October 14, 2026

Preeti Sivasankar: From India to Purdue Pharmacy Leadership

Preeti Sivasankar: The India-Trained Scientist Taking the Helm of Purdue’s College of Pharmacy From studying audiology and speech rehabilitation at the University of Bombay to leading research innovation at Purdue University, Preeti Sivasankar has built a career spanning biomedical research, healthcare, interdisciplinary science and academic leadership. Her appointment as interim dean of Purdue’s College of […]

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October 12, 2026

Swapna Reddy: Indian-American Lawyer Using Tech to Help Asylum Seekers

Swapna Reddy: The Indian-American Lawyer Using Technology to Change How Asylum Seekers Navigate U.S. Immigration A daughter of Indian immigrants, Harvard-trained technologist and Yale-trained lawyer, Swapna Reddy has helped build the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project into a technology-enabled national network serving more than a million asylum seekers and their families. Immigration law is usually associated […]

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October 11, 2026

Vilas Dhar: The Indian-American Shaping Global AI Governance

Vilas Dhar: The Indian-American Shaping the Global Debate on AI, Power and Public Good As governments and technology companies compete to define artificial intelligence, Vilas Dhar is arguing that the bigger contest is about who gets to shape the rules. From philanthropy and civil society to the United Nations and India’s AI ecosystem, his work […]

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October 11, 2026

Shantanu Narayen’s Adobe Legacy and Its AI Future

Shantanu Narayen’s Adobe Legacy: Can Anil Chakravarthy Lead the Company Into the Agentic AI Era? After 18 years as Adobe CEO, Indian-origin technology leader Shantanu Narayen will become executive chair on December 1, 2026, handing the CEO role to fellow Indian-origin executive Anil Chakravarthy. The transition gives Adobe something unusual in Silicon Valley: continuity of […]

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October 10, 2026

Satya Nadella’s Second Reinvention: Can Microsoft Win AI?

Satya Nadella’s Second Reinvention: Can Microsoft Win the AI Era as It Won the Cloud? The Hyderabad-born Microsoft CEO has already transformed the company once, turning Azure into a $100-billion-plus business. Now Nadella is attempting something harder: making Microsoft’s cloud, software, AI models and Copilots the infrastructure for the next generation of computing. When Satya […]

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October 9, 2026

Sundar Pichai: The Indian-Origin CEO Leading Google’s AI Era

Sundar Pichai: The Indian-Origin CEO Steering Google Through the Global AI Race From IIT Kharagpur and Stanford to the top of Google and Alphabet, Sundar Pichai has become one of the most consequential Indian-origin leaders in global technology. In 2026, his challenge is no longer simply managing Google—it is reshaping one of the world’s biggest […]

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October 7, 2026

Nikesh Arora: The Indian-Born CEO Securing the AI Era

Nikesh Arora: The Indian-Born CEO Building a Global Cybersecurity Powerhouse for the AI Era From an Indian Air Force family and an engineering degree in Varanasi to Google, SoftBank and the leadership of Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh Arora’s career illustrates how Indian-origin executives are helping shape some of the world’s most consequential technology businesses. For […]

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October 7, 2026

Anshula Kant: The Indian Banker Shaping Global Development Finance

Anshula Kant: The Indian Banker Helping Shape the World Bank’s Global Financial Engine From a career spanning more than three decades at State Bank of India to the financial leadership of the World Bank Group, Anshula Kant has moved from managing one of India’s largest banks to helping mobilise capital for development across the world. […]

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October 5, 2026

Dr. Reshma Kewalramani: Indian-Origin Leader of Global Biotech

Dr. Reshma Kewalramani: The India-Connected Physician Leading a New Era of Biotechnology From medical training in Boston to the corner office at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Dr. Reshma Kewalramani has built a career at the intersection of medicine, biotechnology and global leadership. Her journey offers a larger lesson for the Indian diaspora: scientific leadership is increasingly about […]

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September 30, 2026

Beyond Remittances: The Reality of Indian Migrant Families

For millions of Indian families, migration creates opportunities that reach across continents. But money sent home cannot attend a hospital appointment, share a quiet evening with an ageing parent or remove the distance between a child and a mother or father. The real story of migration is not only about remittances—it is about how families […]

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September 30, 2026

COP17 Yerevan 2026: Why Biodiversity Matters to the Indian Diaspora

Why Global Indians Have a Stake in the World’s Biodiversity Agenda The UN’s biodiversity conference in Armenia will bring governments together to assess progress towards the 2030 global nature targets. For overseas Indians, the stakes extend beyond conservation: they include the resilience of ecosystems in India and host countries, the environmental exposure of businesses and […]

