<Tr> <Th> Other academic advisors </Th> <Td> Robert S. Langer </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> V.A. Shiva Ayyadurai (born Vellayappa Ayyadurai Shiva, December 2, 1963) is an Indian - born American scientist and entrepreneur . Ayyadurai 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 . </P> <P> Ayyadurai also produced two controversial 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 MIT, including a Ph. D. in biological engineering, and is a Fulbright grant recipient . He is a candidate in the 2018 United States Senate election in Massachusetts . </P>

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