Abhay Adhikari / @gopaldass
www.DhyaanDesign.com
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A weird and wonderful education
Hindu philosophy in Chennai
Singing hymns in Bangalore
Caning at a convent in Calcutta
Friday meditations in Delhi
chemist
... a pretty                    baggage
The basis of most of my work is to make sense of 
various esoteric references 
whilst operating within the mainstream.
of vague esoteric references
 hefty 
Starting with... 
Discourse
get people to talk to each other across geographical barriers
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(the focus of my multimedia projects)
Hygge
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(India)
USA
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(The Netherlands)
Shubha Mudgal
Produce a CD Single via IM
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Moving onto...
The awareness and management of stress through breath-control
(the focus of my research)
Self-Awareness
has become a
ubiquitous commodity
intuitive method
in
mainstream education
There is a need for an 
to manage it
stress
Complimentary Medicine
Breath-training protocol
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Clinical Practice
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Education Psychology
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ICT gaming device
Coming out of research
The next step?
..test the
idea
not the technology
Why Japan?
A nation that clearly loves technology and gadgets...
... provided a unique challenge to test the 
Some facts
1. My Japanese isn't that great
2. Improvise Improvise Improvise! 
3. Cotton balls and drinking straws
(Gomenasai, watashi no nihongo ga heta desu)
(On tour with a fantastic community musician and childrens' TV presenter))
(Tools of the trade)
So, what's next?
Developing suitable technology for mobile platforms
Exploring applications in creative & education sector
Stuff I couldn't possibly have thought about
Collaborating with Sheffield University
Reflection
A precursor to collaboration
And finally...
Reflection /Awareness 
of aspiration & strengths
The IDEA
Present this in the right context
Collaboration
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Use social media to communicate these and
experiment with their Digital Identities
Encourage students to reflect on
strenghts and aspirations
engineers  = engineering
designers   = designing 
academics = researching
chemists    = ...?
analyticial skills
technical skills
creativity
encourage transdisciplinary 
dialogue and collaboration
Clusters of...
encourage students to
shape their own virtual landscape 
with relevant people and networks
This is the basis of my workshops with students at HEIs
So there you have it!
workshops for HEIs
multimedia projects 
breath-awareness games
Dhyaan Design
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discourse
Jaya Bhattacharji
Kunzang Choden
Caroline Lavelle
(India)
(Bhutan)
(England)
Released a 
book-reading 
on the WWW
multimedia projects
breath-awareness games
workshops for HEIs
reflection
self-awareness
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confusion
idealism
http://soundcloud.com/charumitra/
(The intangible bits)
idea.