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A machine in time saves nine: British-Sikh engineer Navjot Sawhney’s prototype aids refugees, underprivileged

by Amrita Priya | Feb 8, 2022

(February 8, 2022) “Divya” gave Navjot Sawhney purpose. In Kuilapalayam in Tamil Nadu, a British-Sikh engineer met an effervescent neighbour, Divya. Little did Navjot know that this 30-something woman was to change the course of his life, and add meaning with the...

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,...

Subashini Iyer: The India-born engineer who will give wings to NASA’s ambitious deep space project

by Chandu | Jun 14, 2021

(Our Bureau, June 14) Coimbatore-born Subashini Iyer is the backbone of NASA’s ambitious Artemis mission that will take humans to the Moon and planet Mars. Subashini, who is a Spacecraft Engineering Integrator at Boeing, has been associated with Space Launch System...