Innovators@Google: Jayaprakash Narayan

Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan will be giving a talk on current Indian politics, and how the citizens can get involved towards positive change. He will discuss recent positive changes in Indian politics, and the difficulties in making political changes. Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan is a noted Indian politician, social reformer and columnist. He is the President of Lok Satta Party and currently a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh. He is also a former Indian public administrator. He is well known for his role in bringing electoral reforms and for his columns on democracy in leading Indian daily newspapers.

This panel discussion, moderated by Jonathan Fahey, Associate Editor at Forbes, featured Joel Makower, Executive Editor and co-founder of Green World Media publications, and Libby Cheney, VP Safety, Environment and Sustainable Development for Shell Upstream Americas, discussing what it will take to get us from “here” to a sustainable energy future. This discussion took place on June 9, 2010 in New York City at the World Innovation Forum with more than 50 luncheon attendees.