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...concentration of Indian workers. Some 13% of all private, venture-backed start-up companies in the U.S. are founded by Indian immigrants, according to a study released this month by the National Venture Capital Association. Many of Silicon Valley's high-tech leaders are of Indian origin, among them Prabhakar Raghavan, 45, head of Yahoo!'s research division. After finishing college in India, Raghavan migrated to the U.S. and earned a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of California, Berkeley, before joining IBM. "Indians are looked upon not only as technical wizards but, beyond that, as people...
...Angeles Times, Copley News Service, and The Toledo Blade, will receive a $25,000 prize. “All six of these [nominated] stories were stories that powerful people did not want the public to know,” Risen said yesterday after accepting his award. Rahul Prabhakar ’09, who had come to see Kristof, was pleased with the committee’s selection of Risen and Lichtblau’s story. “It refocused the nation’s debate onto the war on terror when it was so focused on other issues...
...would be available to those without a college degree. “The question for us is how to change people’s paradigm,” Granholm said. “What was good for the parents is not good for the child.” Rahul Prabhakar ’09 said he agreed that education reform is essential in easing the transition to a more technological economy. “[Granholm’s] emphasis on education meets the needs of a factory line that is changing from standard engines to fuel cells...
...fields and swallowed pesticide. It's a familiar story. Thousands of Indian farmers have committed suicide the same way since the rains began failing seven years ago-2,000 in and around the small southern town of Anantapur alone-and hundreds more in the past two months. Vidarbha farmer Prabhakar Khatale, 36, planted his soybean seeds on June 10 and killed himself on July 3. "If the rains had come on time," says his father Shyamrao simply, "we wouldn't have lost...
...excitement? "Hybrids are the first viable alternative to the gasoline engine," says Prabhakar Patil, the chief engineer for Ford's hybrid program, who notes that cars that run on fuel cells--widely expected to be the next technological advance in automotive power--are at least 10 years off. Hybrids still have a major hurdle to overcome: sticker shock (more on that later). But for car buyers who want to do their part for the environment and are willing pay a few grand extra to do it, hybrids are the only game in Motown...