Neal Katyal: Indian-origin lawyer at the heart of America’s tariff battle

by Amrita Priya | Feb 25, 2026

(February 25, 2026)  “My parents are Punjabi. They came to America the year before I was born and they came here for one simple reason. They thought their children could be treated fairly and well by the country.” Neal Katyal shared these words during a recent...

Dinesh and Rajeshvari Patel invest in Rutgers’ next generation of chemists

by Amrita Priya | Feb 24, 2026

Biotechnology leader Dinesh V Patel and his wife, Rajeshvari Patel, have created a graduate fellowship at Rutgers University to advance research and training in organic chemistry. The Dinesh and Rajeshvari Patel Endowed Graduate Fellowship will support students in the...

Archana Singh: From globetrotting across 110 countries to a deeper vision for conscious travel

by Vikram Sharma | Feb 21, 2026

(February 21, 2026) A nine-month expedition from the Arctic to Antarctica has been the most defining journey of Archana Singh’s life. A travel entrepreneur and founder of Travel See Write, she travelled through Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, Norway, the USA, Panama,...

Gurdeep Kaur Chawla: The diplomatic interpreter world leaders trust

by Amrita Priya | Feb 20, 2026

(February 20, 2026) Right from the presidential years of Barack Obama to Joe Biden and now Donald Trump, in bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gurdeep Kaur Chawla has been present in those high-stakes meetings, headset on and mind alert, carrying the...

Rajiv Chilaka: The man who gave India its own superhero, Chhota Bheem

by Vikram Sharma | Feb 19, 2026

(February 19, 2026) When Rajiv Chilaka watched The Jungle Book at the age of five, he truly believed that Mowgli, Baloo, and Bagheera were real. That world felt so alive to him that he carried it in his head for months — he dreamt of it, lived in it, and wanted to...