ashoka Fellow Sascha Haselmayer, founder of Citymart and an author of Ashoka's new report on social entrepreneurs partnering with cities worldwide.*Episode recorded live...
2022-09-2241 min
Everyone A ChangemakerGender Justice Through Art and Technology w/Sonal KapoorSonal Kapoor is a founder of Protsahan. She attended a convent-run school. Through her education, she was passionate about writing and creative arts. After her school education, she went on to pursue Microbiology and later completed her post-graduation, in business management. Soon after, she took up a corporate job in the mutual fund industry, but soon realized this was not the area she felt satisfied working in. She eventually moved to a corporate communication role and it was in this role, during a corporate film shoot, that she met a young mother. She had six young daughters and revealed...
2022-09-1336 min
#așaîncepeSprijin pentru antreprenori sociali remarcabili - Ashoka RomâniaDespre Ashoka România cu Ovidiu Condurache (Venture Representative)Ashoka are deja 4 decenii de activitate și, într-o frază, crezul lor este următorul : Lumea e definită de schimbare și are nevoie de un nou mindset. Ashoka imaginează o lume în care fiecare om e un changemaker : o lume în care toți cetățenii sunt puternici să contribuie la schimbare într-un mod decisiv. În România, Ashoka există din 2018 și ei selectează pe an 2 antreprenori sociali in progeamul lor de fellowship. Acum ceva vreme am stat de vorbă cu Ovidiu Condurache de la Ashoka România. Vom despica azi, împreună...
2022-06-1321 min
The Migration & Diaspora PodcastEpisode 40: Diaspora networking to build an "Everyone a Changemaker World" - Ashoka's storyHello and welcome to the Migration & Diaspora Podcast, with me your host, Loksan Harley from Homelands Advisory. Today, I'm joined by my friend Asier Ansorena, Senior Change Leader at Ashoka, to talk about diaspora networks and social entrepreneurship.
About Asier
Originally from Spain, Asier completed his studies in Economics and Political Science at the University of Michigan. He then worked at AIESEC on youth empowerment and entrepreneurship projects in Jordan and several Latin American countries.
In 2009, he moved to Brazil to lead the microcredit team of Instituto Banco Palmas, the first community bank in...
2022-05-2338 min
Demain N'attend Pas26 - Elsa Grangier, patronne d'Ashoka France, le "Prix Nobel" de l'Entrepreneuriat SocialAvez vous entendu parlé d'ASHOKA ?
Si peu d'entre nous la connaisse, on murmure pourtant que c'est la 4ème ONG la plus puissante du monde ! ☀️
Fondée par l'américain Bill Drayton au début des années 80, Ashoka sélectionne et accompagne la crème de la crème des entrepreneurs sociaux, ceux qui passent leurs jours et souvent leurs nuits à s’attaquer à des problèmes de fond de notre société et à trouver et mettre en place des solutions !
En France, Ashoka sélectionne chaque année 5 nouveaux entrepreneurs s...
2022-01-1832 min
Wisdom Beyond the Classroom: Accelerate Your Learning, Master Your Mindset, & BELIEVE in YourselfWisdom with Martial Arts Advocate, Jiu Jitsu Practitioner, and Youth Coach Ashoka McCormick!As a native of Santa Cruz County in California, Ashoka McCormick grew up loving the outdoors and being active. When he was 12 years old his parents signed him up for Judo lessons and ever since he has been hooked on martial arts. In an effort to become a stronger martial artist, he took up strength training and notice immediate improvements on the mat, and then decided to become a Strength & Conditioning Coach to better himself and others. Ashoka has worked in both the private sector and collegiate settings as a strength coach. In 2013 he joined the San Jo...
2021-12-1740 min
Elisabeth Sechser will die Caring Economy#41 “Ashoka – Das Unterstützungs-Ökosystem für Changemaker”Echtes kollektives Handeln ermöglichen
In dieser Folge spreche ich mit Marie Ringler, Leiterin von Ashoka Europa, Mitglied der Ashokas Global Leadership Group, Vizepräsidentin des Europäischen Forum Alpbach. Sie erzählt uns, wie Ashoka gesellschaftliche Veränderungen möglich macht, um komplexe Probleme erfolgreich zu lösen, wieso wir kooperativen, unternehmerischen Wettstreit der besten Ideen brauchen, was eine gesunde, eine starke Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft ausmacht und wie wir eine Changemaker-Dynamik erzeugen können. Das erfolgreiche Netzwerk Ashoka besteht mittlerweile über 4000 Changemakerinnen, Fellows in über 93 Ländern und mehr als 300 MAinnen weltweit. Ich spreche mit der „demokratie unternehmen“-Meisterin Mari...
