Dr Akshata Krishnamurthy, who describes herself as a rocket scientist, came to the US more than a decade ago with a dream to work at NASA. However, she faced discouragement from many people who told her that it was impossible for a foreign national on a visa to work at the space agency.
H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, has killed more than 1,500 people in India this year, compared with 218 in 2014. India says the strain is the same as the one that killed an estimated 284,000 people in the global pandemic of 2009-10.