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Participant Bios Forum 2018 Revised
Indiaspora Leadership Forum 2018 Thinkers, Doers, Givers Bios Meenakshi Abbi joined RPA’s San Francisco office in May 2012 as a member of the Sponsored Projects & Funds team. She manages a portfolio of projects and donor collaboratives focused on a range of issues including education, diversity, improving philanthropy, impact investing, and other issues. Prior to her current role at RPA, Meenakshi worked at Tides for over four years as a program manager for fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) projects, and helped re-launch Tides Advocacy Fund. She was also Director of the Small Business Development Center Technology Advisory Program, a nonprofit dedicated to helping small businesses effectively utilize technology. Meenakshi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Her passions include civic engagement, financial inclusion, and social justice. She is on the advisory board of Fund the People, Justice Strategies and is the co-chair of Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy San Francisco’s Steering Committee. Qamar Adamjee, Malavalli Family Foundation Associate Curator of Art of the Indian Subcontinent at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, joined the museum in 2009. She received her PhD and MA in art history from New York University and an MBA in marketing from the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi (Pakistan). Before coming to the Asian, Adamjee worked in the Islamic department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Adamjee’s key interests lie in the intersections of art and culture and in connections between the past and our present. A specialist in Indian and Persian paintings, she has written, lectured, and organized exhibitions on subjects as diverse as Islamic art, Hindu and Sikh art, 19th-century photography, painting, and prints, Indian paintings, sculpture, and contemporary art. -
Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs
Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs ••• AnnaLee Saxenian 1999 PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Saxenian, AnnaLee. Silicon Valley’s new immigrant entrepreneurs / AnnaLee Saxenian. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 1-58213-009-4 1. Asian American businesspeople—California—Santa Clara County. 2. Asian American scientists—California—Santa Clara. 3. Immigrants—California—Santa Clara County. I. Title. HD2344.5.U62S367 1999 331.6'235'079473—dc21 99-28139 CIP Copyright © 1999 by Public Policy Institute of California All rights reserved San Francisco, CA Short sections of text, not to exceed three paragraphs, may be quoted without written permission provided that full attribution is given to the source and the above copyright notice is included. Research publications reflect the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the staff, officers, or Board of Directors of the Public Policy Institute of California. Foreword In the 1940s, the author Carey McWilliams coined a phrase to characterize California’s penchant for innovation and experimentation. He called it “the edge of novelty” and remarked that “Californians have become so used to the idea of experimentation—they have had to experiment so often—that they are psychologically prepared to try anything.” Waves of migrants and immigrants over the past 150 years of California history have been attracted to our “edge of novelty,” and they have consistently found California a place that fosters creativity and the entrepreneurial spirit. In this report, AnnaLee Saxenian documents one of the latest, and most dramatic, examples of California as a location that attracts immigrant entrepreneurs. -
Asia Game Changer Awards
ASIA SOCIETY Northern California Center, established in 1998, is uniquely positioned on the edge of the Pacific and at the entrance to Silicon Valley. The Center connects the San Francisco Bay Area’s diverse local community with a wide network of global leaders and visionaries in the fields of policy, business, arts & culture, and technology/innovation. Through large conferences, private Executive Roundtable briefings, panel discussions, cultural programs, and networking events and dinners, Asia Society Northern California ASIA presents timely and relevant forums for educating and GAME engaging the public about the critical issues facing the WEST United States, Asia, and the CHANGER world. AWARDS ASIA SOCIETY Northern California 500 Washington Street, Suite 350 TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2020 San Francisco, CA 94111 APRIL 9, 2019 AsiaSociety.org/NorthernCalifornia ASIA SOCIETY Worldwide Hong Kong Houston Los Angeles Manila Mumbai New York San Francisco & Silicon Valley Seoul Sydney & Melbourne Tokyo Washington, D.C. Zurich ASIA SOCIETY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA