LONDON April 24: Professor Valsa Koshy, Emerita Professor of Education at Brunel University received her MBE from the Queen, last month, in recognition of her distinguished contribution to education.

Brunel University London’s Professor Valsa Koshy was delighted to receive her MBE from Her Majesty The Queen at a ceremony last Friday at Windsor Castle. Continue reading “Proud moment for UK Malayalees: Professor Valsa Koshy Receives an MBE from the Queen”

Berkeley, California Aug 14: California college student Anjali Banerjee was watching fireworks during a 2016 celebration on a seafront promenade in the French city of Nice when a man plowed a huge truck through the crowd, killing 86 people and wounding 200. Continue reading “Indian-origin Student Turns Grief into Tech Startup After France Attack”

SHEFFIELD Aug 13: This year’s England National swimming festival was held at Sheffield from 31 July till 4 August. Twenty-our fastest swimmers in each age category starting from 13 years were invited to compete. Continue reading “Malayalee girl wins Bronze medal at England National swimming festival”

HOUSTON Aug 10: Indian-American high school student Avi Goel has won the world championship at the International Geography Bee’s junior varsity division held in Berlin, Germany, last month. Avi, 14, a tenth grader at Silver Creek High School in Evergreen, San Jose, CA, won a gold medal in seven out of the 10 medal events, and a silver medal in two of the events, topping the overall medals table. Continue reading “Indian student wins International Geography Bee Championship”

Kuala Lumpur July 25: A young Indian-origin senior economist working with the World Bank drowned after strong currents pulled her away while she was swimming in a restricted area at a beach in Bali, the Indonesian media reported. Continue reading “Indian-Origin World Bank Economist, 37, Drowns At Bali Beach”

KOCHI July 10: A woman makeup artist from the state has been nominated as Fellow to Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in London.

Lekshmi Menon, who is currently the creative head at Face Palette Pro Makeup Academy in Kochi, joins other leading artists such as James Bond actress Judi Dench, Musician Alex James and composer Benson Taylor as Fellows. According to an official release, Lekshmi is the first Indian makeup artist to be nominated to RSA.

Lekshmi, who won a scholarship to study Master’s in International Business at Robert Gordon University in Scotland, followed her childhood passion for makeup and set about on a mission to work with women so as to develop their makeup skills.