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September 26, 2026

When Diaspora Dollars Flooded India’s Banks

How the RBI Managed a ₹11 Lakh Crore Liquidity Surge Money sent home by Indians living abroad is usually discussed in familiar terms: family support, property purchases, education, savings and the foreign exchange that helps pay for imports. In September 2026, overseas Indian money became part of a rather different story — one involving a […]

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September 23, 2026

The $560 Billion Indian Founder Story

How India’s Entrepreneurial Talent Built 205 Unicorns Abroad For decades, the Indian diaspora has been measured in familiar numbers: population, remittances, professionals, students and migrants. A new dataset suggests that another number deserves attention. $560 billion. That is the founder-share-attributed company value associated with 205 current and former unicorns outside India that have at least […]

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September 20, 2026

$100,000 H-1B Visa Fee: What It Means for Indian Professionals

What America’s Extended Visa Fee Means for Indian Professionals The extended US H-1B restriction is not a ban on Indian professionals. But it could reshape how American companies recruit global talent — and make India an even more important technology base. For Indian technology professionals, the latest US H-1B announcement comes with a number that […]

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September 18, 2026

Fake Jobs, Sham Employers and H-1B Fraud

Why America’s Crackdown Matters to Indian Professionals For thousands of Indian technology professionals, the American dream has traditionally arrived in a familiar format: a job offer, an H-1B petition, a move across the Atlantic and a career built around specialised skills. But there is another side to the employment-visa system that is now receiving much […]

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September 17, 2026

US OPT Fee Proposal 2026: What Indian Students Need to Know

US OPT Fee Proposal Moves Closer to Reality A potentially dramatic change is moving through the U.S. immigration rulemaking system—and Indian students are watching closely. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), has been developing a proposal that could introduce a new fee for Optional Practical Training (OPT), […]

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September 15, 2026

Agimol Pradeep Wins $250,000 Global Nursing Award 2026

From Kerala to King’s College: How Dr. Agimol Pradeep Turned Nursing Into a Global Mission There are awards that recognise a successful career. And then there are awards that recognise what a person has done with that career. For Dr. Agimol Pradeep, the distinction is important. On September 12, 2026, the UK-based Indian nurse was […]

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September 15, 2026

US Student Visa Rules 2026: Court Blocks 4-Year Stay Cap

US Student Visa Rule Blocked at the Last Moment: What the Court’s Decision Means for Indian Students For thousands of Indian students dreaming of an American degree—and for parents watching every immigration announcement with the intensity usually reserved for cricket scores—there was a major development on September 14. Just one day before a controversial new […]

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September 15, 2026

Ganga Aarti on Thames: London Witnesses Historic Indian Ceremony

When Ganga Aarti Reached the Thames: London Witnesses a Historic Indian Cultural Moment For centuries, the evening glow of oil lamps on the banks of the Ganga has been one of India’s most recognisable expressions of faith, gratitude and reverence for nature. On Sunday, September 13, that tradition acquired a distinctly London setting. Thousands of […]

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September 14, 2026

India Gulf Relationship: Jobs, Remittances, Oil and Indian Families

When the Gulf Shakes, India Feels It: The Jobs, Money, Oil and Families Behind India’s Gulf Relationship A conflict thousands of kilometres away can begin with a headline about missiles, oil facilities or shipping routes. In India, its consequences can end somewhere much closer: in a family’s bank account, a petrol bill, a delayed flight—or […]

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September 13, 2026

Where Do Indians Live Around the World? Biggest Indian Communities

Where Do Indians Live Around the World? The Countries With the Biggest Indian Communities For a country of more than a billion people, India has an interesting paradox. One of the world’s largest populations is also one of the world’s most geographically dispersed communities. From the Gulf to North America, from Britain and Australia to […]

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September 13, 2026

India-Singapore Relations 2026: Diaspora, Tourism & Digital Payments

India and Singapore: When a Bilateral Relationship Becomes a People-to-People Partnership From a Tricolour ceremony attended by thousands to a digital payment crossing borders in seconds, India-Singapore relations are increasingly being experienced not just by governments, but by ordinary people. Singapore is only a few hours away from India by air. Yet the relationship between […]

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September 12, 2026

Ireland Student Visa & Work After Graduation: 2026 Guide for Indian Students

Ireland After Graduation: What Indian Students Really Need to Know About Staying and Working For an Indian student, getting admission to an Irish university is only the beginning. The more important question is what happens after the degree. Ireland has become an attractive destination for international students because it combines English-language higher education with access […]

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September 11, 2026

Indian Students Study Abroad: Why ROI Is Replacing the Big Four

Indian Students Are Rewriting the Study-Abroad Map: From Big-Four Prestige to Career ROI For years, the international education decision for an Indian family could be remarkably simple. USA. UK. Canada. Australia. Pick a country. Pick a university. Arrange the funds. Get the visa. And, hopefully, find a job after graduation. That formula increasingly looks incomplete. […]

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September 10, 2026

India Singapore relations 2026 : 600,000 Indian visitors in six months is impressive.