2021-11-1645 min
Ashoka ChangeMakers RadioGowtham Balajee | S 2 Ep 4 | Pride, Diversity, and InnovationCheck out this conversation with Gowtham Balajee from Queerbatore which is a non-funded, non-profit collective run by the queer society of Coimbatore with an aim to create online and offline safe spaces for the local LGBTQ+ community. They provide access to health care services, crisis response, & peer counseling as well as work opportunities while creating safe space for the queer community. They also conduct sensitization programs and film screenings for promoting queer inclusion
For more information on Queerbatore, head to Instagram and check out @queerbatore
For any queries and/or recommendations write to us at...
2021-08-2718 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioMegha Bhatia | S 2 Ep 3 | Pride, Diversity, and InnovationCheck out this conversation with Megha Bhatia, the Founder of Our Voix. a youth led not for profit organization working on the Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse. Their work focuses on Creating learning resources such as comic books and animated movies to help children recognize abuse. They also conduct sensitization workshops for teachers and children. The latest launches by Our Voix are e-comic books on Body Safety for children and Cyber Safety with Super Buddies.
For more information on Our Voix, head to http://www.ourvoix.com/. On Instagram, check out @ourvoix
For any...
2021-08-2418 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioSHORYA MITTAL | S 2 Ep 2 | Pride, Diversity, and InnovationCheck out this conversation with Shorya Mittal, the founder of Humans of Safe Places (HOSP) which aims at creating safe places, awareness & breaking social stigmas for the LGBTQ+ community. It organizes digital peer support meet-ups, undertakes social media campaigns on de-stigmatization of social issues for the LGBTQ+ community, & provides a platform to survivors of gender based violence to share their voices & create awareness through digital storytelling.
For more information on HOSP, head to https://www.humansofsafeplaces.org/. On Instagram, check out @humansofsafeplaces
For any queries and/or recommendations write to us at entrepreneurship@ashoka.edu...
2021-06-2323 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioPRAGATI SINGH | S 2 Ep 1 | Pride, Diversity, and InnovationCheck out this conversation with Dr.Pragati Singh, the founder of SAMHA - Sexual And Mental Health Association which is working towards cultivating an inclusive professional & workplace culture for LGBTQ+ community & women. She has also founded the Indian sub-continents first support group for asexual people, the Indian Aces.
For more information on Dr.Pragati, head to drpragatisingh.com or head to indianaces.org to know more about the support group, Indian Aces. On Instagram, check out @humansofqueer to read queer people's stories from across the world.
For any queries and/or recommendations write to us...
2021-06-2121 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioAshoka ChangeMakers Radio - Season 2 - TrailerGet ready to witness some new conversations that capture the stories of social change makers. Come, understand how these entrepreneurs initiated, contributed to positive social impact, stuck to their paths, and what keept them going. Catch these conversations driven by Ashoka UG students. We at the InfoEdge Centre for Entrepreneurship, Ashoka University hope you enjoy and imbibe the insights from these conversations! Listen to a a quick preview of what the new season entails.
Voices in the trailer are Aditi Tibarewal (UG 22), Ayush Agarwal (UG 22), Hemanshi Agrawal (UG22), and Kavya Satish (UG 22).
2021-06-2001 min
The Ashoka Systems Change PodcastCracking the Collaboration JackpotThis episode invites you to a conversation among the representatives of three fields – a social entrepreneur, a former government official and a funder interested in supporting cooperation between social entrepreneurs and governments. Listen to the experiences and recommendations of Denisa Livingston, an Ashoka Fellow empowering Navajo communities to take control of food policy through Diné Community Advocacy Alliance (US), Maria Vassilaku, former deputy mayor of Vienna (Austria) and Jim Anderson, Director of Government Innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies (US). If you are interested to learn more about how social entrepreneurs can effectively work with government and wha...
