Indians' contribution to the US
Indians account for 38% of doctors in the US, 36% of scientists at Nasa, and 34% of employees at Microsoft, 28% at IBM and 17% at Intel, Prospect reports, quoting The Times of India, 11/3/8.
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Of course another way to view those same statistics would be to characterise them as America's contribution to helping solve India's overpopulation problem by providing these individuals with opportunities for gainful employment that were not available at home.
All very beneficial for the Indians of course, but what do Americans get out of it, besides more competition in the domestic job market?
Stan Ogden | 1 Apr 2008 22:15:06
And yet curiously when NASA was at the peak of its power, prestige and technological prowess there were, to all intents and purposes, no Indians employed at all.
Lurker | 3 Apr 2008 06:20:09
And yet curiously when NASA was at the peak of its power, prestige and technological prowess there were, to all intents and purposes, no Indians employed at all.
Lurker | 3 Apr 2008 06:20:24