by Amrita Priya | Jun 6, 2024
(June 6, 2024) Having been the victim of his many pranks, Professor Shrinivas R. Kulkarni’s wife did not believe him at first when he told her that he had won the 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy. Instituted by the late Hong Kong philanthropist Run Run Shaw, the prize...
by Bindu Gopal Rao | Apr 27, 2024
(April 27, 2024) Manav Subodh, Founder of 1M1B (One Million for One Billion), a UN accredited youth and AI focused skilling organisation is making a compelling case for finding talent across the country. 1M1B, aims for nothing short of the moon. The vision is to...
by Amrita Priya | Apr 13, 2024
(April 13, 2024) When Dr Ashok Gadgil went to the US in 1973 to do Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, he was struck by the stark differences between the United States and India. One striking contrast was the excessive use of fertilizers on American front lawns – a sharp...
by Namrata Srivastava | Aug 17, 2023
(August 17, 2023) Nadarajan Chetty had his luckiest moment before he even came into the world. His mother, Anbu, secured a spot in the first group of 30 young women to attend a medical college. Her journey later brought her and her family to the USA, where her...
by Namrata Srivastava | Aug 4, 2022
(August 4, 2022) As a young kid in India, Professor John Kuriyan would often find himself fascinated by the greenery surrounding him. Today a leading structural biologist with numerous awards and honours, Professor Kuriyan is widely known for his fundamental...
