Indian-American on team to flag queries for Obama

Indian-American professor Raman Chadha was among the eight-member team which helped flag questions for United States President Barack Obama, as he held the first ever Twitter town hall at the White......

Boys good at maths? It's not biological: Study

A study has finally dispelled the myth that boys are born better at maths than girls -- in fact, it claims that differences in examination results are down to "nurture" and not nature. Researchers......

Fellowship for 7 Indian American students

Seven Indian American students are among the 30 graduate students nationwide recently named as Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellows for 2006. Fellows receive a stipend of up to $20,000 plus......

Four NRIs to receive leadership awards

Four non-resident Indians and 18 others will be conferred with the Outstanding and Inspiring Leadership Awards by the consulate general of India in Chicago to commemorate India's 54th Republic......

Diageo's India-born CEO Ivan Menezes passes away

Ivan Manuel Menezes, the India-born CEO of the world's biggest spirits company Diageo, died on Wednesday, days after being hospitalised for treatment of stomach ulcer. Photograph: Reuters Menezes,......

Sunil Chopra: interim dean of Kellogg biz school

Sunil Chopra, one of the most distinguished business professors in America and the co-author of the award-winning book The Supply Chain Management, has been named interim dean of Northwestern......

Dipak Jain to step down as Kellogg B-school dean

Indian American Dipak Jain will step down as dean of the prestigious Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Illinois, USA, after eight yearson the job. Jain, a renowned......

At 30, Anant Goenka takes over as Ceat Managing Director

Anant Goenka, 30, son of RPG Group chairman Harsh Goenka, will take over as managing director of Ceat, where he is currently deputy managing director a post the tyre producer created two years......