Indians in the New York City metropolitan area

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|caption1=[[India Square]] in [[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]], New Jersey, United States, is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the [[Western Hemisphere]],<ref name=JerseyCityIndians/> and one of at least 24 [[Indian American]] enclaves characterized as a Little India which have emerged within the [[New York City Metropolitan Area]], with the largest metropolitan Indian population outside Asia, as large-scale immigration from India continues into New York City.<ref name=IndianImmNY2014>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immsuptable2d_5.xls|title=Supplemental Table 2. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2014|publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=June 14, 2016}}</ref><ref name=IndianImmNY2013>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref><ref name=IndianImmNY2012>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2012/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222152450/http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2012/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls|archive-date=December 22, 2014}}</ref><ref name=IndianImmNY2011>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2011/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref>
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{{ethnic New York City sidebar}}
'''Indians in the New York City metropolitan area''' constitute one of the largest and fastest growing ethnicities in the [[New York City metropolitan area]] of the United States. The New York City region is home to the largest [[Indian American#Demographics|Indian American population among metropolitan areas]] by a significant margin, enumerating 711,174 uniracial individuals by the 2013–2017 [[U.S. Census Bureau|U.S. Census]] [[American Community Survey]] estimates.<ref name=IndiansNYC>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/330M400US408|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=January 27, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005918/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/330M400US408|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Asian Indian population also represents the second-largest metropolitan Asian national diaspora both outside of Asia and within the New York City metropolitan area, following the also rapidly growing and hemisphere-leading population of the estimated 893,697 uniracial [[Chinese in New York City|Chinese in the New York City metropolitan area]] in 2017.<ref name=NYCChinese>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|title=SELECTED POPULATION PROFILE IN THE UNITED STATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA Chinese alone|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214002005/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/330M400US408/popgroup~016|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The U.S. state of [[New Jersey]], most of whose population is situated within the New York City metropolitan region, has by a significant margin the highest proportional Indian population concentration of any U.S. state, with a Census-estimated 4.1% of New Jersey's population being an [[person of Indian origin|individual of Indian origin]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0400000US34|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates – New Jersey|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213005747/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0400000US34|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:New India House 003.JPG|thumb|New India House, the home of the Indian [[Consul (representative)|Consulate-General]] in New York, on [[64th Street (Manhattan)|East 64th Street]], in the [[Upper East Side Historic District]] of [[Manhattan]]]]
The first Indian to become a naturalised citizen was [[Bhicaji Balsara]], a resident of New York.<ref name="Hughey 2016 p. 135">{{cite book | last=Hughey | first=M.W. | title=New Tribalisms: The Resurgence of Race and Ethnicity | publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK | series=Main Trends of the Modern World | year=2016 | isbn=978-1-349-26403-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=alTeCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 | access-date=September 20, 2017 | page=135}}</ref> However, this was after the [[Luce–Celler Act of 1946]] that restored [[naturalization]] rights to Indian Americans in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/rootsinthesand/a_lucecellar.html |title=Roots in the Sand – the Archives |publisher=PBS |access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> A number of Indian Americans came to the U.S. via [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian communities from other countries]], including the United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, [[Mauritius]], [[Malaysia]], Singapore, [[Suriname]], [[Guyana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sflcn.com/guyanese-actress-rhona-fox-to-host-the-indo-caribbean-alliance-gala/|title=Guyanese Actress Rhona Fox to Host the Indo-Caribbean Alliance Gala|publisher=South Florida Caribbean News|date=August 14, 2015|access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref> [[Trinidad and Tobago]], [[Fiji]], [[Kenya]], [[Tanzania]], [[Uganda]], and [[Jamaica]]. The quota on Indian immigration was removed in the 1960s, leading to exponential growth in the number of Indian immigrants to the United States.<ref name=IndianOrigin>{{cite web|url=https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/sites/default/files/research/Policy%20Report-24%20Indian%20Bkgrd.pdf|title=The Passage from India|publisher=Migration Policy Center, American Immigration Law Foundation|date=June 2, 2002|access-date=January 17, 2017}}</ref> While Indians prior to this time were primarily involved in agricultural endeavors or constructing railroads in the western United States,<ref name=IndianOrigin/> the largest number hereafter came to New York City and its [[affluence|affluent]] [[suburb|suburban environs]], consisting largely of professionals, including physicians, engineers, financiers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and lawyers, as well as businesspeople.<ref name=IndianOrigin/>

==Demographics==
[[File:New York Metropolitan Area Counties 2013.png|thumb|right|275px|All except the pink/lavender-illustrated counties compose the New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island NY–NJ–PA [[List of metropolitan statistical areas|Metropolitan Statistical Area]], the most populous in the US: 
{{color box|#930}} New York–Jersey City–White Plains, NY–NJ Metropolitan Division 
Dutchess County–Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Division 
Nassau County–Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division 
Newark, NJ–PA Metropolitan Division 
{{color box|#c6c}} Remainder of the New York-Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA [[Combined Statistical Area]]]]
The [[New York metropolitan area|New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area]], consisting of New York City, [[Long Island]], and adjacent areas within [[New York State]], as well as nearby areas within the states of [[New Jersey]] (extending to [[Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton]]), [[Connecticut]] (extending to [[Bridgeport]]), and including [[Pike County, Pennsylvania]], was home to an estimated 711,174 Indian Americans as of the 2013–2017 [[American Community Survey]] by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]],<ref name=IndiansNYC/> comprising by far the [[Indian American#U.S. metropolitan areas with large Asian Indian populations|largest Indian American population]] of any metropolitan area in the United States;<ref name=IndianCensusref>{{cite web |url=http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150104214440/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_13_1YR_DP05&prodType=table|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2015|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> New York City itself also contains by far the highest Indian American population of any individual city in North America, estimated at 246,454 as of 2017.<ref name=IndianCensus>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Asian Indian alone – New York City|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004508/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> At least twenty four Indian American enclaves characterized as a [[Little India (location)|Little India]] have emerged in the New York City metropolitan area. As of December 2019, Indian airline carrier [[Air India]] as well as United States airline carrier [[United Airlines]] were offering direct flights from the New York City Metropolitan Area to and from Delhi and [[Mumbai]]. [[Delta Air Lines]] inaugurated non-stop flight service from [[JFK International Airport]] to Mumbai in December 2019.

The Indian American population in the New York City metropolitan region was second in its population as an [[Asian people|Asian ethnicity]] only to the approximately 893,697 uniracial [[Chinese in New York City|Chinese New Yorkers]] as of 2017.<ref name=IndiansNYC/><ref name=NYCChinese/> However, while the presence and growth of the Chinese population is focused on New York City and [[Long Island]] in New York State, the gravitas of the Indian population is roughly evenly split between New Jersey and New York State.<ref name=NewJerseyIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US34|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225190515/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US34|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=NewYorkStateIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US36|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225190455/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0400000US36|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Central New Jersey]], at the geographic heart of the [[Northeast Megalopolis]], has emerged as the largest hub for Indian immigrants to the U.S., followed closely by [[Queens]] and [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]] on Long Island. [[Oak Tree Road]] in [[Edison Township, New Jersey|Edison]] and [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] is known as an Indian dining and shopping destination.

[[Jersey City, New Jersey|Jersey City]] in New Jersey has the highest proportion of Asian Indians of any major U.S. city, comprising 10.9% of the overall population of Jersey City in 2010,<ref name=JerseyCityQuickFacts>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3436000|title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212135813/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US3436000|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> increasing to 11.4% by 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_3YR/DP05/1600000US3436000|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2011–2013 American Community Survey 3-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225190528/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_3YR/DP05/1600000US3436000|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Bergen County, New Jersey]] and [[Rockland County, New York]] are home to the highest concentrations of [[Malayali]]s outside of India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf|title=Website Disabled|website=40days.homestead.com|access-date=August 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073622/http://40days.homestead.com/Day_22_-_People.pdf|archive-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret, Middlesex County]]'s [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] [[Sikh]] community, variously estimated at upwards of 3,000, is the largest concentration of Sikhs in New Jersey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/15colnj.html|title=Turbans Make Targets, Some Sikhs Find|author=Kevin Coyne|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 22, 2018}}</ref> Smaller populations of Asian Indians reside in the Connecticut and Pennsylvania portions of the New York City metropolitan region. [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], in [[central New Jersey]], the geographic heart of the [[Northeast megalopolis]], has displayed one of the fastest growth rates of its Indian population in the [[Western Hemisphere]], increasing from 256 (0.9%) as of the 2000 Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 11, 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212094804/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> to an estimated 5,943 (13.6%) as of 2017,<ref name=IndiansMonroe>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013–2017 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates – Monroe township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=February 11, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213155409/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> representing a 2,221.5% (a multiple of 23) numerical increase over that period, including many [[affluence|affluent]] professionals and [[senior citizen]]s as well as [[charitable contribution|charitable benefactors]] to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|Covid-19 relief efforts in India]] in official coordination with Monroe Township. A community named ''Raajipo'' has emerged within nearby [[Robbinsville, New Jersey|Robbinsville]], in [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], New Jersey, home of [[Akshardham (New Jersey)|Swaminarayan Akshardham]] ([[Devnagari|Devnagari: स्वामिनारायण अक्षरधाम]]), inaugurated in 2014 as the world's largest [[Hindu temple]].<ref name="World'sLargestHinduTempleNJ"/>

