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|field = [[Neuroscience]], [[Cognitive Science]], [[Artificial Intelligence]]<br />
|work_institutions = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]<br />
|alma_mater = [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], [[Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi]], [[University of California, Berkeley]]<br />
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|prizes = [[Troland Research Awards]] in 2007, [[Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]] in 2012<br />
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'''Pawan Sinha''' is a [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]-based scientist who won the [[Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]] in 2012 .<ref>{{cite news|url=http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2012/pecase-winners-announced-0723.html|title=Five MIT researchers win presidential early career honors|publisher=[[MIT News]]|date=July 23, 2012|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}</ref> He is a Professor of Vision and Computational Neuroscience at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.<ref>''[https://bcs.mit.edu/directory/pawan-sinha Faculty webpage at MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Department]''</ref> His work spans experimental and computational approaches to studying human [[human eye|visual cognition]].<br />
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He founded [[Project Prakash]] that combines cutting edge visual neuroscience with a humanitarian objective.<ref>[http://www.projectprakash.org ''Project Prakash'']</ref> Project Prakash sets up eye-care camps in some of the most habitually underserved regions of India, and since 2003 gives free eye-health screenings to more than 700 functionally blind children. The children are treated without charge, even those unsuitable for Sinha's research. His work has been featured in leading media, most notably for answering [[Molyneux's problem]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/26/health/research/26blind.html|title=Study of Vision Tackles a Philosophy Riddle|work=[[New York Times]]|date=August 25, 2011|accessdate=January 28, 2013}}</ref> He is one of the few scientists interviewed on ''[[Charlie Rose (TV series)|Charlie Rose]]''.<ref>[http://www.charlierose.com/guest/view/6777 ''Pawan Sinha - Charlie Rose show'']</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://web.mit.edu/sinhalab Pawan Sinha's MIT Lab website]<br />
*[http://www.apa.org/monitor/2012/12/neuroscientist-sinha.aspx Pawan Sinha's interview at the American Psychological Association]<br />
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[[Category:Recipients of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers]]</div>Yogiindia