Nithya Rajagopal 💖💫🐶🐾

Meet Nitin Gupta ! (IIT-JEE Rank 1, Neuroscientist & Researcher from India) Exploring how the brain turns signals into behavior from smell to decision-making. > Topped IIT-JEE in 2000 and joined IIT Kanpur > Graduated with a BTech degree in Computer Science, with a growing interest in biology > Pursued a PhD in Bioinformatics & Systems Biology at University of California San Diego > Where he Worked in cognitive neuroscience > Then he moved to National Institutes of Health for postdoctoral research in electrophysiology > After Postdoc he returned to India and Joined IIT Kanpur as a faculty member in 2014 Today, he is working at the intersection of neuroscience, behavior, and computation > Studies how neural circuits encode behaviors like attraction and repulsion > Uses insect olfactory systems to understand how brains process smells > Examines how mosquitoes respond to human odors vs repellents > Research which will help to uncover fundamental working principles of brain Beyond core research, he is also building solutions for real-world impact > Developed TreadWill, a digital cognitive behavioral therapy tool for depression > Working on scalable mental health interventions using technology His work bridges computer science, biology, and neuroscience, decoding how simple neural signals give rise to complex behavior.

Nikhil Kamath and the full circle of his MBA controversy (inframe: Nikhil Kamath) Nikhil Kamath shows up at Columbia Business School in New York for some India Conference. He was then put on the spot by a MBA student who brought up his earlier criticism of MBA degrees. “A few months ago, you said if you are 25 and getting your MBA, you must be some kind of idiot,” she said, pointing out that many in the room were business (MBA) students and questions him (politely) why he chose to attend such an event if he sees no value in business education. Nikhil responded “300 grand for your MBA course. So this room, if it has 500 people here, you have spent $90 million to be in this room. I hope knowing the rich kids of India of tomorrow has some value to me in the future. Hence, I’m here.” Well..his math wasn’t mathing but the audience was forgiving ;) Do you guys agree …. She was 💯 right is asking him… “Why are you even here?”