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COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Sugata Mitra

1952 - Today

Sugata Mitra

Sugata Mitra (born 12 February 1952) is an Indian computer scientist and educational theorist. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment, and widely cited in works on literacy and education. He is Professor Emeritus at NIIT University, Rajasthan, India. A Ph.D. in theoretical physics, he retired in 2019 as Professor of Educational Technology at Newcastle University in England, after 13 years there including a year in 2012 as visiting professor at MIT MediaLab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sugata Mitra has received more than 258,434 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sugata Mitra is the 164th most popular computer scientist (down from 148th in 2019), the 747th most popular biography from India (down from 652nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Indian Computer Scientist.

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260k
Page Views (PV)
40.71
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
3.62
Effective Languages (L*)
2.47
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Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS

Among computer scientists, Sugata Mitra ranks 164 out of 201. Before him are Paul Graham, Peter Shor, Subhash Kak, Hal Abelson, Alan Cox, and Paul Buchheit. After him are Andrew Morton, Ralph Merkle, Yoshua Bengio, Alexandra Elbakyan, Bruce Perens, and E. Allen Emerson.

Most Popular Computer Scientists in Wikipedia

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Paul Graham
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 158
Peter Shor
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 159
Subhash Kak
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 160
Hal Abelson
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.01
Rank: 161
Alan Cox
1968 - Present
HPI: 40.91
Rank: 162
Paul Buchheit
1977 - Present
HPI: 40.88
Rank: 163
Sugata Mitra
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 164
Andrew Morton
1959 - Present
HPI: 40.49
Rank: 165
Ralph Merkle
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.40
Rank: 166
Yoshua Bengio
1964 - Present
HPI: 39.94
Rank: 167
Alexandra Elbakyan
1988 - Present
HPI: 39.76
Rank: 168
Bruce Perens
1958 - Present
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 169
E. Allen Emerson
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 170

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Sugata Mitra ranks 518. Before him are John Kasich, Antjie Krog, Mel Smith, Willy Puchner, Jenny Shipley, and Vlado Taneski. After him are Laurie Bird, Daniel Bautista, Thomas Sjöberg, Jean Rouaud, Roger Stone, and Uri Ariel.

Others Born in 1952

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John Kasich
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.86
Rank: 512
Antjie Krog
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 513
Mel Smith
1952 - 2013
HPI: 40.81
Rank: 514
Willy Puchner
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.78
Rank: 515
Jenny Shipley
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 516
Vlado Taneski
1952 - 2008
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 517
Sugata Mitra
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 518
Laurie Bird
1952 - 1979
HPI: 40.64
Rank: 519
Daniel Bautista
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.60
Rank: 520
Thomas Sjöberg
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 521
Jean Rouaud
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 522
Roger Stone
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.52
Rank: 523
Uri Ariel
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.50
Rank: 524

In India

Among people born in India, Sugata Mitra ranks 747 out of 1,493. Before him are Pinarayi Vijayan (1945), Vasundhara Raje (1953), Nirmala Sitharaman (1959), Simon Pimenta (1920), Kamal Ranadive (1917), and Johnny Lever (1957). After him are Amjad Ali Khan (1945), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), Begum Akhtar (1914), Kenneth Anderson (1891), Amit Shah (1964), and Homai Vyarawalla (1913).

Others born in India

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Pinarayi Vijayan
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 741
Vasundhara Raje
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.10
Rank: 742
Nirmala Sitharaman
1959 - Present
HPI: 41.08
Rank: 743
Simon Pimenta
1920 - 2013
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 744
Kamal Ranadive
1917 - 2001
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 745
Johnny Lever
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 746
Sugata Mitra
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 747
Amjad Ali Khan
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 748
N. R. Narayana Murthy
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 749
Begum Akhtar
1914 - 1974
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 750
Kenneth Anderson
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 751
Amit Shah
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 752
Homai Vyarawalla
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 753

Among COMPUTER SCIENTISTS In India

Among computer scientists born in India, Sugata Mitra ranks 3. Before him are Raj Reddy (1937) and Sudha Murty (1950). After him are Manindra Agrawal (1966).