IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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October 2014 -
Princeton-based Manjul Bhargava became the first Indian-American winner of the Fields Medal, which along with the Abel Prize is the world’s top award in mathematics, known as the "Nobel of math."
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October 2014 -
Walkers and joggers can order a pair of smart shoes from India. Called Lechal (translation: take me along) and described as the world’s first haptic footwear, the shoes do more than walk.
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October 2014 -
India’s first Pro Kabaddi League tournament, featuring eight teams that included four Korean and other foreign players, was a success, with only the Indian Premier League drawing more viewers.
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October 2014 -
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram, winner of this year’s $250,000 World Food Prize, is a citizen of Mexico, not India or the U.S.--but he was born in India. He went to Australia for his Ph.D.
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October 2014 -
India accounts for four of the top 10 source cities among foreign students pursuing STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in the U.S. More interesting education facts here.
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October 2014 -
While Indian characters on American TV shows are no longer stereotypical, now we can check out the first American TV series set in India. Maya had 2 boys, an elephant, and a lost hunter father.
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October 2014 -
There is still an Indian contestant in the beauty pageant news this year: Gail Nicole Da Silva, a Goan, took the second spot in a pageant called Miss United Continent.
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October 2014 -
Raj Karamchedu, a techie, launched U.S.-based Saaranga Books to promote Telugu literature, but in seeking to gain a wider audience, he has brought out his debut novel in English: All Things Unforgiven.
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June 2014 -
Time magazine's “100 most influential people” includes Narendra Modi, Arundhati Roy, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Arvind Kejriwal, Malala Yousafzai, and Hosain Rahman.
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June 2014 -
A practically free paper microscope that magnifies up to 2100 times, Foldscope comes from Stanford University’s Prakash Lab. Bioengineer Manu Prakash is from IIT-Kanpur and MIT.