In 2014, 12,350 Indians legally immigrated to the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA core based statistical area;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immsuptable2d_5.xls|title=Supplemental Table 2. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2014|publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=May 31, 2016}}</ref> in 2013, this number was 10,818;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2013 |author= |year=2013 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> in 2012, 10,550;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2012/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2012 |author= |year=2012 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222152450/http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2012/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls |archive-date=December 22, 2014 }}</ref> 11,256 in 2011;<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2011/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2011 |author= |year=2011 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2011 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> and 11,388 in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/yearbook/2010/immsuptable2d.xls |title=Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2010 |author= |year=2010 |website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2010 |publisher=Department of Homeland Security |access-date=January 3, 2015}}</ref> These numbers do not include the remainder of the New York-Newark-Bridgeport, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. A study by the [[Pew Research Center]] found that in 2013, New Jersey was the only U.S. state in which immigrants born in India composed the largest [[foreign born#Metropolitan regions with largest foreign born populations|foreign-born]] nationality, representing approximately 10% of all foreign-born residents in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/whats_the_top_country_of_birth_for_immigrants_in_nj.html#incart_2box_nj-homepage-featured|title=What's the top country of birth for immigrants in N.J.?|author=Erin O'Neill|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=October 19, 2015|access-date=October 19, 2015}}</ref>

===New York City boroughs===
As the city proper with the largest Asian Indian population in the United States by a wide margin, with an estimated 227,994 individuals as of the 2014 [[American Community Survey]],<ref name=NYCIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Asian Indian alone – New York City|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214004546/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/1600000US3651000/popgroup~013|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> and as the primary destination for [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|new Indian immigrants]],<ref name=2012IndianImmigration>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/yearbook-immigration-statistics-2012-legal-permanent-residents|title=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2012 Supplemental Table 2|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> New York City is subdivided into official municipal [[borough (New York City)|boroughs]], which themselves are home to significant Asian Indian and other [[South Asian]] populations. Note that this list includes neither the large [[Desi]] populations of [[Pakistani American]]s, [[Bangladeshi American]]s, and [[Sri Lankan American]]s, nor [[Indo-Caribbean Americans]], [[Afghan American]]s, and others of South Asian origin who make their home in New York City.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Borough
! City
! Indian Americans
! Density of Indian Americans per square mile
! Percentage of Indian Americans in municipality's population
|-
| align=center | 1
| [[Queens]] (2014)<ref name=QueensIndians>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/0500000US36081/popgroup~013|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates Asian Indian alone – Queens County, New York|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214003037/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_1YR/S0201/0500000US36081/popgroup~013|archive-date=February 14, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| New York City
| align=right | {{Nts|144,896}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1,326.5}}
| align=center| {{Nts|6.2}}
|-
| align=center | 2
| [[Brooklyn]] (2012)
| New York City
| align=right | {{Nts|25,270}}
| align=center| {{Nts|357.9}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.0}}
|-
| align=center | 3
| [[Manhattan]] (2012)
| New York City
| align=right | {{Nts|24,359}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1,060.9}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.5}}
|-
| align=center | 4
| [[The Bronx]] (2012)
| New York City
| align=right | {{Nts|16,748}}
| align=center| {{Nts|398.6}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.2}}
|-

| align=center | 5
| [[Staten Island]] (2012)
| New York City
| align=right | {{Nts|6,646}}
| align=center| {{Nts|113.6}}
| align=center| {{Nts|1.4}}
|-
| align=center |
| Total (2014)<ref name=NYCIndians/>
| '''New York City'''
| align=right | {{Nts|227,994}}
| align=center| {{Nts|753.4}}
| align=center| {{Nts|2.7}}
|}

===Medium and small-sized cities, as of 2012 American Community Survey===

[[New Jersey]] – (New Jersey, and [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]] in [[Central New Jersey]]), are home to by far the highest per capita Indian American populations of any U.S. state and [[U.S. county]], respectively, at 3.9%<ref name=NewJerseyIndians/> and 14.1%,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0500000US34023|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141223050225/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0500000US34023|archive-date=December 23, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> by 2013 U.S. Census estimates.

*[[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret]] – 13.6%
*[[Cranbury (CDP), New Jersey|Cranbury CDP]] – 11.5%
*[[Cranbury Township, New Jersey|Cranbury Township]] – 10.5%
*[[East Windsor Township, New Jersey|East Windsor]] – 12.8%
*[[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] – 28.3%
*[[Franklin Township, Somerset County, New Jersey|Franklin]] – 14.6%
*[[Fords, New Jersey|Fords]] – 11.1%
*[[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] – 37.4%
*[[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township, New Jersey]] – 11.6% (2016)<ref name=MonroeTownshipIndians>{{cite web|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2012–2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=May 1, 2018|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213160336/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/16_5YR/DP05/0600000US3402347280|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[North Brunswick, New Jersey|North Brunswick]] – 18.3%
*[[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany]] – 17.3%
*[[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]] – 18.3%
*[[Plainsboro, New Jersey|Plainsboro]] – 29.5%
*[[Robbinsville (CDP), New Jersey|Robbinsville CDP]] – 15.7%
*[[Secaucus, New Jersey|Secaucus]] – 11.1%
*[[South Brunswick, New Jersey|South Brunswick]] – 27.1%
*[[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor]] – 19.2%
*[[Woodbridge, New Jersey|Woodbridge]] – 15.3%

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New York
*[[Bellerose Terrace, New York|Bellerose Terrace]] – 15.2%
*[[Garden City Park, New York|Garden City Park]] – 18.1%
*[[Herricks, New York|Herricks]] – 23.2%
*[[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]] – 11.7%
*[[Manhasset Hills, New York|Manhasset Hills]] – 18.3%
*[[Searingtown, New York|Searingtown]] – 18%

===List of Little Indias===
[[File:Saravana Bhavan Edison NJ.jpg|thumb|500px|One of the most popular overseas branches of [[Saravana Bhavan|Saravanaa Bhavan]], the world's largest Indian vegetarian restaurant chain, is located in [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], New Jersey.]]

====In New Jersey====
* [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]]
** [[Bombay, Jersey City|Bombay]], Jersey City, home of [[India Square]]
* [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]]
** [[Robbinsville (CDP), New Jersey|Robbinsville CDP]] (15.7% [[Asian Indian]])<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[West Windsor Township, New Jersey|West Windsor]] (19.2% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
* [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], with the highest percentage of Asian Indians of any [[U.S. county]], at 13.9% in 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_5YR/DP05/0500000US34023|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2010–2014 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=May 27, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213033210/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/14_5YR/DP05/0500000US34023|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township]], with one of the fastest growth rates of its Indian population in the [[Western Hemisphere]], increasing from 256 (0.9%) as of the 2000 Census<ref name=MonroeIndians2000>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|title=Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: Census 2000 Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent Data|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 25, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212094804/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/00_SF1/DP1/0600000US3402347280|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> to an estimated 4,204 (10.0%) as of 2015,<ref name=MonroeIndians2014>{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2010–2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=March 13, 2017}}</ref> representing a 1,542% (multiple of 16) numerical increase over that period
** [[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Oak Tree Road]], [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]] (28.3% Asian Indian)<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid%3DDEC_10_DP_DPDP1%26prodType%3Dtable |title=Archived copy |access-date=November 25, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305164937/http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_DP_DPDP1&prodType=table |archive-date=March 5, 2014 }}</ref>
** [[Little India (Edison/Iselin)|Oak Tree Road]], [[Iselin, New Jersey|Iselin]] (37.4% Asian Indian)<ref name="ReferenceA"/>
** [[Plainsboro Township, New Jersey|Plainsboro]] (29.5% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[Route 27 (New Jersey)|Route 27]], [[North Brunswick Township, New Jersey|North Brunswick]] (18.3% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[Route 27 (New Jersey)|Route 27]], [[South Brunswick Township, New Jersey|South Brunswick]] (27.1% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** Stelton Road, [[Piscataway Township, New Jersey|Piscataway]] (18.3% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
** [[Woodbridge Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Woodbridge Township]] (15.3% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
* [[Morris County, New Jersey|Morris County]]
** Route 46, [[Parsippany-Troy Hills, New Jersey|Parsippany]] (17.3% Asian Indian)<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov"/>
* [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset County]]
** [[Bridgewater, New Jersey|Bridgewater]], in the vicinity of a Hindu temple on the central and western parts of the township

