Despite constituting only about 1.5% of U.S. population, Indian diaspora has made substantial contributions to country.

Contributions of Diaspora in USA:

• Economic impact: CEOs of Indian origin head 16 Fortune 500 companies.
  • Examples of Business Leaders include Satya Nadella, Shantanu Narayen (Adobe) etc. 
• Cultural Influence: Wide celebration of Diwali and Holi, celebrated chefs e.g. Vikas Khanna, Wellness practices with Indian Roots e.g.  Deepak Chopra
• Innovation, Research, and Development:  13% of US scientific publications had Indian American co-author.Famous personalities include Har Gobind Khorana, Abhijit Banerjee, Manjul Bhargava.
• Government and Public Services: Kamala Harris (first woman Vice President of Indian descent), Bobby Jindal (first Indian American Governor) etc.

Benefits for India: 

• Economic: US is top source of remittance ($26B out of $113 billion in 2022-2023), Since 2000, US companies have invested $ 63 billion in FDI. 
  • Brain Gain: ~20% of Indian unicorns have co-founders who have leveraged US higher education. E.g. Rahul Chari (PhonePe), Harsh Jain and Bhavin Seth (Dream11).
• Political: Diplomacy and Lobbying (E.g. Indo-US civil nuclear deal), Indian diaspora in global institutions E.g. Gita Gopinath, Raghuram Rajan, Soumya Swaminathan etc
• Cultural Diplomacy & Soft Power: 1 in 10 Americans practices yoga (2023), spreading of Indian cuisine & Ayurveda.
• Indo-US scientific collaboration: E.g. NISAR , iCET etc.