On a call to congratulate Swati Mohan, the Indian American who was the head scientist at NASA,
on the occasion of the successful landing of the Perseverance Mars Rover, US President Joe Biden exclaimed, 'It's amazing ... Indian-descent Americans are taking over the country.'
If one is living in America, it is virtually impossible today to turn on CNN, read the Wall Street Journal, go to a hospital, attend a university or browse a bookstore without encountering a sea of Indian names and faces. For India and for Indians, this is certainly a cause for celebration.
In Indian Genius, Meenakshi Ahamed provides us with fascinating portraits of a number of well-known figures who have excelled in their fields, including SATYA NADELLA, VINOD KHOSLA, SHANTANU NARAYEN, CHANDRIKA TANDON, NIKESH ARORA, VIVEK MURTHY, SIDDHARTHA MUKHERJEE, ATUL GAWANDE, DEEPAK CHOPRA, ABRAHAM VERGHESE, NIKKI HALEY and FAREED ZAKARIA.
Based on a series of interviews and full of fresh and surprising stories, the book gives readers unprecedented insights into the personal strengths that made possible these extraordinary
individuals' public achievements.
Indian Genius is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding what it takes to succeed and reach the top.
About the Author
MEENAKSHI NARULA AHAMED is a freelance journalist and the authorof A Matter of Trust: India–US Relations from Truman to Trump, asweeping narrative history of the turbulent seventy-year relationship betweenthe two countries.
Ahamed's writing has been published in The New York Times,The Washington Post, The Atlantic, CNN, The Wall Street Journal,
Seminar and Asian Age. She has worked at the World Bank in Washington,DC, and for NDTV, and has served on the boards of Doctors without Borders,Drugs for Neglected Diseases and the Vellore Christian Medical College Foundation.
Ahamed was born in Calcutta and received an MA from the Johns HopkinsSchool of Advanced International Studies. She divides her time between NewYork, Los Angeles and New Delhi.
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