Our diaspora..our ambassadors!!

As of 2010, with a population of more than 30million, the Indian diaspora is the second largest non-resident community in the world only after the Overseas Chinese community!!

According to the constitution of India:
A Non-Resident Indian/प्रवासी भारतीय (NRI) is an Indian citizen who has migrated to another country, a person of Indian origin who is born outside India, or a person of Indian origin who resides permanently outside India.


Diaspora Figures:

Nepal 4,000,000  United States 2,765,815  Malaysia 2,100,000  Myanmar 2,000,000  Saudi Arabia 1,500,000  United Arab Emirates 1,400,000  England 1,316,000  South Africa 1,160,000  Canada 1,063,150  Mauritius 855,000  Kuwait 580,000  Trinidad and Tobago 525,000  Oman 450,000  Australia 405,000  Singapore 400,000  Fiji 340,000  France  330,000  Guyana 327,000  Bahrain 310,000  Suriname 135,000  Qatar 125,000  Netherlands 110,000  New Zealand 105,000  Kenya 100,000  Tanzania 90,000  Uganda 90,000  Jamaica 90,000  Italy 71,500  Portugal 70,000  Thailand 65,000

• In North America, the terms East Indian and Asian Indian are often used to distinguish people who have originated from India.                                                            
• In Britain the term Asians is used to describe people from the subcontinent.
• In the Middle-East Arabs generally refer to Indians as Hindis.
• People of South Asian origin in the Netherlands and Suriname are called Hindoestaneans.

Famous NRI's

Some Facts:

• The richest Briton is NRI steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal with an estimated fortune of £10.8 billion in 2009.
• Piyush Amrit "Bobby" Jindal (born June 10, 1971) is the 55th and current Governor of Louisiana and formerly a member of the United States House of Representatives.
• The present President of Singapore, S.R. Nathan, is a Tamil of Indian descent.
• The current Governer General of New Zealand, Anand Satyanand, is of Indian descent.   
• The current President of Mauritius, Anerood Jugnauth is of Indian descent.
• Almost 40% of all Indians in the United States have a master’s, doctorate or other professional degree, which is five times the national average
• The Information Technology industry is virtually run by Indians around the globe.
• 36% of NASA scientists are Indians: US Govt. Survey
• 34% employees at Microsoft, 28% at IBM, 17% at Intel and 13% at Xerox are Indians.
• 38% doctors in the US are Indians.
  
  
  In short our tribe virtually runs the world!!Long Live Indians..
  
  
  
  "JAI HIND"