Seven Indian Americans Among Associate Fellows Named by AIAA
A group of seven Indian Americans have been named by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as 2016 Associate Fellows. AIAA named the more than 150 fellows in September, but will formally honor the class at a Jan. 4 ceremony in San Diego, Calif., in conjunction with the AIAA Science and Technology Forum and […]
Four Indian Americans Named Among 100 Leading Global Thinkers
WASHINGTON — Indian American Nina Tandon, Rajan Anandan, Ayesha Khanna and Zainab Ghadiyali have been featured in Foreign Policy magazine’s recent list of 100 Leading Global Thinkers, according to an IANS report. The list, released Dec. 1, profiles people who have generated ideas that could promise humankind a better future. It features categories including Decision-Makers, […]
Indian-Americans celebrate Chhath pooja on Potomac river
WASHINGTON: Indian-Americans celebrated the festival of Chhath on the banks of the historic Potomac River here as several women attired in colorful traditional saree worshiped the rising sun. The Chhath celebrations spread over three days in Virginia saw participation of some 250 Indian-Americans, many of whom drove a few hundred kilometres to attend this popular […]
Dallas Community College Professor Honored at ACCT Awards Gala
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — The Association of Community College Trustees presented Suryakant Desai of the Dallas County Community College District in Texas with the 2015 William H. Meardy Faculty Member Award during the ACCT Awards Gala Oct. 16 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt here. As a regional-level awardee, the Indian American educator is the sole […]
Indian-origin student awarded presidential scholarship in US
NEW YORK: An Indian-origin student has been awarded a presidential scholarship in a US college for outstanding academic merit and an exceptional commitment to the field of culinary arts. Kendall College School of Culinary Arts in Chicago awarded Aashrit Abhinav Sundar the scholarship recently following a final interview with college president, Emily Williams Knight, a […]
Senators’ Bill Seeks to Reform H-1B Visas, in Wake of Program Abuse
WASHINGTON — Two United States senators have introduced a bipartisan legislation in the Senate seeking reform of the H-1B visa program and to modify wage requirements. The bill has been introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., assistant Democratic leader. It is cosponsored by Senators Bill Nelson, Richard […]
As Black Friday nears, tech deals appear
NEW YORK—As Thanksgiving approaches, a few things are constant. Macy’s will have a parade, football will be played and people will line up through the night to get a jump onBlack Friday deals. One other new guarantee that has emerged over the last few years is that many of the best deals available on Black Friday […]
American India Foundation raises $200,000 for India initiative
WASHINGTON: American India Foundation (AIF) has raised $200,000 for its Maternal and Newborn Survival Initiative (MANSI), designed to reduce maternal and child mortality in rural, impoverished areas of India. Founded in 2001 at the initiative of then US President Bill Clinton, the community organisation engaged in catalysing social and economic change in India, raised the […]
US-based Kerala Center to honour six Indian Americans
WASHINGTON: US-based Kerala Center will honour six Indian-American Malayalees for their outstanding achievements and service to the society. “Every year we invite nominations and the committee has to make a unanimous choice for a candidate in a category to be selected to receive the award and this year is no different from previous years in […]
11-year-old Indian-origin girl in US sells secure passwords
NEW YORK: An enterprising 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has started her own business selling cryptographically secure passwords generated by dice rolls. Mira Modi, a sixth grader in New York City, has her own website and generates six-word Diceware passphrases for her customers at $2 each. Diceware is a well-known decades-old system for coming […]
Temples Come Together to Celebrate ‘Kumbh Mela USA’
NORWALK, Calif. — Unseasonably warm weather did not prevent Indian Americans from celebrating “Kumbh Mela USA 2015” at the grounds of Excelsior High School here Oct. 24. Ritualistic prayers and chants for peace opened one of Hinduism’s most heralded of traditions amidst 90-degree heat and high humidity. About three dozen temples from the United States and […]
US Sikhs protest alleged illegal confinement of prisoners
NEW YORK: Hundreds of US-based Sikhs gathered at Times Square here on Sunday to highlight the allegedly illegal confinement of Sikh political prisoners in Indian prisons despite completing their sentences. The crowd wore fake shackles during the ‘Freedom Rally’ aiming to bring international attention to the imprisonment of 80 Sikh political prisoners in India. It […]
NRIs hold ‘Litti pe Charcha’ in Times Square
NEW YORK: Several members of the Indian diaspora gathered at Times Square here to hold discussions about the crucial Bihar elections and voice their expectations from a future government over improving the economic and employment scenario in the state. Dubbed ‘Litti Pe Charcha’, named after a popular dish in Bihar and in a similar vein […]
Indian-American groups to campaign on immigration issues
NEW YORK: Indian-American groups have called for a campaign on immigration issues affecting the Indian diaspora including use of H-1B visa by technology companies from India and growing backlog of family visas. The call was made at an immigration seminar organised by Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO-New York), South Asian Council for […]
John Kapoor Tops Indian Americans in Forbes’ 400 Richest People
A quartet of Indian Americans cracked Forbes’ list of America’s 400 richest people. John Kapoor, Romesh T. Wadhwani, Bharat Desai and Kavitark Ram Shriram slid into the 194th, 234th, 268th and 358th slots, respectively. The 2015 Forbes 400 list was released Sept. 29. Kapoor, 72, who is the chairman and majority owner of drug companies Akorn and Insys […]
Indian-American professor wins $625,000 MacArthur “Genius” grant
WASHINGTON: Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia Engineering, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “genius grant” of $625,000 with no strings attached. Chandran, an IIT Roorkee graduate, has won the fellowship for his work in “transforming wastewater from a pollutant requiring disposal to a resource […]
PM Modi at Facebook: ‘Like’ all the way
SAN JOSE: It was “Like” all the way. Facebook headquarters in Silicon Valley provided India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi the perfect platform to showcase his social media skills and vision for Digital India at a townhall meeting where he and his host Mark Zuckerberg began by sharing intimate stories. In a seldom-told episode that will become […]
PM Modi dines with Fortune 500 CEOs, invites them to ‘Make in India’
NEW YORK: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top CEOs in the US, listing the various sectors that India has opened up for investments and inviting the US business leaders to ‘Make in India’. “Reform in governance is my number 1 priority. We are for simplified procedures, speedy decision making, transparency and accountability,” Modi told the top […]
Indian-American leading trials to repair dead heart muscle
WASHINGTON: An Indian-American researcher is leading clinical trials on an experimental technology that might be able to repair dead heart muscle, or even reverse heart failure, a media report said. “The doctors say: ‘We’ll give you the beta-blocker, aspirin and the Lipitor and we can just hope to maintain you’ … but short of them […]
Indian American Researcher Controls Brain Cells Using Sound Waves
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a first, an Indian American researcher from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California has developed a new way to selectively activate brain, heart, muscle and other cells using ultrasonic sound waves. Dubbed as sonogenetics, the new technique has some similarities to the burgeoning use of light to activate cells in […]