India and Singapore: The Relationship You Can Now See, Spend and Travel Through More than 600,000 Indian visitors in six months is impressive. But the more interesting India-Singapore story is what happens after the plane lands. Singapore has long been one of India’s most important partners in Southeast Asia. The relationship has traditionally been discussed […]

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September 10, 2026

USD to INR Exchange Rate 2026: What ₹95.46 Means for NRIs and India

Rupee at 95.46: What a Weak Indian Currency Really Means for NRIs and India The rupee’s slide toward ₹95.46 against the US dollar has produced a familiar headline: the Indian currency is weakening. But behind that number is a much bigger story—one involving oil, global capital, imports, exports and millions of Indians earning money overseas. […]

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September 10, 2026

NRI global influence: 35 million people live in more than 200 countries

Indian Diaspora Global Influence: How Indians Abroad Are Becoming a Strategic Asset for India For most of modern history, the Indian diaspora was discussed in fairly simple terms. People left India. They built careers abroad. They sent money home. Families prospered. India benefited from remittances. That story is still true—but it is no longer the […]

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September 10, 2026

Is India’s Tech Hubs Are Getting Bigger

The H-1B Era Quietly Creating a New Opportunity at Home? For decades, one of the most familiar career routes for an ambitious Indian technology professional looked something like this: Study or work in India → get an opportunity in America → obtain an H-1B → build a career in Silicon Valley, Seattle, New York or […]

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September 10, 2026

Indians should pay attention about, H-1B Wage-Weighted Lottery System

How the New System Changes the Odds for Indian Applicants For years, the H-1B visa lottery had one particularly frustrating feature: the computer did not care how much a candidate was being paid. A highly paid technology specialist and a lower-paid entry-level worker could effectively enter the selection process on equal footing. That changed for […]

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September 10, 2026

India’s global diaspora is no longer simply a source of money sent home

Beyond Remittances: How India’s Global Diaspora Could Become an Economic Superpower for Viksit Bharat For years, the economic story of Indians living abroad has been told mainly through one impressive number: remittances. Money earned in Dubai, London, New York, Toronto, Singapore and elsewhere travels back to India, paying for education, homes, healthcare, family expenses and […]

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September 10, 2026

H-1B Visa Why does this matter so much to India?

Is America’s Skilled-Worker Door Getting Narrower? For years, the H-1B visa has been one of the most important bridges between India and the United States. An engineer could study in India, build a career, receive an opportunity from an American company and eventually move across the world to work on technology, finance, healthcare or research. […]

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September 8, 2026

From Indian Classrooms to Global Campuses

 How Indian-Origin Academics Are Shaping World Universities When people talk about India’s global influence, the conversation usually arrives at familiar destinations: technology companies, doctors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, engineers and scientists. There is, however, another Indian export that rarely gets the same attention. Ideas. Across universities in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia and other countries, academics […]

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September 8, 2026

Indians Around The World 1.5 Billion and Counting?

The Remarkable Story of India’s Population at Home and Around the World How many Indians are there in the world? It sounds like a question with a simple answer. India has roughly 1.48 billion people in 2026. Then there are tens of millions of Indians and people of Indian origin living outside the country. Put […]

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September 7, 2026

Considering Australia in 2026, the Indian dream still has considerable appeal

Indians in Australia 2026: A Growing Community Living Between Opportunity and Reality Good universities. A strong economy. Professional opportunities. A multicultural society. A large Indian community. And, for many migrants, the possibility of building a long-term life in a country very different from India. But the Australia of 2026 is not the Australia of five […]

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September 7, 2026

Indian culture is also influencing America

Indian Culture in America: How a Community Is Preserving Its Roots While Shaping American Life Walk through parts of New Jersey, Texas, California, Illinois or New York and it is possible to encounter an India that exists thousands of kilometres from the subcontinent. There may be an Indian grocery store, a temple or gurdwara, a […]

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September 6, 2026

From India to the World Business

How Indian-Origin Leaders Reached the Top of Global Business A boy growing up in Chennai becomes the head of one of the world’s most influential technology companies. An engineer from Hyderabad rises to lead Microsoft. A woman from Kolhapur reaches the top of Chanel. A Kanpur-born engineer helps shape the future of semiconductors. These are […]

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