Atul Singh
Atul Singh is an Indian-born former lawyer, university lecturer, and the founder, CEO and editor-in-chief of Fair Observer.[1]
Before launching Fair Observer, Singh worked in finance and law, as a corporate lawyer in London for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, advising Goldman Sachs.[2] The idea of creating a global news analysis company solidified while attending the New York Global Media Summit in 2010.[3]
He is an outspoken advocate for the free press and its critical role in a representative democracy. He often delivers thought-provoking speeches at various universities and corporate gatherings. On 10 September 2012, Singh spoke as a panelist at the United Nations' "Future of Newspapers" debate.[4] In August 2016, he gave a talk at Google on "The Global Rise of Far Right" three months before Donald Trump got elected.[5] In February 2018, he delivered a talk at Oxford University Society Paris Branch on "The Role of the Fourth Estate in the Era of Demagogues."[6]
Singh completed his MBA from Wharton School in 2010 with a triple major in Entrepreneurship, Finance and Strategy. He gave an interview on Leadership in Action to Wharton Business Radio on 26 January 2018, India's 69th Republic Day in which he said, “My father gave me four children's history books to read - Indian, British, Soviet and American and I found that there were four different narratives of the Indian uprising of 1857. I wondered which one of them is true. This exposure made me aware early on that there were more things in heaven and earth than in any one philosophy.”[7]
The White House Chronicle in February 2012 quoted him as criticising the lack of "conversation" in US debates and the need for Americans to develop a "feel for oral words."[8]
Early life and education
Singh was born in Vasco da Gama, Goa. He studied English Literature and History at Lucknow University in India, after which he served as an officer in the Indian Police Service (IPS). While in the IPS, he participated in high-altitiude operations with the Indian Army and the Border Security Force in Kashmir, and served in Tuli and Tuensang, two remote and volatile places in the Indian border state of Nagaland.
Singh left India in 2001 to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University as a Radhakrishnan British Chevening Scholar. After Oxford, Singh studied at the BPP Law School in London. He went on to work as a lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an international law firm. He subsequently moved to the US to study at the University of Pennsylvania where he completed his MBA from Wharton School in 2010 with a triple major in Entrepreneurship, Finance and Strategy.[9]
Career
Fair Observer
In 2010, Singh founded Fair Observer LLC with Wharton classmate Fabian Neuen (former COO) who was an exchange student from INSEAD, Europe's leading business school. Fair Observer gained attention as one of Forbes "Audacious Startups By South Asian Entrepreneurs".[10] San Francisco Business Times states, "The online-only media company focuses on analysis of international issues".[11]
In 2013, Fair Observer the nonprofit corporation was launched following the closure of Fair Observer LLC. Singh partnered with Abul-Hasanat Siddique and Anna Pivovarchuk, among others, to found the nonprofit. Fair Observer's model is built on crowdsourced[12] journalism. It focuses on providing diversity and debate on global issues.
Educator
Singh taught Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley where his course Political Economy 101 was recommended by Natchapol Praditpetchara of The Daily Californian.[13] Singh also teaches Modern World History, World Classics, and Global Political Economy at IIT Gandhinagar.[14] Singh conducted the 2016 Voices of the World Program at IIT Gandhinagar “to inspire the students to focus on the real issues that people are facing such as lack of water, poor health and poverty eradication.” Sandeep Pandey found the program “very useful for students as it made them think.”[15] Singh was a keynote speaker at IIT Gandhinagar Alumni Association Greater New York Chapter Annual Reunion 2017 where he said, "I was under-educated in India as I studied humanities, English literature and history at the University of Lucknow. When I went off leaving the IPS to Oxford, I was over-educated and was brutalized and traumatized by none other than Michael Hart, the chap who also taught David Cameron. It was a one-on-one, one-on-two tutorial system, so there was no place to hide."[16]
Career
Global economy and economics
Singh has given a talk on economics being an art, not a science at BITS Pilani-Goa Campus.[17] Singh co-wrote Africa This Month from January 2016 with Samuel Ollunga.[18]
Singh has spoken as an economics commentator for RT-TV about the possibility of a double dip recession where he discussed the US employment rate and the long term structural changes that are essential for the US to emerge from the recession.[19] He was invited by Ivy to give a seminar on "How to rebuild democracy in 21st century" along with former CIA agent Glenn Carle.[20] He gave an interview on Leadership in Action to Wharton Business Radio on 26 January 2018, India's 69th Republic Day in which he said, “My father gave me four children's history books to read - Indian, British, Soviet and American and I found that there were four different narratives of the Indian uprising of 1857. I wondered which one of them is true. This exposure made me aware early on that there were more things in heaven and earth than in any one philosophy.”[21]
The White House Chronicle in February 2012 quoted him as criticising the lack of "conversation" in US debates and the need for Americans to develop a "feel for oral words."[22]
Early life and education
Singh was born in Vasco da Gama, Goa. He studied English Literature and History at Lucknow University in India, after which he served as an officer in the Indian Police Service (IPS). While in the IPS, he participated in high-altitiude operations with the Indian Army and the Border Security Force in Kashmir, and served in Tuli and Tuensang, two remote and volatile places in the Indian border state of Nagaland.
