NRI

Navjot Sawhney innovated a low-cost, unique washing machine after seeing the plight of his friend Divya. Today, the machine is a ray of hope for women of Iraq’s Mamrashan Refugee Camp and rural India.

Ludhiana born Shree Saini has become the first Indian-American to win the Miss World America 2021 title.

After retirement, NRI Syed Hussaini launched his foundation, SEED USA, to provide education, healthcare, and employment to underprivileged Indians back home.

Manjari Makijany's Spin, which released on Disney+Hostar in August, stars Avantika Vandanapu, who is now Disney's first Indian-American lead. The movie also stars Abhay Deol and Meers Syal in prominent roles.

Two decades after moving away from home, Shaloo Jeswani, an NRI based in the US, has been helping families in India not just financially but also by being a mentor to them.

Using IBM’s computers and statistics, A. Salam Qureishi developed a system that would not only dramatically change the fortunes of the Dallas Cowboys but revolutionise the National Football League (NFL).

Arjita Sethi, a Silicon Valley-based serial entrepreneur, cracked the 'Valley code' with her edtech startup 'Equally' in San Francisco. Today, she runs two other ventures, 'New Founder School' and 'Indiarath', which helps startup founders find their way.

Curiosity about earthquakes and seismology led Dr Ranjit Das, originally from Assam, to develop his own Physics-based earthquake measuring scale that is now named after him — the Das Magnitude Scale (Mwg).

NRI Saravanan Nagaraj went from being a resident of a small town in Tamil Nadu to founding a company in the US earning USD 2.5 million.

Babu Jacob returned from Denmark to become a lemon farmer in Kerala's Kottyam district. His two-acre plantation has been blooming for over a decade.