The prestigious National Academy of Engineering has elected eight Indian Americans among its 76 new members and an Indian professor as one of its nine foreign associates. The Washington DC-based academy named Man Mohan Sharma, Emeritus professor of Eminence, Mumbai University Institute of Chemical Technology, among the nine foreign associates for 2006, nae President wm A. Wulf said in a press release. Sharma was chosen for contributions in multi-phase reactions leading to rational design of reactive separations and leadership in shaping the Indian chemical industry. The eight Indians elected in are Rakesh Agrawal, Vijay K Dhir, Pradeep Khosla, Priya Prasad, Arogyaswami Joseph Paulraj, Surendra Shah, Madan Bhasin and D.R. Nagaraj.
