This Indian Inventor Just Won $500,000 From MIT For Inventing Tech Recording 1 Trillion FPS!

Since time immemorial, India has produced some of the world’s best scientists, authors, musicians and artists. These remarkable individuals are largely responsible for the progress we’ve made as a species till date. In 2016, yet another Indian has done us proud.

Ramesh Raskar, originally from Nasik, is the recipient of the $500,000 (Rs. 3.3 crore) Lemelson-MIT Prize 2016, for his work in the field of femto-photography. 

The award is given to scientists whose products have the potential to provide significant practical value to society.

Among Ramesh’s work is an ultra fast imaging technology which is able to capture light at one-trillion frames per second! With it, we can even view the flow of light itself!

Dorothy Lemelson, the chair of the Lemelson Foundation, had this to say about the inventor. 

“We are thrilled to honour Ramesh Raskar, whose breakthrough research is impacting how we see the world.”

Ramesh Raskar, you have indeed done your country proud!

News Source: NDTV