Contribued articles. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Epilogue / Kamala Harris: "She can be president someday herself" / Arun K Singh. Kamala Harris and the great Indian-American Diaspora / Shashi Tharoor -- Indian-Americans as "ambassadors" of India / TP Sreenivasan -- A community zooms into political spotlight / Maina Chawla Singh -- From struggling immigrants to political influencers: How community came of age / Tarun Basu -- An accidental capitalist: How Indian-Americans made their mark in Silicon Valley / MR Rangaswami -- Professors and academic administrators: Conspicuous presence in temples of learning / Pradeep K Khosla and Suman Guha Mozumder -- Success Drivers of Indian-American CEOs: Fostering a new wave of corporate leadership / Raj L Gupta -- Leading meaningful change: Building a culture of philanthropy among Indian-Americans / Deepak Raj and Ashish Shah -- All the presidents' people: Trust in the corridors of power / Arun Kumar -- At the center of excellence: Seminal contributions in the world of science / Mayank Chhaya -- Physicians of Indian heritage: America's healers / Ajay Ghosh -- From stereotypes to household names: A cultural shift and new role models / Vikrum Mathur -- Three generations of Hoteliers: How Indian-Americans reinvented the hotel industry / Bijal Patel -- Millennials: Straddling two cultures halfway around the world / Laxmi Parthasarathy -- "Success" through the lens of women: Celebrating an alternative model of the marginalized / Sujata Warrier and Shamita Das Dasgupta -- Epilogue / Arun K Singh.
Summary:
"The election of Kamala Devi Harris, born of an immigrant Indian mother, cancer specialist Shyamala Gopalan, originally from Chennai, has put the global spotlight like never before on the small but high-achieving Indian-American diaspora. The community happens to be the most educated with the highest median income in the US, and has excelled in almost every area it has touched--from politics to administration, entrepreneurship to technology, medicine to hospitality, science to academia, business to entertainment, philanthropy to social activism. This evocative collection--of the kind perhaps not attempted before captures the rise of Indian-Americans across domains, by exceptional achievers themselves, like Shashi Tharoor, the ones who have been and continue to be a part of the "rise", like MR Rangaswami and Deepak Raj, top Indian diplomats like TP Sreenivasan and Arun K Singh, scholars like Pradeep K Khosla and Maina Chawla Singh, and others who were part of, associated with, or keenly followed their stories. A collector's item, this eye-opening saga of a diaspora, which is possibly amongst the most successful and enterprising globally, would not only prove to be highly readable and insightful for a wide readership, but also immensely substantive for scholars and people in governance." -- Provided by publisher.
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