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Six Indian-Americans, are among the 30 graduate students who are the recipients of the 2017 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for the New Americans. Each of the recipients was chosen for their potential to make significant contributions to the U.S. society, culture or their academic fields and will be...

Indian American engineer, Ashok Veeraraghavan, along with a team has built a camera prototype that can capture a detailed micron-resolution image from long distance without using a long lens. The prototype that was built and tested by engineers at US-based Rice and Northwestern universities uses a laser and techniques borrowed...

Indian-American Dr. Sanjay Putrevu, who is academic administrator and national expert in advertising and consumer behavior, has been named as the new dean of the Monte Ahuja College of Business at Cleveland State University. Putrevu will oversee all the administrative and operational activities and work to enhance the college’s...

This year’s KPCB (Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers) Design and Engineering Fellows have several Indian-American students who will spend the summer with Silicon Valley startups. Students were selected from nearly 2,500 applications from over 200 universities, a statement on the KPCB Fellowship said. Indian American teens win National Brain Bee...

In the National Brain Bee Championship held on March 17-19 in Baltimore, Maryland, Indian-American teenagers have won the top three spots . The first place went to Arkansas teen Sojas Wagle while Aarthi Vijayakumar of Minneapolis, Minn., and Amit Kannan of Indianapolis, Ind., were at the second and third...

Regeneron Science Talent Search, considered the nation’s oldest and most prestigious science and math competition was won by Indrani Das, 17, of Oradell, New Jersey. Forty finalists, were honored on March 14 at the annual Regeneron Science Talent Search Awards Gala for their research projects demonstrating exceptional scientific and...

Anish Kapoor, Britain-based Indian-origin artist and human rights activist has been honoured with the 2017 Genesis Prize by the Genesis Prize Foundationestablished in 2012 . The prize was awarded by the Genesis Prize Foundation, the Government of Israel and the Jewish Agency. The annual Genesis Prize has been dubbed by...

Prathik Naidu, a senior at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Alexandria, Va., is one of the 40 finalists in the Regeneron Science Talent Search, nation’s best-known and most competitive science fairs. His project examines the DNA in cancer cells. Mohini Jain foundation donates $1.5 million for...

International Food Festival was organised at the New York Indian consulate premises on Feb. 9 by The Society of Foreign Consuls (SOFC), New York, in association with the Consulate General of India. More than 25 countries showcased their cuisine and culture during the event. Republican Niraj Antani awarded 2016 Legislator...

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...