32 Indian and other South Asian-origin Fellows elected to American Association for the Advancement of Science

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The prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science, AAAS, announced March 27, 2025, it has added 471 newly elected scientists and engineers as 2024 Fellows. At least 32 of them from the United States and around the world, including India, Canada, and Singapore, are of Indian origin, News India Times calculated going by their names.

Ravi Allada PHOTO: medicine.umich.edu

“This year’s Fellows are the embodiment of scientific excellence and service to our communities,” Sudip S. Parikh, Ph.D., AAAS chief executive officer and executive publisher of the Science family of journals, is quoted saying in the press release. Election as a Fellow honors members whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science or its applications in service to society have distinguished them among their peers and colleagues, AAAS said.

Being an AAAS Fellow is a distinguished lifetime honor within the scientific community. This latest class of scientists, engineers and innovators are spread across 24 AAAS disciplinary Sections.

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“At a time when the future of the scientific enterprise in the U.S. and around the world is uncertain, their work demonstrates the value of sustained investment in science and engineering,” Parikh added.

The Fellows are recognized for their achievements across disciplines, from research, teaching and technology to administration in academia, industry and government to excellence in communicating and interpreting science to the public.

AAAS first launched this lifetime recognition in 1874, about 25 years after the association was founded. Last year, the AAAS Fellows program celebrated its 150th anniversary.

Following is the list of Fellows of Indian and other South Asian-origin presented by  Section affiliation:

Atmospheric & Hydrospheric Sciences

Rajasekhar Balasubramanian, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

Biological Sciences
Ravi Allada, University of Michigan

Gaya K. Amarasinghe, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Debabrata Chakravarti, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Harmeet Malhi, Mayo Clinic

Nadia D. Singh, Oregon State University

Arun Srivastava, University of Florida College of Medicine

Ramaswamy Subramanian, Purdue University

Sandhya Dwarkadas PHOTO: engineering.virginia.edu

Engineering
Sandhya Dwarkadas, University of Virginia

Satyandra K. Gupta, University of Southern California

Srinivas Katkoori, University of South Florida

Prabhas V. Moghe, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Krishnaswamy Nandakumar, Louisiana State University

M.N. Srikanta Swamy, Concordia University (Canada)

Deepak Vashishth, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Geology & Geography

Mark Mahalingam Baskaran, Wayne State University

Venkataraman Lakshmi, University of Virginia

Bimal Kanti Paul, Kansas State University

Information, Computing & Communication

 James B. D. Joshi, University of Pittsburgh

Anant Madabhushi, Emory University School of Medicine

Nalini Venkatasubramanian, University of California, Irvine

Medical Sciences

Kalpana S. Katti, North Dakota State University

Robin Patel, Mayo Clinic

Arvind U.K. Rao, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Pavan Reddy, Baylor College of Medicine

Mitnala Sasikala, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (India)

Abhay R. Satoskar, The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Anish Thomas, National Cancer Institute, NIH

Physics

Mani L. Bhaumik, Retired

Jagadeesh S. Moodera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Social, Economic & Political Sciences

 Chandra Muller, The University of Texas at Austin

1. Viswanath, Harvard University / Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

The new Fellows will receive a certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin (representing science and engineering, respectively) to commemorate their election and will be celebrated at a forum in Washington, D.C. on June 7, 2025. The 2024 Fellows class is also featured in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science in March 2025.

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