Dr. Rohan Paul, a computer science graduate of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, a Rhodes scholar in Oxford where he received a Ph.D.in mobile robotics, and a postdoctoral fellow at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Labs, has changed the life of thousands of visually impaired people in India by his...
My undergraduate reunion in Kanpur, India
I just returned from re-union of my undergraduate class in Kanpur, India. Over twenty of us from both the USA and India showed up, several with familes. A photo of a local newspaper article about the re-union is at the bottom of this article. As a college, my trans-formative years...
Two Indian-Americans Honored by India
On October 18, 2010, the Dean of MIT's School of Engineering, Dr. Subra Suresh was confirmed as the new head of America's National Science Foundation. With 1,700 employees and a $7 billion budget, the federal agency funds over 20 percent of all government research and development in the United States. ...
Indian American on National Innovation Council
Fellow IIT Alumnus and friend, Dr. "Desh" Deshpande, was just appointed to the National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship, by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke. The secretary said that the Council will support President Obama's innovation strategy by helping to develop policies that foster entrepreneurship and identifying new...