Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Dr Ashok Kondur, a leading Indian American cardiologist to the Central Michigan University Board of Trustees as one of its two new members from January 1, 2025.Read More
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Eboo Patel, founder and president of Interfaith America, has received the 2024 Newsweek-Stubblefield Institute Civility Award in the category of Community Leader for “demonstrated leadership in promoting civil discourse, bipartisan collaboration, and honest debate.”Read More
Bharat Biswal, a pioneer in the field of neural imaging, has won New Jersey Institute of Technology’s (NJIT) 2024 Excellence in Research award for developing a technique that sheds new light on brain-related diseases and Read More
As many as 49,700 (6.1%) Indians became US citizens in fiscal year 2024 ended September 30, becoming the second largest group to be naturalized after Mexico with 107,700 (13.1%) as US welcomed 818,500 new citizens.Read More
Former Indian American professor of engineering Inder Bhambri and his wife have donated $200,000 to the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) Foundation to support civil engineering students in the American capital.Read More
A new study led by Nalini Ratha, an Indian American professor at University at Buffalo, New York, shows how to safely encrypt AI-powered medical data while using artificial intelligence to diagnose and treat sleep apnea.Read More
Alabama has Become the 20th state in America to include Sikhi — study of Sikhism, a major major Indian religion founded by Guru Nanak in late 15th century— in their K-12 curriculum. 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
Indian American lawyer Mehtab Sandhu, of Orange County, has been appointed to serve as a Judge in the Orange County Superior Court by California Governor Gavin Newsom. Read More