{"id":4444,"date":"2023-10-25T06:43:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-25T06:43:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2023-10-25T06:43:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T06:43:56","slug":"president-biden-honours-2-indian-american-scientists-with-americas-highest-scientific-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/president-biden-honours-2-indian-american-scientists-with-americas-highest-scientific-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden honours 2 Indian-American scientists with America’s highest scientific awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON, Oct 25:The\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scientific\u00a0<\/span><\/span>honours\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Indian<\/a>-American\u00a0<\/span><\/span>scientists,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ashok\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gadgil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Subra\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suresh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>US\u00a0<\/span>President\u00a0<\/span>Joe\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Biden<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognition\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>contributions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>science\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>technology.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gadgil,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>distinguished\u00a0<\/span>professor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emeritus\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civil<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>environmental\u00a0<\/span>engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UC\u00a0<\/span>Berkeley,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prestigious\u00a0<\/span><\/span>White\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technology\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>innovation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Biden<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Tuesday\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognition\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>providing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>over\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resources\u00a0<\/span><\/span>necessary\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>survival.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>award,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>top\u00a0<\/span><\/span>US\u00a0<\/span><\/span>innovators,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>honours\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>improved\u00a0<\/span><\/span>America’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>competitiveness,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quality\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>life,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>workforce\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>technology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fostering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>innovation.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Suresh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at-large\u00a0<\/span><\/span>professor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brown\u00a0<\/span><\/span>University’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>department,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>won\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Medal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Science\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>innovative\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>physical\u00a0<\/span>sciences,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>life\u00a0<\/span>sciences,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>engineering.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>especially\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recognised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>contributions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>field\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>material\u00a0<\/span>science\u00a0<\/span><\/span>research\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span><\/span>interdisciplinary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>applications.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Gadgil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>White\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Medal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Technology\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Innovation,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>one\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>twelve\u00a0<\/span><\/span>awardees.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gadgil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>created\u00a0<\/span><\/span>low-cost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>solutions\u00a0<\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>some\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span>difficult\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>developing\u00a0<\/span>world,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>energy-efficient\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stoves,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>safe\u00a0<\/span>drinking\u00a0<\/span>water\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technology,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>methods\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lowering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>cost\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>effective\u00a0<\/span><\/span>electric\u00a0<\/span>lighting.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>concentrates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reliable\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ideas\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>may\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>used\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>broadly\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>feasible;\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taken\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>whole,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>efforts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>benefited\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>100\u00a0<\/span>million\u00a0<\/span>people.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>addition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gadgil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>specialises\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>computational\u00a0<\/span>fluid\u00a0<\/span>dynamics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indoor\u00a0<\/span>air\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pollution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flows,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>building\u00a0<\/span>energy\u00a0<\/span>efficiency.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Gadgil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>award,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>according\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>White\u00a0<\/span>House,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>providing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>life-sustaining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>resources\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>communities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>around\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>His\u00a0<\/span><\/span>low-cost,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>inventive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>innovations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>address\u00a0<\/span><\/span>many\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pressing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>requirements,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fuel-efficient\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cookstoves\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>drinking\u00a0<\/span>water.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>His\u00a0<\/span><\/span>artistic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>endeavours\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stem\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>conviction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>worth\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>individual\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>capacity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>address\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>most\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pressing\u00a0<\/span>issues\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>day.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Berkeley\u00a0<\/span>Lab\u00a0<\/span><\/span>researchers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>won\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>technology\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>innovation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>addition\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gadgil’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>17th\u00a0<\/span><\/span>overall\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medal.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>“There\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>injustice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>world.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>strive\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>apply\u00a0<\/span><\/span>my\u00a0<\/span>understanding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>science,\u00a0<\/span>engineering,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>creativity\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>lessen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>injustice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>experienced\u00a0<\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>those\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>disadvantaged.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>interview\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Barkley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lab,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Gadgil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>think\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>fantastic\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>difference,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>go\u00a0<\/span><\/span>even\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>little\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bit\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>direction.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Gadgil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>PhD\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UC\u00a0<\/span>Berkeley,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>degrees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>physics\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Institute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Technology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kanpur,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>University\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bombay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(now\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mumbai).<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then\u00a0<\/span><\/span>became\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>affiliate\u00a0<\/span><\/span>retiree\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lawrence\u00a0<\/span>Berkeley\u00a0<\/span>National\u00a0<\/span>Laboratory\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(Berkeley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Lab)\u00a0<\/span><\/span>after\u00a0<\/span><\/span>joining\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>organisation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1980\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>retiring\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>faculty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span>scientist\u00a0<\/span><\/span>earlier\u00a0<\/span><\/span>this\u00a0<\/span>year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Prior\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>creation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Energy\u00a0<\/span>technology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Area\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(ETA),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>division\u00a0<\/span><\/span>director\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>environmental\u00a0<\/span><\/span>energy\u00a0<\/span>technology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>division.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>addition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>teaches\u00a0<\/span><\/span>civil\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>environmental\u00a0<\/span>engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>UC\u00a0<\/span>Berkeley\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>distinguished\u00a0<\/span>professor\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emeritus.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>announcement,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>National\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Science\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Technology\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Medals\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Foundation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>praised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suresh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>dedication\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>international\u00a0<\/span><\/span>research\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>teamwork,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>demonstrating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>how\u00a0<\/span><\/span>science\u00a0<\/span><\/span>can\u00a0<\/span>foster\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mutual\u00a0<\/span>understanding\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>national\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cooperation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brown\u00a0<\/span>University\u00a0<\/span><\/span>statement,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suresh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>expressed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>satisfaction\u00a0<\/span><\/span>with\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>award,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>especially\u00a0<\/span><\/span>proud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>what\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>medal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>represents.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Along\u00a0<\/span>with\u00a0<\/span><\/span>eight\u00a0<\/span><\/span>other\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recipients,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suresh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>former\u00a0<\/span><\/span>director\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>National\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Science\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Foundation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>(NSF),\u00a0<\/span><\/span>received\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>coveted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>science\u00a0<\/span><\/span>medal.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Suresh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>born\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1956\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>completed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span>school\u00a0<\/span>education\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>age\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>15,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>then\u00a0<\/span>went\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>acquire\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span><\/span>bachelor’s,\u00a0<\/span>master’s,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>doctoral\u00a0<\/span>degrees\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>mechanical\u00a0<\/span>engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>just\u00a0<\/span><\/span>two\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Massachusetts\u00a0<\/span>Institute\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Technology.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1983,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Suresh\u00a0<\/span><\/span>joined\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>engineering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>faculty\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Brown\u00a0<\/span>University,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>where\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>youngest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>member.<\/span><\/span><\/span> 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