Washington: Six Indian-Americans are among 35 young scientists who will be honoured by the prestigious Technology Review journal of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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 for the award 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 Technology Review (TR) magazine.
For six years now, the editors of TR have honoured innovators under the age of 35 whose inventions and research are found to be "most promising and exciting."
"This week, when the 2006 annual TR35 - 35 technologists and scientists under the age of 35, was announced, the list included six Indian-Americans providing a roadmap to what's hot in emerging technology," INDOlink said.
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.
"The TR35 is among the most prestigious honours that can be bestowed on a young innovator. We hail their accomplishments and look forward to even more from them in the future," TR's Editor-in-Chief Jason Pontin said.
The 35 young scientists and innovators are being featured in the September/October issue of MIT's magazine of innovation and at www.technologyreview.com/TR35.
Those who are being honoured are selected by the editors of the magazine in collaboration with a prestigious panel of judges from major institutions and corporations, including Boston University, Hewlett-Packard Labs, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Caltech and Applied Materials.
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