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MIT magazine honours six Indian-Americans

They are among 35 scientists picked by MIT magazine

Washington: Six Indian-Americans are among 35 young scientists to be honoured by the prestigious Technology Review journal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for innovations and research that are found to be ``most promising and exciting.''

``Innovative technology has provided America its driving force as well as its competitive edge. And in recent years Indian-Americans have been contributing a significant slice of this technology — far in excess of their present population in the United States,'' said INDOlink, a prominent website covering a range of issues.

The Indian-Americans chosen are: Prithwish Basu of BBN Technologies; Ram Krishnamurthy of Intel; Ashok Maliakal of Lucent Technologies' Bell Laboratories; Anand Raghunathan of NEC Laboratories America; Jay Shendure of Harvard Medical School; and Sumeet Singh of Cisco Systems Inc.

Indian-Americans comprise just under one per cent of the country's population, but their contribution to innovative technology is 12-17 per cent, according to the magazine.

For six years now, the editors have honoured innovators under the age of 35.

The inclusion of six Indian-Americans would mean that this is a 50 per cent increase over the previous year, and a 70 per cent increase since 2004. — PTI

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