List of NRIs

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Non Resident Indians (NRIs) are people who are ethnically Indian but live outside India. This includes people who have migrated recently who might be holding an Indian or foreign citizenship, and descendants of those who migrated primarily in the 19th and 20th centuries who probably will be holding a foreign citizenship. This list might contain some Sri Lankan Tamils, as some of them are classified as Indian in their resident country e.g. Singapore and Malaysia.

The following is a list of prominent NRIs by place of residence or citizenship:

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[edit] Saudi Arabia

  • Shyam Parashar, Professor, Department of Surgery, King Faisal University, Dammam
  • Nadim Tarin, Businessman, Riyadh
  • Jaweed Yazdani, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran
  • Syed Zia-ur-Rahman, www.yahind.com, Jeddah

[edit] Grenada

Member of the British Empire MBE is awarded by the British monarchy for outstanding service and / or achievement

  • Dr. Sekhar Tam Tam, Awarded Member of the British Empire 2006 by Queen Elizabeth II for service as District Medical Officer in the British Caribbean island of Grenada[1]

[edit] United States

Please see List of Indian Americans.

[edit] Canada

[edit] Arts & Entertainment

[edit] Literature & Media

[edit] Politics

[edit] Sports

[edit] Academics & Researchers

[edit] Others

[edit] Trinidad & Tobago

[edit] Guyana

[edit] Politics

[edit] Sports

[edit] Others

  • Prof Bishnodat Persaud former Director, Commonwealth Secretariat and Professor, University of West Indies
  • Dave Baksh - former guitarist of Sum 41
  • Shakira Caine, former model, actress, wife of Michael Caine

[edit] Suriname

  • Ramsewak Shankar, former President (from 1988 to 1990)
  • Lachmipersad Frederick Ramdat Misier former acting President (from 1982 to 1988)

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Arts & Entertainment

Indian cultural club Finland WWW.indianculturalclub.com

[edit] Business and Industry

[edit] Literature and Media

[edit] Politics

See also British Asians in politics of the United Kingdom

[edit] Sports

[edit] Others

[edit] Singapore

Main article: Indians in Singapore#Prominent Indians in Singapore

[edit] Politics

  • The late CV Devan Nair, Singapore's third President (1981-1985), father of the modern trades union movement in Singapore.
  • Sellapan Ramanathan, President of Singapore since 1999, former head of Singapore's intelligence unit and Ambassador to the United States, amongst other senior positions in the civil service.
  • S Rajaratnam, former Senior Minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Labour and Culture. Co-foudner of the Peoples Action Party and Association of South East Asian Nations. Author of the Singapore Pledge. Seen as a founding father of modern Singapore.
  • S Jayakumar, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister for Law and co-ordinating Minister for Security. Former Foreign Minister and ambassador to the United Nations, and Dean of the Law School in Singapore.
  • S Dhanabalan, Chairman of Temasek Holdings and DBS Bank, former Minister of National Development, Trade and Industry and Foreign Affairs. Tipped by Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew as one of the four men he considered as a possible successor.
  • Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Minister of Education and former head of Singapore's defacto central bank.
  • Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister of Community Development, Youth and Sports. Former CEO of Singapore General Hospital.
  • Dr.Balaji Sadasivan, Junior Minister.
  • Mr S Iswaran, Junior Minister
  • J. B. Jeyaretnam, former opposition leader, and the first person to break the PAP monopoly in parliament in 1984. A former magistrate.
  • James Gomez, senior leader in the main opposition party (the Workers Party) and founder of 'Think Centre', a political NGO.

[edit] Law & Diplomacy

  • Justice V K Rajah, a member of the Supreme Court bench in Singapore
  • Judicial Commissioner Sundaresh Menon, a member of the Supreme Court bench in Singapore
  • Mr Vanu Menon, Ambassador to the UN (New York)
  • Ambassadors to Germany, Belgium, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and South Africa

[edit] Entertainment

[edit] Sports

[edit] Others

  Business and industry
  • Murli Kelwaram Chanrai, Businessman, Olam international ltd.
  • Sudhir Gupta, Businessman, Amtel-Vredestein, tire compagny.
  • Mustaq Ahmad, Businessman, Runs Mustafa Center.
  • J Y PILLAY, Currently Chairman of Singapore Exchange Limited.
  • SAT PAL KHATTAR, Chairman of the Khattar Holding Group of Companies which has substantial investments in Singapore, India, UK and elsewhere.
  • Vikas Goel, Chairman and Managing Director of eSys Technologies Group.
  • Kartar Singh Thakral, Chairman of Thakral Corporation Limited.

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] Arts and Entertainment

[edit] Literature and Media

[edit] Academics and Research

  • Jomo Kwame Sundaram, prominent economist, who is currently serving as the United Nations Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
  • Dr Shanthi Thambiah, social anthropologist
  • Dr Denison Jayasooria, social scientist
  • Prof Sittampalam Shanmugaratnam - Professor and researcher

[edit] Government Officers and Judiciary

[edit] Business and Industry

[edit] Politics

[edit] Sports

[edit] Others

[edit] Indonesia

[edit] Hong Kong

  • Hari Harilela — Chairman, Harilela Group (Hong Kong)

[edit] Australia

  • Kamahl cabaret/easy listening singer and recording artist, famous for The Elephant Song
  • Indira Naidoo,television presenter and celebrity speaker
  • Virendra V. Singh, Rising Soccer star

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Fiji

[edit] Academic

[edit] Business & Industry

[edit] Politics

[edit] Others

[edit] South Africa

[edit] Mauritius

[edit] Politics

[edit] Others

[edit] Kenya

[edit] Sports

[edit] Others

[edit] Seychelles

  • Kantilal Jivan Well-known businessman, guru, naturalist, historian, photographer and vegetarian cook.
  • Nirmal Shah Environmental expert, writer, fund raiser and civic leader.

[edit] Germany

  • Dr. Ashok K. Chauhan, Founder President,Ritnand Balved Edu.Fndn, Amity University (Germany)
  • Sebastian Edathy, member of parliament and of Angela Merkel´s grand coalition, social democrat
  • Ranga Yogeshwar, physicist and television presenter specialized on science topics, West German television (WDR)

[edit] United Arab Emirates

Although Indians have traded with the Arabs for several centuries and continue to do so, unlike other nations on this list where people of Indian origin can be citizens of those nations, this is not the case in the United Arab Emirates and other parts of the Middle East. Wealth and prominence go hand here, as it is the Indians who are keen participants in Business Circles who also command the most face time in the local press and media, therefore it is no surprise that the most prolific Indians in the Middle East also part of the wealthiest and most powerful trading familes in this region.

[edit] Literature and Media

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