by Namrata Srivastava | May 11, 2023
(May 11, 2023) In a world grappling with myriad health challenges, the silent yet pervasive impact of blood clots and neuro-diseases often goes unnoticed, overshadowed by more visible afflictions. Amidst this landscape, is an Indian medical scientist, Dr. Sonu Bhaskar...
by Namrata Srivastava | Mar 20, 2023
(March 20, 2023) His village had no electricity till Prof Chennupati Jagadish was around seven years old. From studying by the light of a kerosene lamp as a young child and having lived with his high school maths teacher to be able to finish high school, the scientist...
by Darshana Ramdev | Jan 22, 2023
Thirty years had passed since Bem Le Hunte first stood on the doorstep of Mongrace in Kolkata, her first school. Her spirits lifted as she heard the children inside singing about “a little duck with a feather in its cap,” a song she still remembered. Back...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jul 15, 2022
(July 15, 2022) Oblivious to his nomination, Professor Suresh Bhargava was sitting in his office when he received a letter informing him that he was being conferred with the Queen’s Birthday 2022 honour – Member of the Order of Australia (AM). Though his initial...