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Presented by Pawan Luthra,CEO Indian Link Media Group
Making Connections: leveraging the Indian diaspora for business success
A social phenomenon, grown out of the heightenedinterconnectivity between people and the recedingeconomic and social significance of boundaries amongnation states.
Transnationalism:
American Born Desi
ABCD:
ConnectedConfused
30 million NRIs and PIOs GloballyNon-Resident Indians
The Indian Community in the US
Asian American Hotel Owner Association:
11,000 members Ownership of over 50% economy lodging 2 million combined rooms 20,000 hotels Property market value of $130 billion
American Success Stories
Satya Nadella – ComputingSalman Rushdie – Literacy
Russel Peters – ComedyPan Nalin – Documentary film making
Indra Nooyi – Woman in businessMira Nair – Film making
Amartya Sen – Economic TheoryVinod Khosla – Entrepreneurship
Hargobind Khurana – BiochemistryVenkataraman Ramakrishnan – Structural Biology
Amar Bose – Electrical and Sound EngineeringKalpana Chawla – Space exploration
Lakshmi Mittal – IndustryZubin Mehta – Classical Music
Anish Kapoor – Contemporary ArtS Chandrashekhar – AstrophysicsCK Prahlad – Corporate Strategy
Ajit Jain – Insurance
Big name inspirations from the Indian diaspora
The Indian Community in Australia:
1860 - 998 people
2016 - 433,000 + people
The early days in Australia
Special skill set of diasporans
Risk Takers Educated Innovative Flexible
The other major diasporas:
Jewish & Chinese
What the diaspora can do to leverage business:
Influencing governments Crisis response Importing best practices Bringing in new business
Why leverage the diaspora?
They know where the customers are Dealing with the local culture On their terms
Specific Industries:
Health Care STEM Education Remittances Tourism
Thank you for listening today
Presented by Pawan Luthra,CEO Indian Link Media Group