Dipanker, Great to have you in the Sajha fold too. For what it is worth, I'm an ancient geezer in this forum -- been posting stuff on Sajha since the year 2000; and, in the process, have made many, many good friends from around the world, and have learnt a lot from them, while inevitably managing to alienate quite a few people. Then again, as the Chinese say, "Never trust a person with no enemies, for he's not living an honest life!" :-) Yes, I am still based in BD -- a great platform to see, first-hand, the economic changes/social changes happening in the rest of South Asia. ***** That said, those of you who are in Boston and are interested in scaling up educational work in Nepal, might be interested in attending this talk program at HBS. What: Founder and CEO of "Room to Read", an organisation that has won numerous awards) John Wood speaks on campus about social entrepreneurship and his journey When: Monday October 30 th 12 – 1pm Where: Harvard Business School Aldrich 10 Why: Come learn how a successful executive left and started up a phenomenal nonprofit that has changed the world through educating children in the developing world. Be inspired! John Wood, CEO and Founder of Room to Read shares his personal story of an ex-Microsoft corporate executive who found his life's mission in educating the children of the world. His personal memoir " Leaving Microsoft to Change the World" has just been recently released. Room to Read's vision is bold - to help 10 million children in the developing world gain the lifelong gift of education. Through their work, they hope to reach tens of thousands of communities in the developing world through Room to Read schools, scholarships, and libraries, and whole generations will have more opportunity and greater access to education than their parents. Through their work, many more children in the developing world will grow up to have jobs and be able to invest in the future of their own country. Through their work, Room to Read will be among the leaders in building, measuring, and evaluating education programs around the world. R oom to Read has won the Fast Company Social Capitalist Award four times, and is an exciting model of real social entrepreneurship. From its inception in 1999, to date it has accomplished the following across six countries: Vietnam , Cambodia , Laos , Nepal , Sri Lanka , India . Constructing 221 schools Establishing over 3,374 libraries Publishing 99 new local language children's titles representing over 930,000 books Donating over 1.2 million English language children's books Funding 2,344 long-terms girls' scholarships Establishing 108 computer and language labs Come and be inspired by a real social entrepreneur who's acting to enact change in the world. Visit www.roomtoread.org for more details. We hope to see you there! More about John's book online at http://www.leavingmicrosoftbook.com/ . Don't miss this rare opportunity to see him on campus!