IIT-Kanpur
US’ National Medal winner Dr Ashok Gadgil merges engineering and empathy to transform communities
(April 13, 2024) When Dr Ashok Gadgil went to the US in 1973 to do Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, he was struck by the stark differences between the United States and India. One striking contrast was the excessive use of fertilizers on American front lawns – a sharp...
Path to glory: Meet Dr. Deepak Dhar, the first Indian physicist to win a Boltzmann Medal
(April 27, 2023) “While I am the first Indian to receive the Boltzmann Medal, I am not the first Indian who has done good work in the area of statistical physics,” shares a very humble Dr. Deepak Dhar as he connects with me over a call, adding,...
Meet India’s unicorn wizard: Naveen Tewari the entrepreneur with the Midas touch
(October 1, 2021) The pandemic hit several enterprises hard. Jobs were lost and revenues took a hit. But India’s digital startups space managed to surge ahead on steady steam. Investments poured in and several of them went on to become unicorns and set new records....