Last year’s adversity is already in Javier Assad’s rearview mirror. The last thing he needed in 2026 was more.

A Karnataka-born IIT Madras graduate and UC Berkeley master’s student, Saketh Sreenivasaiah combined research, industry work and campus leadership before his untimely death.

During the previous BNP regime, ties between India and Bangladesh hit a rough patch. Now the party is back in power, with a ...