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January 23, 2025
Fortune: As the H-1B visa debate tears MAGA apart, Indian-Americans are shaping America’s future
January 23, 2025
January 23, 2025
November 7, 2024
Fortune: Why Indian-Americans are breaking from the Democrats
November 7, 2024
November 7, 2024
June 13, 2024
Fortune: Why a ‘heartland visa’ for skilled workers could be the answer to America’s immigration debate
June 13, 2024
June 13, 2024
July 28, 2023
Fortune: A broken U.S. immigration system is helping foreign countries woo California’s tech founders. The Golden State’s new global talent program could reverse the trend
July 28, 2023
July 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
Fortune: With techno-nationalism on the rise, the world needs a peaceful NATO for science and technology
March 28, 2023
March 28, 2023
August 22, 2022
Foreign Policy: Why Quantum Computing Is Even More Dangerous Than Artificial Intelligence
August 22, 2022
August 22, 2022
April 2, 2022
National Interest: How to End the Harm Caused by Unchecked Algorithms
April 2, 2022
April 2, 2022
March 4, 2022
Fortune: Brilliant tech and science minds want to escape Putin’s Russia. The U.S. should welcome them with open arms
March 4, 2022
March 4, 2022
July 5, 2021
Foreign Policy: Killer Flying Robots Are Here. What Do We Do Now?
July 5, 2021
July 5, 2021
May 8, 2021
Foreign Policy: Extending the Trump Ban Won’t Heal Facebook’s Deeper Sickness
May 8, 2021
May 8, 2021
March 1, 2021
Foreign Policy: The World Must Regulate Tech Before It’s Too Late
March 1, 2021
March 1, 2021
February 5, 2021
Fortune: A ‘startup visa’ will help Biden jump-start the economy
February 5, 2021
February 5, 2021
January 29, 2021
Foreign Policy: Let’s Not Blow This Chance to Fix Immigration
January 29, 2021
January 29, 2021
December 28, 2020
Foreign Policy: 7 Reasons Why Silicon Valley Will Have a Tough Time With the Biden Administration
December 28, 2020
December 28, 2020
October 22, 2020
Foreign Policy: Surprise! India Is Leaping Ahead in Clean Energy
October 22, 2020
October 22, 2020
September 28, 2020
Economic Times: Like US and China, India must ensure that foreign tech companies here are locally owned
September 28, 2020
September 28, 2020
September 11, 2020
Foreign Policy: The genetic engineering genie is out of the bottle
September 11, 2020
September 11, 2020
August 15, 2020
Hindustan Times: India must focus on digital infrastructure, data protection laws
August 15, 2020
August 15, 2020
July 14, 2020
MarketWatch: The U.S. will suffer a generational loss of talent and expertise if it sends foreign students home
July 14, 2020
July 14, 2020
July 1, 2020
Hindustan Times: On tech, India was naive. It has finally woken up
July 1, 2020
July 1, 2020
June 25, 2020
Foreign Policy: Foreign worker visas are the tech industry’s dirty secret
June 25, 2020
June 25, 2020
February 7, 2019
MarketWatch: The tech industry is getting away with the murder of capitalism
February 7, 2019
February 7, 2019
October 4, 2018
Fortune Magazine: The AI wars gave not even begun
October 4, 2018
October 4, 2018
August 31, 2017
PBS: If Trump revokes DACA, it will create a humanitarian crisis
August 31, 2017
August 31, 2017
August 4, 2017
Washington Post: Why, as an immigrant, I am not outraged by Trump’s immigration proposal
August 4, 2017
August 4, 2017
June 9, 2017
Washington Post: Why Universal Basic Income and tax breaks won’t save us from the jobless future
June 9, 2017
June 9, 2017
April 20, 2017
Washington Post: Why Trump’s plan to ‘Hire American’ must start with more rights for immigrant workers
April 20, 2017
April 20, 2017
January 30, 2017
Washington Post: Why Trump’s travel ban is so harmful to the tech economy
January 30, 2017
January 30, 2017
January 23, 2017
Washington Post: What the U.S. can learn from India’s move toward a cashless society
January 23, 2017
January 23, 2017
November 3, 2016
Washington Post: The government failed U.S. workers on global trade. It must do better on technology.
November 3, 2016
November 3, 2016