Learn to Let Go and Keep On : Lakshmi Pratury at TEDxTaipei 2013

Translated into Chinese by Raquel Deng • Reviewed by Michelle Lo

Lakshmi Pratury brought TED to India in 2009. In 2010, She curated and hosted The INK Conference in association with TED. In the same year, she was featured in the list of "100 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes Asian. She was also a leading force at the American India Foundation (AIF) where she helped raise $30M in five years to channel toward development activities in India.

Pratury founded the Digital Equalizer, which brought technology education to over 100,000 children and 2,000 teachers in India. Prior to becoming a social entrepreneur, her career spanned across technology and venture capital. She is a contributor to the National Public Radio, has published articles in the San Jose Mercury, San Francisco Chronicle, Mint, and acted in local (US) theaters. Pratury has also spoken at high profile conferences such as TED in the US, DLD in Germany and IIM Bangalore.


Lakshmi Pratury 在2009年將TED帶進印度，隔年延續TED 在印度的影響力，創辦了The INK Conference。同年被亞洲富比士評選為「2010年度百大權威女性」。她曾經在美國印度基金會 (American India Foundation) 擔任要角，並在五年內的為印度募集了三千萬美元的建設經費。她創辦了Digital Equalizer，將科技教育帶給近十萬名學童和兩千名教師。成為社會企業家之前，Pratury 曾任職於科技業和創投公司，也是National Public Radio、San Jose Mercury、San Francisco Chronicle、Mint等媒體的定期撰稿人。Pratury 曾是TED、德國的DLD以及班加羅爾IIM等論壇的講者。


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