India Abroad awardee in MIT list

Sonal Shah, the recipient of the India Abroad Person of the Year Award for 2003, is among 15 Indian Americans who have been chosen for this year's Massachesetts Institute of Technology Sloan's......

B P Agrawal wins prestigious MIT award

Social entrepreneur Dr Bhagwati P Agrawal, founder and executive director of the nonprofit Sustainable Innovations, has received the $ 100,000 Lemelson-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Award......

Activist Deep Joshi named for Magsaysay Award

Prominent Indian social activist Deep Joshi, who has done pioneering work for 'development of rural communities', was on Monday named along with five others for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay......

After Lehman Brothers and StanChart, it's DMK time!

Why is an NRI banker with an MBA from MIT canvassing votes in Madurai?Saisuresh Sivasawamy/Rediff.com A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports. IMAGE: Palanivel Thiagarajan has a ready smile, and......

Adi Godrej to step down from GCPL board in Sep; to remain as Chairman Emeritus

Veteran industrialist and Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej will step down from the board of Godrej Consumer Products Ltd (GCPL) next month. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com After stepping......

MIT students get business advice from Shahnaz Husain

The lack of a college degree didn’t stop Shahnaz Husain from becoming the owner of a successful business.The chief executive officer of Shahnaz Herbals was invited to the Massachusetts......

Lord Paul grants $1 mn for students' home at MIT

An impressive 21st century home for students and faculty of the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was opened in the US, thanks to $1 million assistance provided by Ambika Paul......

Hackers denied entry to Harvard, MIT

A large number of applicants to Harvard, MIT and other top US schools are being denied admission because they tried 'hacking' the institutions' websites to know if they were accepted, before......