Mechanical Engineering Associate Professor Pradeep Menezes and Chemical & Materials Engineering Professor Mano Misra have been awarded a $500,000 Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) grant for their project to strengthen storage canisters used for nuclear waste. The project, “Manufacturing of Spent Fuel Storage Canisters with Superior Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance using Advanced Hybrid Laser-Arc Welding and High-Pressure Cold Spray Additive Post-Processing,” was funded in early 2024. This project addresses chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking (CISCC) of stainless-steel containers used to store used nuclear fuel. The professors say their work promises to significantlyRead More

The First or second week of May rolls around each year in the United States, schools buzz with appreciation for the dedicated educators who shape the minds of tomorrow. It’s a time when students express gratitude through heartfelt notes, thoughtful gestures, and sometimes even special lunches organized by parent-teacher associations. But for the Hindu American community, the celebration extends beyond appreciation to the Worship of the Teacher or ‘Guru’. It’s the celebration of “Guru Vandana” (Teacher Veneration). What is Guru Vandana? In Sanskrit, “Guru” signifies a teacher, spiritual guide, orRead More

Maryam Raja, a UNLV Brookings Public Policy Minor (BPPM) undergraduate and student researcher for The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West, will represent Nevada at the 2024 Western Governors’ Leadership Institute (WGLI). The WGLI is a prestigious program developed by the Western Governors’ Association to recognize and promote the effective exercise of leadership by young adults across the West. UNLV and BPPM alumni Peter Grema will join Maryam as a Nevada delegate. Maryam and Peter will engage with student delegates across the West at the 2024 Annual Meeting of theRead More

National Merit Scholarship Corporation is pleased to announce the College-Sponsored Merit Scholarship Winners for the college academic year beginning fall of 2024. Officials of each sponsor college selected their scholarship winners from among the Finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program who plan to attend their institution. These awards provide between $500 and $2,000 annually for up to four years of undergraduate study at the institution financing the scholarship. This year college sponsored winners include four Indian-American students, two from Las Vegas and Reno, respectively.  Unnatee Kumar is graduating fromRead More

EARLY VOTING STARTS SATURDAY, MAY 25th.  Exercising your right to vote matters as the elected officials have a constitutional and legal power to create, change, define, and enforce policies impacting your daily life. vegasdesi.com election advisory panel members consisting of a Democrat, Republican, and an independent, have a broad, diverse political experience & an in-depth knowledge of the local and state politics.   This publication has endorsed candidates for various local, state, and national political races for the past couple of elections.  This year is no different, with vegasdesi endorsing the candidatesRead More

Hindu invocation is scheduled to be read for the first time in the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife (Canada) on June five, containing verses from world’s oldest extant scripture.  Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit is considered a sacred language in Hinduism and the root language of Indo-European languages.  Zed, who is the President of Universal Society of Hinduism, will recite from Rig-Veda, the oldest scripture of theRead More

Find purpose and strength in the people and things that you love and care about. Live life to the fullest doing it your own way. Don’t try to be someone else, because at the end of the day, only you can ever truly be you – Jai Garlapati, 2024 Asian Chamber Scholarship Recipient. In pursuit of educational excellence among the next generation of young local Asian community students, the Asian Chamber of Commerce named three Indian American high school graduates, Jai Nikhil Garlapati, Diva Saxena, and Vishnu Yadagani, as winnersRead More