2021-02-051h 04The Ashoka Systems Change PodcastFinding a collective voiceThe third episode of season two examines how cooperation among social entrepreneurs can help governments design effective support measures for the whole field of social entrepreneurship. We spoke to Markus Sauerhammer, Chair of the German Association of Social Entrepreneurs, and learned what helped them get to the point when every political party in Germany references social entrepreneurship in their program. If you are interested to learn more about how social entrepreneurs can effectively working with government and what are the examples, we encourage you to have a look at our new free online course on...
2021-02-0237 minThe Ashoka Systems Change PodcastThe magic key to governmentIn the second episode of Season 2, Sascha Haselmayer and Olga Shirobokova explore the role communities play in keeping governments accountable. You will hear examples of how social entrepreneurs from Peru, the UK, Romania, India and the US empower people affected by a social problem to take charge and effectively engage with governments in order to improve public services. If you are interested to learn more about how social entrepreneurs can effectively working with government and what are the examples, we encourage you to have a look at our new free online course on this topic at www...
2021-01-2938 minThe Ashoka Systems Change PodcastTranscending our own solutionsThe second season of the Ashoka Systems Change podcast explores how social entrepreneurs can effectively work with governments to improve systems together. In Episode 1 you will hear a conversation between Sascha Haselmayer, a seasoned social entrepreneur and an Ashoka Fellow who has worked with 135 municipal governments across the world to improve the provision of public services, and Olga Shirobokova, co-lead of the Systems Unit at Ashoka Globalizer. Sascha shares how his approach to addressing a social problem has evolved over time - from being fixated on his own solution to seeing his solution as a...
2021-01-2837 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioVISHAL PUNJABI | EP.6 | Passion Pandemic and PivotThe last one !
Our conversation with the founder of The Wedding Filmer , a wedding videographer company who did so for Virat and Anushka as well !
This conversation with Vishal Punjabi, throws light on how the wedding industry has evolved in last decade as well as the role they played in bringing an altogether change in they way things are conducted today. In this episode, Vishal provides insights into company's birth, ideation, pivots during pandemic and future plans as well.
For more information on the Wedding Filmer, check out their website at https://www.theweddingfilmer.co...
2020-12-2818 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioSAMEER RAMESH | EP.5 | Passion Pandemic and PivotCheck out this conversation with the founder of MY CAPTAIN, an online platform that helps you take the first step in your field of passion with the help of young achievers, mentors and guides.
This conversation with Sameer Ramesh, thoroughly describes the adaptations of the virtual life( brought to us by the Pandemic) and the pivot required in the education system of today. Platforms like My Captain are going to be the revolution we require to shift away from the rote learning attitude in the Education system of India. In this episode, Sameer provides insights into company's bi...
2020-12-0624 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioRUSHIL MOHAN | EP.4 | Passion Pandemic and Pivot Check out this conversation with the founder of PIDGE, a Gurgaon based early stage start-up and India’s only secure, on-demand last mile logistics service provider.
This conversation with Rushil Mohan, thoroughly describes the logistics industry of India. Rushil, a Northwestern University Graduate, is an amazing individual and entrepreneur who, along with his father, Ratnesh ( co-founder of Pidge), has been able to bring about a logistical solution to the India of today. In this episode he provides legitimate insight into company's birth, ideation, pivots during pandemic and future plans as well.
For more information on Pidge...
2020-11-1520 min
Ashoka ChangeMakers RadioDHRUV SINGH | EP.3 | Passion Pandemic and PivotFor all the music lovers, producers and artists out there! Check out this conversation with the founder of Pagal Haina Records, an Indian Artist Development Company.
This conversation with Dhruv Singh, was the most awaited one for us! Dhruv, Founder of Pagal Haina Records( the record label and developer for artists like Prateek Kuhad, Lifafa and many others), is an amazing individual and entrepreneur who has been able to revamp how the Indian Music Industry perceives the work of independent artists. He has provided a legitimate insight into company's birth, ideation, pivots during pandemic and future plans for t...
2020-11-0315 min
Ashoka ChangeMakers RadioPOOJA DHINGRA | EP.2 | Passion Pandemic and PivotAre you a/to-be baker or are you a foodie? well there is no in-between and if you're either this one's for you!