=====Bombay, Jersey City=====
'''[[Bombay, Jersey City|Bombay]]''',<ref name="Kiniry, Laura 2006. pg. 34">Kiniry, Laura. "Moon Handbooks New Jersey", Avalon Travel Publishing, 2006. pg. 34 {{ISBN|1-56691-949-5}}</ref> in Jersey City, New Jersey, is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere,<ref name=JerseyCityIndians>{{cite news|url=http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/|title=Neighborhood Spotlight: Journal Square|author=Laryssa Wirstiuk|newspaper=Jersey City Independent|date=April 21, 2014|access-date=December 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630085618/http://www.jerseycityindependent.com/2014/04/neighborhood-spotlight-journal-square/|archive-date=June 30, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> containing the rapidly growing Indian [[ethnic enclave]] of [[India Square]]. The neighborhood is centered on [[Newark Avenue, Jersey City|Newark Avenue]], between Tonnele Avenue and [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|JFK Boulevard]], and is considered to be part of the larger [[Journal Square]] District. This area has been home to the largest outdoor [[Navratri]] festivities in New Jersey as well as several [[Hinduism|Hindu]] [[Hindu temple|temples]].<ref>[http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm "India Square"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015155533/http://www.thenewjournalsquare.com/html/press/indiasquare.htm |date=October 15, 2013 }}. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> This portion of Newark Avenue is lined with grocery stores,<ref>Cruz, Vanessa; Pope, Gennarose; Rambay Fernandez, Adriana; Wright, E. Assata (September 9, 2012). "Tired of the same food?" ''[[The Union City Reporter]]''. pp 1, 8, and 11. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> [[consumer electronics|electronics vendors]], [[video store]]s, [[international trade|import/export]] businesses, clothing stores, and restaurants, and is one of the busier pedestrian areas of this part of the city, often stopping traffic for hours. According to the [[United States Census, 2000|2000 census]], there were nearly 13,000 Indians living in this two-block stretch of Jersey City, up from 3,000 in 1980, increasing commensurately between 2000 and 2010.<ref>[http://mumford1.dyndns.org/cen2000/newspdf/jerseyjournal0814.pdf#search='india%20square%20indian%20population%20jersey%20city' "City Attracts People From Around the Globe"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516142459/http://mumford1.dyndns.org/cen2000/newspdf/jerseyjournal0814.pdf |date=May 16, 2011}}. Accessed December 25, 2014.</ref> An annual, color-filled spring [[Holi]] festival has taken place in Jersey City since 1992, centered upon India Square and attracting significant participation and international media attention.<ref>{{cite news | last = Rogoza | first = Rafael | title = Thousands of colorful revelers partake in 21st Annual Phagwah Parade in Jersey City | newspaper = The Jersey Journal | date = March 30, 2013 | url = http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2013/03/thousands_of_colorful_revelers.html#incart_river_default | access-date = March 30, 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2015/03/indian_festival_in_jersey_city_celebrates_diversit.html#incart_river|title=Colorful Holi Hai festival in Jersey City celebrates rites of spring|author=Matthew Speiser|newspaper=The Jersey Journal|date=March 29, 2015|access-date=March 29, 2015}}</ref> Although India Square continues to represent the heart of Little India in Jersey City, situated between Tonnele Avenue and John F. Kennedy Boulevard, Little India itself has been expanding further eastward along Newark Avenue, through Jersey City's ''[[Filipinos in the New York City metropolitan region#Jersey City|Little Manila]]'', to Summit Avenue and the [[Five Corners, Jersey City|Five Corners]] neighborhood.

====In New York====
[[File:74th St shopping Jax Hts jeh.jpg|thumb|300px|Little India on 74th Street in [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], [[Queens]]]]
* [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], [[Long Island]]
**[[Bellerose Terrace, New York|Bellerose Terrace]] – 15.2%
**Broadway/Route 107, Old Country Road, [[Hicksville, New York|Hicksville]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-life/hicksville-li-s-little-india-1.606341|title=Hicksville: LI's LITTLE INDIA|author=Alan Krawitz|newspaper=Newsday|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref>
**[[Garden City Park, New York|Garden City Park]] – 18.1%
**[[Herricks, New York|Herricks]] – 23.2%
**[[Manhasset Hills, New York|Manhasset Hills]] – 18.3%
**[[Searingtown, New York|Searingtown]] – 18%
* New York City With over 650,000 [[Indian American|Indo Americans]],<ref name=IndianCensusref/> the [[New York City Metropolitan Area]] contains the largest metropolitan [[Asian Indian]] population in the [[Western Hemisphere]].
** [[Manhattan]]
*** [[Lexington Avenue]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/little_india_lexington_avenue_in_manhattan/|title=Barry Popik|first=Barry|last=Popik|website=Barrypopik.com|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> in the neighborhoods of [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]] and [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]], between [[25th Street (Manhattan)|25th and 30th Streets]] (growing preponderance of [[South Indian cuisine]]), has become known as ''Curry Hill'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://events.nytimes.com/2008/10/12/nyregion/thecity/12rest.html|title=Good Eating Curry Hill More Than Tandoori|author=Kris Ensminger|newspaper=The New York Times|date=January 2, 2008|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> developing rapidly as Manhattan's Indian population nearly doubled between the 2000 and 2010 Census<ref>{{cite web|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36061lk.html|title=New York County, New York QuickLinks|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619140250/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36061lk.html|archive-date=June 19, 2013}}</ref> and has continued to increase, to a Census-estimated 27,289 in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0500000US36061|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141225191430/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05/0500000US36061|archive-date=December 25, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*** [[6th Street (Manhattan)#1st to 7th Streets|East 6th Street]],<ref name=CurryRow>{{cite web|url=http://www.barrypopik.com/index.php/new_york_city/entry/little_india/|title=Barry Popik|first=Barry|last=Popik|website=Barrypopik.com|access-date=April 14, 2018}}</ref> in the [[East Village (Manhattan)|East Village]] of [[Lower Manhattan]], between [[1st Avenue (Manhattan)|1st]] and [[2nd Avenue (Manhattan)|2nd Avenues]], with many [[North Indian cuisine|North Indian restaurants]], and known as ''Curry Row''.
** [[Queens]]
*** [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], in the vicinity of the [[Hindu Temple Society of North America]]
***[[Hillside Avenue]], [[Bellerose Manor, Queens|Bellerose Manor]]
***Hillside Avenue, [[Floral Park, Queens|Floral Park]]
***Hillside Avenue, [[Glen Oaks, Queens|Glen Oaks]]
***Hillside Avenue, [[Jamaica, Queens|Jamaica]]
***73rd and 74th Streets between [[Roosevelt Avenue (Queens)|Roosevelt]] and 37th Avenues, [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]], Queens

==Culture==
[[File:Vidya Balan Insult India Parade or Bollywood Parade.jpg|thumb|New York City's annual India Day Parade, the world's largest [[Indian Independence Day]] parade outside India,<ref name=NYCLargestIndiaParade/> marches down [[Madison Avenue]] in [[Midtown Manhattan]]. The parade addresses controversial [[topic and comment|themes]], including racism, [[sexism]], corruption, and [[Bollywood]].]]
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===Indian Independence Day Parade===
The annual New York City India Day Parade, held on or approximately every August 15 since 1981, is the world's largest [[Indian Independence Day]] parade outside of India<ref name=NYCLargestIndiaParade>{{cite web|url=http://www.metro.us/new-york/thousands-celebrate-at-india-day-parade-along-madison-avenue/zsJohp---ZhpiKKDmo0HtI/|title=Thousands celebrate at India Day Parade along Madison Avenue|author=Karina Cuevas|publisher=Metro International|date=August 16, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref> and is hosted by The Federation of Indian Associations (FIA). According to the website of [[Baruch College]] of the [[City University of New York]], "The FIA, which came into being in 1970 is an [[umbrella organization]] meant to represent the diverse Indian population of NYC. Its mission is to promote and further the interests of its 500,000 members and to collaborate with other Indian cultural organization. The FIA acts as a mouth piece for the diverse Indian-Asian population in United States, and is focused on furthering the interests of this diverse community. The parade begins on [[38th Street (Manhattan)|East 38th Street]] and continues down [[Madison Avenue]] in Midtown Manhattan until it reaches [[28th Street (Manhattan)|28th Street]]. At the review stand on 28th Street, the grand marshal and various celebrities greet onlookers. Throughout the parade, participants find themselves surrounded by the saffron, white and green colors of the [[Flag of India|Indian flag]]. They can enjoy Indian food, merchandise booths, live dancing and music present at the Parade. After the parade is over, various cultural organizations and dance schools participate in program on [[23rd Street (Manhattan)|23rd Street]] and Madison Avenue until 6PM."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/nycdata/uniquely_nyc/india.html|title=New York City (NYC) India Day Parade|publisher=The Weissman Center for International Business – Baruch College/City University of New York|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> The New York/New Jersey metropolitan region's second-largest India Independence Day parade takes place in [[Little India, Edison/Iselin]] in Middlesex County, New Jersey, annually in August.

