# Sani Lecture

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Events

##  Sani Lecture

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Ashok C. Sani (BS '74), for whom this lecture is named, was a distinguished graduate, successful entrepreneur, president of C.G.S. Industries Inc., loyal supporter of NYU, and the founding member of the NYU Stern Alumni Council. The Ashok Sani Scholar program shares Mr. Sani’s interest in ethics, truth, peace, compassion, and the moral and social responsibilities of members of society with the NYU Stern community.

Former speakers include:

- **Bryan Stevenson**
Founder and Executive Director of the Equal Justice Initiative
- **Tristan Harris**
Tech ethicist and Co-Founder of Center for Humane Technology
- **Ruchira Gupta**
Emmy award-winning activist, author, journalist, and Founder of Apne Aap
- **Tom Szaky**
CEO of TerraCycle
- **Rubana Huq**
Vice Chancellor of Asian University for Women and Ex-President of BGMEA
- **Sallie Krawcheck**
CEO & Co-founder of Ellevest
- **M. Night Shyamalan**
Filmmaker
- **Alan Murray**
Chief Content Officer of Time Inc. and President of Fortune
- **Larry Silverstein**
Chairman of Silverstein Properties and NYU Trustee
- **Robert Frank**
Research scholar at NYU Stern and the Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management at Cornell University
- **John Sexton**
President Emeritus, New York Univeristy
- **Gordon Brown**
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- **Maria Bartiromo**
Anchor of CNBC’s *Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo*