Siddharth Kara
Siddharth Kara is an author, activist and expert on modern day slavery and human trafficking.wikipedia

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Slavery
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Siddharth Kara is an author, activist and expert on modern day slavery and human trafficking.
According to researcher Siddharth Kara, the profits generated worldwide by all forms of slavery in 2007 were $91.2 billion.









Memphis University School
He grew up between Memphis, Tennessee, where he attended Memphis University School, and Mumbai, India, where he spent most of his summers.

Debt bondage
bonded labourbonded labordebt slavery
In the book, Kara delves into bonded labor to provide one of the first thorough economic, historical and legal overviews of this ancient and ever-evolving mode of slavery, which ensnares roughly six out of every ten slaves in the world.
Though the figures differ from those of the International Labour Organization, researcher Siddharth Kara has calculated the number of slaves in the world by type, and determined that at the end of 2011 there were 18 to 20.5 million bonded laborers.



Human trafficking
traffickingtrafficking in personstrafficked
Siddharth Kara is an author, activist and expert on modern day slavery and human trafficking.



John F. Kennedy School of Government
Kennedy School of GovernmentHarvard Kennedy SchoolHarvard Kennedy School of Government
He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and also a Visiting Scientist on Forced Labor at the Harvard School of Public Health.





Harvard University
HarvardHarvard CollegeUniversity of Harvard
He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and also a Visiting Scientist on Forced Labor at the Harvard School of Public Health.









Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Harvard School of Public HealthSchool of Public HealthHarvard University School of Public Health
He is an Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy and Director of the Program on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and also a Visiting Scientist on Forced Labor at the Harvard School of Public Health.



Knoxville, Tennessee
KnoxvilleKnoxville, TNMayor of Knoxville
Kara was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA to an Indian father raised in South Africa and a Parsi mother raised in India.









Parsis
ParsiParseeParsees
Kara was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA to an Indian father raised in South Africa and a Parsi mother raised in India.









Memphis, Tennessee
MemphisMemphis, TNMemphis Tennessee
He grew up between Memphis, Tennessee, where he attended Memphis University School, and Mumbai, India, where he spent most of his summers.









Mumbai
BombayMumbai, IndiaMumbai, Maharashtra
He grew up between Memphis, Tennessee, where he attended Memphis University School, and Mumbai, India, where he spent most of his summers.









Duke University
DukeTrinity CollegeDU
Kara received a BA in English and Philosophy from Duke University (including one semester at Queen Mary College, University of London), as well as an MBA from Columbia University and a Law degree from the BPP Law School, London.









Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary CollegeQueen Mary University
Kara received a BA in English and Philosophy from Duke University (including one semester at Queen Mary College, University of London), as well as an MBA from Columbia University and a Law degree from the BPP Law School, London.









Master of Business Administration
MBAM.B.A.Masters of Business Administration
Kara received a BA in English and Philosophy from Duke University (including one semester at Queen Mary College, University of London), as well as an MBA from Columbia University and a Law degree from the BPP Law School, London.
Columbia University
ColumbiaColumbia CollegeUniversity of Columbia
Kara received a BA in English and Philosophy from Duke University (including one semester at Queen Mary College, University of London), as well as an MBA from Columbia University and a Law degree from the BPP Law School, London.









Law degree
LawJurisprudencedegree in law
Kara received a BA in English and Philosophy from Duke University (including one semester at Queen Mary College, University of London), as well as an MBA from Columbia University and a Law degree from the BPP Law School, London.

BPP Law School
BPPBPP University Law SchoolHolborn School of Law
Kara received a BA in English and Philosophy from Duke University (including one semester at Queen Mary College, University of London), as well as an MBA from Columbia University and a Law degree from the BPP Law School, London.
Merrill Lynch
Merrill Lynch & CompanyMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & SmithMerrill Lynch & Co.
Kara worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in New York City for several years, during which time he was involved in some of the firm's largest M&A and equity financing transactions. During his subsequent years as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in New York, Kara continued to be haunted by the tales of sex trafficking from the refugee camp.


New York City
New YorkNew York, New YorkNew York City, New York
Kara worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in New York City for several years, during which time he was involved in some of the firm's largest M&A and equity financing transactions.









Mergers and acquisitions
mergermergedM&A
Kara worked as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in New York City for several years, during which time he was involved in some of the firm's largest M&A and equity financing transactions.

Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, CALos Angeles, United States
Subsequently, he co-founded a media technology company and set up his own finance and M&A firm in Los Angeles, working and consulting for several corporations and non-profit organizations.









Sanford School of Public Policy
Terry Sanford Institute of Public PolicySanford Institute of Public PolicyDuke Center for International Development
While an undergraduate at Duke University, Kara co-founded the "Duke Refugee Action Project", which was the precursor to the prestigious Hart Leadership Program at the Sanford School of Public Policy The project was set up to enable students to volunteer in Bosnian refugee camps in the former Yugoslavia.

Bosnians
BosnianBosnian-HerzegovinianBosnia
While an undergraduate at Duke University, Kara co-founded the "Duke Refugee Action Project", which was the precursor to the prestigious Hart Leadership Program at the Sanford School of Public Policy The project was set up to enable students to volunteer in Bosnian refugee camps in the former Yugoslavia.



United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCRUN High Commissioner for RefugeesUnited Nations High Commission for Refugees
He and a few other students obtained a grant from the University, learned basic Bosnian, and procured placements from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to volunteer at camps in the region.









Sex trafficking
traffickingsex traffickerssex-trafficking
During his subsequent years as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch in New York, Kara continued to be haunted by the tales of sex trafficking from the refugee camp.




