We know that Shiv Nadar is firmly rooted and invested in India, having done engineering in PSG, Coimbatore and worked in Poona's Walchand group before striking out on his own. The 3rd richest Indian is a bigtime philanthropist who focuses on Education in India.
Spouse Kiran is a knowledgeable Art aficianado and promotes artists in India.
While we are happy that Sundar Pichai and Nadella have Tamil and Telugu backgrounds and have graduated from IIT and Manipal Institute, let's not forget that they voluntarily renounced their Indian citizenship and are proud Americans now with 100% loyalty to their new country. As are thousands of other "Indians".
Earlier generations .... Gandhi, Nehru, both Patels, Netaji Bose, Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, KR Narayanan, Amartya Sen, Manmohan Singh, CV Raman .. may have been "ashamed" to be Indians but they loved India deeply and returned to serve it faithfully.
Even many of my generation returned to India after higher studies abroad.
For instance, Gautam Patel, the only grandson of Sardar Patel and my classmate in Xavier's School and COEP ( he studied Telecommunications), returned to teach here after studying and working in USA for a decade.
But interestingly, his only son Kedar and young granddaughter are most unlikely to return, preferring the quality of life in the US.
And methinks that their loyalty should be 100% to the US!
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