Her research has been cited 27,000 times by peers worldwide. In 2026, one of science's oldest honors finally caught up. Tejal Desai, Dean of Engineering at Brown University, was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science… #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

Making green hydrogen usually needs platinum or iridium. Both are rare, expensive and mostly imported. Indian scientists just found a way around both. Researchers at the Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences in Bengaluru, an autonomous DST institute… #Bharat100 #GreenHydrogen #India2047

Most bone grafts used in India are still imported. A Maharashtra company just got government backing to 3D-print them here instead. India's Technology Development Board sanctioned support for Ceramat Private Limited, based in Palghar, Maharashtra… #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

India just launched its first fully indigenous ocean research vessel - built to work in six kilometres of water, in the roughest seas on the planet. ORV Sagar Manthan was launched on September 9, 2026, at GRSE's Rishi Bankim Shipyard in Kolkata… #Bharat100 #DeepOceanMission #India2047

She lost her sight in childhood. Two decades later, she became the officer running the show. Pranjal Patil, from Ulhasnagar, Maharashtra, lost her eyesight in childhood and studied at a school for the blind before earning a postgraduate degree… #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

His free video-call training model raised one state's hepatitis-C diagnosis 100x. By training village doctors, not flying in specialists. Dr. Sanjeev Arora, born in Punjab, founded Project ECHO in 2003 in New Mexico after seeing rural hepatitis-C patients… #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

Polio left her unable to walk at 14. She couldn't go to school anymore - so she built a movement to teach others to read instead. K. V. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

A mortar shell landed 1.5 metres from him in the Kargil War. Gangrene took his leg. He taught himself to run on a blade instead. Major D.P. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

He plays violin for the LA Philharmonic. He also plays it inside homeless shelters and jails. Vijay Gupta, an Indian-American violinist, joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 2007 at age 19. #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

He lost his sight in Class 8, reading a paragraph aloud. His father left soon after. He never learned Braille - he cracked UPSC anyway. Manu Garg functioned normally in school until Class 8, when a teacher asked him to read aloud and he realized he could… #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

This week in India's growth story: 35 stories covering history, sectors and mindset. 1. He spent years measuring how the Indian Ocean is warming. The world's largest Earth science society just gave him its top communications honor. 2. #Bharat100 #WeeklyRecap #India2047

After 40 years building his career in US medicine, he's coming back to build India's newest medical school. Prof. Anil K. #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

She sold her tech company to a Fortune 200 firm. Then she built a foundation named after her mother. Rashi Mehta co-founded Rahi Systems in 2013, literally starting in her Fremont garage. #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

A childhood tumor. Three spinal surgeries at 29. Paralyzed from the waist down. She took up competitive sport at 30 anyway. Deepa Malik was diagnosed with a spinal tumor at age 5, requiring years of treatment and aggressive physiotherapy. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047

She sold her tech company to a Fortune 200 firm. Then she built a foundation named after her mother. Rashi Mehta co-founded Rahi Systems in 2013, literally starting in her Fremont garage. #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

An IndiGo co-founder is building a 500-bed hospital inside his old engineering college. He's already put in Rs 400 crore of his own money. Rakesh Gangwal, US-based co-founder of IndiGo Airlines and an IIT Kanpur alumnus, has committed Rs 400 crore total to… #Bharat100 #IndianDiaspora #India2047

India just ran its first train that burns less diesel by mixing in natural gas. No new engine needed - the old ones were converted. India's first diesel-LNG dual-fuel train was flagged off on September 27, 2026, running between Sabarmati, Ahmedabad and… #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

India built a highway with its own wildlife crossing. And camera traps show the animals are actually using it. The Delhi-Dehradun Expressway, opened in April 2026, cuts travel time between the two cities from over 6 hours to about 2.5 hours - and includes a 12… #Bharat100 #MakeInIndia #India2047

A childhood tumor. Three spinal surgeries at 29. Paralyzed from the waist down. She took up competitive sport at 30 anyway. Deepa Malik was diagnosed with a spinal tumor at age 5, requiring years of treatment and aggressive physiotherapy. #Bharat100 #ThoughtOfTheDay #India2047