(Update - Shivani Sud wins Intel Science Talent Search Competition.)

Eight Desi students have made it to the finals of the Intel Science Talent contest.

Of the eight students, five are girls and they submitted projects in diverse areas including Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Zoology, Earth and Planetary Science and Chemistry.

The students are in the age group of 17-18.

The eight Desi students will compete with 32 others for the $100,000 grand prize in scholarships. Each finalist will receive at least $5,000 in scholarships and a new laptop.

Here is the list of Indian Americans selected for Intel Science Talent Search Finalists:

1. Avanthi Raghavan, Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando Florida

Project Name - Characterization of Novel Protein Trafficking Pathways in Plasmodium falciparum.

Project Area - Biochemistry

Daughter of Chakravarthy and Vasanthy Raghavan, Avanti hopes her Continue Reading…

Click here for Indiralogathil Na Azhagappan Review.

Here are the showtimes for Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan movie starring Vadivelu, Theetha Sharma, Nassar and Shriya Saran in USA.

Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan is releasing on February 1 in New Jersey, Maryland, Bay Area and other centers.

Indiralohathil Na Azhagappan Showtimes in USA

New Jersey

Newark Screens
360-394,Springfeild Avenue
Newark, NJ 07103

Feb 1 |  7:00 PM | 9:45 PM
Feb 2 | 12:30 PM | 3:30 PM | 6:30 PM | 9:30 PM
Feb 3 | 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM | 6:00 PM | 9:00 PM
Feb 4 |  8:00 PM
Feb 5 |  8:00 PM
Feb 6 |  8:00 PM

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Maryland

P & G Wheaton Plaza 11
11160 Veirs Mill Rd
Silver Spring, MD 20902

Feb 1 | 8:30 PM
Feb 2 | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 8:30 PM
Feb 3 | 1:00 PM | 5:00 PM | 8:30 PM
Feb 4 | 7:45 PM
Feb 6 | 7:45 PM

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Boston

Regent Theaters
7 Medford St
Arlington, MA 02474

Feb 2 | 2:00 PM | 5:30 PM

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Bay Area

IMC 6
1433 The Alameda
San Jose, CA 95126

Feb 14 | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM
Feb 15 | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM | 11:15 PM
Feb 16 | 1:00 PM | 4:30 PM |  8:00 PM | 11:15 PM
Feb 17 | 1:00 PM | 4:30 PM |  8:00 PM
Feb 18 | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM
Feb 19 | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM
Feb 20 | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM
Feb 21 | 4:30 PM | 8:00 PM

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Chicago

Bloomingdale Court Theaters
324 W Army Trail Rd
Bloomingdale, IL 60108

Feb 1 | 9:15 PM
Feb 2 | 3:00 PM | 6:15 PM |  9:30 PM
Feb 3 | 2:00 PM | 5:00 PM |  8:00 PM
Feb 4 | 8:00 PM
Feb 5 | 8:00 PM

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Irving, TX

Fun Asia Irving
1735 N Story Rd Ste 172
Irving, TX  75061

Feb 1 | 9:30 PM
Feb 3 | 2:30 PM | 6:00 PM 
Feb 4 | 8:00 PM

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Dallas, TX

Fun Asia Cinemas
1210 E Belt Line Rd
Richardson, TX 75081

Feb 2 | 2:30 PM | 6:00 PM | 9:30 PM

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Minneapolis

Brookdale 8 Theater
5810 Shingle Creek Pkwy
Brooklyn Center, MN 55430

Feb 8 | 8:30 PM

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St.Louis

Wherenbergh St. Charles 18 Cine
1830 First Capitol Dr South
St.Louis, MO 63303

Feb 10 | 3:30 PM

Please confirm the movie timings with the theater before going.

Diligenta, a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services, has snagged a contract to deliver Business Process Outsourcing services to support Sun Life Financial of Canada UK’s (SLF UK) operations.

Expected to commence in May 2008, the services are estimated to be worth euro 100 million (over US$200 million) over the life of the contract.

Diligenta has been working with SLF UK as preferred supplier since October 2007, following a competitive tender which came towards the natural end of SLF UK’s existing outsourcing agreement.

Diligenta will continue to run the operation in Basingstoke where SLF UK’s Head Office is based.

TCS created Diligenta to provide BPO services to the UK life assurance industry.

Rupert Murdoch’s social networking site MySpace has named Amit Kapur Chief Operating Officer.

Kapur will be responsible for leading development and implementation of all global business operations.

Amit Kapur

MySpace is said to have 110 million users worldwide.

Kapur will also oversee growth and expansion of MySpace partnerships across the upcoming Developer Platform and popular features including MySpace Mobile and MySpaceIM with Skype.

Kapur, 26, joined MySpace in 2005 as the company’s first business developer.

Before joining MySpace, Kapur worked at NBC-Universal in the strategic planning and business development group.

Kapur received his BS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University.

Sanjay Mehrotra is a co-founder of Silicon Valley-based SanDisk, manufacturer of removable storage cards, flash drives and MP3 players.

SanDisk’s products are used in digital cameras, multi-function mobile phones, USB flash drives, digital audio/video players and other digital consumer devices

Before becoming President and COO of SanDisk in April 2006, Sanjay worked as Director of memory design and product engineering, VP of product development and Senior VP of engineering.

Sanjay Mehrotra

As SanDisk’s President and COO,  Sanjay is responsible for manufacturing operations, engineering, marketing and sales.

Besides SanDisk, Sanjay is also involved in another semiconductor company FlashVision as Executive VP. FlashVision is a joint venture of Toshiba and SanDisk and manufactures advanced NAND flash components.

Sanjay previously worked for Intel, Seeq Technology, Integrated Device Technology and Atmel in the area of design engineering and engineering management, mostly in EPROM and EEPROM product development.

Sanjay has BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California, Berkeley.