Thursday, September 10, 2009
President Obama hosts several South Asians at iftar dinner
Several Indian Americans as well as India's ambassador to the United States, Meera Shankar, were guests at President Obama's Sept. 1 aftar dinner, where he praised Islam and the contributions of American Muslims.
Also present were several members of Congress from both parties, including Sen. Richard Lugar, ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani was also among the invitees, as were several ambassadors from Muslim countries.
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Also present were several members of Congress from both parties, including Sen. Richard Lugar, ranking member of the Foreign Affairs Committee Rep. John Conyers, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani was also among the invitees, as were several ambassadors from Muslim countries.
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Friday, January 2, 2009
More Indian Americans on Obama transition Policy Working Groups
President elect Barack Obama has several Indian Americans in the various Policy Working Groups (PWGs) in his transition project. These people have the mandate to develop priority policy proposals from the Obama Campaign into action plans before the new administration steps into office January 20, 2009, according to information on the transition government website change.gov. The positions are not permanent.
The groups are focusing on the Economy, Education, Energy & Environment, Health Care, Immigration, National Security, and Technology, Innovation & Government Reform. Members of these groups are not expected to resign from their current offices as these are transition project positions.
Sonal Shah, who was in the Global Development team at Google.org, was put early on by Obama on his Advisory Board and is the only co-chair in the list of appointees.Following is a list of Indian Americans in these Policy Working Groups:
Sonal Shah, co-chair, Aneesh Chopra, Vivek Kundra, and Kartik Raghavan, Group members, Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working Group.
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The groups are focusing on the Economy, Education, Energy & Environment, Health Care, Immigration, National Security, and Technology, Innovation & Government Reform. Members of these groups are not expected to resign from their current offices as these are transition project positions.
Sonal Shah, who was in the Global Development team at Google.org, was put early on by Obama on his Advisory Board and is the only co-chair in the list of appointees.Following is a list of Indian Americans in these Policy Working Groups:
Sonal Shah, co-chair, Aneesh Chopra, Vivek Kundra, and Kartik Raghavan, Group members, Technology, Innovation & Government Reform Policy Working Group.
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Labels: Aneesh Chopra, Indian Americans, Obama Campaign, Obamas transition project, Policy Working Groups, President elect Barack Obama, Sonal Shah, Vivek Kundra
Monday, October 13, 2008
President Bush invites hundreds to formal signing of law on nuclear deal
President Bush invited more than 100 Indian Americans plus a host of business representatives and others to the White House October 8, to witness his triumphant signing into law of the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation agreement. He called the two countries "natural partners" that fought colonialism to establish vibrant democracies, encourage private enterprise, and now, to jointly fight terrorists. He offered a Diwali prayer for expanding bilateral relations before signing the dotted line.
The President also countered critics in India who have said external clauses Congress had inserted would jeopardize India's independence.
The bill, H.R. 7081, United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, establishes the legal framework for the 123 Agreement to come into effect. The 123 Agreement lays out the details and obligations of the nuclear trade relationship ."The bill makes clear that our agreement with India is consistent with the Atomic Energy Act and other elements of U.S. law," the President emphasized before the signing.
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The President also countered critics in India who have said external clauses Congress had inserted would jeopardize India's independence.
The bill, H.R. 7081, United States-India Nuclear Cooperation Approval and Nonproliferation Enhancement Act, establishes the legal framework for the 123 Agreement to come into effect. The 123 Agreement lays out the details and obligations of the nuclear trade relationship ."The bill makes clear that our agreement with India is consistent with the Atomic Energy Act and other elements of U.S. law," the President emphasized before the signing.
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Labels: agreement, Atomic Energy Act, bill, Diwali prayer, india, Indian Americans, invites, nuclear deal, President George W. Bush, signing of law, United states, White House, witness
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Indian Americans play important roles at convention
Indian Americans gave a rousing welcome to he John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket in the Presidential race and spent their time at the Republican National Convention held in St.Paul, MN from September 1to 4, networking and working behind the scenes.
"We are few, but easy to spot," Harmeet Dhillon, a candidate for the California State Assembly from the 13th District, told News India-Times. She came as a 'Guest Pass' holder but traded it with one of the alternate delegates and got to sit front and center at the Xcel Energy Center stage.
"I made some good connections meeting higher ups in the part and I wanted face time with my delegation." And she attended the meeting of the Indian American Republican Council (IARC) as well as the lunch with Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen.
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"We are few, but easy to spot," Harmeet Dhillon, a candidate for the California State Assembly from the 13th District, told News India-Times. She came as a 'Guest Pass' holder but traded it with one of the alternate delegates and got to sit front and center at the Xcel Energy Center stage.
"I made some good connections meeting higher ups in the part and I wanted face time with my delegation." And she attended the meeting of the Indian American Republican Council (IARC) as well as the lunch with Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen.
