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President Obama has named Indian American Yale University professor Akhil Amar as a member of National Council on Humanities

President Obama names Indian-American Yale Professor to key administrative post

May 22, 2015 - 12:47 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama has named an Indian-American professor from Yale University as a member of the prestigious National Council on Humanities. The nomination of Akhil Amar, Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science […]

Sunando Sen, a graphics designer, was pushed off a Queens subway platform and killed by an oncoming train on the night of December 27, 2012.

American woman gets 24 years jail for pushing Indian-origin Sunando Sen to death

May 22, 2015 - 10:41 am EDT @theindpanorama 1

NEW YORK (TIP): A 33-year-old American woman has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for pushing an Indian man to death in front of a subway train in an attack apparently motivated by religious […]

Vijay Mohan has succumbed to his injuries after he was hit by a car while riding a bike in his home town of Philadelphia.

Indian American Vijay Mohan Dies After Accident in PA

May 20, 2015 - 1:07 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 2

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: A 26-year-old aspiring Indian-American filmmaker, Vijay Mohan, has succumbed to his injuries after he was hit by a car while riding a bike in his home town of Philadelphia. Vijay Mohan was born […]

Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal geting set for 2016 US Presidential Run?

May 20, 2015 - 1:03 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES: Louisiana’s Indian-American Governor Bobby Jindal has taken another step towards a possible 2016 presidential run by forming an exploratory committee and launching a national website, www.bobbyjindal.com Though Mr Jindal has said he isn’t […]

Indian American Sikh Harkeert Singh Saini Wins Prestigious Police Award in Texas

May 18, 2015 - 2:26 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 2

HOUSTON (TIP): An 44-year-old Indian-American policeman has been awarded the prestigious “Top Civilian Supervisor of the Year” award for his efficient services to the Houston Police department in the US state of Texas. Harkeert Singh Saini […]

Nine Indian-American Students Win Awards at Prestigious International Science Fair

May 17, 2015 - 12:32 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK: An Indian-American student won the prestigious Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award Friday, while nine students from across India won awards in various categories and five US students were awarded science trips to India at […]

Indian American Boy Collaborates With Microsoft For Braille Printer

May 16, 2015 - 10:42 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 2

NEW YORK: A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy, Shubham Banerjee, who invented a low-cost portable Braille printer, is now working with technology giant Microsoft to integrate it with Windows to make it easily accessible to the visually-impaired and […]

Indian American Professor Dr. Sivanadane Mandjiny Wins Award for Excellence in Teaching

May 16, 2015 - 10:39 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

WASHINGTON: An Indian-American professor of chemistry from Tamil Nadu has won the University of North Carolina (UNC) Board of Governors 2015 Award for Excellence in Teaching. Dr. Sivanadane (Siva) Mandjiny was one of the 17 winners […]

Seventh grader 13-year-old Indian American Raghav Ganesh develops device to help the blind

May 15, 2015 - 1:01 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

SAN JOSE, CA (TIP): 13-year-old Indian-origin student from San Jose, California developed a device to help visually impaired navigate has been named one of America’s top 10 youth volunteers of 2015 and granted a 5,000 […]

Karan Menon, 14 wearing the medal (center) from New Jersey is the 2015 National Geographic Bee champion.

14-year-old Indian American student Karan Menon wins National Geographic Bee, wins$85,000 in prizes

May 15, 2015 - 12:18 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW JERSEY (TIP): Indian American children have made a habit of winning the spellings and quiz contests in the United States. Yet again, Karan Menon, a 14-year-old Indian American student from New Jersey won the […]

Indian American scientist Rohit Bhargava develops new tool for Cancer diagnosis

May 15, 2015 - 11:08 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

WASHINGTON: Indian American Professor Rohit Bhargava of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has developed stainless staining that provides a new tool for clinicians and researchers for better diagnosis of cancer. His new technique paints […]

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Why Indian-Americans could switch to the GOP

May 11, 2015 - 12:59 pm EDT @theindpanorama 1

With the 2016 US presidential elections fast approaching, how will the Indian-Americans – the fastest-growing, 3.2-million-strong minority community – vote? Starting off as a small immigrant group back in the early 1800s, Indian-Americans now account […]

