PM’s scientific advisor elected fellow of top US Science academy alongside Satya Nadella

Principal Scientific Adviser to the Prime Minister Professor Ajay K Sood has been elected as a fellow of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Australia-based physicist C Jagadish have also been elected.

Union Minister for Science Jitendra Singh on Wednesday said in a post on X, “Proud to inform that Principal Scientific Advisor (PSA) to the Government of India, Prof Ajay K Sood has been elected as a Fellow of the coveted American Academy of Arts and Sciences. A rare distinction not only for him but for India as well.

The other two Indians conferred the same honour this year are Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft and C Jagadish, a noted physicist based in Australia.”

Founded in 1780, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences honours excellence and convenes leaders from every field of human endeavour to examine new ideas, address issues of importance to the nation and the world, and work together “to cultivate every art and science which may tend to advance the interest, honour, dignity, and happiness of free, independent, and virtuous people.”

It was founded during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, and 60 other scholar-patriots who understood that a new republic would require institutions able to gather knowledge and advance learning in service to the public good.