Aditi Shankardass has appeared in the media to discuss developmental disorders in children, including on CNN, ABC News, the Times of India, and the Financial Express.
12 Facts About Aditi Shankardass
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Aditi Shankardass discussed the topic in her talk in 2009 at the TED conference.
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Aditi Shankardass was part of the group led by Dr Frank H Duffy of the department of psychiatry at Boston Children's Hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.
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Aditi Shankardass has been a consultant for the BBC in the UK, providing expertise for radio and TV documentaries.
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Aditi Shankardass is a classically trained singer, with concert performances in India, the UK and the US, and live recordings with Amjad Ali Khan, Anup Jalota and on BBC Radio.
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Aditi Shankardass has been a TV presenter on Zee TV in the UK and appeared in several documentaries.
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Aditi Shankardass has acted on stage and TV in India, as well as in the US feature film, Trafficked.
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Aditi Shankardass's father is celebrity lawyer Vijay Shankardass, whose clients include the Nizam of Hyderabad, author Salman Rushdie, actor Michael Douglas, Amnesty International, Taj Hotels Resorts and Palaces, Penguin Books and Virgin Group.
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Aditi Shankardass's mother is social historian and Penal Reform International chairperson Rani Dhavan Shankardass.
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Aditi Shankardass is the granddaughter of Shanti Swaroop Dhavan, governor of West Bengal and Indian high commissioner to the United Kingdom.
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Aditi Shankardass is the great-granddaughter of Rai Bahadur Bali Ram Dhavan of the North West Frontier Province, formerly of India.
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Aditi Shankardass was born in London, educated between New Delhi and London, and currently resides between Los Angeles and Boston.