Aide of Indian-American Kamala Harris Arrested

May 10, 2015 - 11:54 am EDT @theindpanorama 2

WASHINGTON: Three people including an aide of Indian-American Attorney General of California Kamala Harris have been arrested on charges of running a rogue police force. Brandon Kiel, an aide of 50-year-old Harris, who worked as […]

Indian American Team from Harvard develops novel gel for biomedical research

May 5, 2015 - 6:56 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

New York (TIP): Indian American researchers at the Harvard University have developed a biocompatible hydrogel that can speed up research and development of several promising applications in tissue engineering by using “Click Chemistry”. Wyss Core Faculty member […]

Indian American Woman Shot at, Critical After Attempted Robbery in US

May 2, 2015 - 8:56 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW YORK: An Indian-origin Gujarati woman working at a gas station in the US state of South Carolina has been shot in the face and left critically injured in an attempted armed robbery. Mradulaben Patel was […]

Indian American owned Intelliswift acquires Magagnini Network

May 1, 2015 - 4:15 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

Intelliswift Software, Inc. a leading software solutions company, announced the acquisition of Magagnini Network. This is a great opportunity for Magagnini’s marquee clientele to leverage Intelliswift’s global foot print and broad portfolio of service offerings. […]

One of four recipients of the 2015 Skoll Award for Entrepreneurship and accompanying $1.25 million prize, Safeena Husain is a social activist

Indian American social activist Safeena Husain wins$1.25 million Skoll Award

May 1, 2015 - 1:00 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

WASHINGTON, DC (TIP): Indian American social activist Safeena Husain, 43, was named one of four recipients of the 2015 Skoll Award for Entrepreneurship and accompanying $1.25 million prize. Husain won the award after founding the […]

How Houston is becoming the new hub for Indian-American community in Texas

May 1, 2015 - 12:08 pm EDT @theindpanorama 0

HOUSTON (TIP): Move over New Jersey and Fremont, California. With a population of 150,000 Indian-Americans, Houston, Texas, is emerging as a new hub for the community. “A couple of decades back many Indian professionals had […]

Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement

Indian, American Scientists Chosen for Environmental Prize

May 1, 2015 - 12:07 pm EDT @theindpanorama 2

LOS ANGELES (TIP): This year’s Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement is being awarded to two scientists who have worked for conservation on the land and in the ocean. Madhav Gadgil of India and Jane Lubchenco […]

Narain Kataria and Arish Sahani, President and Vice President respectively of the Indian American Intellectuals Forum have taken exception to Mulla Moin Siddiqui's Fatwa against Subramanian Swamy

Indian American Intellectuals Forum demands imprisonment for Moin Siddiqui

May 1, 2015 - 11:40 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW YORK (TIP) : The Indian American Intellectuals Forum has demanded the immediate arrest and imprisonment of Mulla Moin Siddiqui, President of All India Faizan-e-Madina Council, a radical Islamist organization who has announced a Fatwa […]

Indian American Scientist Sangeeta Bhatia Wins 250,000 Dollars Heinz Award

May 1, 2015 - 10:50 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American scientist Sangeeta Bhatia at Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed artificial human microlivers for drug testing and has won a prestigious 250,000 dollars Heinz award for her work in tissue engineering […]

Indian American Woman makes ’20 Women to Watch in 2015′ list

May 1, 2015 - 12:15 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

Indian American philanthropist Sarva Rajendra has been named in Loudoun Business Journal’s ‘20 Women to Watch in 2015’ list, and was chosen as one of four women on the cover of their 100 Women issue. […]

Indian Americans mobilize support for Nepal quake victims

May 1, 2015 - 12:12 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 2

WASHINGTON (TIP): Indian Americans from across the country are mobilizing support for the victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal, with a large number of organizations raising funds for the people of the quake-ravaged country. […]

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Indian Americans Richest Community in US with Average Income of $100,547

Apr 30, 2015 - 11:05 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

WASHINGTON (TIP): The median income of Indian-Americans, which is the richest ethnic community in the US, in the year 2013 was $100,547 (about Rs. 60 lakhs), Census Bureau said in its latest report. In its latest report, the […]

Satnam first India-born Indian American to enter NBA draft

Apr 30, 2015 - 11:03 pm EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 1

NEW YORK (TIP): Satnam Singh Bhamra might become the first India born and only second Indian origin basketball player after Sim Bhullar to feature in the NBA following his inclusion in the NBA Draft for […]