Indian Students from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham win the All-Track Grand Prize at HackHarvard 2024

Students from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, won the All-Track Grand Prize at HackHarvard 2024, held from October 11-13 at Harvard University. Competing against teams from top institutions like Stanford, MIT, and Harvard, they earned the “Overall Best Hack” award for their AI-powered app, Sustainify, which promotes sustainable living by guiding users on waste repurposing and […]

Panchatantra Tales Customized for Children of the Indian Diaspora

Panchatantra Tales Customized for Children of the Indian Diaspora

In the past, my children had access to only Amar Chitra Katha books to learn about Indian mythology while growing up in New York. There were several challenges, including complex vocabulary, awkward language, and overtly violent scenes. Additionally, there was a troubling theme of colorism, portraying dark-skinned characters as villains and fair-skinned ones as heroes. […]

America’s Top Young Scientist: Georgia Teen Sirish Subash Wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge for Handheld Pesticide Detector

America’s Top Young Scientist: Georgia Teen Sirish Subash Wins 3M Young Scientist Challenge for Handheld Pesticide Detector

The 14-year-old Indian American, who triumphed over nine other finalists, claimed victory during the final challenge events at 3M’s global headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, earlier this month. Sirish Subash, a ninth grader from the Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology in Lawrenceville, Georgia, has won the 2024 3M Young Scientist Challenge for his […]

Voices for Change: My Passion for Change Was Ignited by the IPA Youth Essay Competition

Voices for Change: My Passion for Change Was Ignited by the IPA Youth Essay Competition

The India Philanthropy Alliance (IPA) Youth Essay Competition is celebrating its fifth year this spring, providing middle and high school students with a platform to examine and provide feedback on important issues affecting India in the modern era. Actually, July 1st, the deadline for this year’s submissions, is drawing near. Being a high school finalist […]

India becomes the biggest source country for doctors in the US

India becomes the biggest source country for doctors in the US

India is the leading source of immigrant doctors in the United States and the second-largest source of registered nurses, according to a recent report by Remitly. However, when considering the total number of immigrant healthcare professionals, including home health aides and nursing assistants, India ranks third, after the Philippines and Mexico. Of the 9.87 lakh […]

Who is Shruti Kumar Who Boldly Stood Up for Pro-Palestine Student Protesters in Her Harvard Commencement Speech

Who is Shruti Kumar Who Boldly Stood Up for Pro-Palestine Student Protesters in Her Harvard Commencement Speech

Her off-script criticism of the university administration’s punishment of students and suppression of free speech won the Indian American from Nebraska a standing ovation. Shruti Kumar has always been an overachiever. Whether it’s health inequities and public health, yoga or Indian classical dance or poetry,. This week, the Indian American from Nebraska became known for […]

Revenge of the Nerd: Indian American Yogesh Raut Wins Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

Revenge of the Nerd: Indian American Yogesh Raut Wins Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions

It was a sweet comeback for the Vancouver, Washington-based blogger, freelance writer, and podcaster who was “unfairly” criticised during his first run on the show in January last year for being “arrogant, unsportsmanlike,, and ungracious.” Indian American blogger, freelance writer, and podcaster Yogesh Raut has won the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions (ToC), taking home the […]

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