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Oct 7, 2022 · Seven Indian American women figure among Forbes second annual 50 Over 50 list of 200 entrepreneurs, investors, creators, and entertainers who prove everyday that “success has no age...
Oct 11, 2022 · The recently published Forbes list of 50 over 50 features seven high-profile Indian American women. Revathi Advaithi, CEO, Flex; Poornima DeBolle, co-founder, Menlo Security; Anita Gupta founder ...
Aug 11, 2023 · Nikki Haley. The Forbes annual 50over50 list, dedicated to spotlighting successful women over the age of 50 who are shattering age and gender norms, across the categories of lifestyle, investor ...
- Summary
- Introduction
- Survey Overview
- Key Demographic Characteristics of Indian Americans
- Indian (and American) Identities
- Social Capital and Social Networks
- Social Distance
- Discrimination
- Indian American Community
- Conclusion
Indian Americans are the second-largest immigrant group in the United States. As the number of Indian-origin residents in the United States has swelled north of 4 million, the community’s diversity too has grown. Today, Indian Americans are a mosaic of recent arrivals and long-term residents. While the majority are immigrants, a rising share is bor...
U.S. President Joe Biden remarked in a March 2021 phone call with Swati Mohan, an Indian-origin scientist charged with overseeing the highly anticipated landing of the Perseverance Mars rover for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: “It’s amazing. Indian—of descent—Americans are taking over the country: you, my vice president [Kamala ...
Indian Americans are the second-largest immigrant group in the United States.14 According to data from the 2018 American Community Survey (ACS)—which is conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau—there are 4.2 million people of Indian origin residing in the United States. Although a large proportion are not U.S. citizens (38 percent), roughly 2.6 million ...
This section provides a snapshot of the Indian American population in the United States, as captured by the IAAS. It covers five broad areas: citizenship and residency status; educational attainment; marital status; Indian region of origin; and religion, religious practice, and caste identity.
In order to be eligible to serve as a respondent for the IAAS, members of YouGov’s panel must self-identify as a person of (Asian) Indian origin who resides in the United States. But self-identification as a person of Indian origin tells us little about the strength of a respondent’s Indian identity. This section explores how Indian Americans view ...
This section reviews two aspects of the social context within which Indian Americans operate. The first part looks at three types of engagement: civic, political, and cultural. The second part examines the social networks of Indians in America and how they vary by respondents’ demographic characteristics.
The previous section demonstrated that, for many Indian Americans, shared religious affiliation is the most important characteristic of respondents’ social networks. This could be the result of circumstance and context, or it could be the product of social distance—the relative distance that one feels toward members of an out-group (religious, ethn...
This section reviews respondents’ views on discrimination against Indian Americans. It explores this contentious subject in three ways. First, the survey asks respondents to consider how discrimination against Indian Americans compares to discrimination directed toward other minority communities in the United States. Second, the survey asks respond...
This final section examines how respondents relate to the Indian American community. It focuses on three issues: membership in Indian American organizations, divisions within the Indian American community (and the drivers of those divisions), and the role the Indian American community plays in U.S.-India relations.
More than half a century after the passage of the historic 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, which allowed for a new wave of Indian migration to the United States, the Indian American community has come of age. Its rapidly growing size, economic success, and growing political visibility have given it greater salience in American life. In many w...
May 15, 2024 · NEW YORK, NY (IANS) – Seven Indian American women have made it to the Forbes’ ’50 over 50 ‘ list of 200 entrepreneurs, investors, creators, and entertainers. While Manjusha Kulkarni,...
Aug 11, 2023 · The third annual Forbes 50 over 50 Impact List came out last week, and three women making an impact in Indian Country made the list along with high visibility women such as Gloria...
Dec 19, 2020 · Read: Kamala Harris and the ‘other 1 percent’. What is forgotten is that before Indian Americans became a model minority, we were regarded as a problem minority. Also forgotten is the extent ...
