NRI Achievers

Chaitanya Karamchedu, Indian American teenager from Portland, Oregon, has found a cheaper and easier method to turn salt water into drinkable fresh water. Karamchedu or Chai as he prefers to be called has already caught the interest of MIT and Intel, who are keen to take his exciting research...

Indian origin people make it to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List of 600 Change-Makers in Various Areas. Sixteen people of South Asian-origin have made to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of 600 change-makers in various areas, such as business, finance, society, art, science and technology. 87.5 percent...

An Indian origin British professor of chemistry and DNA expert at Cambridge University, Shankar Balasubramanian, has received the Knighthood along with Olympic stars Andy Murray and Mo Farah from the Queen Elizabeth II for their exemplary contributions. Balasubramanian, 50, Herchel Smith Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at Cambridge University, has been...

Sumul N. Raval, a leading Indian origin Neuro-oncologist at Monmouth Medical Center and Community Medical Center in New Jersey, has been presented with the GBM (Glioblastoma Multiforme) Heroes Award during the 21st annual scientific meeting of the Society for Neuro-Oncology in Scottsdale, Arizona. “This is an amazing, once-in-a-lifetime honor,” said...

ShriyaBeesam, Adhya Beesam and Vineet Edupuganti had bagged a total scholarship worth of USD 200,000 in the US science competition for their innovative research, that help doctors to diagnose health problems including schizophrenia. Shriya and Adhya Beesam, 16, are grade 11 students in Plano, Texas has won the competition in the...

Nikhil Cheerla and Anika Cheerla were named as the top team winners and Vineet Edupuganti and Pranav Sivakumar were chosen as the top individual winners at their respective Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology in the regional finals. Edupuganti, of Portland, Oregon and both the Cheerlas from Cupertino, California...

Nikhil Kumar, a 12-year-old Indian American boy, an eighth grader from Ransom Everglades School in Miami, took home top honors at the World Cadets Chess Championship in the Republic of Georgia. During the tournament conducted from Oct. 18 through Oct. 31, Kumar won eight matches. "Becoming the world chess champion...

A young Indian lawyer has won an election in the UN General Assembly for the membership to the world body's legal experts. Aniruddha Rajput, 33, has garnered the highest number of votes in the Asia-Pacific group and got elected. She is among the 34 individuals who are elected by...

When the man ‘Sundar Pichai’ joined Google, he seemed like an unlikely candidate for a CEO position, but his smart, intelligent and opinionated work, does prove his stand in the world today. The new CEO of Google hails from a middle-class Tamil family residing in Chennai, TamilNadu. Google’s announcement...

Chairman & CEO, PepsiCo, Indra Nooyi has led the global strategy of PepsiCo’s for over a decade. Nooyi was named by Fortune in 2013 as the third most powerful woman in business. Seven years running, Nooyi is seen among the Forbes’ list of 100 Most Powerful Women. Nooyi was born...