Artificial Intelligence and robotics visionary Dabbala Rajagopal “Raj” Reddy is among the 2021 Fellow Award honorees of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley.
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Farmers’ protest viral video: Meet Indian American behind it
A 20-year-old Indian-American student made a TikTok video on the farmers’ protest in India that has garnered over a million views across platforms such as Instagram, TikTok and Twitter in less than two weeks.
Indian American attorney set to run for Mayor of Edison, New Jersey
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- An Indian American attorney has announced her intention to run for Mayor of Edison in New Jersey. Sapana Shah is poised to run as the most experienced Democrat in this year’s race to lead New Jersey’s fifth-largest community. “I am ready to rise to this challenge,” said Shah, a former Edison Township […]
2021 Employee Engagement Strategies for Gen Z
In the wake of intensifying talent wars, ‘How to boost employee engagement’ has become an organizational prerogative. But while doing this, companies need to start evaluating why their engagement strategies are failing to work in the first place? Is it because their audience has changed?
Ash Kalra elected as chair of legislative progressive caucus
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- Indian American Democratic assemblyman Ash Kalra, recently announced that he has been elected the chair of the state’s Legislative Progressive Caucus. In a note from his office, said that his role will run for the 2021-2022 legislative session. It said: “As chair, I look forward to advancing policies that lead our […]
New York Fed’s Daleep Singh to join Biden administration as Deputy NSA
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has said that Daleep Singh, the Head of the Markets Group at the bank is set to join US President Joe Biden’s administration as deputy national security adviser.
Biden appoints Dr. Raj Panjabi to spearhead malaria initiative
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- US President Joe Biden has appointed Indian-origin public health professional Raj Panjabi to head his Malaria Initiative working mainly in African and Asian countries. Taking to the social media platform, Twitter, Panjabi said he is honored and ‘grateful for this chance to serve’. He also wrote about the mission to eliminate Malaria […]
Ami Bera re-elected as Chair of House Foreign Affairs subcommittee
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- The House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, Jan. 28, announced that it has re-elected Indian American veteran Congressman Ami Bera, D-California, to again serve as chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation. “I am honored to be elected again to Chair the House Foreign Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, […]
‘Father of Fiber Optics’ Kapany been awarded with Padma Vibhushan
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- On Monday, 25 January, India honored the prominent Indian-American Narinder Singh Kapany with Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest award of the country. Known as the ‘father of fiber optics’, he coined the term fiber optics. Calling him a “pioneering Indian-American Scientist popularly known as the Father of Fiber Optics”, official Indian government release […]
Two Indian-origin ex-Google employees all set to launch an ad-free search engine
iNDICA NEWS BUREAU- From the time of its inception, Google has faced several worthy competitors, yet none of them have come close to overtaking it. With 90% of the search market, Google is the dominated the internet like no other. However, lately, the company has been coming under fire in many countries for various reasons, […]