From Rural Karnataka to Flying Cars: Kaushik Rajashekara, Environmental Innovator, Sees Hope in Electrification

Professor Kaushik Rajashekara—“Raja” for short—hasn’t forgotten where his journey began. “I was born in a village,” says Raja—Devarayasamudram, in the Karnataka state of southwest India. “You know, Indian names are all very long,” he adds. Raja did not grow up rich. His father had to work in a town about 60 miles away, so he was usually away from home. Raja’s father could barely read and write. His mother was illiterate—all the more reason for Raja and his older brothers to work hard in school. “My mother always made sure I was number one in the class—that was all she understood,” Raja says. He speaks frankly about why he studied physics, chemistry, and mathematics: to get a good job, you need a good education. “Even today, the Asian communities in the United States want to make sure their children are highly educated and become an engineer or a doctor,” he …

Originally appeared on The Epoch Times

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