By Gurdip SinghSingapore, Jul 13 (PTI) Subra Suresh, an eminent Indian- origin scientist in the US was today named as the President of Singapores prestigious Nanyang Technological University. Suresh, 61, will begin his term as the fourth president of the NTU on January 1, 2018, taking over from current president Bertil Andersson. Prof Suresh joins NTU from Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) where he was President for the last four years. In 2013, he was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in the US. He is also a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, making him one of the only 19 American scientists to be elected to all three branches.

Source: India Today July 13, 2017 12:33 UTC