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| Indian-Germans |
| Total population |
|
approx. 50,000
|
| Regions with significant populations |
| Germany |
| Languages |
| Bengali, English, German, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil and various other languages |
| Religions |
| Atheism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Sikhism |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Dravidian peoples, Indo-Aryan peoples |
Indian-Germans are people of Indo-German descent or those who live in Germany and are of Indian descent. In the beginning of 2000, nearly 40,000 Indian-Germans holding German citizenship and just as many holding Indian citizenship lived in Germany.
[edit] History
For the most part, the history of Indians in Germany dates back to the 1960s, when nurses from Kerala were hired by German hospitals. [1] Until 1973, when Germany ceased issuing working visas for guest workers, German companies hired many Indians as engineers or computer scientists. In the 1980s, asylum seekers mainly from the North Indian state of Punjab came to Germany. In 2001, the German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder issued the German green card [2] for IT professionals, which brought another 20,000 Indians to Germany. Today, most Indian-Germans are middle-class professionals, such as doctors, engineers, professors or software developer professionals.
[edit] Prominent Indian-Germans
- Bharat Balasubramanian: Vice President, Group Research and Advanced Engineering, E/E, IT and Processes, Daimler AG, and Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Berlin, Institute for Automotive Technology. He is a German citizen.
- Mita Banerjee]: Professor of North American Literature Studies at the University of Siegen. (Citizenship?)
- Anil Batra: Professor, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, and a leading expert for addiction related disorders. (Citizenship?)
- Sujata Bhatt: Poet. (Citizenship?)
- Anita Bose-Pfaff: Professor of Economics at the University of Augsburg and daughter of Subhash Chandra Bose (Netaji). She is an Austrian citizen.
- Ashok K. Chauhan: Businessman and philanthropist. (Citizenship?)
- Atul Chitnis: Consulting technologist and founder of FOSS.IN. (Citizenship?)
- Rahul Peter Das: Professor of South Asian Studies at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, board member of the EuroIndia Centre, Hind Rattan award winner. He is a German citizen.
- Alokeranjan Dasgupta: Poet, Sahitya Akademi award and Pravasi Bharatiya Samman award winner. (Citizenship?)
- Anita Desai: Novelist. (Citizenship?)
- Gita Dharampal-Frick: Professor of South Asian History at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. (Citizenship?)
- Sebastian Edathy: Member of German parliament belonging to the Social Democratic Party (SPD). He is a German citizen.
- Collien Fernandes: Media person. She is a German citizen.
- Kaevan Gazdar: Financial analyst, human resources expert and author in both English and German. (Citizenship?)
- Shanta Ghosh: Prominent sprinter. She is a German citizen.
- Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn: Professor of Transcultural Anglophone Studies at Saarland University. She is a German citizen.
- Ravindra Gujjula: Mayor of the borough (Stadtteil) of Altlandsberg in Altlandsberg. He is a German citizen.
- Anant Kumar: Author. (Citizenship?)
- Rohini Kuner: Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg. (Citizenship?)
- Judith Lefeber: Singer. She is a German citizen.
- Subrata Kumar Mitra: Professor of Political Science of South Asia at the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Chevalier dans l’Ordre de la Palme Academique. He is a French citizen.
- Xavier Naidoo: Singer. He is a German citizen.
- Navi Rawat: Actress. She is a US citizen.
- Kamala Reddy (Mother Meera): Well-known spiritual leader. (Citizenship?)
- Rahul Sengupta: Head of the department of surgery at the Johanniter Hospital, Radevormwald. He is a German citizen.
- Raul Sen Gupta: Crossover tabla player. He is a German citizen.
- Sabrina Setlur: Singer and ex-girlfriend of Boris Becker. She is a German citizen.
- Daniel H. Sharma: Prominent lawyer. He is a German citizen.
- Mona Sharma: Actress and author. She is a German citizen.
- Josef Philip Winkler: Member of German parliament belonging to the Alliance '90/The Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). He is a German citizen.
- Ranganathan Yogeshwar: Television presenter specializing in science and technology. He is a citizen of Luxembourg.
[edit] Popular Indian-German websites
[edit] References
- ^ taz, die tageszeitung
- ^ http://www.focus-migration.de/typo3_upload/groups/3/focus_Migration_Publikationen/Kurzdossiers/KD03_Green_Card.pdf
