The National Academy of Sciences in Washington has inducted two Indian Americans among 72 others to advise the US Government on policies on science, engineering and medicine.
Physicist Katepalli Sreenivasan and agricultural economist
Prabhu Pingali are amongst 18 Americans of foreign origin appointed
to the Academy.
Professor K.Sreenivasan is a distinguished physicist who specializes
in the field of fluid dynamics and turbulence.
He is presently
teaching physics and mechanical engineering at the University
of Maryland, where he is also responsible for the Institute for
Physical Science and Technology.
Pingali completed his PhD in Economist from North California
State University and serves as Director of the Agricultural and
Development Economics Division of the FAO, United Nations.
He
has researched extensively on technological change, environment
externalities and agricultural policies, and has 9 books and
90 articles to his credit.
