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	'''[[Brij Kothari]]''' (born 9 June 1964) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[academic]] and a [[social entrepreneur]]. He invented [[Same Language Subtitling]] on TV for mass literacy in [[India]].		'''Brij Kothari''' (born 9 June 1964) is an Indian [[academic]] and a [[social entrepreneur]]. He invented [[Same Language Subtitling]] on TV for mass literacy in [[India]].

	==Early life==		==Early life==
	[[Brij Kothari]] was born to a [[Business Entrepreneurs\|business entrepreneur]]. His parents were particular about education and sent him to [[Sri Aurobindo]] [[International Centre of Education]] (SAICE) in [[Pondicherry]]. He is an alumnus of [[IIT Kanpur]],<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/04/07/stories/2005040701030100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050509001921/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/04/07/stories/2005040701030100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2005-05-09 \|title=Metro Plus Chennai / Miscellany : Easy read \|date=2005-04-07 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> and did his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Cornell University]]. He is a Schwab [[Social entrepreneurship\|Social Entrepreneur]] and an [[Ashoka Fellow]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182628/http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/3557 ]</ref> He was a fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s [[Reuters Digital Vision Program]] and completed the "Leadership for System Change: Delivering Social Impact at Scale" program at [[Harvard University]].		Brij Kothari was born to a [[Business Entrepreneurs\|business entrepreneur]]. His parents were particular about education and sent him to [[Sri Aurobindo]] [[International Centre of Education]] (SAICE) in [[Pondicherry]]. He is an alumnus of [[IIT Kanpur]],<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/04/07/stories/2005040701030100.htm \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050509001921/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/04/07/stories/2005040701030100.htm \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=2005-05-09 \|title=Metro Plus Chennai / Miscellany : Easy read \|date=2005-04-07 \|newspaper=[[The Hindu]] \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> and did his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Cornell University]]. He is a Schwab [[Social entrepreneurship\|Social Entrepreneur]] and an [[Ashoka Fellow]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/3557 \|title=Archived copy \|website=www.ashoka.org \|access-date=17 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182628/http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/3557 \|archive-date=28 August 2008 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s [[Reuters Digital Vision Program]] and completed the "Leadership for System Change: Delivering Social Impact at Scale" program at [[Harvard University]].

	==Career==		==Career==
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	==Personal life==		==Personal life==
	Brij Kothari is married. He has two sons and a daughter.		Brij Kothari is married. He has two sons and a daughter.

	==Awards==		==Awards==
	* iF Social Impact Prize, 2017<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://ifworlddesignguide.com/if-social-impact-prize-2017-supported-projects#/pages/page/entry/237932-literacy-for-billion/ \| title=IF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE 2017 – supported projects}}</ref>		* iF Social Impact Prize, 2017<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://ifworlddesignguide.com/if-social-impact-prize-2017-supported-projects#/pages/page/entry/237932-literacy-for-billion/ \| title=IF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE 2017 – supported projects}}</ref>
	* Library of Congress, International Literacy Prize, 2013<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-168.html \|title=First Winners of Library of Congress Literacy Awards Announced \| Library of Congress \|publisher=Loc.gov \|date=2013-09-22 \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>		* Library of Congress, International Literacy Prize, 2013<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-168.html \|title=First Winners of Library of Congress Literacy Awards Announced \| Library of Congress \|publisher=Loc.gov \|date=2013-09-22 \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
	* USAID, Winner, All Children Reading Grand Challenge, 2012<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109081749/http://www.planetread.org/usaid.php ]</ref>		* USAID, Winner, All Children Reading Grand Challenge, 2012<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.planetread.org/usaid.php \|title=Archived copy \|website=www.planetread.org \|access-date=17 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109081749/http://www.planetread.org/usaid.php \|archive-date=9 November 2012 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
	* NASSCOM, Social Innovation Honour, 2011<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nasscomfoundation.org/gnsih-2011-/winners/595?itemid=222 \|title=Ganesh NatarajaN \|publisher=NASSCOM Foundation \|date= \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>		* NASSCOM, Social Innovation Honour, 2011<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.nasscomfoundation.org/gnsih-2011-/winners/595?itemid=222 \|title=Ganesh NatarajaN \|publisher=NASSCOM Foundation \|date= \|accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
	* Indian Social Entrepreneur of the Year, 2009, Schwab Foundation and UNDP<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.forumblog.org/blog/2009/11/schwab-foundation-announces-indias-social-entrepreneurs-of-the-year.html \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2009-11-13 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109015348/http://www.forumblog.org/blog/2009/11/schwab-foundation-announces-indias-social-entrepreneurs-of-the-year.html \|archivedate=9 November 2009 \|df=dmy }}</ref>		* Indian Social Entrepreneur of the Year, 2009, Schwab Foundation and UNDP<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.forumblog.org/blog/2009/11/schwab-foundation-announces-indias-social-entrepreneurs-of-the-year.html \|title=Archived copy \|accessdate=2009-11-13 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109015348/http://www.forumblog.org/blog/2009/11/schwab-foundation-announces-indias-social-entrepreneurs-of-the-year.html \|archivedate=9 November 2009 \|df=dmy }}</ref>

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'''[[Brij Kothari]]''' (born 9 June 1964) is an [[India]]n [[academic]] and a [[social entrepreneur]]. He invented [[Same Language Subtitling]] on TV for mass literacy in [[India]].

