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	[[File:Vijay vaitheeswaran 2007.jpg\|thumb\|Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran in 2007.]]		[[File:Vijay vaitheeswaran 2007.jpg\|thumb\|Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran in 2007.]]
	'''Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran'''<ref>{{cite news\|url=~~http~~://www.economist.com/~~node~~/~~7975126~~ \|title=Award \|publisher=The Economist \|date=2006-09-28 \|access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref> is ~~a correspondent for~~ ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref name="economist1">{{cite news\|url=http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/vijay-vaitheeswaran \|title=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|publisher=The Economist \|access-date=2013-10-31 \|date=2011-06-09}}</ref> ~~He is currently the magazine's [[China]] Business Editor.~~ His editorial ~~responsibilities range from~~ business and ~~finance to~~ science, technology and innovation.		'''Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran'''<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2006/09/28/award \|title=Award \|publisher=The Economist \|date=2006-09-28 \|access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref> (b. April 5, 1969) is the global energy and climate innovation editor of ''[[The Economist]]''. Previously he served as ''The Economist's'' U.S. business editor and its first China bureau chief.<ref name="economist1">{{cite news\|url=http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/vijay-vaitheeswaran \|title=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|publisher=The Economist \|access-date=2013-10-31 \|date=2011-06-09}}</ref> His editorial expertise includes climate change, energy and the environment, business, corporate governance, finance, international trade, geopolitics and economics, science, technology and innovation.

	Vaitheeswaran was born in [[Madras]], [[India]] and grew up in [[Cheshire, Connecticut]]. He graduated from [[MIT]] with a degree in mechanical engineering and was named a Harry S. Truman Presidential Scholar by the [[U.S. Congress]].		Vaitheeswaran was born in [[Madras]], [[India]] and grew up in [[Cheshire, Connecticut]]. He graduated from [[MIT]] with a degree in mechanical engineering and was named a Harry S. Truman Presidential Scholar by the [[U.S. Congress]].
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	He started working at ''The Economist'' as an intern. After a year as a correspondent, he opened the publication's first office in [[Latin America]], in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite news\|author=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|url=http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/vijay-vaitheeswaran \|title=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|publisher=The Economist \|access-date=2013-10-31 \|date=2011-06-09}}</ref> From 1998 to 2006 he was the Environment and Energy Correspondent for The Economist and from 2007 to 2011 he covered innovation and health issues.<ref name="economist1"/>		He started working at ''The Economist'' as an intern. After a year as a correspondent, he opened the publication's first office in [[Latin America]], in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite news\|author=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|url=http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/vijay-vaitheeswaran \|title=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|publisher=The Economist \|access-date=2013-10-31 \|date=2011-06-09}}</ref> From 1998 to 2006 he was the Environment and Energy Correspondent for The Economist and from 2007 to 2011 he covered innovation and health issues.<ref name="economist1"/>

	Vijay is a life member at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=V \|title=Membership Roster - Council on Foreign Relations \|publisher=Cfr.org \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref> He is an advisor on sustainability and innovation to the [[World Economic Forum]], and a regular speaker at the [[Clinton Global Initiative]]. He teaches at [[NYU]]'s Stern Business School. He ~~serves~~ as chairman of ~~the~~ Economist's provocative series of conferences on innovation known as the Ideas Economy.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://ideas.economist.com/event/innovation-0/programme \|title=Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012 \| The Economist \|publisher=Ideas.economist.com \|date=2012-03-28 \|access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref>		Vijay is a life member at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=V \|title=Membership Roster - Council on Foreign Relations \|publisher=Cfr.org \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref> He is an advisor on sustainability and innovation to the [[World Economic Forum]], and a regular speaker at the [[Clinton Global Initiative]]. He teaches at [[NYU]]'s Stern Business School. He served previously as chairman of ''The'' ''Economist's'' provocative series of conferences on innovation known as the Ideas Economy.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://ideas.economist.com/event/innovation-0/programme \|title=Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012 \| The Economist \|publisher=Ideas.economist.com \|date=2012-03-28 \|access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref>

