Question: Who among the following Indo-American associate professor won the 2015 MacArthur Genius grant?
(a) Kartik Chandran
(b) Navin Bandopadhyay
(c) Kiran Chandrashekar
(d) Maruthi Malpade
Ans (a)
Related Facts:
- On 28 September 2015, In the US the MacArthur Foundation announced the name of 24 talented people for the MacArthur Fellowship.
- Kartik Chandran, an Indian-American associate professor of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia University has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow with a “genius grant” of $625,000 (4.099 Crore Rupee).
- For working on a novel solution to the world’s need for food, clean water and energy.
- Chandran has earned a BS (1995) from the IIT Roorkee and PhD in 1999 from the University of Connecticut (US).
- This fellowship is given to group of 20-25 talented people who have demonstrated dedication and exceptional originality to their creative pursuits.
Reference:
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class/2015/
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/930/