(Jul 1, 2026) From growing up in Chennai to becoming MIT’s first Indian-American provost and now the only Indian-origin faculty member honoured in the Institute’s ‘Committed to Caring’ cohort, Dr. Anantha P. Chandrakasan’s journey has...
(Jun 27, 2026) Prof. Jainendra K. Jain of Pennsylvania State University, has become the first person of Indian origin to receive the Wolf Prize in Physics, one of the world’s most prestigious honours in the field. The award was presented by Israeli President...
(Jun 20, 2026) In a field often dominated by texts, translations, and distance, Sravana Borkataky-Varma has chosen to step into the lived, breathing world of religion. A historian of South Asian religions, she has built a career that spans some of the most prestigious...
(Jun 12, 2026) Trained at the Moscow Textile Institute and SDA Bocconi in Milan, Dr Promil Pande has spent three decades as a professor, author, and co-founder of The Sidhast Foundation pushing India’s craft traditions from the margins of design education to the...
(July 10, 2025) At a time when American universities are grappling with heightened political scrutiny, funding constraints, and shifting public expectations, and as confrontations with Harvard and Columbia dominate the headlines, the Massachusetts Institute of...
