The $20 million yoga and Ayurveda research centre, the first outside India, has been modeled after Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Yog Peeth in Haridwar.
As president of the institute, Sunder Ramaswamy will also have under his purview the Graduate School of International Policy Studies, the Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation, the Fisher Graduate School of International Business and the Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics, and the renowned James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Center for East Asian Studies.
Indian American and Indian entrepreneurs believe the West Bengal government, which is projecting the state as an ideal investment destination for information technology and hi-tech industries, has to go a long way before it can become India's number one hub for such industries.
For someone who has worked as a federal criminal prosecutor for the better part of her life, it was a challenge for Anjali Chaturvedi to act as defence attorney in an alleged white collar crime. But her success vindicated her lifelong conviction that she should never shy away from challenges.
An 18-year-old 'exceptionally promising' high school senior from Andover, Massachusetts, was among 28 students named by the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation last week as recipients of its up to $30,000 per year scholarship for four years of college education. Veda Eswarappa was the only Indian American among the 28 students from lower-income backgrounds named for the prestigious scholarship that the non-profit foundation gives every year to high-achieving lower-income students.
"I just could not believe it. My knees were shaking when I had to get up and walk towards the stage. I am lucky that I did not pass out or something," Sana said, recalling the May 16 award ceremony, in which Intel selected three top young scientists at the end of the world's largest pre-college science fair, held between May 11 and May 16. Each of them got $50,000 in college scholarships from the Foundation.
Dr Suranjan Bhattacharji, director, Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, which has served India with quality healthcare and education for over a century, says a doctor in a developing country like India has to see himself as an agent of change, not just as a medical practitioner.
Dr Sanjay Sinho, newly-appointed chief executive officer of the American India Foundation, traverses comfortably between the world of medicine and sociology.
The world's largest annual prize for international health honors extraordinary efforts to improve health in developing countries.
A report documenting the constant 'stream of bias and prejudices' against Sikhs, based on surveys of more than 1,000 members of the community in the five boroughs of New York City, was released in the city by the Sikh Coalition earlier this month.
When Denver-based Manick Sorcar's company LaserLight Magic was last month named for the International Laser Display Association's 2007 Artistic Award, the industry's equivalent of the Oscars, the Kolkata-born engineer-cum-artist turned nostalgic.
Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama says that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has lost out in terms of its causes as support for the terrorist outfit has been steadily decreasing both at home and abroad. The foreign minister also said that thanks to joint patrol by the Indian and Sri Lankan governments in mid-seas the traditional arms-smuggling by the outfit has been coming down.
Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath met US trade representative Susan Schwab in New York on Thursday evening. He said the meeting led to 'much more convergence' between the two countries than last year on the feisty issues relating to the WTO negotiations. The minister arrived in New York to release his book 'India's Century' and to meet Schwab in yet another bid to achieve a breakthrough on the issue of agriculture subsidies that are at the core of WTO negotiations.
Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha said inflation in India is not going to be reduced any time soon, thanks to the wrong policies of the United Progressive Alliance Government headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He was responding to a question by rediff.com on the sidelines of a day-long India business conference at the Columbia University, in New York. He said that the government should have woken up long time ago and not now when the situation is out of control.
In a rare honour Dr Ravi Gupta, assistant professor of Religion at Center College in Kentucky, has been selected as one of the five young people representing different religions to meet with the Pope and to hand him a present symbolising Hinduism. Gupta will give the Pope an incense burner in the shape of the sacred Hindu symbol, Om.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Y V Reddy on Tuesday admitted that inflation in India's food prices is much higher than the country's 'tolerance limit' necessitating a comprehensive review of the situation. In response to another question on whether from a monetary policy standpoint he was going to be taking actions to try to counter food price inflation, Reddy said in terms of monetary policy actions they will be governed by lot more desegregated analysis of the situation.
If everything falls in place for him and his fellow researcher, Professor Arun Majumdar says a villager in India may be able to produce electricity for his home from a chullah, or a stove that uses wood, coal, dry leaves, or cow-dung to make fire. During winter, instead of turning on heaters, a person anywhere in the world would be able to use a simple power-jacket utilising his body heat to stay warm. The same body heat could even be used to recharge a cell phone.
Ram Varadarajan, president and CEO of Arcot Systems, an authentication software company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, has joined the electoral fray for the United States of America Cricket Association elections slated for March 29. Varadarajan, an Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay graduate, is contesting for USACA president, leading a team of cricket administrators and leaders contesting for other positions to challenge the incumbents.
The Indian National Overseas Congress has filed a $100 million (Rs 400 crore) libel lawsuit against three members of the so called Forum for Saving Gandhi's Heritage for allegedly defaming party president Sonia Gandhi during her visit to New York last year.
"We are delighted to have Anjali Raina take on this important leadership role at our India Research Center," said Krishna Palepu, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development at Harvard Business School. "She will focus on building and maintaining relationships with senior business leaders in the region to facilitate the expanding work of the Center in research, educational programs, and alumni endeavors."
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