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Santiago Reyes Internship in Mumbai

Santiago Fernandez Reyes explores sustainable cities with World Resources Institute in Mumbai, India

With the goal of increasing road safety in one of India’s largest cities, Reyes devised urban design strategies to

Serena Le at the LVPEI

At L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Serena Le addresses the issue of eye disease by developing high-quality, low-cost prototypes

Serena Le designed and 3-D printed device prototypes that she developed at L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, with the goal of

Himalaya moutain range

MIT faculty and students collaborate with Indian researchers to explore tectonic structures in the Himalayas

Through MISTI Global Seed Funds and MIT-India, Professor Oliver Jagoutz and students have sought to better understand

Mona and team

Catching Up with Mona VijayKumar

We recently caught up with former MIT India intern, Mona VijayKumar (Architecture Studies and Urbanism, ‘22) who

Richard Colwell showing off his class ring with the Taj Mahal in the background

Materials Science major works to improve the material properties of recycled paper for housing construction

While interning for ReMaterials Modroof, Richard Colwell ’21, learned about sustainable applications for Materials

Rushil Palavajjhala (left) and Jacob Kohn (right), co-founders of Bandhu

3 Questions: Enabling informed migration in India

DUSP alumni Rushil Palavajjhala and Jacob Kohn empower vulnerable workers using social entrepreneurial and technical

Group of researchers posing in an office space

Research Internship Contributions Featured in Proceedings of the National Academy Of Sciences USA

We recently caught up with Dr. Shannon Olsson, PI at the Naturalist Inspired Chemical Ecology (NICE) group within the

From left to right: Ahmed Meer, Dr. King, Mrs. King, Mrs. Sucheta Kripalani, Acharya Kripalani, and Jaswant Krishnayya photographed outside Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia.

Celebrating MLK Jr. Day 2022

As we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. today in 2022, we are excited to share a connection to MIT that illustrates

Puneeth Meruva at Microsoft, MIT India 2016

Looking Back: Puneeth Meruva

As part of our ongoing work to highlight past interns, let’s look back at Puneeth Meruva (Electrical Engineering &