The secular condolence ceremony for Homi Bhabha of which no photographs were found has remained firmly etched in the scientists’ memory, and the religious one was forgotten. On 24 January 1966, Homi Bhabha, physicist and founder of India’s nuclear programme, died in a plane crash. The Kanchenjunga — a Boeing 707 aircraft — had crashed… Continue reading For 31 years after his death, Homi Bhabha’s office room was unoccupied
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Monaz Viraf Gandhi Wins Harvey Award for MONTEA
Ms. Monaz Viraf Gandhi slams historical special category award ton by bagging two high profile awards namely The Harvey Youngest Achiever 2017-2018 and The Harvey Most Valuable Indian 2017-2018 at The Harvey Excellence Awards hosted on 27 September 2017 at London. Monaz Viraf Gandhi, A Mumbai based pre-school teacher working at The Learning Curve, Mumbai… Continue reading Monaz Viraf Gandhi Wins Harvey Award for MONTEA
Nergis Mavalvala honoured with Carnegie Great Immigrants award
Pakistani-American Nergis Mavalvala is among 38 immigrants being honored this year with the ‘Great Immigrants’ award by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Article in Express Tribune The ‘Great Immigrant’ honor is in recognition of naturalized citizens who make America strong. Each year since 2006, the Carnegie Corporation has recognized the contributions of naturalized citizens.… Continue reading Nergis Mavalvala honoured with Carnegie Great Immigrants award
Garshasb Soroosh’s NASA Project: Terps in Space
Dr. Behram Pastakia, Chair of FEZANA’s Publication committee, and a dear friend writes in. Garshasb Soroosh, (see Fezana Journal – summer 2016 issue) is part of the Zarathushti Youth Without Borders Program and has represented FEZANA at the United Nations at the High Level Meeting of the World Summit on the Inforamation Sociiety (WSIS+10) in… Continue reading Garshasb Soroosh’s NASA Project: Terps in Space
Nenshad Bardoliwalla At BigDataSV 2016
Enabling ‘Excel people’ to work with Big Data | #BigDataSV Back in 2013, at BigDataNYC, Paxata, Inc. announced the launch of the company on theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, and since then the company, headquartered in Redwood City, California, has expanded its funding, employees, customers and global reach. Article by Marlene Den Bleyker |… Continue reading Nenshad Bardoliwalla At BigDataSV 2016
Why We Need To Thank Homi Bhabha for India’s Role In The Discovery of Gravitational Waves
The three stages of black hole collision as observed in supercomputer simulation of Einstein Equations. C V Vishveshwara from the Raman Research Institute, along with S. Chandrasekhar (Nobel Prize, 1983) did the historic work in understanding of the “ringdown” stage after collision of black holes (Simulation and Image Credit: K. Jani, M. Clark, M. Kinsey,… Continue reading Why We Need To Thank Homi Bhabha for India’s Role In The Discovery of Gravitational Waves
Karachi bike repairman inspired Mavalvala
Now working at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory(LIGO) in the United States, Dr Nergis Mavalvala still thanks a bicycle repairman in Karachi for her hands-on skills. by Yusra Salim, Tribune “One of my formative experiences in Karachi happened when, as a 10-year-old, I would take my bicycle to the bike repair shop right outside our… Continue reading Karachi bike repairman inspired Mavalvala
