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As MIT's chief academic officer, Chandrakasan aims to prioritize institutional needs, strategic financial planning, and boost research, education, and entrepreneurship programs

MIT names Prof Chandrakasan as new provost

Team PGurus - June 17, 2025 1

Prof Anantha Chandrakasan: MIT's first Indian-American provost Prof Anantha Chandrakasan has been named Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) new provost, the first Indian-American to serve...

The US State Department has issued guidance to its consular offices, instructing them to refrain from accepting new student or exchange visitor visa appointments until further notice

US Politics

US halts new student visa interviews amid expanded social media checks,...

PGurus Newsdesk - May 28, 2025 1

US freezes F-1, M, J visa interviews In a recent move, the Trump administration has instructed US embassies globally to stop scheduling new interviews for...

The Trump-era funding freezes, compounded by hostile visa policies, represent far more than administrative reshuffling

Opinion

Beyond tariffs: Trump trampling higher education beyond repair – Part 2

Vijendra Agarwal - April 28, 2025 0

Erosion of research and graduate education In Part 1, we highlighted the undue and unjustifiable revocation of visas for international students, which created a chilling...

The strength of the American education system has always been rooted in its openness—its ability to attract, absorb, and elevate the best minds from across the globe

Opinion

Beyond tariffs: Trump trampling higher education beyond repair

Vijendra Agarwal - April 18, 2025 2

Part 1: Undue attacks on international students Trump’s crackdown on international students jeopardizes US higher education When Donald Trump campaigned on the slogan “America First,” few...

With both sides holding firm, the standoff is likely to intensify as the state prepares for upcoming elections, positioning language rights as a key electoral issue

Politics

Tamil Nadu vs Centre: Language war intensifies over NEP’s three-language policy

PGurus Newsdesk - February 21, 2025 1

"No question of imposing language": Education Minister in Hindi row The ongoing language dispute between Tamil Nadu and the Central government escalated further as Union...

Space

NASA and ISRO enter joint space mission exploration

Team PGurus - June 22, 2023 0

India-US signs Artemis Accords, ISRO-NASA to launch joint space mission in 2024 Giving a boost to its space programme, India has decided to join the...

Indian-origin teenager has developed a computer programme using

Lifestyle

Indian-origin 14 year old discovers a new way to accelerate calculations:...

PGurus Newsdesk - October 30, 2021 0

Kid of Indian-origin wins top prize in US science competition for middle school students Broadcom Foundation and Society for Science announced that Akilan Sankaran a...