Akhouri Sinha is a professor in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development at the University of Minnesota. The United States has named a mountain in Antarctica in honour of Sinha, Mt Sinha. Mr Sinha's native place is Churamanpur, a village in the state of Bihar in the eastern part of India.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ "Mt Sinha! US names mountain after Indian scientist". indianexpress.com. The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "Indian-American Antarctic explorer has mountain named after him". The Hindu. PTI. 2014-07-02. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-12-05.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)


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