	In 2003 he published ''Power to the People, How the Coming Energy Revolution will Change our Lives, and maybe even Save the Planet''.<ref>{{cite book		In 2003 he published ''Power to the People, How the Coming Energy Revolution will Change our Lives, and maybe even Save the Planet''.<ref>{{cite book
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	\| isbn = 978-0-374-52970-3		\| isbn = 978-0-374-52970-3
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	}}</ref> The book pays particular attention to [[alternative fuel]] sources, such as those used in the [[Tesla Roadster (2008)]] and [[plug-in hybrid]]s. The book also examines the benefits of distributed power and [[smart grid]]s. The book was reviewed by Nobel~~-prize~~ winner (and former Chief Science Advisor to the [[White House]]) [[John Holdren]] in [[Scientific American]] as "by far the most helpful, entertaining, up-to-date and accessible treatment of the energy-economy-environment problematique available."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Holdren \|first=John P. \|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hodren-quest-for-affordable-energy \|title=The Quest for Affordable Energy \|publisher=Scientific American \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>		}}</ref> The book pays particular attention to [[alternative fuel]] sources, such as those used in the [[Tesla Roadster (2008)]] and [[plug-in hybrid]]s. The book also examines the benefits of distributed power and [[smart grid]]s. The book was reviewed by Nobel Prize winner (and former Chief Science Advisor to the [[White House]]) [[John Holdren]] in ''[[Scientific American]]'' as "by far the most helpful, entertaining, up-to-date and accessible treatment of the energy-economy-environment problematique available."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Holdren \|first=John P. \|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hodren-quest-for-affordable-energy \|title=The Quest for Affordable Energy \|publisher=Scientific American \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>

	In 2007, he co-authored ''ZOOM": The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future'', with Iain Carson.<ref>{{cite book		In 2007, he co-authored ''ZOOM": The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future'', with Iain Carson.<ref>{{cite book
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	ZOOM was nominated as a finalist for the [[Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award\|Financial Times Business Book of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~://www.ft.com/~~cms~~/s/0/4142fee4-7d60-11dc-9f47-0000779fd2ac~~.html~~#axzz1mL4Wkiy6 \|title=Excerpt: Zoom, by Iain Carson and Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|publisher=FT.com \|date=2007-10-18 \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>		''ZOOM'' was nominated as a finalist for the [[Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award\|Financial Times Business Book of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/4142fee4-7d60-11dc-9f47-0000779fd2ac \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211221231/https://www.ft.com/content/4142fee4-7d60-11dc-9f47-0000779fd2ac#axzz1mL4Wkiy6 \|archive-date=2022-12-11 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Excerpt: Zoom, by Iain Carson and Vijay Vaitheeswaran \|publisher=FT.com \|date=2007-10-18 \|access-date=2012-07-23 }}</ref>