ADVISORY BOARD Honorable George P. Shultz Michael Chui Bakul Joshi Honorable William J. Perry Honorary Chairman Partner President Michael & Barbara Berberian Thomas W. and Susan B. Ford McKinsey Global Institute Multiple Access CA Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Fellow Corporation Center for International Hoover Institution Chris Cooper Security & Cooperation Stanford University Global CFO & Chief Holly Kernan Senior Fellow, Freeman Compliance Officer Chief Content Officer Spogli Institute Chong-Moon Lee Sequoia Capital KQED Stanford University Chairman Emeritus & Trustee Founder & Chairman David A. Coulter C. Richard Kramlich Gary Rieschel Ambex Ventures Managing Director Chairman & Co-Founder Founding Managing Partner & Senior Advisor New Enterprise Associates Qiming Venture Partners Jack Wadsworth Warburg Pincus LLC Honorary Chairman Philippe LaCamp Andy Rothman & Trustee Emeritus Robert E. -
Fall 2008 1. Global Entrepreneurship Week Event- Nov 17-21, 2008
Fall 2008 1. Global Entrepreneurship Week Event- Nov 17-21, 2008 Tues. Nov. 18th, 2:30-4:30 pm, BT 550C Walk-in consultation with SVCE faculty/organizing team for Neat Ideas Fair participants. Dr. Sorin Grunwald, entrepreneur and adjunct faculty, has kindly agreed to meet with teams that would like advice on their presentations. Wed. Nov. 19th, Eng 189 Celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week in partnership with the City of San Jose 5:30pm: Reception in foyer outside Eng 189 (sponsored by City of San Jose) 6pm: Paul Krutko, Managing Director, Office of Economic Development, City of San Jose, will give a brief overview of the OED's role in encouraging entrepreneurship in San Jose 6:15pm: Dr. Naren Gupta, Managing Director, Nexus India Capital, Vice Chairman, WindRiver Systems, will speak on 'Successful Entrepreneurship in a Global Marketplace', followed by Q&A. Thurs. Nov. 20th, Eng 189, 3-5 pm FREE screening of Outsourced, the movie, http://www.outsourcedthemovie.com/, (1hr 43 minutes). 2. SVCE Eminent Speaker Event- Oct 20, 2008 Topic: "Making the most of your Intellectual Property" Where: Martin Luther King Library - Room MLK 225/229 Time: 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Speaker: Miriam Rivera, Former Deputy General Counsel/Vice President, Google Inc. Guest Speaker's Bio: Miriam Rivera served most recently as Deputy General Counsel/Vice President at Google Inc. She was that Fortune 500 company's first business lawyer and the "chief operating officer" of the legal department. Five-year veteran Ms. Rivera led Google's corporate, commercial, Asia Pacific, Latin America, employment, real estate and technical operations practices. -
Nexus Has Beenprominently Able to Manage Smart Exits, Thanks to Its
,.111""/11"1111"1 VENTURE CAPITAL I Kripa Mahalingam t was a balmy day in No vember last year when Lakshmanan Narayan. CEO ofUnmetric, flew down from Chennai to Mumbai to make his presentation to the formi dable team at Nexus Venture Part ners. Present at the meeting were its three founders, Suvir Sujan, Sandeep Singhal and Naren Gupta - while their combined business acumen would have made any en trepreneur nervous, Narayan was both anxious and hopeful. A few hours ofgrilling. and a sleepless ••• night later. Narayan had a term Nexus has been prominently able to manage sheet for S3 million from Nexus. '1 smart exits, thanks to its early-birdstrategy could have fished around for a bet· for makinginvestments ter bargain with other funds but I felt that the team at Nexus under stood our business really well. and would also be the ideal partners available for VCs, aren't easy ei to help us scale the business," says ther because there are too many "There are times when you Narayan. He was right. Not only variables involved. But Nexus is think the company may not go did Nexus help shape Unmetric's making exits look like a walk in business strategy. it also assisted the park - it has made six erits anywhere, but a year later. they are in building the company's senior over the past two years and. except the star in your portfolio management team as well as the one. all ofthem have raked in good -SANDEEP SINGHAl (8) advisory board. Unmetric is a profits (see: On a roJI). -
Touching Lives, Making Change
