Armed with dual degrees from IIT Kharagpur, IAS officer Raja Gopal Sunkara used technology innovatively to solve water and power supply challenges in Tamil Nadu's Erode district.
Ensuring that no untreated water is released into the Yamuna, the Noida Authority will now treat 100 million litres of sewage water a day to cater to the increasing number of high-rise apartments, biodiversity parks and green belts!
Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American Associate Professor at Columbia University, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow, receiving a grant of Rs. 4.09 crore. Here's more.