Global Indian Archives

Reshma Shetty: The Indian American biological engineer on Forbes list of America’s self-made women

by Chandu | Sep 9, 2021

(September 9, 2021) Back in 2008 when Ginkgo Bioworks was founded by a group of scientists from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it had one goal: to be able to engineer biology and ultimately build a factory for engineering organisms. Today,...

Space Age: Meet the Indian-origin women working on the final frontier… and owning it

by Chandu | Sep 8, 2021

(September 8, 2021) Back in 1963 cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova made history by becoming the first woman in space aboard Soviet Union’s Vostok 6 spacecraft. By 1997 it was Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s turn to script history by becoming the first...

Meet the agritech startups lending Indian farmers a helping hand

by Chandu | Sep 6, 2021

(September 6, 2021) Agriculture in India has often left farmers short changed. The reasons for this have been many: low landholding, lack of modernization, taxing loans from an informal setup, unpredictable weather conditions, demand-supply issues, and also the lack...

Wave Rider: How Murthy Megavan, a small-time fisherman from Chennai’s Covelong went on to become a cool surfer

by Ranjani Rajendra | Sep 5, 2021

(September 5, 2021) Just an hour’s drive away from the hustle and bustle of Chennai is Kovalam, a tiny fishing hamlet that lies along the picturesque East Coast Road. The coastline here is dotted with colorful little homes and fishing boats that are carefully anchored...

Mukti Bosco: The Indian social entrepreneur who is changing lives with her healing touch

by Sarbani Sen | Sep 2, 2021

(September 2, 2021) Twenty years ago Mukti Bosco, then a post graduate student in health management, was on a field visit to Hyderabad’s Charminar area. She struck up a conversation with some women from the area and asked them what they would do in the face of an...