Sep 28, 2016 By: yunews
Dr. Hill Krishnan, an adjunct professor in the political science department at , will give a talk at TEDxCalPoly, a TED event licensed out to California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California, on October 21, 2016. He will discuss the conference theme of 鈥淧lot Twist" with a presentation about a student-led petition drive to support him when he was not selected for a tenure-track position at CalPoly in 2015.
In addition, this past January, Krishnan was invited to give a talk at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. The invite came from the 鈥淕lobal Shapers,鈥 a WEF initiative that networks hubs of young people who are exceptional in their potential, their achievements and their drive to make a contribution to their communities.
They had read Krishnan鈥檚 memoir, Caste Away: Growing Up in India鈥檚 鈥淢ost Backward鈥 Caste, published in 2015, and asked him to speak about his experiences. He focused his speech on the theme of 鈥淲ho writes your life鈥檚 story?鈥 and spoke about how the 鈥渓abels鈥 he encountered in his life affected him.
鈥淚t is such an honor and privilege to talk at these events,鈥 said Krishnan, who currently teaches two courses, International Organizations and Introduction to Comparative Politics, at Stern College.
