by Darshana Ramdev | Jan 9, 2025
(January 9, 2025) When Karsanbhai Patel, an unknown chemist from a small town in Gujarat began making soap in his backyard, selling it door to door on his bicycle on his way to work, Hindustan Unilever, then the reigning Indian giant, only scoffed at him. This soap...
by Bindu Gopal Rao | Dec 2, 2023
(December 2, 2023) In 2007, Dr Santanu Paul did what few IIT-ians in the US chose to do. He returned to India. In Hyderabad, in the epicentre of the Indian tech boom, Dr Paul realised that the industry was struggling to hire talent with relevant skills, despite the...
by Namrata Srivastava | Jun 15, 2022
(June 15, 2022) The year was 2003. The unfortunate news of Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrating over Texas during its re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere had overwhelmed the entire world. While India mourned the demise of Kalpana Chawla, a young girl in...
by Global Indian | Oct 5, 2021
(October 5, 2021) From a major in physics to a pioneer in genomics, Anu Acharya’s journey has traversed quite the trajectory over the years. The IIT-Kharagpur alumnus, who founded Mapmygenome over 20 years ago, has been pioneering genomics in the country ever since....
by Global Indian | Jun 26, 2021
From being a soft-spoken girl, who used to marvel at the chemicals and their reactions in her father’s laboratory, to a trailblazer in dental nanomaterials, Sumita Mitra’s rise to fame has been nothing short of phenomenal. This Indian-American chemist...
