Indian-American scientist funds award in honour of JC Bose

-
Mani Bhaumik, an India-born American physicist-philanthropist, donates one million US dollars to establish the prestigious IEEE Jagadish Chandra Bose Medal in Wireless Communications. The medal and honorarium will be awarded to promising young scientists starting from 2025. The medal aims to recognize the work of Jagadish Chandra Bose, the Indian scientist whose invention of the detector for wireless telegraphy was overlooked for years. ​​​Benghal-born Mani Bhaumik, who lives in Los Angeles, holds numerous patents and is considerably wealthy.

from NRI - The Times of India https://ift.tt/gabIUOY

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

US President Biden nominates Indian American global venture capitalist to IDFC Board

-
Image
President Joe Biden has nominated prominent Indian-American global venture capitalist Deven Parekh as a member of the Board of Directors of the International Development Finance Corporation, a development finance institution and agency of the US government. Parekh, the managing director at software investment firm Insight Partners, was nominated for the post last week. His nomination will be for a period of three years, the White House said in a press release on Friday. By statute, the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) Board of Directors includes four members recommended to the President from Senate and House leadership. from NRI - The Times of India https://ift.tt/qzhu5ON
Read more

Singapore's Indian origin min pleads not guilty to corruption charges

-
Image
Indian origin transport minister of Singapore, S Iswaran, pleaded not guilty of 27 charges labelled against him on Thursday. With political career spanning 26 years, Iswaran was facing two corruption charges under Prevention of Corruption Act one of obstructing justice and 24 of receiving gratification as a public servant under Penal Code. He was arrested on July 14 last year. from NRI - The Times of India https://ift.tt/Rt3bCa7
Read more