At least 26 scientists of Indian origin had been elected as 2025 Fellows of the prestigious National Academy of Inventors. They are amongst 169 chosen from US establishments and 16 as International Fellows.
The NAI introduced the names in a December 11, press launch. All of them will probably be formally inducted as NAI Fellows at the group’s 15th Annual Conference scheduled to be held June 4, 2026, in Los Angeles, California.
This yr’s 169 U.S. Fellows symbolize 127 universities, authorities businesses, and analysis establishments, throughout 40 U.S. states. Of the 26 Indian-origin Fellows, 1 is from Melbourne, Australia and the remaining are from US establishments round the nation, together with New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, California, and so on.
The NAI Fellowship is the highest skilled distinction awarded solely to inventors. According to the NAI press launch, collectively, the 2025 class maintain greater than 5,300 U.S. patents and embrace recipients of the Nobel Prize, the National Medals of Science and Technology & Innovation, and members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, amongst others.
They span each main discipline of discovery, together with quantum computing, synthetic intelligence, and regenerative medication, and are tackling the “biggest and most pressing issues” of our time, NAI mentioned.
“Their success in translating research into products and services that improve lives demonstrates the continuing importance of the U.S. patent system,” it added.
Founded in 2012, the Fellowship has grown to incorporate 2,253 distinguished researchers and innovators, who maintain over 86,000 U.S. patents and 20,000 licensed applied sciences.
“Their innovations have generated an estimated $3.8 trillion in revenue and 1.4 million jobs,” the NAI estimates.
“NAI Fellows are a driving force within the innovation ecosystem, and their contributions across scientific disciplines are shaping the future of our world,” NAI President Dr. Paul R. Sanberg is quoted saying.
List of NAI Fellows of Indian origin
Anant Agarwal, The Ohio State University
Aravind Asokan, Duke University
Ahmad Bahai, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sathy Balu-Iyer, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Rohit Bhargava, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Suresh Bhargava, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Krishnendu Chakrabarty, Arizona State University
Goutam Chattopadhyay, California Institute of Technology & NASA Jet Propulsion Lab
Kapil Dandekar, Drexel University
Deepakraj Divan, Georgia Institute of Technology
Ravi Droopad, Texas State University
Swaroop Ghosh, The Pennsylvania State University
Satyandra Gupta, University of Southern California
Vineet Gupta, University of Texas Medical Branch
Raghu Kalluri, The University of Texas MD Andersen Cancer Center
Raghuraman Kannan, University of Missouri-Columbia
Prasant Mohapatra, University of South Florida
Subba Reddy Palli, University of Kentucky
Dipanjan Pan, The Pennsylvania State University
Chandrakant D. Patel, Hewlett-Packard & University of South Florida
Sanjoy Paul, Rice University
Shashank Priya, University of Minnesota
Srinivasa Raghavan, University of Maryland, College Park
Arijit Raychowdhury, Georgia Institute of Technology
Gurindar Sohi, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Kripa Ok. Varanasi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology