Infosys president Ravi Kumar at the event in Rhode Island Infosys, the global IT company, has announced a multi-year partnership with the State of Rhode Island to establish an Infosys Design and Innovation Hub. Infosys will also hire 500 American workers i...
Ciitizen, a healthcare data startup co-founded by ex-Apple lead Anil Sethi, has raised $17 million in its most recent funding round — with input from another tech giant. Sethi's last company, a personal health records platform called Gliimpse, was acquired...
US Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., has been named the chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. “I am honored to chair the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. I’ve always believed that the United States has a du...
George Mason University professor and STEM advocate Padmanabhan “Padhu” Seshaiyer has been recognized for his outstanding contribution to scientific excellence and social impact by the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Padhu will receive an honorary doctorate fo...
CAPTION: Harsh Shringla, India's newly-appointed Ambassador to the US, right, with TV Asia chairman and CEO Padma Shri H R Shah, at the Congressional reception on Feb 7. In a show of unprecedented bipartisan support, 67 lawmakers from both chambers of the ...
Sanjay Subrahmanyam, a professor of history whose scholarship focuses on the encounters between Asians, Europeans and indigenous and colonial Americans from 1400 through 1800, has been named a laureate of the Dan David Prize in recognition of his contribut...
Philanthropist and entrepreneur, Gurinder Singh Khalsa, has been presented with the prestigious Rosa Park Trailblazer award for his campaign that forced US authorities change their policy towards headgear of the Sikh community. Indianapolis-based Khalsa, 4...
Bihar-born Mona Das, a Democrat, has been elected Senator of the 47th district of the State of Washington in her very first attempt. The oath ceremony took place on January 14 where Das, took pride in her ancestry with the Gita in her hand. Her ancestors b...
Michigan State University has announced that Satish Udpa will serve as the higher education institution’s acting president. Udpa assumes the role in the wake of interim president John Engler resigning, the university said in a news release. Engler was the ...
Salk scientist Saket Navlakha has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) totaling more than $1 million over the next five years. The CAREER award supports faculty who exemplify the role of teacher/scholars through outstanding re...
