3 Indians named in MIT's Technological Review

[Bhushan]

3 Indians named in MIT's Technological Review

BOSTON: Three Indians have been named in MIT's prestigious annual 'Technology Review' list of top young innovators under the age of 35 "who exemplify the spirit of innovation in business and technology."

Rikin Gandhi, 29, Ranveer Chandra, 34 and Indrani Medhi, 32 are in the '2010 TR35' - list of 35 "outstanding men and women" compiled by Technology Review, an independent media company owned by MIT, that focuses on identifying emerging technologies and analysing their impact for leaders.

"This year's winners have created innovations over a wide variety of fields, including energy, biomedicine, communications, IT, transportation and web.

"Their groundbreaking work is liberating patients from sleep clinics, shaping the rules for social networks and helping populations cope with crisis. The 2010 TR35 are transforming technology and tackling problems in a way that is likely to benefit society and business," editor in chief and publisher of Technology Review Jason Pontin said.

Since 1999, the editors of Technology Review have honoured young innovators whose inventions and research they find most exciting.

The TR35 is a list of technologists and scientists, all under the age of 35.
"Their work--spanning medicine, computing, communications, electronics, nanotechnology, and more--is changing our world," Pontin added.

Gandhi is the founder of the nonprofit 'Digital Green' that focuses on educating farmers about farming techniques through locally produced videos, in which local farmers are featured.

"Gandhi demonstrated that for every dollar spent, the system persuaded seven times as many farmers to adopt new ideas as an existing programme of training and visits," the Technology Review said.

He helped launch the programme as a 2006 project at Microsoft Research, India and spent six months testing various video schemes in villages in Karnataka before concluding that featuring local farmers was the key.

Villagers produce the videos using handheld camcorders; workers from partner nongovernmental organisations then check the quality of the videos and the accuracy of the advice before screening them in the villages with handheld projectors.

So far 500 videos have been made, but three times that number--which should reach four times as many villages--are currently planned.

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[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Makes me feel proud in way but also pissed that we don't good funding and strong research base for our Indian institutions

 

[siegecrossbow]

Makes me feel proud in way but also pissed that we don't good funding and strong research base for our Indian institutions

You have to be patient for this type of thing. People move to places based on incentives, which is why most of the top brains in China are still working in the U.S as well. As the economy and standards of living most of the top talents will chose to stay in China/India. Just look at Japan. I hardly see any Japanese international students here in the U.S. since Japan already has very high standards of living.

 

[below_freezing]

You have to be patient for this type of thing. People move to places based on incentives, which is why most of the top brains in China are still working in the U.S as well. As the economy and standards of living most of the top talents will chose to stay in China/India. Just look at Japan. I hardly see any Japanese international students here in the U.S. since Japan already has very high standards of living.

look at south korea... so many south koreans studying elsewhere.

maybe it's because south korea is just a perverse place.

 

[CardSharp]

You have to be patient for this type of thing. People move to places based on incentives, which is why most of the top brains in China are still working in the U.S as well. As the economy and standards of living most of the top talents will chose to stay in China/India. Just look at Japan. I hardly see any Japanese international students here in the U.S. since Japan already has very high standards of living.

Plenty of them here in my program.

 

[prototype]

You have to be patient for this type of thing. People move to places based on incentives, which is why most of the top brains in China are still working in the U.S as well. As the economy and standards of living most of the top talents will chose to stay in China/India. Just look at Japan. I hardly see any Japanese international students here in the U.S. since Japan already has very high standards of living.

not reason is not justified,their r a lot of Germans in U.S,as far as i know more than 50 million,does that mean Germany have low standard of life

 

[Speaker]

not reason is not justified,their r a lot of Germans in U.S,as far as i know more than 50 million,does that mean Germany have low standard of life

More than 50 million Germans in 300 million population? Are you counting the original settlers?

 

[Laughing_soldier]

chinese working for china, pakistanis working for pakistan and indians working for america. we have so many indians here as well. lol

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

You have to be patient for this type of thing. People move to places based on incentives, which is why most of the top brains in China are still working in the U.S as well. As the economy and standards of living most of the top talents will chose to stay in China/India. Just look at Japan. I hardly see any Japanese international students here in the U.S. since Japan already has very high standards of living.

I don't think standard of living as the factor here.

For example a Chinese student studying in Hong Kong or Shanghai will have the same standard of living as in New York or London.

But even if some Hong Kong universities are in the top 10 world wide or some Indian universities make it top top 20 or 30.despite that we don't have the level of funding or base as of American ones.

Chinese Govt can fund but having a strong research base as like MIT takes some substantial time.

 

[HUD1]

chinese working for china, pakistanis working for pakistan and indians working for america. we have so many indians here as well. lol

Then what are you doing in Singapore. Probably shopping.

 

[prototype]

chinese working for china, pakistanis working for pakistan and indians working for america. we have so many indians here as well. lol

by the way,what r u doing in Singapore

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Then what are you doing in Singapore.

oh just stole the word from my mouth

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[nwmalik]

well done
congrats.
wish we could do the same in our own institutes

 

[Pride]

Kudos to these guys as every innovation is actually a gem added to Humanity. especially "Digital Green".

People dont migrate only for "High Standard of living". Many move for higher studies which our countries ack, To earn quick money, To do R&D and paid well and many move only to see business prspects there and try to follow the same in their country... I could stay in US but didn't like mny things and hence settled back to India..

 

[New Vision]

chinese working for china, pakistanis working for pakistan and indians working for america. we have so many indians here as well. lol

And proudly so, dont forget one of Singapores greatest President Mr.Nathan, was of Indian descent. Further, Singapore and India share very positive economical and political links.