===Arts, entertainment, and media===
In September 2014, approximately 19,000 Indian Americans attended a speech delivered onstage by [[Prime Minister of India|Indian Prime Minister]] [[Narendra Modi]] at [[Madison Square Garden]] in Midtown Manhattan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/nyregion/at-madison-square-garden-chants-cheers-and-roars-for-modi.html?_r=0|title=At Madison Square Garden, Chants, Cheers and Roars for Modi|author=Vivian Yee|newspaper=The New York Times|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mashable.com/2014/09/28/india-prime-minister-madison-square-garden-modi/|title=India's Prime Minister Gets Glowing Reception at Madison Square Garden|author=Colin Daileda|publisher=Mashable|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=January 28, 2015}}</ref> This appearance was televised live worldwide and was estimated to have been watched by a billion-strong global audience of Indians in India and [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|overseas]]. The annual [[Miss India USA]] pageant is headquartered in New York City and is often held in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]] or on [[Long Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldwidepageants.com/upcoming-events/|title=Upcoming Events|website=Worldwidepageants.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>

====News publications in English====
* ''[[India Abroad]]''
* ''[[Little India (magazine)|Little India]]''
* ''News India Times''
* ''The Indian American''
* ''The South Asian Times''
* ''Tiranga in New Jersey''

===Languages===
Indians in New York and New Jersey, as in the United States as a whole, are highly fluent in English. However, [[Hindi|Hindi (हिन्दी)]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati (ગુજરાતી)]], [[Marathi language|Marathi (मराठी)]],<ref>Alagiakrishnan, K. and Chopra, A., 2001. Health and health care of Asian Indian American elders. Curriculum in ethnogeriatrics: Core curriculum and ethnic specific modules [Internet].</ref> [[Punjabi language|Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ)]], [[Bengali language|Bengali (বাাংলা)]], [[Tamil language|Tamil (தமிழ்)]], [[Telugu language|Telugu (తెలుగు)]], [[Malayalam|Malayalam (മലയാളം)]], [[Kannada language|Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ)]], and [[Maithili Language|Maithili (मैथिली)]] languages are spoken at home and with local media incorporating these languages available for viewership.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nowrunning.com/usa/nj/nj/showtimes.htm|title=Indian Movies now running in nj|website=NOWRUNNING|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref> In [[Middlesex County, New Jersey]], election [[ballot]]s are printed in English, Spanish, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, and Punjabi.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/state/elections/voting-information-vote-by-mail.html|title=State of New Jersey Department of State|publisher=State of New Jersey|access-date=May 29, 2017}}</ref>

===Cuisine===
Indian cuisine is very popular among Asian Indians in the United States. The growth in the New York City metropolitan region's Asian Indian populace has been accompanied by growth in the number of Indian restaurants, located both within and outside of traditional Indian enclaves, such that within New York City proper alone, there are hundreds of Indian restaurants.<ref name=IndianRestaurantFlagships>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/28/travel/indian-chains-in-new-york-worthy-of-their-flagships.html?_r=0|title=Indian Chains in New York, Worthy of Their Flagships|author=David Shaftel|newspaper=The New York Times|date=December 25, 2014|access-date=December 23, 2014}}</ref> According to David Shaftel of ''[[The New York Times]]'' in December 2014, the food at New York City's many [[chain restaurant]]s is worthy of their flagships in India; the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood south of [[Murray Hill, Manhattan|Murray Hill]], namely [[Rose Hill, Manhattan|Rose Hill]], has been nicknamed ''Curry Hill'', and provides an abundance of [[Multinational corporation|multinational]] India-based chains specializing in [[South Indian cuisine]].<ref name=IndianRestaurantFlagships/> A new restaurant called Dhamaaka in Essex serves unapologetically Indian food serving local Indian dishes like [[Champaran meat]] and [[Machher Jhol|Macher Jhol]] , [[Tabak maaz|Tabaak Maaz]] , [[Odia cuisine|Besara]] .

1968, a family of [[Bengali people|Bengali]] brothers inaugurated the restaurant Shah Bag at 320 East 6th Street in the East Village of Lower Manhattan, followed by others, with the intention of "making an Indian street".<ref name=CurryRow/> In time, this stretch of East 6th Street between [[First Avenue (Manhattan)|First]] and [[Second Avenue (Manhattan)|Second Avenues]] evolved the nickname ''Curry Row'', with a dense collection of [[North Indian cuisine|North Indian restaurants]].

===Religion===
Parallelling India's religious constituency, most Indians in the New York City metropolitan region practice [[Hinduism]], followed by [[Islam]], Christianity, [[Sikhism]], [[Buddhism]], [[Jainism]], [[Zorastrianism]], [[Atheism]], and irreligion. The [[Hindu Temple Society of North America]] in [[Flushing, Queens|Flushing]], Queens, is the oldest [[Hindu temple]] in the United States, and its [[cafeteria|canteen]] feeds 4,000 people a week, with as many as 10,000 during the [[Diwali|Diwali (Deepavali)]] holiday.<ref name=FlushingHinduTempleCanteen/> Further east on [[Long Island]], in [[Melville, New York|Melville]], one of the world's largest [[BAPS]] temples opened in October 2016.<ref name=LongIslandBAPS>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/12/nyregion/hindu-temple-long-island-melville-new-york.html?hpw&rref=nyregion&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region&region=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well|title=For Hindus on Long Island, a New Temple 3 Decades in the Making|author=Arielle Dollinger|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 11, 2016|access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> [[Central New Jersey]] has large temples of [[Venkateswara]] and [[Guruvayurappan]] in [[Bridgewater Township, New Jersey|Bridgewater]] and [[Morganville, New Jersey|Morganville]], respectively, and [[Sai Baba of Shirdi|Sai Baba]] [[mandir]]s abound throughout the metropolitan area. BAPS also built the world's largest Hindu temple in [[Robbinsville, New Jersey|Robbinsville]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], in Central New Jersey.<ref name=NewJerseyBAPS>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/worlds-largest-hindu-temple-being-built-new-jersey-n166616|title=World's Largest Hindu Temple Being Built in New Jersey|author=Frances Kai-Hwa Wang|publisher=NBC News|date=July 28, 2014|access-date=October 14, 2016}}</ref> Numerous mosques, churches (geared significantly toward a [[Keralite]] membership), [[gurudwara|Sikh gurudwaras]], and [[Jain temple]]s are also situated in the New York City metropolitan area.

===Education===
Indians have been attaining school board membership positions on various [[board of education|boards of education]] in New Jersey and on Long Island.

====Deepavali, Eid/Ramadan as school holidays====
Momentum has been growing to recognize the [[Hinduism|Hindu]] holy day Deepavali (Diwali) as a holiday on [[school district]] calendars in the New York City metropolitan region.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey1/><ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2>{{cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/nj_districts_weigh_new_holiday.html|title=N.J. districts weigh new holiday, Diwali, for school year|author=Eugene Paik|newspaper=The Star-Ledger|date=February 5, 2012|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> [[Passaic, New Jersey]] established Diwali as a school holiday in 2005.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey1/><ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/> [[South Brunswick, New Jersey]] in 2010 became the first of the many school districts with large Indian student populations in [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]] to add Diwali to the school calendar.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/> [[Glen Rock, New Jersey]] in February 2015 became the first municipality in [[Bergen County, New Jersey#Indian American|Bergen County]], with its own burgeoning Indian population post-2010,<ref name="factfinder2.census.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov |title=Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data Bergen County, New Jersey |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=February 24, 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05|title=ACS DEMOGRAPHIC AND HOUSING ESTIMATES – 2013 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212085158/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/13_1YR/DP05|archive-date=February 12, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> to recognize Diwali as an annual school holiday,<ref name=BergenCountyDiwali2>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-schools-to-close-for-diwali-1.1276918|title=Glen Rock schools to close for Diwali|author=Chris Harris|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=February 24, 2015|access-date=February 24, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150224221006/http://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-schools-to-close-for-diwali-1.1276918|archive-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref><ref name=BergenCountyDiwali1>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-events-and-announcements/glen-rock-residents-seek-diwali-observance-at-district-schools-1.1144470|title=Glen Rock residents seek Diwali observance at district schools|author=Richard De Santa|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=December 1, 2014|access-date=December 1, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035458/http://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-events-and-announcements/glen-rock-residents-seek-diwali-observance-at-district-schools-1.1144470|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref> while thousands in Bergen County celebrated the first [[County (United States)|U.S. county]]-wide [[Mela|Diwali Mela]] festival under a unified [[sponsor (commercial)|sponsorship]] banner in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/thousands-attend-countywide-celebration-of-diwali-the-hindu-festival-of-lights-1.1681840|title=Thousands attend countywide celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights|author=Monsy Alvarado|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY network|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2016|quote=“This is the first time in Bergen County that all religious organizations and community organizations are participating under this banner, the Indian Heritage Center,” said Dinesh Khosla, president and one of the founders of the temple in Mahwah. “Ten families started the temple 20 years ago and we have over 3,000 members now.”}}</ref> Diwali/Deepavali is also recognized by [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township, New Jersey]].

