Norah Jones performing at Bridge School Benefit Concert at Mountain View, CA, on Oct. 30. Jones has been nominated for a Grammy Award in the 'best pop collaboration with vocals' category for 'Virginia Moon,' a collaborative album with Foo Fighters. (Photo, as it appears on www.norahjones.com)

Anoushka Shankar, sitarist Ravi Shankar's daughter, has been nominated for a Grammy Award for her album 'Rise.' (Photo, as it appears on www.anoushkashankar.com)

Asha Bhonsle's album, 'You've Stolen My Heart - Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood,' has been nominated for a Grammy. (Photo, as it appears on www.asha-bhonsle.com)

Norah Jones, Anoushka Shankar and Asha Bhonsle nominated for Grammy Awards

Among 4 South Asians of the total 19 national finalists, 1 from Long Island

The runner-up in team category of 2005-06 Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science and Technology, Abhinav Khanna, left, with his parents Smiti and Ram Khanna at the Kimmel Center at New York University in Manhattan, New York on Dec. 5. Khanna, with his teammate Benjamin Pollack, were placed second in the competition and won a $50,000 scholarship for their project 'Sexual selection in Drosophila: A behavioral, morphological, and geographic study.' (Photos: Bhavna Kaul)                More..

Kiran Pendri won a $50,000 scholarship for his project, 'Macrocyclization using ring-closing Olefin Metathesis: Synthesis of a 13-member Dithiolactone.'

Desh Mohan won a $30,000 scholarship for his project 'Molecular basis of Anoxia stress survival.'

Amardeep Grewal, with his teammate Ran Li, won a $20,000 scholarship for the project 'A new spin on wound healing scaffolds: Optimization through molecular and physical design.'