indica News Bureau The Government of India made the announcement for Padma awards- the three highest civilian awards in India – on January 25. While seven citizens were awarded Padma Vibhushan award, sixteen received the Padma Bhushan and a hundred and eighteen citizens were bestowed the Padma Shri. Amongst them, three Indian-Americans, namely, Romesh […]
indica News Bureau- For the past few months, Facebook India has been recruiting for key roles across its family of apps including Instagram and WhatsApp. It has appointed Avinash Pant as the Marketing Director of India to drive the social network’s consumer marketing efforts in the country. At Facebook, he’ll be driving consumer marketing […]
Ritu Jha- The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not about just Muslims but effects anyone who is attached to India, says Anjali Arondekar, Director of the Center for South Asian Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz, and among the 300 signatories opposing the recent attack on students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New […]
indica News Bureau- The Everett School Committee has selected Priya Tahiliani, an Indian-American, to serve as the next Superintendent of Schools. For the first time in 30 years, the school committee in Everett, Massachusetts, has chosen a new superintendent, that too from an Indian descent. In a unanimous vote that Chairman Thomas Abruzzese called […]
Ritu Jha- CES is the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies. It has served as the proving ground for innovators and breakthrough technologies for 50 years — the global stage where next-generation innovations are introduced to the marketplace. Owned and produced by the Consumer Technology Association […]
Ritu Jha- Indian American Raja Sundaram, CEO and co-founder of Plethy wanted to solve big societal problem in a way that could benefit people globally, and so even though he had a degree in engineering he decided to venture into a healthcare industry. And if you ask Sundaram what’s Plethy, he would say it’s a […]
indica News Bureau- White House has appointed Indian-American computer scientist Sethuraman Panchanathan, to lead the prestigious National Science Foundation. “Dr Sethuraman Panchanathan brings to this position a wealth of experience in research, innovation, academic administration, and policy as exemplified by his long and distinguished career,” Kelvin Droegemeier, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology […]
Sukant Deepak- Even as the 4th edition of the Serendipity Arts Festival – a multidisciplinary art event set over a period of eight days, curated by a panel of 14 artists and institutional figures is underway in Goa, Sunil Kant Munjal, who set up the Serendipity Arts Foundation and is the Chairman of Hero […]
Ritu Jha- Prasun Mishra, PhD, founding President and CEO of the American Association for Precision Medicine (AAPM), says the demise of his elder sister to pancreatic cancer led him to this work to create awareness about precision (personalized or individualized) medicine. “It was a kind of a calling for me,” Mishra told Indica at the […]
Cecily John- Sunny Menon, Vice President of Engineering & Professional Services for BigData analytics company RiverLog Software Consulting & Advisory Services, talks to Cecily John, indica contributor about how Big Data and cyber security has become the part of the burgeoning startups and tech companies in the recent years. RiverLog Software Consulting & Advisory Services […]
