Thirty-four-year-old chocolatier Roopali Gulabani discovered her entrepreneurial spirit almost entirely by accident.

Senior Congress leader, Oscar Fernandes, has been bestowed with the Nelson Mandela Award in recognition of his efforts for promoting minority rights.

Suri, 41, is to take over from Simon Beresford-Wylie on Oct 1. Suri has been with Nokia for 20 years and is currently head of the services business of Nokia Siemens Networks.

Actor Kal Penn has formally started work at the White House, saying he is happy to take a break from Hollywood to serve in President Barack Obama’s administration.

“This is an incredibly historic time; I’m deeply honoured to be here and I hope to serve my country to the best of my ability,” the actor, whose given name is Kalpen Modi, told reporters on a conference call.

Two India-origin persons –Indra Nooyi and Shantanu Narayen — have been named among the top 25 chief executive officers in the US, who
kept their companies on success path despite challenging economic conditions, according to Forbes magazine.

four young Indian students from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS Pilani), India, has won the bronze medal in the middleweight Humanoid category at the 2009 RoboGames (http://www.robogames.net/), according to a press release on marketwire.com. The competition was held in San Francisco between June 12 and 14.

The RoboGames are the world’s biggest open robot competition with over 250 teams participating from 28 different countries in 70 different competitive events.