Can you imagine a top information technology executive in the U.S. with a name like Jack Callahan or Margaret Weinberger. No, sir. No. The name’s got to be a Ramasamy or Padmasree. OK, at least a Chopra or Kundra. Top IT Dogs Any surprise then that the top IT dogs in President Obama’s administration are […]
Nikesh Arora is search giant Google’s new worldwide sales and business development chief and the top ranking desi at the company. Nikesh, who was previously chief of Google’s International Operations, replaces Omid Kordestani who has taken on a new role as Senior Advisor, Office of the CEO and Founders. Google said today that in his new […]
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a disgrace to the Indian-American community, has gotten himself a book deal, according to the Times Picayune. Due out in 2010, the book will be ghost written by Peter Schweizer and focus on Bobby’s ‘life and policy ideas,’ the paper reports. A Republican, Right-wing extremist and Christian fundamentalist, Jindal is an […]
Google’s Asia-Pacific and Latin America head Sukhinder Singh Cassidy has left the company and dropped anchor at VC firm Accel Partners, where she will be CEO-In-Residence. <
Our vote goes for Padmasree Warrior, the Chief Technology Officer of Cisco. Maybe because we think old is gold. Although a Methuselah-like 48, Padmasree still oozes sex appeal. With a cute bindi gracing the midpoint of her eyebrows, at the base of her forehead just above the nose bridge, Padmasree looks yummier than a Cold Stone […]
Indian-American kid Narendra Tallapragada came in fourth in the just concluded Intel Science Talent Search 2009 competition in the U.S. (Eric Larson of Eugene, Ore., won the first prize, a $100,000 scholarship, for his research project classifying mathematical objects called fusion categories). Often referred to as the Junior Nobel Prize, the Science Talent Search is […]