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through the prestigious Junior Honors gender justice for survivors of rape and other sexual violence in India and the
Medical Program. She completed her rest of the world.
Family Practice residency training at ‘To Kill a Tiger’ got its theatrical release in October 2023 at the Film Forum
St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Jack- in New York before expanding to major cities. On the road to possible Oscar
sonville, Florida while serving as Chief
Resident and receiving additional glory, ‘To Kill a Tiger’ has had some heavyweight promoters, including executive
producers Dev Patel, Mindy Kaling, Rupi Kaur and Atul Gawande.
Certification in Low-Risk obstetrics.
Women We Admire announced RAHUL R NAIR, MEHUL MALIK & TANMAY BHARAT
The Top 50 Women Leaders of Tampa
for 2024. Nestled along the Gulf Coast, Three Indians win prestigious
Tampa is renowned for its breathtak-
ing beaches and dynamic culture. The
city’s economic landscape extends far Blavatnik Awards
beyond its cultural allure. Diverging
from the conventional focus on tour-
ism and maritime industries, the city
has positioned itself as a hub for inno-
vation and technology, attracting major corporations such as Franklin Temple-
ton and WellCare Health Plans.
The achievements of this year’s leaders underscore Tampa’s proactive em-
brace of diverse and impactful leadership. As Tampa continues to shape a for-
ward-thinking economic landscape, these women leaders play a pivotal role in
steering their respective organizations toward continuous growth and innovation.
NISHA PAHUJA

‘To Kill a Tiger’ nomminated for

Best Documentary Feature at

Oscar 2024 ahul R Nair, Mehul Malik, Tanmay Bharat are among the 9 recipients

of this year’s Blavatnik Awards for their pioneering work in the fields of
Rchemical, physical and life sciences. They will be honored and receive
grants totalling 480,000 pounds at a black-tie gala dinner and award ceremony
in London on February 27.
“Providing recognition and funding early in a scientist’s career can make the
difference between discoveries that remain in the lab and those that make trans-
formative scientific breakthroughs,” said Sir Leonard Blavatnik, Founder and
Chairman of Access Industries and Head of the Blavatnik Family Foundation.
Professor Nair, a materials physicist at the University of Manchester, was
named Laureate in Physical Sciences & Engineering for developing novel mem-
branes based on two-dimensional (2D) materials that will enable energy-effi-
cient separation and filtration technologies.
A Quantum physicist and Professor of Physics, Professor Mehul Malik, is
advancing quantum communications at Heriot-Watt University through revo-
lutionary techniques that harness high-dimensional entanglement -- a complex
quantum physics phenomenon.
His innovations enable the normally fragile entanglement to survive long
distances and harsh conditions, laying the foundation for noise-robust and
elhi-born Nisha Pahuja’s film ‘To Kill a Tiger’ has been nominated in the high-capacity quantum networks that securely transmit large amounts of infor-
best feature documentary category for the Oscars 2024. “I was in shock.
DI couldn’t believe it. I was over the moon. Yeah, I just couldn’t believe it,” mation encoded on individual photons.
Dr Bharat, a structural microbiologist and programme leader in the Struc-
Pahuja said disclosing about initial reaction on learning about her nomination. tural Studies Division at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, has de-
“This film has work to do in the world,” said Nisha about her documentary
about an Indian farmer’s legal battle for his daughter after a brutal sexual as- veloped and applied cutting-edge cryo-ET techniques to create atomic-level
pictures of cell surface molecules on microorganisms.
sault. ‘To Kill a Tiger’ is all about Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, India, who takes
According to the award committee, his work has important biomedical im-
on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, plications, since most pathogenic bacteria infect humans by forming multicellu-
Kiran, after she survived a sexual assault by three men in 2017. lar, antibiotic-resistant, biofilm communities.
“This whole journey and the determination to do this has been because this
In addition, his work is also vital for the fundamental understanding of the
film needs a big platform because it’s important. And it’s a tough subject, and I dynamics of cell-to-cell interactions that led to the evolution of multicellular life
know this film has work to do in the world,” Pahuja insisted. on earth, a statement read. Both Bharat and Malik will receive a grant of 30,000
Born in Delhi and now based in Ontario, her credits include To Kill a Tiger,
winner of 19 awards from festivals including TIFF, Palm Springs Internation- pounds for their research.
Now in its seventh year, the awards instituted by the Blavatnik Family
al Film Festival, Doc Aviv and the Canadian Screen awards. pahuja’s previous Foundation and The New York Academy of Sciences, have donated 3.3 million
films include the Emmy-nominated ‘The World Before Her’, the feature docu- pounds to scientists across UK academia since their inception.
mentary ‘Bollywood Bound’ and the three-part series ‘Diamond Road’.
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