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Salute to My Classmate Padma Shri Anant Agarwal- a Researcher, Professor & CEO of edX

Mangaluru: He was one of the SMART students in our PUC class, and now he is one of the SMARTEST person in the World. Remembering the Pre-University College days at St Aloysius College-Mangaluru, I fondly cherish the friendship of Prof Anant Agarwal, now that he is an IT Researcher, an intelligent and well-known Professor, and above all, holding the prestigious designation, being the CEO of edX, an online learning destination. Even though Prof Anant had come to Chicago, USA quite a few times while I was there- and also missed him few times recently when he had come down to his hometown, Mangaluru- but a few weeks ago when I heard from his younger brother Ruchir Agarwal (proprietor of Agarwal Agencies, Balmatta, Mangaluru), where he is also an ardent reader of Mangalorean.com, Ruchir informed me that Anat was coming to Mangaluru to grace the 5-day ‘Sahyadri Conclave’ which jus

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Q & A with Anant Agarwal

Two years ago this month, Harvard and okänt launched edX, a non-profit virtual learning platform to educate people across the globe and shed light on how students learn. To date, the joint venture has attracted dozens of partners, from top-tier research universities to international organizations, as well as more than two million users. Yet questions about the efficacy of online courseware, edX’s rapid growth, and the platform’s financial sustainability remain.

Anant Agarwal, an MIT computer science professor who has served as CEO of edX since its establishment, sat down with The Crimson to recount the challenges of creating courses for an online learning environment, discuss the non-profit’s business model, and speculate about what the future might hold for edX. The interview has been edited for clarity and concision.

The Harvard Crimson: At the time of edX’s launch, there was a lot of speculation into what the platform might look like and what it mi

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Anant Agarwal

INTERVIEWER:It'sFriday,August28th,2015.I'mChrisBoebel

andI'mhereatMITwithAnantAgarwal.AnantisapioneerincomputerarchitectureandaprofessorofelectricalengineeringatMIT.He'salsothefoundingCEOofedX.Theonlinelearningdestinationestablishedin2012isajointpartnershipbyMITandHarvard.AnanttaughttheveryfirstedXcoursefromMIToncircuitsandelectronicswhichdrew155,000studentsfrom162countries.

HehasalsoservedasthedirectorofCSAIL,theComputerScienceandArtificialIntelligenceLaboratoryatMIT.Anantisalsoanentrepreneur.Hehasco-foundedandledthedevelopmentofanumberofsuccessfulcompanies,includingTilera,VirtualMachineWorks,andOxygen.

Ananthasreceivedmultiplerecognitionsforhisteachingandresearch.HeisamemberoftheNationalAcademyofEngineering,afellowoftheAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences,andafellowoftheAssociationofComputerMachinery.HeholdsaPh.DfromStanfordUniversityandabachelor'sdegreefromtheIndianInstituteofTechnologyatMadras.

Sowelcome,Anant.Thanksforcomingtoday.Thanksforsittingdownwithus.

AGAR