'Thought It Was Spam': How Priyamvada Natarajan Responded To Mail Honoring Her In Time's Most Influential List
These days, it feels like there's a new scam popping up every day. Whether it's QR code scams, USB scams, or parcel scams, the variety seems endless. In a big mix-up, Priyamvada Natarajan, who was named in Time's Most Influential List, got so fed up with scam emails that she mistook the email notifying her about her inclusion in the list as another scam!
These days, it feels like there's a new scam popping up every day. Whether it's QR code scams, USB scams, or parcel scams, the variety seems endless. So common they have become that in a big mix-up, Priyamvada Natarajan, who was named in Time's Most Influential List 2024, mistook the email notifying her about her inclusion in the list as another scam!
Super grateful but stunned, expresses Natarajan
The 54-year-old recently talked about being included in TIME's '100 Most Influential People of 2024' list, admitting she initially thought it was "spam mail."
Currently a professor at Yale University, she shared with NDTV that as a scientist, this kind of recognition was unexpected.
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"When I heard from them (TIME Magazine), I thought something was wrong. Although I wrote to them saying that 'I am super grateful and really stunned' but thought is this for real," she said.
Who is Priyamvada Natarajan?
Ms. Natarajan, who found herself listed alongside notable figures like World Bank President Ajay Banga, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, actor Alia Bhatt, and Olympic wrestler Sakshi Malik, demonstrated exceptional academic prowess from a young age.
Her educational journey began at Delhi Public School in Delhi, followed by undergraduate studies in Physics and Mathematics at the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Additionally, she pursued studies in the History and Philosophy of Science at MIT's Program in Science, Technology & Society.
Priyamvada Natarajan/ Quanta Magazine
Ms. Natarajan furthered her academic pursuits by obtaining her PhD from the Institute of Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.
During this time, she held the esteemed Isaac Newton studentship and was also a fellow of Trinity College.
Her research focuses on the study of supermassive black holes, exploring their formation, growth, and influence on their surrounding environments over time.
Her areas of interest include cosmology, gravitational lensing and black hole physics.
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