Arun Shanbhag, Boston, MA
- Academician, Author, Admin
Arun Sudhakar Shanbhag was born in the rural Karnataka town of Bhatkal, India and completed his schooling in Mumbai, in a traditional Konkani family. He spent summers with grandparents in Bhatkal, and visiting relatives in nearby towns and villages along the Konkan coast. There he developed a deep admiration for the traditional Indian lifestyle and heritage.
Dr Shanbhag has an undergraduate in engineering and completed graduate studies in Bioengineering (MS, PhD) and later an MBA. He is currently an Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA. He has published extensively in scientific and medical journals, and also compiled a textbook Joint Replacement and Bone Resorption, for Orthopaedic Residents and Scientists.
Arun lives in Boston with his wife Manashi and daughter Meera. Arun has run the Boston, Chicago and the Marine Corps Marathons. Recently, Arun published the prayer book Prarthana. You can read more about Arun’s work at ArunShanbhag.com
G Madhav Prabhu, Ames, Iowa;- Academician, Author
Professor Prabhu is a much-admired professor of computer science at Iowa State University. With over 20 years of academic experience, he is well known for his lucid explanations of complex concepts, earning him kudos: “he’s the best professor I’ve had at ISU.”
Professor Prabhu received his Electrical Engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras, India; MS from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India; and PhD from Washington State University. He has been on the faculty at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, since 1983. Dr Prabhu attests that none of these institutions seriously interfered with his education.
Dr Prabhu is the author of Anita’s Legacy.
Nirmala Bangalore
I am a retired Academic Libraran living in Wisconsin. I keep myself busy with volunteer work at a hospital, watching grandchildren grow up, and amateur writing and painting. My husband and I consider ourselves blest to have a wonderful extended family and a caring support network.
Aruna Mallya Gupta, Toronto, Canada;- Journalist, Travel Writer
Delivered by a midwife in her grandfather’s home in Puttur, Karnataka, Aruna was raised in Bombay where she completed her schooling. Aruna completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology from Madras University and returned to Bombay for Graduate studies in Journalism.
Starting out as a rookie writer for Eves Weekly, she has been published in Economic Times, India Today, India Currents, Toronto Star and Readers’ Digest Group among other publications, over the last three decades. She has also served on the Editorial Board of Kala Arts Quarterly and takes an avid interest in the arts circles of Toronto where she lives, with husband Ajay, son Rahul and daughter Radhika. An active member of the Konkani Association of Ontario since its inception in 1989, Aruna edited the souvenir for the Konkani Sammelan, 2006. Widely travelled, courtesy her job at Air Canada, she hopes to retire as a travel writer.
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