Who is Ashok Veeraraghavan? Indian-origin scientist toasted with Texas' Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award

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PTI, the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science and Technology (TAMEST), which bestows this award to promising researchers in the state, recognized Veeraraghavan, who serves as a professor of electrical and computer engineering at Rice University's George R. Brown School of Engineering.

Moreover, he was selected for his groundbreaking imaging technology aimed at rendering the imperceptible visible. Annually, the award is presented to exceptional researchers in Texas who are making significant strides in fields such as medicine, engineering, biological sciences, physical sciences, and technological innovation.

Also Read: Indian-origin ex-Microsoft employee bags ₹2.5 crore deal from Shark Tank US for his plant health company PTI reported that this year's engineering award went to Veeraraghavan, recognising his group's “revolutionary imaging technology that seeks to make the invisible visible," according to a statement from TAMEST. Veeraraghavan originates from Chennai, where he spent the majority of his early years before adulthood.

Veeraraghavan told PTI, “I am delighted to receive this award. It is the recognition of the wonderful and innovative research that many students, postdocs and research scientists, in the computational imaging lab at Rice University have done over the last decade." As reported by PTI, Veeraraghavan's computational imaging lab conducts comprehensive research on imaging processes, covering optics, sensor design, and machine learning processing algorithms.

They aim to address imaging challenges that exceed the capabilities of current technologies. “Most imaging systems today are designed in a way that does not take all these three things into account together; they are designed