An Indian-origin Oxford graduate has sued the university for £1m claiming the “appallingly bad” and “boring” teaching resulted in him getting a second class degree and in turn led to loss of earnings during his career as a lawyer.   Faiz Siddiqui, 38, studied modern history at Brasenose College at the university and accuses its staff of “negligent” teaching of his specialist subject course on Indian imperial history, which led […]

“It might seem the darkest of days when you’re actually experiencing what you are experiencing, but there’s always a light at the end of the tunnel.” Life has come full circle for Harold D’Souza. From being a near slave in Lady Liberty’s land, is a member of US government’s advisory council on human trafficking. On Thursday, US President Barack Obama nominated Harold D’Souza, a 40-year old man of Indian origin […]

Ottawa: An Indian-origin budding independent film producer, whose recent film attracted millions of dollars, is being seen as the next famous person to come out of Canada, media reports said. Komal Minhas has produced “Dream, Girl” — a feature-length film that has fetched millions in investor funding and has already created much excitement in the media, Daily Herald News reported on Monday. Minhas has partnered with US director and co-producer […]

Washington:  Four Indian-origin economists have been featured in in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) list of 25 economists under 45 who are shaping the way one thinks about the global economy. The “Generation Next” list of “economists under 45 (who) will have the most influence in the coming decades on our understanding of the global economy,” was compiled by IMF with information from “readers, assorted international economists and journal editors.” […]

A mathematician of Indian-origin has won the prestigious Fields Medal, known as the ‘Nobel Prize for mathematics’. Manjul Bhargava, a Canadian-American professor of mathematics at Princeton University, was among four winners of the celebrated award. Iranian-born Maryam Mirzakhani, who works in the US, has become the first ever female winner of the Fields Medal. The medals will be presented in Seoul at the International Congress of Mathematicians, held every four […]