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Meera Gandhi / In the News / Avi Loeb
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Meera Gandhi
Founder & CEO of The Giving Back Foundation
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International
philanthropist and global icon Meera Gandhi has played many
roles over the course of her life. As the founder and CEO of
The Giving Back Foundation, Meera has travelled the world in
service of the underprivileged. As a former volunteer at
Ashadaan, she learnt the joy of self-sacrifice from Mother
Teresa herself. As a mother, she raised her three children
while successfully managing her philanthropic, business and
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Avi Loeb |
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Meera Gandhi, Avi
Loeb and his wife Ofrit Liviatan |
"It was an
immense honor to host
the world famous physicist Avi Loeb
and his dear wife Ofrit Liviatan
at my home this weekend". |
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Abraham (Avi) Loeb is
the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard
University and a bestselling author (in lists of the New
York Times,Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Die Zeit,
Der Spiegel, L'Express and more).
He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the first
international project supported by the Strategic Defense
Initiative (1983-1988), and was subsequently a long-term
member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton
(1988-1993).
Loeb wrote 8 books and over 800 papers on a wide range of
topics, including black holes, the first stars, the search
for extraterrestrial life and the future of the Universe.
He had been the longest serving Chair of Harvard's
Department of Astronomy (2011-2020), Founding Director of
Harvard's Black Hole Initiative and Director of the
Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within
the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. .
He is an elected fellow of the American Academy of Arts &
Sciences,
the American Physical Society, and the International Academy
of Astronautics.
Loeb is a former member of the President's Council of
Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) at the White
House, a former chair of the Board on Physics and Astronomy
of the National Academies and a current member of the
Advisory Board for "Einstein: Visualize the Impossible" of
the Hebrew University.
He also chairs the Advisory Committee for the Breakthrough
Starshot Initiative (2016-present) and serves as the Science
Theory Director for all Initiatives of the Breakthrough
Prize Foundation.
In 2012, TIME magazine selected Loeb as one of the 25 most
influential people in space. |
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PhD, Hebrew University
of Jerusalem, Israel |
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Until Next
Time.... |
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Meera is the
author of 3 Tips: The Essentials for Peace, Joy and Success;
and the host of the successful Instagram series 3 Tips and
The Meera Gandhi Show on B4U Network. Her latest media
project is the wellness themed 3 Tips by Meera Gandhi
Podcast. |
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