Touching Lives, Making Change American India Foundation • Annual Report 2006 - 2007 Above: Migrant women from fishing communities carry wood for fuel in Rajpara, but their children are continuing their education at site Cover: Sanjay and Sangeeta (holding her cousin Chotu) at their aunt’s home in Koilandand village where they now live after both their HIV+ parents schools. Setu NGO partner, Gujarat. died. GDS, Uttar Pradesh. Back Cover: In Vadakattalai village, Kavita presents her land which has been reclaimed following the 2004 tsunami. SIFFS, Tamil Nadu. table of contents mission The American India Foundation (AIF) is dedicated to accelerating social and economic change in India. Mission and Vision 1 14 Highlights of our Work AIF Presence in India 2 22 Touching Lives, Making Change vision To contribute to building an India where all people can gain access to education, health From our Honorary Chair 3 36 Grants care, and livelihood opportunities and where all Indians can realize their full potential. To build a trusted bridge between the dreams and aspirations of individuals who care From our Co-Chairs 4 46 Donor Outreach about India and their realization. From our Executive Team 6 50 Financials To provide a secure channel for philanthropic funding in the United States and its effec- tive investment in the best Indian non-governmental organizations that have innovative and scalable projects. Snapshot of our Work 10 54 AIF People To build a professional organization that is secular, transparent, credible and accountable for all its activities. touching lives, making change Catalyzing Change 12 62 Donors 1- A woman earns a living by drying Siali leaves and making them into plates at Shrambukiya village. -
Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs
The Center for Comparative Immigration Studies CCIS University of California, San Diego Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs By AnnaLee Saxenian University of California, Santa Cruz Working Paper 15 May 2000 2 Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs AnnaLee Saxenian Debates over the immigration of scientists and engineers to the United States focus primarily on the extent to which foreign-born professionals displace native workers, or on the existence of invisible barriers to mobility, or "glass ceilings," experienced by non-native professionals. Both approaches assume that the primary economic contribution of immigrants is as a source of relatively low-cost labor, even in the most technologically advanced sectors of the economy (McCarthy and Vernez, 1997). The view from sending countries, by contrast, has historically been that the emigration of highly skilled personnel to the United States represents a significant economic loss, or "brain drain," which deprives their economies of their best and brightest. Neither of these views is adequate in today's increasingly global economy. Debates over the extent to which immigrants displace native workers overlook evidence that foreign-born scientists and engineers are starting new businesses and generating jobs and wealth for the state economy at least as fast as their native counterparts (Borjas, 1994, 1995; Smith and Edmondston, 1997). Similarly, the dynamism of emerging regions in Asia and elsewhere means that it is no longer valid to assume that skilled immigrants will stay permanently in the United States. Recent research suggests that the "brain drain" may be giving way to a process of "brain circulation," as talented immigrants who study and work in the United States return to their home countries to take advantage of promising opportunities there. -
THE CENTER for COMPARATIVE IMMIGRATION STUDIES Silicon
CCIS THE CENTER FOR COMPARATIVE IMMIGRATION STUDIES Silicon Valley’s New Immigrant Entrepreneurs By AnnaLee Saxenian University of California – Santa Cruz Working Paper No. 15 May, 2000 University of California-San Diego La Jolla, California 92093-0510 2 Silicon Valley's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs AnnaLee Saxenian Debates over the immigration of scientists and engineers to the United States focus primarily on the extent to which foreign-born professionals displace native workers, or on the existence of invisible barriers to mobility, or "glass ceilings," experienced by non-native professionals. Both approaches assume that the primary economic contribution of immigrants is as a source of relatively low-cost labor, even in the most technologically advanced sectors of the economy (McCarthy and Vernez, 1997). The view from sending countries, by contrast, has historically been that the emigration of highly skilled personnel to the United States represents a significant economic loss, or "brain drain," which deprives their economies of their best and brightest. Neither of these views is adequate in today's increasingly global economy. Debates over the extent to which immigrants displace native workers overlook evidence that foreign-born scientists and engineers are starting new businesses and generating jobs and wealth for the state economy at least as fast as their native counterparts (Borjas, 1994, 1995; Smith and Edmondston, 1997). Similarly, the dynamism of emerging regions in Asia and elsewhere means that it is no longer valid to assume that skilled immigrants will stay permanently in the United States. Recent research suggests that the "brain drain" may be giving way to a process of "brain circulation," as talented immigrants who study and work in the United States return to their home countries to take advantage of promising opportunities there.