Knowledge, Business and Consciousness

AUROVILLE VISION 2012

Center of International Research in Human Unity (CIRHU)
Auroville Board of Commerce (ABC)

2nd Auroville Dialogue
Knowledge, Business and Consciousness
Manifestation of Consciousness through Business in the Knowledge Society

Auroville February 27-28, March 1st 2006

Participants’ Profile Invitees

Ranjan Mitter did his Masters in Business Administration from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France. He subsequently worked in the fields of Strategic Planning, Turnaround Management, Organisational Restructuring, Sales, Marketing and General Management. He has worked for various organisations like Philips, Titan Industries, Polaroid etc. for almost two decades. For the last six years, Ranjan has been the Honorary Secretary of Sri Aurobindo Institute of Culture, a multifaceted institution active in school cultural and vocational education and in research on the Indian freedom movement. Since 2000, Ranjan has been teaching at the Management Centre for Human Values, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He has designed and offered courses on "Business Ethics". He also teaches various modules in "Business Strategy" courses. Ranjan designs and offers standard and customised programmes for Management Development Programmes on "Management of NGOs". Ranjan has lectured twice at the European Summer School for Advanced Management, Aarhus, Denmark at the World Social Forum in Mumbai, and at the International Federation for Alternative Trade, Hanoi. He is currently a member of the International Beliefs and Values Institute of the James Madison University in Virginia, USA.
Email: ranjanmitter@gmail.com http://www.iimcal.ac.in

Ron Anastasia. Hi-Tech Entrepreneur — Founded & directed several small hi-tech companies, in fields of:
- Computer training
- Holistic medical software, expert systems, knowledge engineering
- Management consulting
- Macintosh software development
- Renewable energy & sustainability consulting
- Photovoltaic solar cells (set new PV efficiency record in 1992)
Founding Director of MIT Appropriate Technology Group.
Founder of "Science, Culture and Integral Yoga" Webzine (SCIY)
SCIY address: http://sciy.blogharbor.com (no www needed)
Email: rjon@vzavenue.net