Trustee
Rajani K. Kanth [USA]

Steering Committee
Chair: Katherine Hawkins [USA]
Executive Members:
Amit Basole [India: Secretary]
Tung-yi Kho [Singapore]
Suparna Das [India]
Auxiliary Members:
Michel Bauwens [Belgium]
Fadhel Kaboub [Tunisia]

* The Steering Committee is made up of independent scholars, academics, and public minded
individuals guided by the vision outlined in The Congress “Aims and Objectives”. They are neither
individually, nor collectively, affiliated with any political or Governmental Body or Persuasion.

Brief Bios

Basole, Amit holds a PhD in Neuroscience from Duke University (Durham, NC) and is currently Researching Political Economy at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. His interests include Eurocentrism, Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Philosophy  of Science, Non-violent Economics, and Critiques of Industrial Modernity.

Bauwens, Michel has played a major role in the Digital Revolution of his home country Belgium, where he is known as an Internet Pioneer. He created two dot.com companies, was (eBusiness) Strategic Director for theTelecommunications Company Belgacom, and ‘European Manager of Thought Leadership’ for the U.S. Webconsultancy MarchFIRST. He co-produced the 3-hour TV Documentary ‘TechnoCalyps: The Metaphysics of Technology and the End of Man’, and Co-edited two French-language books on the ‘Anthropology of Digital Society’, and was Editor in Chief of the Flemish Digital Magazine Wave. He now lives in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where he created the Foundation for P2P Alternatives (P2PFoundation.Net). He taught the Anthropology of Digital Society for Post-Graduate Students at ICHEC/St. Louis in Brussels, Belgium , and related Courses at Payap University and Chiang Mai University in Thailand.

Das, Suparna is currently doing her PhD in Urbanization and migration patterns of India, in the Department of Geography, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. She has a Bachelors degree in Geography from Calcutta University and a Masters from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is an avid reader. She has also taught in a school and in a private management institute in Kolkata, India for about two years. Her interests include rural and urban developmental issues in developing countries.

Hawkins, Katherine is deeply involved in Social, Philanthropic and Educational labors in Salt Lake City; Currently serving as: Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations; President, Charity Title Insurance Agency Inc.; Chairman of the Board and President, Second Chair Foundation; Managing Member, Family Light House LLC; Boards and Community commitments include: AIFL, Utah Foster Care Foundation; LDS Social Services; Genesis – LDS support branch, Families for African American Awareness, Adoption Exchange, Christmas Box House International, Days of ’47 Youth Festival.

Kaboub, Fadhel teaches Economics at Drew University (Madison, NJ), he holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Economics and Management of Tunis (Tunisia). He did his Graduate Studies in Economics (M.A./Ph.D.) at the University of Missouri - Kansas City. His recent work focuses on Full Employment Policies in Developing Nations. He has published in several Encyclopedias and Refereed Journals. Before joining Drew University, he taught at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Simon’s Rock College of Bard College, and Denison University.

Kanth, Rajani Kannepalli is a Professor of Political Economy and Social Anthropology. His current interests are in Globalisation, Ecology, Women’s Issues, Peace Studies and Philosophy. He has served Major Universities across the globe and has been an Advisor to the United Nations. He is also involved in Film, Art, Literature and Media. His newest book is titled Against Eurocentrism, NY:Palgrave, Macmillan, 2005. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. Prof. Kanth is currently a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University.

Kho, Tung-Yi is a Singapore citizen who has lived in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. He is currently a Researcher in Sociology at the University of Oregon. His interests encompass Global Political Economy, Feminist, and Environmental Issues. A keen and accomplished sportsperson, he has represented Singapore in the Davis Cup.