Lessons from the Himalayas - Connecting the Next Billion - Yahel Ben-David - TEDx talk

Lessons from the Himalayas - Connecting the Next Billion
Yahel Ben-David - Founder AirJaldi
TEDx talk - TEDx EuclidAve
Berkeley, CA - October 22nd, 2011

Yahel Ben-David is the founder and CTO of AirJaldi.
Currently also a PhD student in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley.
His research focus is on affordable, long-distance, wireless networks with an emphasis on security.

Before shifting his focus to social-entrepreneurship, Yahel co-founded the Xpert group (1993), a multinational security and continuity solutions provider.
Yahel designed and led the technical setup for some of the world's largest ISPs, consulted to many fortune 500 companies, and supervised a large number of security projects for governments and top dot-com leaders. Following the sale of his Xpert group holdings in 1999, Yahel has been living and working in the Indian Himalayas (Dharamsala), where he harnessed his professional expertise to support a wide range of social causes and projects in the ICT4D spheres.

Yahel is the founder of two Dharamsala-based nonprofit organizations - AirJaldi and the Tibetan Technology Center - TibTec.

As part of his doctoral studies, Yahel leads AirJaldi's R&D in collaboration with UC-Berkeley's TIER research group and the De Novo Group.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• AirJaldi
• ICTD
• WISP
• rural ISP
• JaldiMAC
• emerging regions
• social entrepreneur
• internet connectivity
• ICT for development
• India