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Prutha Chakraborty

Prutha Bhosle Chakraborty is a freelance journalist. With over nine years of experience in different Indian newsrooms, she has worked both as a reporter and a copy editor. She writes on community, health, food and culture. She has widely covered the Indian diaspora, the expat community, embassies and consulates. Prutha is an alumna of the Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Bengaluru.

Prof. Sumeet Walia of RMIT: A vision chip to advance bionic eyes

Imagine someone walking into a still room. A conventional camera keeps recording the walls, furniture and other unchanged details. A new vision system developed...

Dr Nirmal Robinson: Looking to space for cancer clues

Dr Nirmal Robinson What happens when cancer research heads to space? On October 1, Adelaide-based researcher Dr Nirmal Robinson watched a German sounding rocket lift off...

Ryan Michael paints the people we overlook

  When Ryan Michael moved from India to Australia at 12, he suddenly became aware of something he had never really thought about before: his...

Brandon Colaco: Bengaluru techie turned top didgeridoo player

  The first didgeridoo Brandon Colaco of Bengaluru ever made was seven feet tall. The ancient wind instrument, created by the Aboriginal peoples of northern...

EcoCommons: The hunt for Australia’s hidden wildlife

  EcoCommons Australia, a national digital platform turning environmental data into conservation insight, has won the 2026 Australian Museum Eureka Prize for Excellence in Data...

Victoria University Delhi Campus offers India Australian education

For time immemorial, the formula for an Indian student seeking high quality global education has been fairly straightforward: finish school, pack a suitcase and...