Rakesh Khurana Named Dean Of Harvard College
Rakesh Khurana, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School (HBS), Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), and co-master of Cabot House, was recently named Dean of Harvard College. Khurana earned his Ph.D. through a joint program between HBS and Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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Meet Samuel Jasper David
Meet Samuel Jasper David. He is 11 years old. He has clocked 3500 hours with Math theorem proofs, AP calculus problems, Kumon, Singapore Math and Khan Academy problems.
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Students Of Anubhava School Of Music Shine At Cleveland Aradhana 2014
Cleveland State University hosted the 37th Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival, the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India, between April 17th and 27th, 2014.Once again this year multiple students of Guru Smt. Tara Anand Bangalore (Anubhava School of Music) won numerous prizes. See who won.
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Geeta Bhide Aiyer Is Woman Of The Year
Geeta Bhide Aiyer was selected as the India New England Woman of the Year for 2014. Twenty finalists competed for the title. Shipra Shah, from Shishu Bharati, received the lifetime achievement award.
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Prashanth Palakurthi Named Outstanding Asian American Business Man
Prashanth Palakurthi, CEO of Reflexis, Inc, was honored as one of the top 50 outstanding Asian American Business Man by the Wall Street-based Asian American Business Development Center at a ceremony held on June 19, 2014 at Cipriani Wall Street.
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Amar Sawhney Takes Ocular Therapeutix Public
Ocular Therapeutix (Nasdaq: OCUL), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye, went public with 5,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $13.00 per share.In honor of the occasion, Amar Sawhney, Ph.D., President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors, rang the Closing Bell on July 25th.
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R. Kamal Bawa Of UMass-Boston Wins 2014 MIDORI Prize For Biodiversity
R. Kamal Bawa, President, the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), India, and Distinguished Professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, is among the three winners of the MIDORI Prize for Biodiversity 2014.
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Four Indian-Americans From New England Make It In 2014 Siemens Competition
Arun Soni, Westport, CT is named a regional finalist while Videh Seksaria, Lexington, MA; Vivek Subramaniam, Westborough, MA; and Meena Jagadeesan, Exeter, NH, have been recognized as semifinalists in the 2014 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.
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Das Brings Eastern Hospitality Home With Boston East India Hotels
Boston East India Hotels founder, president and CEO Abhijit Das has made his dream of merging Eastern hospitality with Western process come true with his Troca Hotels brand. now he has brought this home to fulfill another goal of connecting with the Indian American community in the Greater Boston area with the purchase of the iconic Stonehedge Inn & Spa in Tyngsboro, Mass.
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NESSP Conducts 3rd Annual Kids Academic Competitions
Yet another successful year! New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar (NESSP) conducted and concluded its 3nd Annual Kids Academic Competitions from December 12-14. Academic competitions are a great way for talented kids to deepen their knowledge about their favorite subjects and challenge themselves to research and create. The winners were...
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TyE Students Awarded Patent #8,903,378
Five high school students from NH, Elisha Shah, Shefali Mangatani, Rishi Kachrani, Samarth Desai, and Kunal Shah, took part in the Tie Young Entrepreneur (TYE) program in 2012. They came with a product idea called Reperio - RFID based tracking device for misplaced items, with smart phone integration. They won the third place in the competition and were recently awarded Patent #8,903,378.
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