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To celebrate Indian Americans and their impact on the US economy, culture and society, here are highlights from the groundbreaking 2024 report on the community by @IndiasporaForum and @BCG. We will be adding to this thread. 1/ See the full report at https://t.co/wfTpjpEdIr
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“I moved from India to the US in 2000. When I finally got my green card, I quit my job & started my own company.” — @jyotibansalsf’s essay in BI and his intro in LinkedIn. He’s hired 4K people in various businesses & shares his thoughts on H1Bs & more. https://t.co/G7wGAcIHEU
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Dwarkesh Patel, who runs one of America’s top 20 podcasts, tells his H1B story. @paulg makes a cameo. @dwarkesh_sp
My family moved to the US when I was 8, but by the time I turned 20, my dad was still on an H1B (waiting to get processed for a green card). Once I turned 21, I would age out as his dependent, despite the fact that I basically grew up in the US. I thought I'd have to become a
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Indiaspora was honored to celebrate Diwali across the globe this year. In San Francisco, Founder and Chairman MR Rangaswami joined India's Consul General, Dr. Srikar Reddy Koppula, at the stunning new Indian Consulate for a celebration that united dignitaries and leaders from
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H-1B fee kills two birds — and America's golden goose – with one stone https://t.co/0kxgTsbM92 via @sfexaminer
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President Donald Trump found another way to weaponize immigration: a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applicants. It kills two birds with one stone: By targeting mostly India, he also gets to punish...
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Indian Americans are doing all they can to show they participate, they contribute, they belong. Here’s one set of suggestions. The real point, of course, is that they shouldn’t have to!
Starting a thread to discuss social media initiatives to counter racism. The core ideas are to highlight contributions to American society (beyond the stats about our income or tax payments), depict assimilation through daily activities, and humanize us.
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Our most popular post last week was about @soniaraman. 🏀
🏀 Indian Americans making a difference. @SoniaRaman, assistant coach of @wnba’s @nyliberty, is being discussed as a possible WNBA head coaching candidate. She was the MIT women’s team head coach 2008-2020. Then an asst coach for @nba’s @memgrizz 2020-2024. At @MITwbball, she
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Indian Americans making a difference. @protolabs new CEO Suresh Krishna sees opportunity in reshoring from tariffs. Learn more about this critical company based in Minnesota. @IndiasporaForum
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A pioneer in prototype manufacturing, Krishna wants to use the Minnesota company's capacity to build up its production-level business. He has launched strategic planning process.
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Indian Americans making a difference. @GitaGopinath is Gregory and Ania Coffey Professor of Economics at Harvard University. She has served as first deputy managing director and chief economist for @imfnews.
The exposure of the world to US equities is at record levels. A stock market correction would have more severe and global consequences as compared to what followed the dot-com crash. The tariff wars and lack of fiscal space compounds the problem. The underlying problem is not
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A strong rebuttal to a lot of the anti-Indian hate we see online these days.
So let me get this straight : Indians are constantly targeted online, called “visa freeloaders Yet the data shows 🇮🇳 Indian-origin households have the lowest welfare dependency in the entire United States just 4.4% on food stamps, lower than any other ethnic group. No
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Indian Americans making a difference. Congrats to Paul Kapur on becoming Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia!
Indian born American takes oath as Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia. By all accounts, a great pick. This has not been a good week for the nativists.
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Indian Americans making a difference. @forbes 30 under 30 class of 2025… @KadaveruAkshaj (and his cofounder @the_dan_sun) run @mathdash_live, a platform that “turns math into sport.” 3/ https://t.co/OuEKdV00wQ
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“I moved from India to the US in 2000. When I finally got my green card, I quit my job & started my own company.” — @jyotibansalsf’s essay in BI and his intro in LinkedIn. He’s hired 4K people in various businesses & shares his thoughts on H1Bs & more. https://t.co/G7wGAcIHEU
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🥂Cheers to another Indian American, @amanrsanger, 😎one of the four founders of Cursor, an AI-powered code editor. Productive community. 🦾
Indian Americans making a difference. @forbes 30 under 30 class of 2025… @amanrsanger & cofounders of @anysphere, famous for its @cursor_ai “vibe coding” tool used by tens of thousands of developers and $10B valuation. The Forbes feature has 72 Indians among the 600
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An avg Indian immigrant can save US government $1.7 million over 30 years, says new study. Research by @DanielDiMartino @ManhattanInst. Story by @iyer_sriram @CNBCTV18Live @CNBCTV18News
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The latest research published by the Manhattan Institute also suggests ways to increase the talent pool by over a million people without drawing new immigrants.
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Indian Americans making a difference. @VidsSrinivasan is VP of Ads & Commerce at Google (and new to X). Let’s all follow her.
Hi, X! 👋I’m Vidhya, VP of Ads & Commerce at Google. So excited to join this community. Stay tuned for cool product updates for both businesses and shoppers!
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Indiaspora unequivocally condemns the racist and discriminatory remarks directed at Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi by Florida Councilman, Chandler Langevin. His hateful remarks — which have previously included reckless calls for the mass deportation of Indian Americans — are
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Indian Americans making a difference. @forbes 30 under 30 class of 2025… @amanrsanger & cofounders of @anysphere, famous for its @cursor_ai “vibe coding” tool used by tens of thousands of developers and $10B valuation. The Forbes feature has 72 Indians among the 600
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Pretty cool to see an Indian American on the cover of @VOGUEIndia. Congrats, @ramakrishnannn! 📺 🎥
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Indian Americans making a difference. @satyanadella of Microsoft as his company helps nurses — and, of course, patients — across the country.
No question that nurses are the heartbeat of healthcare. And today we’re introducing the first commercially available ambient experience built for nursing workflows, so they can focus on what matters most: caring for patients.
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