Challenges To Diversity: A Case Study Of Asian Indian Scientists/Engineers

I present findings from a qualitative-quantitative study, funded by the National Science Foundation (SES-0136467), on the situation and experiences of foreign-born scientists and engineers from India in the United States. I focus on the extent to which they are professionally successful and/or face institutional barriers with respect to reward, recognition, and promotion while functioning in science and engineering organizations. The paper is based on in-depth interviews with 82 Asian Indian scientists and engineers working in industrial companies, national laboratories, and academic institutions in the United States and 38 Indian scientists and engineers who worked in the United States for some time and then moved back to India.