Ashok K. Gangadean, Ph.D.

The ((Global Lens)) is an award-winning live call-in television talk show that gives a forum to people in the forefront of international news, events, and issues. Previous programs have featured topics such as the Crisis in the Middle East, India vs. Pakistan: the Dispute over Kashmir, OPEC & Gas Prices, the Economic impact of the Euro, and the Armenian Genocide Bill. Featured guests have included Congressman Joseph Hoeffel, Bernard Munk, Ph.D., SEI Center for Advanced Studies at the Wharton School and Trudy Rubin, Foreign Affairs correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Known for four seasons as Philly LIVE, this program is dedicated to bringing you important issues and people from around the world.

Host Ashok Gangadean, Ph.D., is truly an international connection. An accomplished author, lecturer and philosopher, Dr. Gangadean has worked with numerous organizations such as UNICEF and the United Nations. He has written several books on global reason, philosophy and dialect and is Founder/Director of the Global Dialogue Institute, which specializes in cultivating common ground and deeper global awareness among diverse worlds in our emerging global communities. He was the first Director of the Margaret Gest Center for Cross-Cultural Study of Religion at Haverford College and has participated in numerous professional conferences on inter-religious dialogue and East-West comparative philosophy. Dr. Gangadean has appeared on NBC News and CNN Headline News, in addition to being a guest on the national series Thinking Allowed.

This is Dr. Gangadean's fifth season as the host of The ((Global Lens)) on WYBE TV, Philadelphia, PA.