Four Indians among top tech innovators
Tapan Parikh, Sanjit Biswas, Partha Ranganathan and Dr Shetal Shah are among the 35, 2007, Young Innovators from across the world to be chosen this year.
By Sujata Dutta Sachdeva, TNN |
NEW DELHI: They are young innovators who are altering the state of medicine, computing, communications and energy. Their work represents the future of technology.
Since 1999, the editors of Technology Review, an MIT publication, have honoured a collection of technologists and scientists, all under 35 years. They call them the TR35. The honours list for this year is just out. And the seventh class of outstanding innovators has four Indians.
Tapan Parikh, Sanjit Biswas, Partha Ranganathan and Dr Shetal Shah are among the 35, 2007, Young Innovators from across the world to be chosen this year. Interestingly, the list also has names like Mark Zuckerberg, who has become famous for creating social-networking site Facebook.
The 33-year-old Parikh has been named Humanitarian of the Year for his technology for the developing world. A PhD student in computer science at the University of Washington, Parikh has created an information system tailored for small-businesses in the developing world.
Sanjit Biswas too has developed a technology to help the poor access Internet service wirelessly. Partha Rangnathan, the principal research scientist at HP Labs, with his innovations, is trying to lower greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Dr Shetal Shah of State University of New York, Stony Brook had spent hundreds of hours in ambulances, transporting ill premature babies to New York University Medical Center’s specialised neonatal unit. During these bumpy rides around the megalopolis, he noticed how disruptive these vibrations were to him. Shah has created a device to measure forces imparted on patients during transport or trauma.
Courtesy: www.timesofindia.com
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