Singh left India in 2001 to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University as a Radhakrishnan British Chevening Scholar. After Oxford, Singh studied at the BPP Law School in London. He went on to work as a lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an international law firm. He subsequently moved to the US to study at the University of Pennsylvania where he completed his MBA from Wharton School in 2010 with a triple major in Entrepreneurship, Finance and Strategy.[23]
Career
Fair Observer
In 2010, Singh founded Fair Observer LLC with Wharton classmate Fabian Neuen (former COO) who was an exchange student from INSEAD, Europe's leading business school. Fair Observer gained attention as one of Forbes "Audacious Startups By South Asian Entrepreneurs".[24] San Francisco Business Times states, "The online-only media company focuses on analysis of international issues".[25]
In 2013, Fair Observer the nonprofit corporation was launched following the closure of Fair Observer LLC. Singh partnered with Abul-Hasanat Siddique and Anna Pivovarchuk, among others, to found the nonprofit. Fair Observer's model is built on crowdsourced[12] journalism. It focuses on providing diversity and debate on global issues.
Educator
Singh taught Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley where his course Political Economy 101 was recommended by Natchapol Praditpetchara of The Daily Californian.[26] Singh also teaches Modern World History, World Classics, and Global Political Economy at IIT Gandhinagar.[27] Singh conducted the 2016 Voices of the World Program at IIT Gandhinagar “to inspire the students to focus on the real issues that people are facing such as lack of water, poor health and poverty eradication.” Sandeep Pandey found the program “very useful for students as it made them think.”[28] Singh was a keynote speaker at IIT Gandhinagar Alumni Association Greater New York Chapter Annual Reunion 2017 where he said, "I was under-educated in India as I studied humanities, English literature and history at the University of Lucknow. When I went off leaving the IPS to Oxford, I was over-educated and was brutalized and traumatized by none other than Michael Hart, the chap who also taught David Cameron. It was a one-on-one, one-on-two tutorial system, so there was no place to hide."[29]
Career
Global economy and economics
Singh has given a talk on economics being an art, not a science at BITS Pilani-Goa Campus.[30] Singh co-wrote Africa This Month from January 2016 with Samuel Ollunga.[18]
Singh has spoken as an economics commentator for RT-TV about the possibility of a double dip recession where he discussed the US employment rate and the long term structural changes that are essential for the US to emerge from the recession.[31] He was invited by Ivy to give a seminar on "How to rebuild democracy in 21st century" along with former CIA agent Glenn Carle.[32] He gave an interview on Leadership in Action to Wharton Business Radio on 26 January 2018, India’s 69th Republic Day in which he said, “My father gave me four children's history books to read - Indian, British, Soviet and American and I found that there were four different narratives of the Indian uprising of 1857. I wondered which one of them is true. This exposure made me aware early on that there were more things in heaven and earth than in any one philosophy.”[33]
The White House Chronicle in February 2012 quoted him as criticising the lack of "conversation" in US debates and the need for Americans to develop a "feel for oral words."[34]
Early life and education
Singh was born in Vasco da Gama, Goa. He studied English Literature and History at Lucknow University in India, after which he served as an officer in the Indian Police Service (IPS). While in the IPS, he participated in high-altitiude operations with the Indian Army and the Border Security Force in Kashmir, and served in Tuli and Tuensang, two remote and volatile places in the Indian border state of Nagaland.
Singh left India in 2001 to study Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University as a Radhakrishnan British Chevening Scholar. After Oxford, Singh studied at the BPP Law School in London. He went on to work as a lawyer with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, an international law firm. He subsequently moved to the US to study at the University of Pennsylvania where he completed his MBA from Wharton School in 2010 with a triple major in Entrepreneurship, Finance and Strategy.[35]
Career
Fair Observer
In 2010, Singh founded Fair Observer LLC with Wharton classmate Fabian Neuen (former COO) who was an exchange student from INSEAD, Europe's leading business school. Fair Observer gained attention as one of Forbes "Audacious Startups By South Asian Entrepreneurs".[36] San Francisco Business Times states, "The online-only media company focuses on analysis of international issues".[37]
In 2013, Fair Observer the nonprofit corporation was launched following the closure of Fair Observer LLC. Singh partnered with Abul-Hasanat Siddique and Anna Pivovarchuk, among others, to found the nonprofit. Fair Observer's model is built on crowdsourced[12] journalism. It focuses on providing diversity and debate on global issues.
