Biden administration announced a new rule Tuesday clarifying who can apply for an H-1B work visa coveted by Indian techies, to significantly enhance US companies’ ability to fill job vacancies in critical fields, strengthening Read More
Keya Mitra wins Prairie Schooner’s 2024 creative nonfiction contest
The contest was judged by Safiya Sinclair of Montego Bay, Jamaica, whose poetry has been awarded a Whiting Award, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Metcalf Award, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Poetry, Read More
Indira Gunda Saladi, Indian American founder and president of the health care staffing company Orchard, Inc., has been elected to the Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech) Board of Trustees.Read More
Adding another feather to his cap, Indian chef Vikas Khanna, who has previously received Michelin Star eight times, has won the prestigious Michelin 2024 Bib Gourmand Award for his New York restaurant, Bungalow.Read More
Anuj Mehrotra, dean of the Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business, and Michael Trick, dean and chief academic officer of Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar, have received "Test of Time Award" from the INFORMS Journal Read More
Lindenwood University, a private university in St. Charles, Missouri, has named Indian American data management expert Dr. Rooji Sugathan vice president, information management/chief information officer.Read More
Narasimha Reddy, an Indian Institute of Technology-educated professor, is one of five faculty members from the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University selected for the prestigious Regents Professor Awards.Read More
West Virginia University will present a Presidential Honorary Degree to Nitin “Nick” Kumbhani, a leading Indian American executive in software development and investment management, during Commencement ceremonies on Dec 21, at the Coliseum. Read More
As FBI directors serve 10-year terms, Trump would have to either fire or force out current director Christopher Wray, whom he appointed in his first term after sacking James Comey in 2017.Read More
Dr. Sunderesh Heragu, Regents Professor and John Hendrix Chair of the Oklahoma State University School of Industrial Engineering and Management, has won the Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Global Engineering Education Award.Read More