Materials scientist Parans Paranthaman, an IIT Madras alumnus with nine R&D 100 Awards to his name since 1999, has been named the 2026 R&D 100 Researcher of the Year, one of the most prestigious honours in American applied science.
Ravi Bapna, a pioneering Indian American scholar in artificial intelligence and business analytics, has been named Dean of Santa Clara University's Leavey School of Business, tasked with deepening the school's ties across Silicon Valley and global markets.
The Indian Business & Professional Council in Dubai marked India's 80th Independence Day with a business-focused celebration honouring senior executives across banking, logistics and retail for their contributions to the deepening UAE-India economic relationship.
As India marked 80 years of independence, the Jashanmal Group reflected on more than a century of retail ties between the subcontinent and the Gulf, tracing its evolution from a single general store in Basra to a modern omnichannel retail conglomerate spanning five countries.
As India marked 80 years of independence, senior UAE-based business leaders and entrepreneurs reflected on the deepening India-UAE economic partnership, pointing to trade, talent and investment as the pillars shaping the next decade of bilateral growth.
Dubai's Indian community is marking India's 80th Independence Day with a three-day cultural festival, Chitthi Aayi Hai, alongside special menus, staycation offers and performances across the city, underscoring the scale and commercial weight of the UAE's largest expatriate community.
Lumin Health has appointed Indian American psychiatrist Dr. Aakash Sathappan as site director of its Brookline, Massachusetts clinic, expanding clinical leadership as demand grows nationally for medically supervised ketamine and esketamine treatment for depression that has resisted other therapies.
Tourism Malaysia has extended its 'Visit Malaysia' promotional campaign through 2027 and convened 47 Malaysian tourism stakeholders in Chennai, Mumbai and New Delhi as part of a renewed push to court Indian travellers, one of the country's fastest-growing source markets.
British Future director Sunder Katwala has been appointed to the board of the UK's National Lottery Community Fund for a four-year term, joining Cancer Research UK chief executive Michelle Mitchell in overseeing an organisation that distributes hundreds of millions of pounds to communities each year.
Vascular biology researcher Ravi Komaravolu has joined the editorial board of Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, one of the American Heart Association's flagship journals, extending Indian-origin representation in US cardiovascular research leadership.