US Universities host the most international students in the world. High-quality Education, Academic flexibility, a multicultural environment, and wonderful opportunities are just a few of the reasons why many International students want to study in the USA.
Higher Education in The US is an enticing option and has always been attracting talents across the globe like a magnet. Universities in the USA allow invaluable academic, professional, and personal growth, and open up doors to an abundant number of career opportunities after graduation.
Not only this, there’s more to why students around the world choose the USA as their Study abroad destination. The USA is home to approximately 50% of the world’s top 50 universities, and the reasons are the small class sizes, highly accredited professors, and advanced technology and research capabilities.
And yes, when it comes to the number of international students in US universities, Indian students are desired as one of the most important and largest constituents. This fact has been established not only by the sheer number but also by the quality of Indian students getting admitted over the years. Some of the well-known CEOs and professionals in the US are of Indian origin who were born in India, went to the US for higher studies, and made it big in the field of business, science, technology, culture, and so on.
It is this approach that has helped Indian students from various US universities today lead most of the Fortune 500 companies.
Let’s have a look at these well know Indians who travelled to the US for studies and today are listed among accomplished immigrant Americans…
Designation – CEO of Microsoft
Born in Hyderabad Satya Nadella is an Indian-American business executive. He completed his Bachelor’s in electrical engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology in Karnataka. He studied for his Master’s in the USA, Milwaukee.
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Designation- CEO of Alphabet and Google
Born in Madurai, he got his engineering degree from IIT Kharagpur in metallurgy. Post this he did his Masters in USA, Stanford University, and an MBA from Pennsylvania.
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Designation: Chairman, President, and CEO of Adobe Inc.
Born in Hyderabad, he earned his bachelor’s degree in electronics and communication engineering from the University College of Engineering, Osmania University in Hyderabad post where he moved for higher studies in the USA.
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Born in Chennai, she has consistently ranked among the world’s 100 most powerful women. She got her bachelor’s degrees in physics, chemistry and mathematics from Madras Christian College of the University of Madras. Later she travelled to the US for further studies.
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Born in Nagpur Maharashtra studied at Bishop Cotton and Dadar Parsee Youths Assembly High School before moving to the US for his undergraduate studies.
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Born in Delhi he is known as the ‘Father of the Pentium Chip’ for his contribution to the development of Intel’s Pentium micro-processor. He got his B.E degree in Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. He moved to the US for his master’s.
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Designation: Former Chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of US Airways Group
Born in Kolkata is a co-founder and 37% owner of IndiGo airline. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He traveled for higher studies in the USA.
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Born in Jaipur, he studied economics at Shri Ram College of Commerce at the University of Delhi. Post his undergraduate studies he went to the US for his MBA
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Born in India he is an Indian American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist. He is a co-founder of Sun Microsystems and the founder of Khosla Ventures. He did his BTech in electrical engineering from IIT Delhi after which he moved to the US for further studies.
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Designation: Chief executive officer of Google Cloud
Born in Kerala, he did his schooling at St Joseph’s Boys High School in Bengaluru. Post which he completed his electrical engineering and MBA in the USA.
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Born in Agra, he is an Indian American business executive who studied at IIT Roorkee, before moving to the US for his advanced studies in engineering.
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MS in Applied Science and Engineering and an MBA in Finance from Miami University
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Born in Mumbai, he completed his BTech in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur before travelling to the US for further studies.
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2010, received Morgan Stanley Leadership Award for Global Commerce
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Born in Delhi, he graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi with a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He did his MBA from the US and moved to Canada to work with Procter & Gamble there at the beginning of his career.
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Born in Delhi, he studied electrical and electronic engineering at BITS, (Birla Institute of Technology and Science), Pilani. He has an EMP from Apple University at INSEAD.
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Born in India he earned a bachelor’s degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur before moving to the US for studies.
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