Shiva Ayyadurai, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shiva Ayyadurai

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Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1963

Place of Birth: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Profession: scientist, businessperson, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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Shiva Ayyadurai (born Vellayappa Ayyadurai Shiva, December 2, 1963) is an Indian-born American scientist, engineer, and entrepreneur.
He is notable for his controversial claim to be the "inventor of email", based on the electronic mail software called "EMAIL" he wrote as a New Jersey high school student in the late 1970s.
Initial reports that repeated Ayyadurai's assertion—from organizations such as The Washington Post and the Smithsonian Institution—were followed by public retractions.
These corrections were triggered by objections from historians and ARPANET pioneers who pointed out that email was already actively used in the early 1970s.Ayyadurai also gained recognition for two reports: the first questioning the working conditions of India's largest scientific agency; the second questioning the safety of genetically modified soybeans.
Ayyadurai holds four degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), including a Ph.D.
in biological engineering, and is a Fulbright grant recipient.
He was an independent candidate in the 2018 United States Senate election in Massachusetts.