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An Indian-American doctor-cum-entrepreneur for defrauding his former company’s shareholders worth USD 49 million was sentenced to nearly 10 years imprisonment. The accused identified as Sreedhar Potarazu (51), is an Opthalamic surgeon by profession, who is licensed in Maryland and Virginia. In the year 2000, he founded VitalSpring Technologies Incorporation and...

Ajit Varadaraj Pai, who recently became the first Indian-American to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has received the Zee Entertainment National Leadership Award in a function took place at Capitol Hill. Pai, who is a telecom law expert, was appointed as the chief of FCC by the President Donald...

US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard hassaid that a stronger partnership in dealing with counter-terrorism will give an impetus to India-US relations, “The number of military-to-military engagement and exercises between US and India exceeds any other partner in the region and it is only continuing to grow,” the Hawaiian Democrat said at...

Twenty-four faculty members at the University of Chicago, Illinois, have received named professorships or were appointed as distinguished service professors, two of them are of Indian origin, the University announced on July 13. In the Biological Sciences Division, Sonali M. Smith was selected as the first Elwood V. Jensen Professor...

Sister Shivani of Brahma Kumaris,an electrical engineer from Pune, is on a 20-day tour of North America, dwelt upon how feelings of love and forgiveness are natural to humans, while anger, resentment and revenge are unnatural.More than 4,000 Chicagoans came to listen on June 29 and July 1, to...

Kazi Mannan came to the United States, like any other immigrant, for making money. Making enough to support his father and nine siblings in Pakistan meant only doing the jobs many Americans shun and also working in the hours many Americans won’t. The day after arriving in Washington, D.C., in...

An absurd proposal came up from some Democratic members of New York congressional delegation, spearheaded by Rep. Joseph Crowley of Queens, to give permanent residency to illegal immigrants who had helped in the rescue, clean-up and recovery efforts in the New York City after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Indian American...

Neomi Rao, associate professor at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 10, to become the first Indian-American to head the important Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Office of Management and Budget as President Donald Trump’s...

Viral Patel, an Indian American research and development associate staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was a part of a group of researchers who were developing an ultrasonic dryer which can dry clothes faster and requires no heat. “It is a completely new approach. Instead of evaporation, it’s technically...

Kaushik Basu,Indian American C. Marks Professor of International Studies and professor of economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, began his three-year term as the president of the International Economic Association (IEA) from June 23. The IEA is a leading organization that was founded in 1950 for the professional...