Srinagar-born Najeeba Syeed-Miller has been named to the faculty at Claremont School of Theology, becoming the first Muslim faculty member at what is one of America's leading universities in the study of theology.
Sirajuddin Qureshi, India's leading meat-exporter to the world and president of the India Islamic Cultural Centre, said being at the summit "was a unique experience."
Indian American politicians have denounced a television advertisement by a conservative group called Americans for Job Security that hits at a governor who had earlier favoured outsourcing jobs to India.
Activists of the Indian-American community and the Hindu American Foundation have denounced Reverend Franklin Graham, the son and heir apparent of celebrated evangelist Reverend Billy Graham, for maligning Hinduism during an interview.
'True closure will come only when we as a people, as a civilisation, can relax in crowded, public places without fear, when the ugly metal detectors that greet us at the entrance of every single public space goes forever. That is a distant dream, towards realising which Kasab's sentence is but a baby-step.'
Cochin-born and raised Shaffi Mather, founder of an ambulance service that has revolutionized medical transport in Mumbai and Kerala, was appreciative of President Obama's "vision of trying to bring together grassroots and community-based entrepreneurs, instead of the regular Fortune 500 and Forbes businessmen."
'There is no denying that he was the pioneer among Indian American management experts and set the trend for so many others to follow'
Shaffi Mather, 41, founder of the yellow ambulance or the 1298 service, was appreciative of US President Barack Obama's vision of trying to bring together grassroots and community-based entrepreneurs, instead of the regular Fortune and Forbes 500 and 100 businessmen, to the parley.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applauded Shaheen Mistri, founder, Akanksha and Teach for India, for her efforts to educate the less privileged children of the slums of Mumbai.
US officials have agreed to take "suitable steps" in giving India a direct access to Headley, a statement released by the Indian Embassy in Washington said on Wednesday.
Subbarao said in terms of the risk to growth inflation outlook, the first would depend on global recovery and if it fails, could have an impact for India.
A motley group of Indian entrepreneurs, an economics professor and a leading Indian Muslim leader and industrialist are among more than 250 from nearly 60 countries, who have descended on Washington, DC on the invitation of the White House to attend the two-day Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship hosted by President Barack Obama beginning today.
The board of directors of the Export-Import Bank, the official export-credit agency of the United States, has appointed Indian American entrepreneur and investor Frank F Islam, of McLean, Virginia, as a member of the Bank's Advisory Committee for 2010 to provide expert guidance of small business.
Srinagar-born Farah Pandith, US Representative to Muslim Communities from around the world, in defending President Barack Obama's decision to invite delegates from largely Muslim-majority countries and those with sizable Muslim minorities for his Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit, said this was a pledge he had made in his Cairo speech in June last year during his outreach to the Islamic world and "something he wanted to do."
The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank, the official export-credit agency of the United States, has appointed Indian American entrepreneur and investor Frank F Islam, of McLean, Virginia, as a member of the Bank's Advisory Committee for 2010 to provide expert guidance of small business.
When she served in the United States Congress, Democrat Ellen Tauscher was one of the most vehement critics of the Indo-United States civilian nuclear deal.
President Barack Obama last week appointed Srinija Srinivasan, one of the three co-founders of Yahoo! Inc, as a member of the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars.
Ron Somers, president, US-India Business Council, which lobbied to get the US-India nuclear technology deal approved, like the rest of the American business fraternity, is upset by India's recent purchase of nuclear reactors and sophisticated technology and weaponry from Russia.
Harold 'Terry' McGraw, chairman, president and chief executive officer, McGraw-Hill companies, has taken over the helm of the United States-India Business Council, succeeding Indra Nooyi, chairman and CEO, PepsiCo.
The former President also predicted that the conflict between India and Pakistan would be resolved by people power where "the people are going to force the nations to work for the prosperity of the nation and the peace of the nation."
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