YUVA Mumbai: "Anti terror squad"

Sriharikota-born researcher and his Mumbai-born professor help improve airport security in the US

t was his voracious appetite for research that made engineer Praveen Paruchuri leave home in Sriharikota for the US in 2002. It was this hunger again that made him stand out among his peers, and his thesis was picked up by security authorities at Los Angeles airport. The officials, who are seeking better measures to counter the increased threats posed by terrorists, are now trying it out, according to Praveen’s professor, Milind Tambe.