Indian students receive scholarship to Washington University
Three of this year’s McDonnell Academy Scholarships have been awarded to Indians: Meenakshi Jha and Priya Rathi of New Delhi and Neeha Sharma of Haryana. All three will have an opportunity to pursue their graduate or professional degrees at the Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
Spelling Bee Chicago &...
Spelling Bee Chicago & Seattle Winners Announced
The 2017 South Asian Spelling Bee has traveled to Illinois and Washington, past weekend with stops in Chicago and Seattle.With a huge turnout, the Bee has attracted top talents as well as young and new spellers who competed for the coveted prizes and titles.
In the Chicago Regional, Nilla Rajan...
Indian Basketball Player Signs with Grand Canyon University in Kansas
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Four Indian Americans awarded 2017 Young Investigator Award
Dhruv Batra, Pavithra Prabhakar, Padmini Rangamani and Kaushik Sengupta, four Indian American researchers were awarded the 2017 Young Investigator Award by the Office of Naval Research’s Science and Technology Organization.
Batra was recognized for “Explainable and Trustworthy Intelligent Systems” in Machine Learning, Reasoning and Intelligence program. He is an assistant...
Indian American Boy Honored by American Red Cross
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His first, “Super Mouse,” was published...
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Theresa May Retains Indian Origin Priti Patel in Cabinet
Theresa May has appointed her close ally Damian Green as her first secretary of state, while Priti Patel has remained the senior-most Indian-origin Cabinet minister as the British premier unveiled her new Cabinet after election results forced her to form a minority government.
The Prime Minister said that the new...
Beenthru by Indian Americans Parth Shukla and Kapil Wattamwar
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“Beenthru is a...
Mansimran Singh Kahlon may be the First Sikh American Elected to a State Legislature
Mansimran Singh Kahlon, a Democrat, who is running for the Virginia House of Delegates from the 13th District which encompasses largely Gainesville and Manassas Park in Prince William County has come to the seventh annual ikPunjabi Mela at the sprawling Bull Run Regional Park on a warm and windy...
Indian Americans elected to Association of American Physicians
2017 Board of the Association of American Physicians have elected four Indian Americans: Naga Chalasani, Nikhil Munshi, Sanjay Saint and Anil Sood.
Chalsani, of Indiana University School of Medicine, is leading in the fields of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and drug-induced liver injury. He has published over 180 original papers,...
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