We are incredibly thrilled and honored to have the one and only Vivek Wadhwa on Tahmina’s radio show “Immigration With Tahmina” on Desi 1250 am this Tuesday 19th January at 10am. Thank you to Vivek for taking time out of his busy schedule for joining us!! He will join our show as both ‘notable immigrant’ as well as ‘notable immigrant making an impact on immigration”. One of the early voices on the need for a Startup Visa in the US, he wrote “Immigrant Exodus”-
a compelling read about why talented people are leaving the US. In 2012, USCIS awarded him as an “Outstanding American by Choice Recipients”.
Vivek Wadhwa is a Fellow at Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance, Stanford University; Director of Research at the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at the Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University; and Distinguished Fellow at Singularity University. He is author of “The Immigrant Exodus: Why America Is Losing the Global Race to Capture Entrepreneurial Talent”—which was named by The Economist as a Book of the Year of 2012, and ” Innovating Women: The Changing Face of Technology”—which documents the struggles and triumphs of women. In 2012, the U.S. Government awarded Wadhwa distinguished recognition as an “Outstanding American by Choice”— for his “commitment to this country and to the common civic values that unite us as Americans”. He was also named by Foreign Policy Magazine as Top 100 Global Thinker in 2012. In 2013, TIME Magazine listed him as one of The 40 Most Influential Minds in Tech.
Wadhwa oversees research at Singularity University, which educates a select group of leaders about the exponentially advancing technologies that are soon going to change our world. These advances—in fields such as robotics, A.I., computing, synthetic biology, 3D printing, medicine, and nanomaterials—are making it possible for small teams to do what was once possible only for governments and large corporations to do: solve the grand challenges in education, water, food, shelter, health, and security.
In his roles at Stanford and Duke, Wadhwa lectures in class on subjects such as entrepreneurship and public policy, helps prepare students for the real world, and leads groundbreaking research projects. He is an advisor to several governments; mentors entrepreneurs; and is a regular columnist for The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal Accelerators, LinkedIn Influencers blog, Forbes, and the American Society of Engineering Education’s Prism magazine. Prior to joining academia in 2005, Wadhwa founded two software companies.
I had the distinct privilege of briefly working with Vivek on the Startup Visa provisions in the bill for comprehensive immigration reform in 2013. I am particularly grateful to him for writing the foreword in my book advocating for a Startup Visa which was published last year. I cannot wait for you to listen to him talk immigration with me!
Vivek will be on my talk show “Immigration with Tahmina Watson”at 10 am on January 19h on Desi 1250 AM. You can tune into your radio at 1250 AM or listen online at www.desi1250am.com. Please call into the show if you have questions!