	His 2012 [[~~Harper Collins~~]] book on the future of global innovation, "Need, Speed and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World's Most Wicked Problems".<ref>{{cite book		His 2012 [[HarperCollins]] book on the future of global innovation, ''Need, Speed and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World's Most Wicked Problems,''<ref>{{cite book
	\| last = Vaitheeswaran		\| last = Vaitheeswaran
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	\| title = NEED, SPEED and GREED		\| title = NEED, SPEED and GREED
	\| year = 2012		\| year = 2012
	\| publisher = ~~Harper Collins~~		\| publisher = HarperCollins
	\| isbn = 978-0-06-207599-4		\| isbn = 978-0-06-207599-4
	\| page = 304		\| page = 304
	}}</ref> was called "the perfect primer for the postindustrial age."<ref>{{cite web\|last=McKinney \|first=Phil \|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/vijay-v-vaitheeswaran/need-speed-greed/#review \|title=NEED, SPEED, AND GREED by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran \| Kirkus Book Reviews \|publisher=Kirkusreviews.com \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>		}}</ref> which was called "the perfect primer for the postindustrial age."<ref>{{cite web\|last=McKinney \|first=Phil \|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/vijay-v-vaitheeswaran/need-speed-greed/#review \|title=NEED, SPEED, AND GREED by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran \| Kirkus Book Reviews \|publisher=Kirkusreviews.com \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==
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	*[http://www.insightbureau.com/VijayVaitheeswaran.html Speaking Agent - The Insight Bureau]		*[http://www.insightbureau.com/VijayVaitheeswaran.html Speaking Agent - The Insight Bureau]
	*[http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-vijay-v-vaitheeswaran.html Profile] at The Lavin Agency		*[http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-vijay-v-vaitheeswaran.html Profile] at The Lavin Agency
	*{{C-SPAN\|~~vijayvaitheeswaran~~}}		*{{C-SPAN\|1014375}}
	*{{Charlie Rose view\|1112}}		*{{Charlie Rose view\|1112}}
	*{{IMDb name\|1587507}}		*{{IMDb name\|1587507}}
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	}}</ref> The book pays particular attention to alternative fuel sources, such as those used in the [[Tesla Roadster (2008)]] and [[plug-in hybrid]]s. The book also examines the benefits of distributed power and [[smart grid]]s. The book was reviewed by Nobel-prize winner (and former Chief Science Advisor to the [[White House]]) [[John Holdren]] in [[Scientific American]] as "by far the most helpful, entertaining, up-to-date and accessible treatment of the energy-economy-environment problematique available."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Holdren \|first=John P. \|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hodren-quest-for-affordable-energy \|title=The Quest for Affordable Energy \|publisher=Scientific American \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>		}}</ref> The book pays particular attention to [[alternative fuel]] sources, such as those used in the [[Tesla Roadster (2008)]] and [[plug-in hybrid]]s. The book also examines the benefits of distributed power and [[smart grid]]s. The book was reviewed by Nobel-prize winner (and former Chief Science Advisor to the [[White House]]) [[John Holdren]] in [[Scientific American]] as "by far the most helpful, entertaining, up-to-date and accessible treatment of the energy-economy-environment problematique available."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Holdren \|first=John P. \|url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hodren-quest-for-affordable-energy \|title=The Quest for Affordable Energy \|publisher=Scientific American \|access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>

	In 2007, he co-authored ''ZOOM": The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future'', with Iain Carson.<ref>{{cite book		In 2007, he co-authored ''ZOOM": The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future'', with Iain Carson.<ref>{{cite book

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[[File:Vijay vaitheeswaran 2007.jpg|thumb|Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran in 2007.]]
'''Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran'''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/node/7975126 |title=Award |publisher=The Economist |date=2006-09-28 |access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref> is a correspondent for ''[[The Economist]]''.<ref name="economist1">{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/vijay-vaitheeswaran |title=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran |publisher=The Economist |access-date=2013-10-31 |date=2011-06-09}}</ref> He is currently the magazine's [[China]] Business Editor. His editorial responsibilities range from business and finance to science, technology and innovation.

Vaitheeswaran was born in [[Madras]], [[India]] and grew up in [[Cheshire, Connecticut]]. He graduated from [[MIT]] with a degree in mechanical engineering and was named a Harry S. Truman Presidential Scholar by the [[U.S. Congress]].

He started working at ''The Economist'' as an intern. After a year as a correspondent, he opened the publication's first office in [[Latin America]], in [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran |url=http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/vijay-vaitheeswaran |title=Mr Vijay Vaitheeswaran |publisher=The Economist |access-date=2013-10-31 |date=2011-06-09}}</ref> From 1998 to 2006 he was the Environment and Energy Correspondent for The Economist and from 2007 to 2011 he covered innovation and health issues.<ref name="economist1"/>