Efforts have been undertaken in [[Millburn, New Jersey|Millburn]],<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey1>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/hindus-in-new-jersey-school-district-want-a-day-off-for-diwali/2014/02/25/db4726a0-9e51-11e3-878c-65222df220eb_story.html|title=Hindus in New Jersey school district want a day off for Diwali|author=Katherine Davis, Religion News Service|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=February 25, 2014|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> Monroe Township, [[West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District|West Windsor-Plainsboro]], [[Bernards Township, New Jersey|Bernards Township]], and [[North Brunswick, New Jersey]],<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/> Long Island, as well as in New York City,<ref name=EidDiwali/><ref name=DiwaliEid>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1O8jsxj9Dqo|title=Coalition urges NYC Mayor to add Diwali as public school holiday|publisher=The Indian Eye.net|access-date=February 24, 2015}}</ref> among other school districts in the metropolitan region, to make Diwali a holiday on the school calendar. According to the ''[[Star-Ledger]]'', [[Edison, New Jersey]] councilman Sudhanshu Prasad has noted parents' engagement in making Deepavali a holiday there; while in Jersey City, the four schools with major Asian Indian populations mark the holiday by inviting parents to the school buildings for festivities.<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/>

In March 2015, New York City [[Bill de Blasio|Mayor Bill de Blasio]] officially declared the [[Muslim]] holy days [[Eid al-Fitr]] and [[Eid al-Adha]] holidays on the school calendar.<ref name=EidDiwali>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/nyregion/new-york-to-add-two-muslim-holy-days-to-public-school-calendar.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=second-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news|title=New York City Adds 2 Muslim Holy Days to Public School Calendar|author=Marc Santora and Sharon Otterman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=March 4, 2015}}</ref> School districts in [[Paterson, New Jersey|Paterson]] and South Brunswick, New Jersey observe [[Ramadan]].<ref name=DiwaliNewJersey2/>

===Cricket===
[[Cricket]] is one of the fastest-growing sports in the New York City metropolitan region. In 2016, a public park was expanded in [[Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey|Monroe Township, Middlesex County]] in [[central New Jersey]] to accommodate a designated [[cricket pitch]], among other recreational facilities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.monroetwp.com/polimage.cfm?doc_Id=24873&size_code=Doc|title=Veterans Park Ready for Expansion|publisher=The Monroe News|access-date=April 23, 2017}}</ref> There are similar facilities available in [[Mercer County Park]] in [[West Windsor, New Jersey|West Windsor]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Buxton |first1=Dave |title=Mercer County Park |url=https://www.mercercountyparks.org/#!/parks/mercer-county-park/ |website=Mercer County Parks |access-date=January 7, 2020}}</ref>

==Economic developments==
{{further|Tech companies in the New York metropolitan area|Biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the New York metropolitan area}}
Indian [[Biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the New York metropolitan area|pharmaceutical companies]] are coming to New Jersey to gain a foothold in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/n-j-s-high-costs-don-t-deter-texas-manufacturer-from-bergen-county-move-1.1447020|title=N.J.'s high costs don't deter Texas manufacturer from Bergen County move|author=Hugh R. Morley|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=November 2, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> [[Dr. Reddy's Laboratories]], based in [[Hyderabad]], set up its U.S. headquarters in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drreddys.com/contact-us/global-locations.aspx|title=Global Offices – USA|publisher=Dr. Reddy's Laboratories|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> Kitex Garments, based in [[Kerala]] and India's largest children's clothing manufacturer, opened its first U.S. office in [[Montvale, New Jersey]] in October 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/business/indian-baby-clothes-maker-opens-montvale-office-to-target-u-s-1.1428531|title=Indian baby clothes maker opens Montvale office to target U.S.|author=Hugh R. Morley|publisher=North Jersey Media Group|date=October 9, 2015|access-date=November 2, 2015}}</ref> Pharmaceutical company [[Aurobindo Pharma|Aurobindo]], also headquartered in Hyderabad, has established its U.S. headquarters in the [[Dayton, New Jersey|Dayton]] section of [[South Brunswick, New Jersey|South Brunswick]], Middlesex County, New Jersey, and is implementing a multimillion-dollar expansion of these Central New Jersey operations.<ref name=AurobindoIndiaNJ>{{cite web|url=http://www.aurobindo.com/contact-us/reach-us|title=Aurobindo Pharma India – Contact Details|publisher=Aurobindo Pharma India|access-date=November 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304092554/http://www.aurobindo.com/contact-us/reach-us|archive-date=March 4, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Airline connections with India and the Indian diaspora==
A majority of Indian Americans in the New York region are recent immigrants or children of such from India. In that context, travel between the United States and India has developed strong cultural connections, and, in more recent years, business traffic for expatriates. Air India operates [[nonstop flight]]s from [[JFK International Airport|New York JFK]] to Delhi and [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] to Mumbai. United Airlines also operates a nonstop flight from New York to Mumbai.<ref name="AI">{{cite web|url=http://www.airindia.in/time-table.htm|title=Time Table|website=Airindia.in|access-date=December 9, 2018}}</ref> Meanwhile, [[Singapore Airlines]] flies to Singapore, where [[Tamil language|Tamil]] is one of the official state languages, both from Newark (with one of the longest non-stop flights in the world<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericrosen/2018/10/11/worlds-new-longest-flight-from-singapore-to-newark-launches-today/#1c49c8432aca|title=World's New Longest Flight From Singapore to Newark Launches Today|author=Eric Rosen|work=Forbes|date=October 11, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/11/worlds-longest-non-stop-flight-from-singapore-to-new-york-set-for-take-off.html|title=The world's longest non-stop flight from Singapore to New York has landed|author=David Reid|publisher=CNBC|date=October 11, 2018|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>) and from New York JFK. In May 2019, [[Delta Air Lines]] announced non-stop flight service between JFK and Mumbai, to begin on December 22, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2019/05/01/delta-picks-new-york-over-atlanta-for-mumbai-route.html|title=Delta picks New York City over Atlanta for nonstop Mumbai route|author=Alex Gailey|publisher=Atlanta Business Chronicle|date=May 1, 2019|access-date=May 4, 2019}}</ref>

