Category Archives: Famous Desis

He was drafted in the first round as the 7th overall pick of the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. During his NHL career he has played for the Rangers, the Dallas Stars, Columbus Blue Jackets, San … Continue reading →

Vinod Khosla (born January 28, 1955) is an Indian-American venture capitalist and an influential personality in Silicon Valley. Khosla was one of the co-founders of Sun Microsystems where he would serve as CEO & Chairman in the early 1980s and … Continue reading →

Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan (born 6 August 1970), known professionally as M. Night Shyamalan, is an Indian American filmmaker and screenwriter who resides and works primarily in the United States, known for making movies with contemporary supernatural plots that climax with … Continue reading →

Vikram Pandit(born January 14, 1957 in Nagpur) is the current CEO of Citigroup. Vikram Pandit was born in Nagpur, India, to an affluent Maharashtrian family. His father, S B Pandit, was an executive director at Sarabhai Chemicals in Baroda. He … Continue reading →

Sanjay Gupta (born October 23, 1969) is an American neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta. In January 2009, it was … Continue reading →

Mira Nair (born October 15, 1957 in Rourkela, Orissa, India) in a Punjabi Khatri Family, is an Indian film director and producer based in New York. Her production company is Mirabai Films. She was educated at Delhi University and Harvard … Continue reading →

Parminder Kaur Nagra (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress of Indian descent. She came to international prominence in 2002 after starring in Bend It Like Beckham. She starred as Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the Emmy Award-winning American medical … Continue reading →

Vivek Kundra (born October 9, 1974) is the first Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the United States of America, appointed by President Obama on March 5, 2009. The E-Government Act of 2002 established the role of a Federal Chief Information … Continue reading →

Hard Kaur (born Taran Kaur Dhillon in 1979), is an Indian rapper and hip hop singer, as well as playback singer in Hindi films; she is the first female Indian rapper. Born Taran Kaur Dillon in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, where … Continue reading →

Russell Dominic Peters(born September 29, 1970) is a Canadian stand-up comic and actor. Peters was born in Toronto, raised in Brampton, and is of Anglo-Indian descent. Peters began performing in Toronto, Ontario in 1989 and has been nominated for four … Continue reading →