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Here's Why Raunak Nirmal Made the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 List
Raunak Nirmal, the 29-year-old Sikh co-founder and CEO of Acquco made the prestigious Forbes Magazine’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list, featured as an honoree for the Retail and E-commerce category.
The Sikh Scientist With More Patents Than Thomas Edison
Gurtej Singh Sandhu was born in London to parents from India. He studied electrical engineering in India before coming to the United States to pursue a doctorate in physics at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Thomas: The Missile Woman of India
Tessy Thomas, known as the 'Missile Woman' of India, is the first woman scientist to head a missile project in the country. She is the Director General of Aeronautical Systems and the former Project Director for the Agni-IV missile.
Srinivasa Ramanujan: The Man Who Knew Infinity
Srinivasa Ramanujan was an Indian mathematician with almost no formal training in pure mathematics. He made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinite series, and continued fractions.
The Inspiring Story of Priyam
Breaking the stereotype of trans-women in India, M Taslima Nasreen took a leap of faith into entrepreneurship and created the company Priyam. A manufacturer of cleaning products varying from toilet cleaners to mixed phenyl.
The Ocean and Other Optics: The Biography of Raman
Indian Physicist Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman is the first person of colour and Asian descent to win a Nobel award after dedicating his whole career to investigating the two fields of optics and acoustics.
Stalin’s Green Religion
Archana Stalin is the co-founder of My Harvest, a simple concept of building strong connections between farmers and city folks that mutually benefit one another.
Inventor Group Resources
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The Black Inventors Online Museum
The #1 resource on the web focusing on the ingenuity and accomplishments of the top Black inventors over the last 300 years. Their contributions are chronicled and the inventors are profiled, providing information for students and others interested in these pioneers of Black History.
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Famous Inventors and Inventions: Inventor and Invention Websites
This guide is a reference source on famous inventors and inventions for upper elementary students. It contains multimedia resources for students to use to research and explore inventors and popular inventions throughout history on various genres.
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Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum
The Anacostia Community Museum is a community museum in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is one of twenty museums under the umbrella of the Smithsonian Institution and was the first federally funded community museum in the United States.
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Women Inventors - Smithsonian National Museum of American History
A gallery of women inventors in American history.
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Visions of Science Network for Learning
Visions of Science Network for Learning Inc. (VoSNL) is a charitable organization that aims to advance the educational achievements and positive development of youth from low-income and marginalized communities through meaningful engagement in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields and research.
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Hive: The Great Innovators
A list of the Greatest Innovators.