Question

Who among the Indian-born American scientist bagged the prestigious award Lemelson-MIT prize worth 5,00,000 dollars ?
1. Ajit Doval
2. Mohamed Nasheed
3. Ramesh Raskar
4. Jagdish Tytler

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Ramesh Raskar

The correct answer is Ramesh Raskar.

• Ramesh Raskar is an Associate Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the director of the MIT Media Lab's Camera Culture research group.
• In 2016, he was awarded the Lemelson–MIT Prize, which is worth $500,000. The prize money will be utilized to develop REDX.io, a group platform for Artificial Intelligence co-innovation.
• He is famous for inventing EyeNetra (a mobile device that calculates eyeglass prescriptions), EyeCatra (cataract screening), and EyeSelfie (retinal imaging), as well as Femto-photography (trillion frames per second image) and his TED talk about cameras that can see around corners.