Harvard University Includes Bihar's Social Entrepreneur Sharad Vivek Sagar in Leadership Course
Social Entrepreneur from Bihar, Sharad Vivek Sagar, is among one of the 12 leaders included in a prestigious leadership course by Harvard University.
Study in US: A prestigious leadership course of Harvard University has included the journey of the noted social entrepreneur from Bihar, Sharad Vivek Sagar. The course is titled - “Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning.”
This course will be taught to Masters and Doctoral students at Harvard University and Sharad is one of the 12 leaders from across the globe whose life and work have been featured in this course.
While reacting to this, Sharad's message on X reads, "I am deeply honored to be one of 12 leaders featured in @Harvard University’s ‘Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Learning’ course. Reflecting on my journey with Professors Monica Higgins and Uche Amaechi on the A608 After Hours Podcast was a truly special experience."
Harvard University's Leadership Course: More Details
The course is known as Harvard Course A608. It is taught by Dr. Uche Amaechi and Professor Monica C. Higgins. As part of the “A608 After Hours Podcast” at Harvard University, the professor interviewed and recorded Sharad's work life and journey.
Sharad founded Dexterity Global in Patna, Bihar when he was 16 years old in 2008. The aim was to empower the young leaders and scholars from financially disadvantaged families and enable them to use their education to empower the country. Dexterity Global gets a scholarship of INR 2.75 billion from the world's top 500 universities.
Dexterity was termed an ‘unusual institution’ by Nobel Prize-winning economist Professor Abhijit Banerjee and The Telegraph said the students of the institute are the future of India, as reported by MSN.
"A608 After hours podcast aims to bring voices from the field into the classroom to inspire, inform and ignite leadership dedicated to wrestling with today's stacked challenges. Each week we interview a guest that is doing this most important work in the field and discuss how course concepts surfaced in our A608 Leadership Entrepreneurship and Learning Course come to life in the field. Our guests span multiple roles across different sectors and institutions, and come from varied backgrounds. They, like us, are ready to listen, learn and engage in thoughtful dialog on leadership, entrepreneurship and learning," says the official statement of Harvard University.
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