Educator
Singh taught Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley where his course Political Economy 101 was recommended by Natchapol Praditpetchara of The Daily Californian.[38] Singh also teaches Modern World History, World Classics, and Global Political Economy at IIT Gandhinagar.[39] Singh conducted the 2016 Voices of the World Program at IIT Gandhinagar “to inspire the students to focus on the real issues that people are facing such as lack of water, poor health and poverty eradication.” Sandeep Pandey found the program “very useful for students as it made them think.”[40] Singh was a keynote speaker at IIT Gandhinagar Alumni Association Greater New York Chapter Annual Reunion 2017 where he said, "I was under-educated in India as I studied humanities, English literature and history at the University of Lucknow. When I went off leaving the IPS to Oxford, I was over-educated and was brutalized and traumat
- ↑ "About Us". Fair Observer. Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
- ↑ "LinkedIn profile of Atul Singh". Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ Yessi Bello Perez (8 November 2013). "Fair Observer: The Future of Media". The Breaker. Media School, Bournemouth University. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ↑ "United Nations Academic Impact Hosts Debate on Future of Newspapers, 10 September". United Nations. Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "Talks at Google | The Global Rise of the Far Right". www.google.com. Retrieved 2018-02-14.
- ↑ "Oxford Breakfast: "The role of the Fourth Estate in the era of demagogues", Atul Singh". www.oxfordinparis.com. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
- ↑ Atul Singh on Leadership in Action, retrieved 2018-02-18
- ↑ "The Lost Art of Debate—and Other Wordy Topics". White House Chronicle. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Springer, Richard. "Fair Observer Aims to Plug Gaps in News Analysis". India West. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Prashar, Bhrigu Pankaj. "Audacious Startups By South Asian Entrepreneurs". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Gardener, Jim. "Entrepreneur lays economists end to end, reaches his own conclusion". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 4 August 2013 Archived 30 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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- ↑ Springer, Richard. "Fair Observer Aims to Plug Gaps in News Analysis". India West. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Pandey, Sandeep. "Voices of the World Program at IIT Gandhinagar". Bilkul Online. Bilkul Online. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ Subodh Batra (2017-09-24), IITBAA-GNY Chapter. Annual Reunion, 2017, retrieved 2018-02-18
- ↑ "Mandela: Gandhi's Heir and Africa's Greatest Son (Part 1/3) - Fair Observer". www.fairobserver.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "India enters the era of Sanatan Socialism". The News Minute.
- ↑ Singh, Atul. "Goldman: US economy to become "fairly bad" or "very bad"". RT TV. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "BOS Seminar - Atul Singh & Glenn Carle @ WeWork Back Bay". Ivy.
- ↑ Atul Singh on Leadership in Action, retrieved 2018-02-18
- ↑ "The Lost Art of Debate—and Other Wordy Topics". White House Chronicle. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Springer, Richard. "Fair Observer Aims to Plug Gaps in News Analysis". India West. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Prashar, Bhrigu Pankaj. "Audacious Startups By South Asian Entrepreneurs". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Gardener, Jim. "Entrepreneur lays economists end to end, reaches his own conclusion". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 4 August 2013 Archived 30 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Satisfy your intellectual curiosities: classes to audit this summer". The Eagle. American University. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Springer, Richard. "Fair Observer Aims to Plug Gaps in News Analysis". India West. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Pandey, Sandeep. "Voices of the World Program at IIT Gandhinagar". Bilkul Online. Bilkul Online. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ Subodh Batra (2017-09-24), IITBAA-GNY Chapter. Annual Reunion, 2017, retrieved 2018-02-18
- ↑ "Mandela: Gandhi's Heir and Africa's Greatest Son (Part 1/3) - Fair Observer". www.fairobserver.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
- ↑ Singh, Atul. "Goldman: US economy to become "fairly bad" or "very bad"". RT TV. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ "BOS Seminar - Atul Singh & Glenn Carle @ WeWork Back Bay". Ivy.
- ↑ Atul Singh on Leadership in Action, retrieved 2018-02-18
- ↑ "The Lost Art of Debate—and Other Wordy Topics". White House Chronicle. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Springer, Richard. "Fair Observer Aims to Plug Gaps in News Analysis". India West. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Prashar, Bhrigu Pankaj. "Audacious Startups By South Asian Entrepreneurs". Forbes. Archived from the original on 27 April 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Gardener, Jim. "Entrepreneur lays economists end to end, reaches his own conclusion". San Francisco Business Times. Retrieved 4 August 2013 Archived 30 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Satisfy your intellectual curiosities: classes to audit this summer". The Eagle. American University. Archived from the original on 2012-11-15. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Springer, Richard. "Fair Observer Aims to Plug Gaps in News Analysis". India West. Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Pandey, Sandeep. "Voices of the World Program at IIT Gandhinagar". Bilkul Online. Bilkul Online. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
