by Namrata Srivastava | May 16, 2023
(May 16, 2023) Even as a young child, living in Vishakapatnam, the seaside city of Andhra Pradesh back in the early 60s, Dr. Neeli Bendapudi had just one dream – that of becoming a world-class educator. As the eldest of three daughters in a family battling...
by Namrata Srivastava | May 5, 2023
(May 5, 2023) In a historic appointment, the World Bank confirmed that Ajaypal Singh Banga, an Indian-origin business executive, will be taking over as its next President. As the first-ever Indian-American to head the World Bank, Banga’s appointment marks a...
by Darshana Ramdev | Aug 19, 2023
(August 19, 2023) “Samosa caucus is the flavour of the House,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi remarked recently, as he addressed the US Congress in June this year. And sure enough, Hirsh Vardhan Singh, the third Indian-American to join the growing list of...
by Namrata Srivastava | Mar 28, 2023
(March 28, 2023) Just a few months into her third term as the only Indian American politician on the Seattle city council, Pune-born Kshama Sawant proposed a new tax regime against the corporate giants in the area. She knew that the fight would be long, with most...
by Lubna Reshi | Mar 21, 2023
(March 21, 2023) Time and time again, history has stood testament to the fact that the biggest successes often start with humble beginnings. When Shafat Qazi, a technologist by passion, left his well-established career midway to write code from his garage, he knew he...
