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  • Global Indian: Anant Agarwal
    Posted on July 29, 2020
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    Birth: 1959 (Delhi). Education: Anant Agarwal did his schooling in St. Aloysius Mangalore. Agarwal holds a bachelor’s degree from Indian Institute of Technology Madras and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. Career: Mr. Agarwal is the CEO of edX, a worldwide, online learning initiative of MIT and Harvard. He is a leader of the Carbon… Read More »

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  • Global Indian: Rohan Murty
    Posted on July 18, 2020
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    Birth: Rohan Narayan Murty was born in 1983 in Hubli Karnataka. Rohan is the son of Narayana Murthy, founder of Infosys, and his wife Sudha Murthy, an engineer and author. Education: Rohan studied at the Bishop Cotton Boys’ School in Bangalore for 12 years, from pre-school to higher secondary school. After completing his 12th standard board exams, he moved to the US… Read More »

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    Birth Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran is an Indian-American  . He was born on August 10, 1951 in Tamil Nadu, India. His mother had a degree in mathematics. Ramachandran’s father, V. M. Subramanian, was an engineer who worked for the U.N. Industrial Development Organization and served as a diplomat in Bangkok, Thailand. His grandfather was Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, one of the framers of India’s constitution. Education Ramachandran… Read More »

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    Birth Salman Khan was born in Metairie, Louisiana, United States, to a Bengali family. His father was from Barisal, Bangladesh, and his mother was from Murshidabad, India. Education: Salman Khan is an alumnus of The University of New Orleans, in Louisiana. Khan attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), graduating with Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in (electrical engineering and computer science), and another bachelor’s degree (mathematics), in 1998.… Read More »

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    Suresh Garimella is an Indian mechanical engineer and academic administrator. Education: Dr Garimella received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley,1989 and M.S. from The Ohio State University, Columbus, 1986 and a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1985. Career: In 1990 he worked as an instructor Mechanical Engineering… Read More »

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  • Global Indian Dr. Vivek Murthy
    Posted on April 23, 2020
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    Born:   Murthy was born on July 10, 1977. Murthy’s family migrated to England from Karnataka, India. And in 1980 they moved to Miami, Florida, USA. Education: Murthy graduated as valedictorian from Miami Palmetto Senior High School in 1994.He graduated with distinction in 1997 with a Bachelor of Arts in Biochemical Sciences from Harvard University.… Read More »

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