Indian origin American professor of media arts and sciences at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Ramesh Raskar has been awarded the 2016 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize. Raskar is the co-inventor of radical imaging solutions including femtophotography, an ultra-fast imaging system that can see around corners and a camera that allows users to read pages of a book without opening the cover.
The Lemelson-MIT Prize honours outstanding mid-career inventors improving the world through technological invention and demonstrating a commitment to mentorship in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Ramesh Raskar was born in Nashik, India and he finished his engineering education from College of Engineering, Pune. Later he finished his PhD at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Raskar has dedicated his career to linking the best of the academic and entrepreneurial worlds with young engineers.
Stephanie Couch, executive director of the Lemelson-MIT Program said, “Raskar is a multi-faceted leader as an inventor, educator, change maker and exemplar connector. In addition to creating his own remarkable inventions, he is working to connect communities and inventors all over the world to create positive change.”
