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<p>Misc citation tidying. | You can <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:UCB" class="extiw" title="wp:UCB">use this bot</a> yourself. <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:DBUG" class="extiw" title="wp:DBUG">Report bugs here</a>. | Suggested by Abductive | <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Scientists_at_PARC_(company)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Scientists at PARC (company) (page does not exist)">Category:Scientists at PARC (company)‎</a> | via #UCB_Category 81/109</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{advert|date=June 2019}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}<br /> {{Infobox person<br /> | image = Prasad Ram, June 2019.jpg<br /> | alt = Portrait of Prasad Ram (June 2019)<br /> | caption = Prasad Ram in June 2019<br /> | name = Prasad Ram<br /> | alma_mater = [[IIT Bombay]]&lt;br&gt;[[University of California, Los Angeles]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Prasad Ram&#039;&#039;&#039; (aka Pram) is the founder and CEO of Gooru, a nonprofit education technology start-up.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title= A Different Approach to Digitally Enhanced Education |date= 6 April 2012 |work= California Council on Science and Technology |url= http://ccst.us/news/2012/0406gooru.php |access-date= 10 April 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Ram previously worked at Xerox PARC, Dynamx Technology, Yahoo! and Google.<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> Ram was born in [[Tiptur]] of [[Karnataka]] state in southern [[India]]. He obtained his B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]] in 1987. He then went on to pursue his master&#039;s degree (M.S) and Ph.D. in Computer Science, from the [[University of California, Los Angeles]] (UCLA).{{citation needed|date=September 2015}}<br /> <br /> Ram led Google Books for Education in Mountain View, CA. Prior to that he was CTO Google in India where he led projects on Maps, News, Translation Technologies, Search and Ads. Prior to Google, Pram led engineering teams at Yahoo! where he led the creation of products (Yahoo! Audio/Image search, Yahoo! 360, and Yahoo! Hotjobs) and platforms (Spam Filtering, Behavioral Targeting, Mobile Data Analysis, Vertical Search, Content Management). He started his career as a research scientist at Xerox Research where he worked on Digital Rights Management. Pram is Council Member and Chair of the Education Committee at California Council of Science and Technology, and he is a Board Member at Leadership Public Schools.<br /> <br /> == Current activities ==<br /> While working at Google, Ram devised a prototype of the Learning Navigator as a [[20% Project]] while at Google. Navigator is a &quot;GPS&quot; for learning, that empowers students with real-time data about their proficiencies and choices of learning activities, so they can choose their learning path and pace. What began as a &quot;20% effort&quot; evolved into a year-long pilot in India that included 1,000 students across 25 classrooms. Ram subsequently left Google to found Gooru&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news |title=This Guy Left Google to Put the Power of Big Data into Small Classrooms |url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/jordanshapiro/2013/08/13/this-guy-left-google-to-put-the-power-of-big-data-into-small-classrooms/ | work=Forbes | date=13 August 2013 | first=Jordan | last=Shapiro | access-date=11 November 2018 }}&lt;/ref&gt; as a non-profit to develop the free Learning Navigator with a mission to honor the human right to education. In August 2016, it was announced Gooru would be partnering with the LMS developer itslearning to create 35 curriculum courses using Gooru&#039;s extensive open content catalog.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite news|title=itslearning and Gooru Partner to Offer 35 Full-Year Courses in Science, Mathematics, English Language Arts and Social Studies|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2016/08/prweb13598214.htm|access-date=28 September 2016|agency=prweb|date=5 August 2016}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> == External links ==<br /> * {{cite web |url= http://www.goorulearning.org/ |title=Gooru |access-date= 16 June 2013 }}<br /> <br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Ram, Prasad}}<br /> [[Category:Businesspeople in software]]<br /> [[Category:Living people]]<br /> [[Category:Businesspeople from Mumbai]]<br /> [[Category:IIT Bombay alumni]]<br /> [[Category:Google employees]]<br /> [[Category:Chief technology officers]]<br /> [[Category:Indian chief executives]]<br /> [[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]<br /> [[Category:Scientists at PARC (company)]]</div>

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