Vijay is a life member at the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/about/membership/roster.html?letter=V |title=Membership Roster - Council on Foreign Relations |publisher=Cfr.org |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref> He is an advisor on sustainability and innovation to the [[World Economic Forum]], and a regular speaker at the [[Clinton Global Initiative]]. He teaches at [[NYU]]'s Stern Business School. He serves as chairman of the Economist's provocative series of conferences on innovation known as the Ideas Economy.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ideas.economist.com/event/innovation-0/programme |title=Ideas Economy: Innovation 2012 | The Economist |publisher=Ideas.economist.com |date=2012-03-28 |access-date=2013-10-31}}</ref>

In 2003 he published ''Power to the People, How the Coming Energy Revolution will Change our Lives, and maybe even Save the Planet''.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Vaitheeswaran
| first = Vijay
| author-link = Vijay Vaitheeswaran
| title = Power to the People: How the Coming Energy Revolution Will Transform an Industry, Change Our Lives, and Maybe Even Save the Planet
| date = 2004-12-09
| publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux
| isbn = 978-0-374-52970-3
| page = 368
}}</ref> The book pays particular attention to alternative fuel sources, such as those used in the [[Tesla Roadster (2008)]] and [[plug-in hybrid]]s. The book also examines the benefits of distributed power and [[smart grid]]s. The book was reviewed by Nobel-prize winner (and former Chief Science Advisor to the [[White House]]) [[John Holdren]] in [[Scientific American]] as "by far the most helpful, entertaining, up-to-date and accessible treatment of the energy-economy-environment problematique available."<ref>{{cite web|last=Holdren |first=John P. |url=http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=hodren-quest-for-affordable-energy |title=The Quest for Affordable Energy |publisher=Scientific American |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>

In 2007, he co-authored ''ZOOM": The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future'', with Iain Carson.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Vaitheeswaran
| first = Vijay
| author-link = Vijay Vaitheeswaran
| author2 = Iain Carson
| title = ZOOM: The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future
| year = 2007
| publisher = Twelve
| isbn = 978-0-446-58004-5
| page = [https://archive.org/details/zoomglobalraceto00cars/page/352 352]
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/zoomglobalraceto00cars/page/352
}}</ref>
ZOOM was nominated as a finalist for the [[Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award|Financial Times Business Book of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4142fee4-7d60-11dc-9f47-0000779fd2ac.html#axzz1mL4Wkiy6 |title=Excerpt: Zoom, by Iain Carson and Vijay Vaitheeswaran |publisher=FT.com |date=2007-10-18 |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>

His 2012 [[Harper Collins]] book on the future of global innovation, "Need, Speed and Greed: How the New Rules of Innovation Can Transform Businesses, Propel Nations to Greatness, and Tame the World's Most Wicked Problems".<ref>{{cite book
| last = Vaitheeswaran
| first = Vijay
| author-link = Vijay Vaitheeswaran
| title = NEED, SPEED and GREED
| year = 2012
| publisher = Harper Collins
| isbn = 978-0-06-207599-4
| page = 304
}}</ref> was called "the perfect primer for the postindustrial age."<ref>{{cite web|last=McKinney |first=Phil |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/vijay-v-vaitheeswaran/need-speed-greed/#review |title=NEED, SPEED, AND GREED by Vijay V. Vaitheeswaran | Kirkus Book Reviews |publisher=Kirkusreviews.com |access-date=2012-07-23}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.vijaytothepeople.com/ Power to the People] ''official website''
*[http://www.economist.com/mediadirectory/listing.cfm?journalistID=30 Profile] at ''[[The Economist]]''
*[http://us.macmillan.com/author/vijayvvaitheeswaran Author profile] at ''[[Macmillan Publishers]]''
*[http://www.insightbureau.com/VijayVaitheeswaran.html Speaking Agent - The Insight Bureau]
*[http://www.thelavinagency.com/speaker-vijay-v-vaitheeswaran.html Profile] at The Lavin Agency
*{{C-SPAN|vijayvaitheeswaran}}
*{{Charlie Rose view|1112}}
*{{IMDb name|1587507}}
*{{Worldcat id|lccn-n2003-2356}}

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