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Back in the '50s and '60s, Silicon Valley was in its infancy, and the few Indian engineers who worked there were mostly low-level employees of America's nascent high-tech sector. This according to Neesha Bapat, the lead researcher for Vivek Wadhwa's team, whose study, "America's New...
In case you missed it, the Christian Science Monitor recently published a wonderfully inspiring story about Rohini Nilekani, the Bangalore-based philanthropist who founded Pratham Books, a nonprofit publishing company that provides low-cost books to millions of poor children across India. [See Rohini Nilekani Pours Her...
Perhaps it is all the years of study required to become a lawyer, or perhaps it has something to do with the type of people who elect to pursue careers in law. Very likely, it has more to do with the high caliber minds that...
Sheela Murthy is grateful to her adopted country for all the ways it has contributed to her success, and she's made a personal commitment to give back to the community whenever she can. Her contributions take many forms. Ms. Murthy provides leadership to important institutions...
As we've often noted on the MurthyBlog, immigrant entrepreneurs have fueled much of America's growth in the high-tech sector over the past two decades. Since 1995, immigrants have founded or co-founded more than half of all Silicon Valley firms, in the process launching many of...
U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner recently met in New Delhi with Indian Finance Minister P. Chidambaram, for the third meeting of the India-U.S. Economic and Financial Partnership. [See Joint Statement of Secretary Geithner and Indian Finance Minister Chidambaram at the 2012 U.S.-India Economic and Financial...
The Brookings Institution held September 27, 2012 a panel discussion, entitled Education and Immigration Reform: Reigniting American Competitiveness and Economic Opportunities. The discussion kicked off with a presentation by Microsoft Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Brad Smith, who proposed a two-pronged solution to what...
A recent report from Congressional Research Service (CRS) should help put to rest a popular misconception, one that seems to gain currency around election time: that illegal aliens are eligible for a panoply of federal benefits. [See Unauthorized Aliens' Access to Federal Benefits: Policy and...
According to recent estimates from the Migration Policy Institute, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program could allow as many as 1.76 million undocumented immigrants, who were brought here as children, to get a two-year deferral of removal (deportation) and permission to work in...
