Research Accomplishments
Many Indian American faculty members in the Humanities, Social and Natural Sciences, Engineering, Medicine have distinguished themselves by their research and brought honor to Stony Brook. To mention only a few:

• Dr. Pradeep Dubey, Leading Professor of Economics, and a expert on Decision Making, had strong ties with Indian Universities.
• Dr. Jainendra Jain, Physics, was awarded the Gugengeim Fellowship this year.
• Dr. Vishwanath Prasad, heads a consortium of six universities and several industries for research on electronic materials, funded by a million dollar from the Department of Defense.
• Dr. S.N. Sridhar has been designated as a Senior/Superior Indologist by the National Endowment for Humanities.

1. Expertise: Stony Brook faculty have conducted research on a wide range of subjects including drama, dance, demographics and economy, history of science, languages, linguistics, literature, political systems, philosophy, religion and theater. They have published many books and articles on various aspects of India.
2. Honors and Awards: Stony Brook faculty have won national and international recognition for their research on India, as demonstrated by the award of numerous prestigious research grants and fellowships, including:

   The Senior Research Fellowship and Short Team Research Fellowship from the American Institute of Indian Studies.

   • Dorothy Figueira (Comparative Studies), now at the University of Illinois
   • Farley Richmond (Theater Arts)
   • Meena Sridhar (Linguistics)
   • Mark Aronoff (Linguistics)

3. Fieldwork in India: Several members of out faculty and graduate students have conducted field research in India and other areas of South Asia.
   • Mark Aronoff (Linguistics)
   • Dorothy Figueira (Comparative Studies) (now at Illinois)
   • Farley Richmond (Theater Arts)
   • Warren Sanderson (Economics)
   • Raghupathy Sarma (Biochemistry)
   • John Scholz (Political Science) (Nepal)
   • Mark Schneider (Political Science)
   • Kamal K. (Meena) Sridhar (Linguistics)
   • S. N. Sridhar (Linguistics)

The prestigious National Catalyst Award given by the Chemical Manufacturers' Association
The Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics (conferred by President Reagan at the White House)
The American Teacher Award by The Walt Disney Company