Sugata Mitra is the author of many bestselling books. He is opinion opinion leader and innovator in the field of education and development. His research and teaching interests include: creativity, cooperation, play, and social intelligence. He is a pioneer in using technology to enhance learning and has done pioneering work on:
• Development of the young child (play and creativity)
• Collaborative learning (peer-to-peer collaboration)
• Self-regulated learning (learning on your own)
• Social intelligence (creating social networks)
Sugata Mitra was born in Nairobi, Kenya
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He attended local schools before receiving his B.Sc.AgrAgrEdu degree from the Kenya School of Agriculture in 1971. In 1976 he received his MScAgrAgrEdu degree from University College London and his PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Reading in 1982. He has worked for over 30 years as a Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Reading and currently holds honorary appointments at the University of Nottingham and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate by The Open University, UK in 2007. Sugata Mitra has published over 100 research papers that have been widely recognized across the world.