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Faisal I. Farooqui (born: 23 April) is an entrepreneur, best known as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MouthShut.com, a user-generated consumer review and feedback service.〔(@Digital Summit: Gaming And Collaboration, Web 3.0 And All About Having Fun hero— paidContent )〕 Faisal is a recognized advocate of freedom of expression on the Internet- he challenged India's restrictive IT Rules in the Supreme Court which resulted in the Honorable Supreme Court striking down India's draconian Sec. 66A and reading down of many other sections. (MouthShut.com & Faisal Farooqui v/s Union of India) 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MouthShut Challenges IT Rules in Supreme Court to SafeGuard Freedom of Expression )〕 Farooqui has been featured in Fortune, Entrepreneur magazine, Economic Times, CNN, BBC〔(Create History: 1st Anniversary Issue | Entrepreneurindia.in )〕 New York Times blog, UK's Financial Express, CNBC, NDTV, Zee, The Times of India and other magazines, newspapers and TV channels.〔http://www.youtube.com/user/mouthshutvideos〕〔http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Online-platforms-may-add-Rs-2-5-lakh-crore-to-GDP-Report/articleshow/32700025.cms?〕 He has been invited to speak on entrepreneurship, technology, social media and marketing seminars worldwide. Besides he has been guest lecturer at colleges such as American University in Dubai, IIM Ahmedabad, IIT Mumbai,〔(The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay - E-Summit 2012 PD 4 )〕 NITIE Mumbai and Google, NASSCOM, IAMAI. Faisal is a TiE charter member and mentor.〔(Faisal Farooqui | TiE Mumbai )〕 In 2012, Entrepreneur Magazine named Faisal among the Top Business People in India and was included in a list of Entrepreneurs who have created History.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Create History: 1st Anniversary Issue - Entrepreneurindia.in )〕 Earlier in 2009, Farooqui was named as a Youth Icon India's national TV news channel (Doordarshan)〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOmAWoNfXkk〕 The British High Commission (British Embassy in Delhi) announced Faisal among 50 Indians to its list of Young Leaders who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and symbolize optimism of the country.〔https://www.gov.uk/government/news/young-leaders-forum〕 ==Education and early career== Farooqui attended the State University of New York at Binghamton, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Information Systems as well as Finance. At the University, Farooqui was elected to the Faculty Senate and the Student's Assembly, and was the Technology Editor of the campus newspaper, ''Pipedream''.〔(Weddings )〕 Farooqui was recruited from campus and worked in the Telecoms consulting practice of American Management System, now acquired by CGI Systems, in Fairfax, Virginia. He later quit, to launch MouthShut.com in 2000 〔(Swades, the dotcom way - Express Computer )〕 Farooqui received the Manthan Award for Best Youth website in 2006 from India's IT Minister Sachin Pilot.〔 〔(MouthShut.com wins Manthan-AIF Award )〕 He speaks at conferences concerning Social Media, Internet technology, branding, Entrepreneurship and youth empowerment etc.〔(Speaker's Biography - SiliconIndia Startup City Mumbai - 12 September 2009 )〕〔(Online Ventures Rule )〕〔(iAccelerator at IIM-A, first learnings from 'mentoring' startups - 2 | Tarun Dua )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher= )〕 In May 2013, Farooqui was awarded the Top 100 Powerful Digital Icons in India by Impact Magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Top 100 powerful digital mavens of India - )〕 Outlook magazine recommended Farooqui as among the Top 5 people to follow on Twitter from Tech/New Media 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FAISAL FAROOQUI on Twitter: "RT @puppuli: outlook who to follow Tech/NewMedia:@om @nixxin @sree @malabhargava @faisalmouthshut http://t.co/st10pJq6" )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faisal Farooqui」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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