This conversation with Pooja Dhingra, has been an extremely insightful one! Pooja, Founder of Le15 Patisserie- India's first French macaroon brand, is an amazing individual and entrepreneur who has been able to ' build a brand name bigger than the brand itself' (more on that in the episode). She has provided a legitimate insight into company's birth, ideation, her new store and future plans. Listen to the conversation and let yourself be inspired to t...
2020-10-1416 min
Ashoka ChangeMakers RadioSHREYA SONI | EP.1 | Passion Pandemic and PivotPassion Pandemic and Pivot's first episode!
This conversation with Shreya, has been a beautiful one! Shreya, Founder of DSSC.co is an amazing speaker and individual who has provided a legitimate insight into company's birth, ideation, adaptive strategy and future plans. Listen to the conversation and let yourself be inspired to take off on your own journey!
For more information on DSSC, check out their website at DSSC.co . For any queries and/or recommendations write to us at entrepreneurship@ashoka.edu.in or reach out to us on instagram at CenteforEntrepreneurship_au.
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2020-09-2924 minAshoka ChangeMakers RadioAshoka ChangeMakers Radio Trailer!Get ready to witness conversations that capture the 'twists' brought along with the pandemic. Understand how various entrepreneurs adapted to the changing markets and economic crisis. Catch conversations between a grad student working on a research with the Centre for Entrepreneurship, at Ashoka University host these conversations for a greater desired outcome! Listen to a a quick preview of what this show entails.
2020-09-2501 minThe Ashoka Systems Change PodcastEpisode 1: Podcast series introductionFergal Byrne, host of Inspiring Social Entrepreneurs, and Odin Mühlenbein, Lead of the Systems Unit at Ashoka Globalizer, introduce the Ashoka Systems Change Podcast
2020-05-2000 min
Macro Musings with David BeckworthAshoka Mody on COVID-19's Impacts on Global Trade, Credit Markets and the Broader EurozoneAshoka Mody is a professor of international economic policy at Princeton University, has formerly worked at the IMF and the World Bank, and is a returning guest to Macro Musings. In this episode, he joins David to discuss the global economic implications of COVID-19 and what it specifically means for Europe and the Eurozone. Transcript for the episode. Ashoka's Twitter: @AshokaMody Ashoka's Princeton profile: https://scholar.princeton.edu/amody/home Related Links: Cover of Ashoka's new paperback book: https://i.imgur...
2020-04-0855 min
Social Entrepreneur060, Bill Drayton, Ashoka | Everyone a ChangemakerFrom the time he was in elementary schools, Bill Drayton was a changemaker. His parents and the principal of the school conspired to allow Bill bloom in his early entrepreneurial efforts. Bill went on the attend Harvard, Oxford and Yale. He worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company and for the Environmental Protection Agency. Eventually Bill and a few friends took a tour of India by Volkswagen Microbus. This trip changed Bill’s life.In 1980 Bill founded Ashoka and the following year elected the first Ashoka Fellows in India. Bill told me, “There was no word for soci...
2016-03-2139 min
Social Entrepreneur028, Marina Kim, Ashoka U | Every Campus a ChangemakerColleges and Universities are complex organizations with lots of deep thinkers and multiple stakeholders. Marina Kim has had a lot of practice at working across complex cultural boundaries. The daughter of Korean and American parents, raised by a single mother, summers in Costa Rica, moved to northern England at 10 years old, and then attended Stanford University in Palo Alto, California.Today, Marina is the cofounder of Ashoka U, where they take an institutional change approach to impact the education of millions of students. Ashoka U has three primary programs:They have a Changemaker Campus designation where...
2016-01-0656 min
Free Forum with Terrence McNallyQ&A: BILL DRAYTON, founder/CEO, ASHOKA - INNOVATORS FOR THE PUBLICAired 12/24/08TERRY McNALLY on AIR AMERICA RADIO sitting in for RACHEL MADDOW and interviews BILL DRAYTON.BILL DRAYTON has pioneered the field of social entrepreneurship. He is the CEO and founder of ASHOKA, a global organization which selects individuals tackling society's most pressing problems with innovative, entrepreneurial solutions. Since 1981, ASHOKA has elected over 2,000 leading social entrepreneurs as Ashoka Fellows, providing them with living stipends, professional support, and access to a global network of peers in more than 60 countries. Through ASHOKA, DRAYTON has introduced the world to a fundamentally new model of how ideas can change social...
2008-12-3119 min