==Notable people==

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File: Viral Acharya (2014).jpg|[[Viral Acharya]]
File:Aziz Ansari 2012 Shankbone.JPG|[[Aziz Ansari]]
File:12.19.17RaviBhallaByLuigiNovi2.jpg|[[Ravinder Bhalla]]
File:Manjul_Bhargava_FieldsMedal.jpg|[[Manjul Bhargava]]
File:Bharara, Preet Headshot.jpg|[[Preet Bharara]]
File:Sant Singh Chatwal.jpg|[[Sant Singh Chatwal]]
File:Chivukula Profile.jpg|[[Upendra Chivukula]]
File:Deepak Chopra.jpg|[[Deepak Chopra]]
File:Priyanka Chopra at 2019 Cannes (cropped).jpg|[[Priyanka Chopra]]
File:Nina Davuluri.jpg|[[Nina Davuluri]]
File:Bhairavi Desai on October 20, 2011.jpg|[[Bhairavi Desai]]
File:Rhona fox.jpg|[[Rhona Fox]]
File:Vin_Gopal.jpg|[[Vin Gopal]]
File:Gurbir-S-Grewal Official.jpg|[[Gurbir Grewal]]
File:Rohit Gupta at Symbiosis International University (cropped).jpg|[[Rohit Gupta]]
File:Poorna Jagannathan By Amyn Hooda - in a Prabal Gurung Dress (1).jpg|[[Poorna Jagannathan]]
File:Anshu Jain World Economic Forum 2013.jpg|[[Anshu Jain]]
File:Mindy Kaling at PaleyFest 2013.jpg|[[Mindy Kaling]]
File:Dapever01a.jpg|[[Ashok Kondabolu]]
File:Hari Kondabolu.png|[[Hari Kondabolu]]
File:Padma Lakshmi at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival.JPG|[[Padma Lakshmi]]
File:HEADSHOT -- MATHRANI.jpg|[[Sandeep Mathrani]]
File:Dr._Siddhartha_Mukherjee_2011.jpg|[[Siddhartha Mukherjee]]
File:IndraNooyiDavos2010ver2.jpg|[[Indra Nooyi]]
File:Vikram Pandit in WEF, 2011.jpg|[[Vikram Pandit]]
File:Kal Penn, Office of Public Engagement.jpg|[[Kal Penn]]
File:Jenifer Rajkumar-Hi-Res.jpg|[[Jenifer Rajkumar]]
File:RachelRoyFeb05.jpg|[[Rachel Roy]]
File:Rakesh Satyal.jpg|[[Rakesh Satyal]]
File:2018-prathamusa-reshma-saujani.jpg|[[Reshma Saujani]]
File:Rajshahtrump.jpg|[[Raj Shah]]
File:RuchirSharma.jpg|[[Ruchir Sharma]]
File:Simran-Headshot-Wall St.jpg|[[Simran Jeet Singh]]
File:Hari_Sreenivasan.jpg|[[Hari Sreenivasan]]
File:Sree Sreenivasan in New York, July 2016. Photo by Lia Chang.jpg|[[Sreenath Sreenivasan]]
File:Heems in Atlanta 2011.jpg|[[Himanshu Suri]]
File:RoopaUnnikrishnan.jpg|[[Roopa Unnikrishnan]]
File:Ali_Velshi_MSNBC_Newsman_(48121523598).jpg|[[Ali Velshi]]
File:RohitVyas.jpg|[[Rohit Vyas]]
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===Arts and culture===
* [[Waris Ahluwalia]] – [[fashion designer]], actor, and model<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/08/travel/aeromexico-sikh-turban-waris-ahluwalia/index.html|title=Sikh actor Waris Ahluwalia: Aeromexico kicked me off flight for wearing turban|author=Darius Johnson and Catherine E. Shoichet|publisher=CNN|date=February 8, 2016|access-date=February 8, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Aziz Ansari]] – actor, comedian
* Maya Deshmukh – actress, comedian<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/opinion/sunday/yang-nyc-mayor.html] Accessed April 9, 2021.</ref>
* [[Bala Devi Chandrashekar]] – [[Bharatanatyam]] dancer
* [[Priyanka Chopra]] – actress
* [[Terry Gajraj]] – singer
* [[Rohit Gupta]] – [[filmmaker]]
* [[Hasan Minhaj]] – actor, comedian
* [[Poorna Jagannathan]] – actress and fashion model<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567198 |title=Poorna Jagannathan|work=IMDb|access-date=May 2, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Norah Jones]] (Geetali Norah Jones Shankar)<ref name="ABC">{{cite news|last=Dilworth|first=Thomas J.|title=What's Next for Norah Jones?|publisher=[[ABC News]]|date=July 6, 2007|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/SummerConcert/story?id=3342169|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref> – singer-songwriter, musician, and actress
* [[Mindy Kaling]] (Vera Mindy Chokalingam) – actress, comedian, writer, and producer
* [[Vikas Khanna]] – Michelin Star Chef, Restaurateur, author, Filmmaker and Humanitarian.
* Rajika Puri – dance-theater artist & curator<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rajikapuri.com/newsite/about-rajika/ |title=About Rajika |publisher=Rajika Puri |access-date=April 15, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ashok Kondabolu]] – [[internet celebrity|internet personality]]
* [[Hari Kondabolu]] – comedian
* [[Utsav Lal]] – pianist, composer, and educator
* [[Rachel Roy]] – fashion designer
* [[Rakesh Satyal]] – novelist
* Emily Shah – [[Miss New Jersey USA]] 2014
* [[Suraj Sharma]] – actor
* [[Himanshu Suri]] – [[rapper]]
* Chhavi Verg – Miss New Jersey USA 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/05/miss_nj_second_place_miss_usa_2017.html#incart_m-rpt-2|title=Miss N.J. is runner-up to Miss USA after winner slammed for health care comment|author=Amy Kuperinsky|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=May 15, 2017|access-date=May 15, 2017}}</ref>

===Business===
* Lakshman Achuthan – co-founder, [[Economic Cycle Research Institute]]<ref name="businesscycle.com">[https://www.businesscycle.com/ecri-about/staff-achuthan-banerji] Accessed March 18, 2019.</ref>
* [[Anu Aiyengar]] – global co-head of North American [[mergers and acquisitions]] at [[JPMorgan Chase & Co]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-24/jpmorgan-heralds-m-a-bonanza-as-companies-seek-new-ways-to-grow|title=JPMorgan Heralds M&A Bonanza as Companies Seek New Ways to Grow |author=Melissa Mittelman|publisher=Bloomberg L.P|date=October 24, 2016|access-date=October 24, 2016}}</ref>
* Anirvan Banerji – co-founder, Economic Cycle Research Institute,<ref name="businesscycle.com"/> columnist and director of research, ''[[Bloomberg News]]''<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/authors/ABkzAP_xEN0/anirvan-banerji] Accessed March 18, 2019.</ref>
* [[Ajaypal Singh Banga]] – CEO, [[MasterCard]], [[Purchase, New York|Purchase]], [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]], New York
* [[Sant Singh Chatwal]] – founder of numerous hotel brands including The Chatwal, Dream Hotels, and Time Hotels.
* [[Arvind Krishna]] – CEO, [[IBM]], [[Armonk, New York]]
* [[Sandeep Mathrani]] – CEO, [[WeWork]]
* Raghavan Mayur – president, TechnoMetrica Market Intelligence, [[Ramsey, New Jersey|Ramsey]], Bergen County, New Jersey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-latest-approval-rating-plunged-republican-fled-president-579151|title=Donald Trump's Latest Approval Rating Plunges as White Male Supporters Flee the President|author=Tim Marcin|publisher=Newsweek|date=April 4, 2017|access-date=April 4, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Laxman Narasimhan]] – CEO of [[Reckitt Benckiser]], in [[Greenwich, Connecticut|Greenwich]], [[Connecticut]]
* [[Indra Nooyi]] – CEO of [[PepsiCo]], Purchase, New York
* [[Vikram Pandit]] – former CEO of [[Citigroup]]
* [[Ajit Jain]] – president, [[Berkshire Hathaway]] Reinsurance Group<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2015/03/04/359448.htm|title=A Closer Look at Berkshire Hathaway's Insurance Operations|date=March 4, 2015|website=Insurancejournal.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.omaha.com/money/buffett/meet-ajit-jain-the-man-in-charge-of-warren-buffett/article_4cfe2a0a-f897-5bd3-ad8a-35f935a5baba.html|title=Meet Ajit Jain, the man in charge of Warren Buffett's profit machine|author=Steve Jordon|newspaper=Omaha World-Herald|date=May 2, 2015|access-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref>
*[[Anshu Jain]] – business executive who formerly served as the Co-CEO of [[Deutsche Bank]] from 2012 until 2015 and is currently serving as president at [[Cantor Fitzgerald]]
* Savita Subramanian – head of United States [[stock|equity]] and quantitative strategy, [[Bank of America]] [[Merrill Lynch]]<ref>[https://www.crunchbase.com/person/savita-subramanian] Accessed June 8, 2020.</ref>
* Rahul Merchant – CIO of [[TIAA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tiaa.org/public/about-tiaa/leadership-team/rahul-merchant | title=TIAA Leadership Team}}</ref>
* [[Ruchir Sharma]] – economist, chief global strategist of [[asset management]] and [[emerging markets]] [[equity (finance)|equity]], [[Morgan Stanley and Company Inc.|Morgan Stanley]] Investment Management

===Education===
* [[Viral Acharya]] – professor of finance, [[New York University Stern School of Business]]
* [[Manjul Bhargava]] – [[professor of mathematics]], [[Princeton University]]
* Meena Bose – director of the Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency at [[Hofstra University]], [[Nassau County, New York|Nassau County]], Long Island<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/us/politics/trump-presidency-100-days.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=a-lede-package-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0|title=How Trump Has Reshaped the Presidency, and How It's Changed Him, Too|author=Peter Baker|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 29, 2017|access-date=April 29, 2017}}</ref>
* Srinivas Dhulipala – member, [[school board|Board of Education]], [[Alpine, New Jersey|Alpine]], Bergen County, New Jersey, elected in November 2017<ref name=BergenIndian2017>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2017/11/bergen_county_real-time_election_results_2017.html#incart_river_index|title=Bergen County real-time election results 2017|author=Sara Jerde|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>
* Sanjiv Ohri – trustee and vice president, Board of Education, [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]], Bergen County, New Jersey<ref name=BergenCountyDiwali2/><ref name=BergenCountyDiwali1/>
* Falguni Patel – member, Board of Education, [[Edison, New Jersey|Edison]], Middlesex County, New Jersey, elected in November 2017<ref name=MiddlesexIndian2017/>
* [[Katepalli R. Sreenivasan|Katepalli Sreenivasan]] – [[academic dean]] of [[New York University Tandon School of Engineering]]
* [[Raghu Sundaram]] – Dean of New York University Stern School of Business