==Early life==
[[Brij Kothari]] was born to a [[Business Entrepreneurs|business entrepreneur]]. His parents were particular about education and sent him to [[Sri Aurobindo]] [[International Centre of Education]] (SAICE) in [[Pondicherry]]. He is an alumnus of [[IIT Kanpur]],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/04/07/stories/2005040701030100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050509001921/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2005/04/07/stories/2005040701030100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2005-05-09 |title=Metro Plus Chennai / Miscellany : Easy read |date=2005-04-07 |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> and did his [[Ph.D.]] from [[Cornell University]]. He is a Schwab [[Social entrepreneurship|Social Entrepreneur]] and an [[Ashoka Fellow]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828182628/http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/3557 ]</ref> He was a fellow at [[Stanford University]]'s [[Reuters Digital Vision Program]] and completed the "Leadership for System Change: Delivering Social Impact at Scale" program at [[Harvard University]].

==Career==
After completion of his academic pursuits Kothari returned to [[India]]. In 1996 he joined the faculty of the [[Indian Institutes of Management|Indian Institute of Management]] in [[Ahmedabad]]. While continuing to teach communication to [[MBA]] students, he started work on [[SLS Lux|SLS]] at [[Iim|IIM]]. He has been on the Faculty of [[IIM Ahmedabad]], as [[Associated Press|Associate]] and [[Adjunct professor|Adjunct Professor]], since 1996.

===Same-Language Subtitling===
In 1999, in an effort to improve functional [[literacy rates]] in India, he experimented with subtitles on [[Chitrageet]], a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] television program. In 2002, the [[Doordarshan]] network subtitled their national program [[Chitrahaar]]. Since 2006, SLS has been implemented on one weekly program each in [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Kannada]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], and [[Marathi language|Marathi]]. The main goal is to persuade broadcasting policy in India to implement SLS on all songs on TV, in all languages.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gurcharan Das, 6 April 2008, 12:13AM IST |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/rssarticleshow/msid-2929385,prtpage-1.cms |title=Power of subtitles – MEN & IDEAS – Gurcharan Das – Home – The Times of India |publisher=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2008-04-06 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

Kothari is the [[President of India|president]] of [[PlanetRead]], a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] involved in furthering [[Same Language Subtitling]] throughout the world. He is also the founder of [[BookBox]],<ref>BookBox is a social enterprise that uses Same Language Subtitles in animated books to help children learn to read. bookbox.com</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bookbox.com |title=BookBox |publisher=BookBox |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref> a [[social venture]] funded by [[First Light Ventures]] that produces animated, read-along stories for children in languages such as [[English language|English]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin]], [[Hindi]], and over 21 others.

His work was also selected by the [[Google.org]] as one of the projects for [[funding]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2005/12/same-language-subtitling.html |title=Official Google Blog: Same-Language Subtitling |publisher=Googleblog.blogspot.com |date=2005-12-12 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Brij Kothari is married. He has two sons and a daughter.
==Awards==
* iF Social Impact Prize, 2017<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://ifworlddesignguide.com/if-social-impact-prize-2017-supported-projects#/pages/page/entry/237932-literacy-for-billion/ | title=IF SOCIAL IMPACT PRIZE 2017 – supported projects}}</ref>
* Library of Congress, International Literacy Prize, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2013/13-168.html |title=First Winners of Library of Congress Literacy Awards Announced | Library of Congress |publisher=Loc.gov |date=2013-09-22 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
* USAID, Winner, All Children Reading Grand Challenge, 2012<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121109081749/http://www.planetread.org/usaid.php ]</ref>
* NASSCOM, Social Innovation Honour, 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nasscomfoundation.org/gnsih-2011-/winners/595?itemid=222 |title=Ganesh NatarajaN |publisher=NASSCOM Foundation |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
* Indian Social Entrepreneur of the Year, 2009, Schwab Foundation and UNDP<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.forumblog.org/blog/2009/11/schwab-foundation-announces-indias-social-entrepreneurs-of-the-year.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-11-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109015348/http://www.forumblog.org/blog/2009/11/schwab-foundation-announces-indias-social-entrepreneurs-of-the-year.html |archivedate=9 November 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Clinton Global Initiative, 2009 and 2011, Feature<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juZOlmf9APk |title=Clinton Global Initiative: 'Same Language Subtitling' on TV for Mass Literacy in India |publisher=YouTube |date=2013-09-23 |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
* Ashoka Fellow, 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ashoka.org/node/3557 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-08-26 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813065532/http://www.ashoka.org/node/3557 |archivedate=13 August 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref>
* Tech Laureate (Education), The Tech Awards – 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=http://techawards.thetech.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=58 |title=The Tech |publisher=Techawards.thetech.org |date= |accessdate=2016-12-01}}</ref>
* Winner, Development Marketplace, Global innovation competition – World Bank, 2002<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wbi.worldbank.org/developmentmarketplace/idea/same-language-subtitling-tv-mass-literacy |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721045614/http://wbi.worldbank.org/developmentmarketplace/idea/same-language-subtitling-tv-mass-literacy |archive-date=21 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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