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Labels: convention, IARC, Indian Ambassador, Indian Americans, John McCain, Presidential race, roles, Ronen Sen, Sarah Palin
Monday, September 1, 2008
Indian Americans swing into action at Denver's Pepsi Center
Despite making up only about 58 of the 4,440 delegates and alternate delegates at the Democratic National Convention, Indian Americans swung into action at Denver's Pepsi Center and around town, because of the positions they occupy in the party and the room they have carved in the political campaign debate.
In the morning session Sunita Leeds, Co Chair of the very important Rules Committee and Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Indo-American Leadership Council, was introduced along with the other members of the Rules Committee, by Howard Dean, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
The DNC also organized an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus meeting at Four Seasons Hotel, where several Indian Americans addressed the issue of getting out the youth vote and securing swing states for the party on the road to November. In the panel themed ‘Showing our Strength: Our Electeds, Our Candidates, Our Future,' Ohio State Representative Jay Goyal, was one of three state level elected officials to speak He spoke about how Democrats could win Ohio, a swing state, and if it won that state, Obama's presidency was in the bag, according to him.
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In the morning session Sunita Leeds, Co Chair of the very important Rules Committee and Chair of the Democratic National Committee's Indo-American Leadership Council, was introduced along with the other members of the Rules Committee, by Howard Dean, Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
The DNC also organized an Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus meeting at Four Seasons Hotel, where several Indian Americans addressed the issue of getting out the youth vote and securing swing states for the party on the road to November. In the panel themed ‘Showing our Strength: Our Electeds, Our Candidates, Our Future,' Ohio State Representative Jay Goyal, was one of three state level elected officials to speak He spoke about how Democrats could win Ohio, a swing state, and if it won that state, Obama's presidency was in the bag, according to him.
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Labels: AAPI, action, Barack Obama, campaign, debate, delegates, Democratic National Convention, Denver's Pepsi Center, Indian Americans, presidential nomination, youth vote
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Hindus high-earning, highly-educated immigrants:86% born outside United States
Hindus are largely a highly educated, high earning minority in this country, paralleling the economic achievements of Indian Americans. But 9 percent of them earn $30,000 or less. Most of them are married but very few marry across religious lines. They also have fewer seniors among them than either the national average or the proportion found among other faiths. This is according to the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Policy's latest study ‘U.S. Religious Landscape Survey' released end of June.
"The Hindu population is comprised of more immigrants than any other," Allison Pond, Research Associate at Pew Forum and one of those involved in the study, told News India Times. "In fact 86 percent of Hindus were born outside of the U.S. and most of them are from South Central Asia"
The study interviewed more than 35,000 people of which Hindus comprised 257. Asked if this was representative, Pond said Pew had actually taken a larger sample than what was in the population.
"A sample size of about 100 is the accepted industry standard to make generalizations, but we have more than double that for Hindus 257. And in order to get that many cases we did an over-sample of Buddhist and Hindus to get more than a random sample would have fetched us."
Hindus are pretty evenly distributed regionally except in the Midwest where only 13 percent of them choose to live (Table 1). The highest proportion (32 percent) lives in the South, followed by the Northeast (29 percent) and the West (26 percent).
Compared to people of other faiths, Hindus (5 percent) along with Muslims (5 percent) and Buddhists (7 percent) have the lowest percentage of people above 65 (Table 3). Hindus have by far the highest percentage (58 percent) of those 3049. The national average for this age group is 36 percent.
There is a dramatic difference between the numbers of males (61percent) and females (39 percent) among Hindus not paralleled in any of the other faiths (Table 5). In a majority of the other faiths women out number men.
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"The Hindu population is comprised of more immigrants than any other," Allison Pond, Research Associate at Pew Forum and one of those involved in the study, told News India Times. "In fact 86 percent of Hindus were born outside of the U.S. and most of them are from South Central Asia"
The study interviewed more than 35,000 people of which Hindus comprised 257. Asked if this was representative, Pond said Pew had actually taken a larger sample than what was in the population.
"A sample size of about 100 is the accepted industry standard to make generalizations, but we have more than double that for Hindus 257. And in order to get that many cases we did an over-sample of Buddhist and Hindus to get more than a random sample would have fetched us."
Hindus are pretty evenly distributed regionally except in the Midwest where only 13 percent of them choose to live (Table 1). The highest proportion (32 percent) lives in the South, followed by the Northeast (29 percent) and the West (26 percent).
Compared to people of other faiths, Hindus (5 percent) along with Muslims (5 percent) and Buddhists (7 percent) have the lowest percentage of people above 65 (Table 3). Hindus have by far the highest percentage (58 percent) of those 3049. The national average for this age group is 36 percent.
There is a dramatic difference between the numbers of males (61percent) and females (39 percent) among Hindus not paralleled in any of the other faiths (Table 5). In a majority of the other faiths women out number men.
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Labels: achievements, earning, economic, faiths, highly educated, hindus, immigrants, Indian Americans, inter religious marriage, United states
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