===Entrepreneurship and technology===

* [[Dhairya Dand]] – inventor, artist, and designer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30/dhairya-dand-blending-imagination-and-reality/39559/1|title=Dhairya Dand: Blending imagination and reality – Forbes India|website=Forbes India|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* Vikram Joshi – CTO and co-founder of Pulsd<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pulsd.com/about/team|title=A curated selection of New York's best events – pulsd|website=pulsd.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/people/vikramjoshi|title=Vikram Joshi – Forbes Technology Council Member|website=forbes.com|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref>
* [[Roopa Unnikrishnan]] – [[innovation]] consultant

===Health===
* [[Dave A. Chokshi|Dave Chokshi]], [[Physician|M.D.]], [[Master of Science|MSc]] – [[Commissioner of Health of the City of New York]], appointed by [[Bill de Blasio|Mayor Bill de Blasio]] in August 2020
* [[Deepak Chopra]] – physician, [[alternative medicine]] advocate, public speaker, author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2014/02/26/deepak_chopra_drops_145m_on_healthcentric_delos_condo.php|title=Deepak Chopra Drops $14.5M on Health-Centric Delos Condo|author=Zoe Rosenberg|publisher=Curbed NY|date=February 26, 2014|access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref>
* Usha George, [[Registered Nurse|RN]], [[Master of Science|MS]] – president, Indian Nurses Association of New York, 2013–2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.inany.org/message.html|title=President's Message|publisher=Indian Nurses Association of New York|access-date=January 26, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106032722/http://inany.org/message.html|archive-date=November 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Siddhartha Mukherjee]] – [[hematologist]] and [[oncologist]], scientist, and [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner for [[Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction|General Non-Fiction]]
* Samin K. Sharma – [[Interventional cardiology|interventional cardiologist]] at [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Hospital]] in Manhattan, holding the American record for the highest number of complex [[Coronary circulation|coronary]] interventions performed annually, along with the highest [[angioplasty]] success rate in New York State<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.earthtimes.org/dec/worldinchallengemountdec3_01.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=December 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709044817/http://www.earthtimes.org/dec/worldinchallengemountdec3_01.htm |archive-date=July 9, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Prabhjot Singh Dhadialla, [[Physician|M.D.]], [[PhD]] – director, Arnhold [[public health|Global Health]] Institute, [[Mount Sinai Hospital (Manhattan)|Mount Sinai Hospital]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arnholdinstitute.org/|title=Arnhold Institute for Global Health – Icahn School of Medicine|website=Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>

===Law, politics, and diplomacy===
* Sasha Neha Ahuja – community organizer<ref>[https://www.newsindiatimes.com/andrew-yang-hires-indian-american-to-co-lead-nyc-mayoral-campaign/] Accessed April 22, 2021.</ref>
* [[Syed Akbaruddin]] – [[Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations]]<ref name=mukerji>{{cite web|url=https://www.pminewyork.org/pages.php?id=1401 |title=Ambassador's profile, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations |access-date=December 25, 2014}}</ref>
* Harjinder S. Bahia – councilman, [[Carteret, New Jersey|Carteret]], [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex County]], New Jersey<ref name="CarteretIndian">{{cite web|url=http://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/news/elections/2016/11/08/middlesex-county-election-results-2016/92686094/|title=Middlesex County Election Results 2016|website=Mycentraljersey.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ravinder Bhalla]] – mayor, [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], New Jersey, the first [[turban|turban-wearing]] [[Sikhism|Sikh American]] mayor in the United States to be elected by a municipality's residents, in November 2017<ref name=BhallaMayor>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/08/nyregion/hoboken-sikh-mayor-ravi-bhalla.html|title=In a City of Firsts, Hoboken Elects a Sikh as Mayor|author=Sharon Otterman|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 8, 2017|access-date=November 8, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Preet Bharara]] – [[U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York]], from 2009 to 2017
* [[Bhicaji Balsara]] – the first Indian to become a [[naturalized U.S. citizen]], in 1909<ref name="Hughey 2016 p. 135"/>
* [[Saikat Chakrabarti]] – [[chief of staff]] to [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]], the [[House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[New York's 14th congressional district]] representing parts of the Bronx and Queens in New York City
* [[Upendra J. Chivukula]] – Commissioner, [[New Jersey Board of Public Utilities]] since 2014; first Indian American elected to the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] in 2001, representing the [[17th Legislative District (New Jersey)|17th Legislative District]] straddling [[Middlesex County, New Jersey|Middlesex]] and [[Somerset County, New Jersey|Somerset]] counties
* [[Bhairavi Desai]] – founder and executive director, [[Taxicabs of New York City|New York Taxi Workers Alliance]]
* Parimal Garg – named [[general counsel|chief counsel]] to New Jersey Governor [[Phil Murphy]] in 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/10/gov-murphy-just-named-a-new-chief-counsel.html|title=Gov. Murphy just named a new chief counsel|author=Brent Johnson|publisher=Advance Local Media LLC|date=October 10, 2020|access-date=October 10, 2020}}</ref>
* [[Vin Gopal]] – elected to the [[New Jersey Senate]], representing the [[11th Legislative District (New Jersey)|11th Legislative District]] covering portions of [[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth County]], New Jersey in November 2017
* [[Gurbir Grewal]] – New Jersey's 61st [[New Jersey Attorney General|State Attorney General]] and former [[Bergen County, New Jersey#Indian American|Bergen County, New Jersey]] [[prosecutor]] and the first Sikh American county prosecutor in the U.S., sworn into office in 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/2016/12/02/bergen-prosecutor-talks-computer-crimes-heroin-epidemic/94760088/|title=Bergen prosecutor talks computer crimes, heroin epidemic|author=Allison Pries and John Ensslin|publisher=NorthJersey.com, part of the USA TODAY network|date=December 2, 2016|access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Reema Harrysingh-Carmona]] – economist and the 5th [[First Spouse of Trinidad and Tobago|First Lady of Trinidad and Tobago]]
* Samip Joshi – township councilman, Edison, New Jersey, elected November 2017<ref name=MiddlesexIndian2017/>
* Arati Kreibich – [[neurobiology]] researcher and the first Indian American to be elected to the [[Glen Rock, New Jersey|Glen Rock]], Bergen County, New Jersey [[borough (New Jersey)|borough]] council, in November 2017
* Hemant Marathe – [[electrical engineer]] and the first Indian American to be elected mayor of [[West Windsor, New Jersey|West Windsor]], [[Mercer County, New Jersey|Mercer County]], New Jersey, in November 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/mercer/index.ssf/2017/11/mercer_county_real-time_election_results_2017.html|title=Mercer County real-time election results 2017|author=Olivia Rizzo|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=November 25, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Raj Mukherji]] – [[New Jersey General Assembly|Assemblyman]] from [[33rd Legislative District (New Jersey)|New Jersey's 33rd legislative district]], spanning portions of [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], elected in 2013
* Shanti Narra – first Indian American member, [[Board of Chosen Freeholders]], Middlesex County, New Jersey, appointed in October 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmnews.com/2016/10/20/north-brunswick-councilwoman-becomes-first-south-asian-freeholder/|title=North Brunswick councilwoman becomes first South Asian freeholder|author=Jennifer Amato|publisher=Newspaper Media Group|date=October 20, 2016|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202064701/http://www.gmnews.com/2016/10/20/north-brunswick-councilwoman-becomes-first-south-asian-freeholder/|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and then elected in November 2017<ref name=MiddlesexIndian2017>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2017/11/nj_elections_2017_results_in_middlesex_county.html#incart_river_index|title=Middlesex County real-time election results 2017|author=Craig McCarthy|publisher=New Jersey On-Line LLC|date=November 7, 2017|access-date=November 7, 2017}}</ref>
* Sudhanshu Prasad – councilman, [[Edison, New Jersey]] in 2015, and former chairman of the Department of Medicine, JFK Hospital, Edison<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edisonnj.org/town_hall/council/sudhanshu_prasad.php|title=Township of Edison, New Jersey – LET THERE BE LIGHT|publisher=Township of Edison, New Jersey|access-date=February 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227235533/http://www.edisonnj.org/town_hall/council/sudhanshu_prasad.php|archive-date=February 27, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Jenifer Rajkumar]] – [[New York State Assembly]]woman representing the 38th district, in [[Queens]], elected in November 2020
* [[Reshma Saujani]] – attorney and politician, founder of the [[high tech|tech]] organization Girls Who Code
* Kapil Shah – councilman, [[Piscataway, New Jersey|Piscataway]], Middlesex County, New Jersey<ref name=CarteretIndian/>
* [[Raj Shah]] – [[White House Deputy Press Secretary]], assumed office September 12, 2017
* Jaswinder Singh – councilman, Carteret, New Jersey<ref name=CarteretIndian/>

===Media===
{{See also|New Yorkers in journalism|Media in New York City}}
* Jai Agnish – journalist, ''NorthJersey.com'', part of the ''[[USA TODAY]]'' network<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northjersey.com/staff/10055214/jai-agnish/|title=Jai Agnish|website=North Jersey|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* Priya Arora – journalist, ''[[The New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/19/movies/women-in-bollywood-movies.html?action=click&module=Features&pgtype=Homepage|title=As Bollywood Evolves, Women Find Deeper Roles - New films like "Tribhanga" and "Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare" show how parts have expanded for women in India's Hindi film realm|author=Priya Arora|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 19, 2021|access-date=February 23, 2021}}</ref>
* Vikas Bajaj – journalist, ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/vikas-bajaj/6/768/271] {{dead link|date=August 2018}}</ref>
* Shunondo Basu – [[meteorologist]], gas analyst, ''[[Bloomberg News]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/nondob?lang=en|title=Shunondo Basu (@nondoB) – Twitter|website=twitter.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* Niraj Chokshi – [[business journalism|business journalist]], ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/by/niraj-chokshi] Accessed May 11, 2020.</ref>
* Jay Dabhi – radio disc jockey<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bibimagazine.com/jay-dabhi-grows/|title=Jay Dabhi Grows Up! – Bibi Magazine|date=December 12, 2011|website=Bibimagazine.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://urbanasian.com/interviews/2013/02/exclusive-interview-from-lil-jay-to-jay-dabhi/|title=*Exclusive Interview* From Lil Jay to Jay Dabhi! – Urban Asian|date=February 27, 2013|website=Urbanasian.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Aswath Damodaran]] – economic journalist and professor at [[New York University Stern School of Business]]
* [[Nina Davuluri]] – [[Miss America 2014]], public advocate for [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] fields and [[cultural diversity]]
* Rajeev Dhir – [[multimedia]] journalist<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevdhir] {{dead link|date=August 2018}}</ref>
* Iva Dixit – audience editor, ''[[The New York Times Magazine]]''<ref>[https://www.nytco.com/person/iva-dixit/] Accessed January 9, 2020.</ref>
* Chhavi Dublish – ''[[BBC]]''
* [[Rhona Fox]] – founder, [[soca music]] record label [[Fox Fuse]]
* Devika Girish – film critic, ''The New York Times'' and other multimedia platforms<ref>[https://devikagirish.com] Accessed October 23, 2020.</ref>
* Alisha Haridasani Gupta – [[gender]] editor, ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/by/alisha-haridasani-gupta] Accessed March 8, 2021.</ref>
* Meera Jagannathan – journalist, ''[[New York Daily News]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/intruder-at-mandy-moore%e2%80%99s-home-charged-with-felony-stalking/ar-BBpsHFk?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=iehp] |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216064829/http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/intruder-at-mandy-moore%E2%80%99s-home-charged-with-felony-stalking/ar-BBpsHFk?li=BBnb7Kz |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Neeraj Khemlani]] – executive, [[Hearst Communications]], [[CBS]]
* [[Sukanya Krishnan]] – [[News presenter|news anchor]], [[WNYW]] Fox 5
* Devika Krishna Kumar – journalist, energy and [[commodities]] markets reporter, [[Thomson Reuters]]<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/journalists/devika-krishna-kumar] Accessed September 23, 2018.</ref>
* [[Padma Lakshmi]] – television host, [[cookbook]] author, actress, and model
* [[Sapna Maheshwari]] – business journalist, ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/by/sapna-maheshwari] Accessed April 30, 2020.</ref>
* [[Apoorva Mandavilli]] – [[healthcare|health]] and science journalist, ''The New York Times'';<ref>[https://www.nytco.com/press/apoorva-mandavilli-joining-science-and-health/] Accessed June 14, 2020.</ref> and founding editor-in-chief of the [[autism]] news site Spectrum
* Manish Mehta – journalist, ''[[New York Daily News]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/authors?author=Manish-Mehta|title=Manish Mehta – Writers – NY Daily News|website=NY Daily News|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Ved Mehta]] – late, blind staff writer, ''[[The New Yorker]]''
* Seema Mody – journalist, ''[[CNBC]]''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cnbc.com/seema-mody/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190830043207/https://www.cnbc.com/seema-mody/ |archive-date=August 30, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Vinita Nair]] – television journalist
* Sridhar Natarajan – journalist, ''Bloomberg News''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AQsv6zME0W4/sridhar-natarajan|title=Terms of Service Violation|website=www.bloomberg.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* Kesal Patel – head of video, [[Dow Jones & Company]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.adweek.com/fishbowlny/dow-jones-names-video-general-manager/362063|title=Dow Jones Names New Head of Video|newspaper=Ad Week|access-date=December 11, 2015}}</ref>
* Anushka Patil – [[social movement theory|social strategies]] editor, ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.nytco.com/press/new-editors-for-off-platform-team/] Accessed June 28, 2020.</ref>
* Neha Prakash – journalist, ''[[Mashable]]''<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/in/neha-prakash-40209825] {{dead link|date=August 2018}}</ref>
* Nidhi Prakash – journalist, ''[[BuzzFeed News]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhiprakash/puerto-ricans-leaving-the-island-in-limbo|title=Puerto Ricans Who Moved To New York After Hurricane Maria Are Living In A State Of Uncertainty|website=Buzzfeed.com|access-date=August 17, 2018}}</ref>
* Anita Raghavan – journalist, ''The New York Times''; author, ''The Billionaire's Apprentice''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/06/04/188307217/book-explores-downfall-of-an-indian-american-business-icon|title=Author Interviews – Book Explores Downfall Of An Indian-American Business Icon|publisher=NPR|date=June 4, 2013|access-date=March 22, 2016}}</ref>
* Shalini Ramachandran – journalist, ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://topics.wsj.com/person/R/shalini-ramachandran/7217|title=Shalini Ramachandran – Reporter, The Wall Street Journal|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=April 24, 2016}}</ref>
* Vandana Rambaran – journalist, ''[[Fox News]]''<ref>[https://vandanarambaran.wixsite.com/exonerationsnyc/about] Accessed July 4, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/person/r/vandana-rambaran] Accessed July 4, 2020.</ref>
* Reena Roy – journalist, ''[[WCBS-TV]]''<ref>[https://newyork.cbslocal.com/tag/reena-roy/] Accessed February 19, 2019.</ref>
* Somini Sengupta – United Nations bureau chief, ''The New York Times''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/times-journeys/expert/somini-sengupta/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929025751/http://www.nytimes.com/times-journeys/expert/somini-sengupta/ |archive-date=September 29, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Sonam Sheth – ''[[Business Insider]]''<ref>[https://www.businessinsider.com/author/sonam-sheth?page=5] Accessed December 9, 2020.</ref>
* Anjali Singhvi – [[graphics design|graphics]] and [[digital media|multimedia]] editor, ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/by/anjali-singhvi] Accessed January 14, 2019.</ref>
* [[Simran Jeet Singh]] – journalist, ''[[Religion News Service]]''
* Ravi Somaiya – journalist, ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.linkedin.com/pub/ravi-somaiya/65/23/563] {{dead link|date=August 2018}}</ref>
* [[Hari Sreenivasan]] – journalist, anchor, ''[[PBS NewsHour|PBS NewsHour Weekend]]''
* [[Sreenath Sreenivasan]] – technology journalist
* Aarthi Swaminathan – ''[[Yahoo! Finance]]''<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/author/aarthi-swaminathan/] Accessed September 19, 2020.</ref>
* Arun Venugopal – reporter, [[WNYC]], and journalist, ''The New York Times''<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/nyregion/sikh-bigotry-power-nj.html|title=Their First Temple Was a Tent. Now Sikhs Walk New Jersey's Halls of Power.|author=Arun Venugopal|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 14, 2018|access-date=August 14, 2018}}</ref>
* Shivani Vora – journalist, ''The New York Times''<ref name=FlushingHinduTempleCanteen>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/nyregion/in-line-for-blessings-and-sweets-at-hindu-temple-canteen.html?_r=1|title=In Line for Blessings and Sweets at Hindu Temple Canteen|author=Shivani Vora|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 28, 2016|access-date=October 29, 2016}}</ref>
* [[Ali Velshi]] – journalist, ''[[MSNBC]]''
* [[Rohit Vyas]] – journalist
* [[Fareed Zakaria]] – journalist, author, and television host, ''[[CNN]]''
* Mihir Zaveri – ''The New York Times''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/by/mihir-zaveri] Accessed May 11, 2021.</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|New York City|India}}
* [[Asian Americans in New York City]]
* [[Chinese people in New York City]]
* [[Bangladeshi Americans#New York City|Bangladeshis in New York City]]
* [[Demographics of New York City]]
* [[Filipinos in the New York metropolitan area]]
* [[Fuzhounese Americans#New York City|Fuzhounese in New York City]]
* [[Japanese in New York City]]
* [[Koreans in New York City]]
* [[Russians in New York City]]
* [[Taiwanese people in New York City]]

==References==

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