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{{Infobox ethnic group
|group=Indians in Germany
|flag = {{flagicon|India}} {{flagicon|Germany}}
|population = '''163,000'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Population in private households according to migration background in the broader sense according to selected countries of birth|url=https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Umwelt/Bevoelkerung/Migration-Integration/Tabellen/migrationshintergrund-staatsangehoerigkeit-staaten.html|publisher=DeStatis (Federal Office of Statistics)|access-date=14 August 2020}}</ref><br>0.199% of the German Population
|popplace = [[Berlin]], [[Munich]], [[Hamburg]], [[Frankfurt]]
|langs= [[German language|German]], [[English language|English]], [[Languages of India|Other Indian languages]]
|related= [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indian diaspora]]
}}

The community of Germans with Indian background includes Indian expatriates in Germany, as well as German citizens of Indian origin or descent. In 2009, the German government estimated that the number of people of Indian descent residing in Germany at 110,204, of which 43,175 people were holding an Indian passport, while 67,029 were holding a German passport.<ref>Bundesamt für Flüchtlinge und Migration, Dr. habil. Sonja Haug Stephanie Müssig, M.A. Dr. Anja Stichs (Hrsg): Muslimisches Leben in Deutschland, 2009: page 76, chart 5</ref>

==History==
In early to late 1960s and 1970s, many [[Syro-Malabar Catholic Church|Malayali Catholic]] women from [[Kerala]] were recruited by the [[Roman Catholicism in Germany|German Catholic]] institutions to work as nurses in German hospitals.<ref>{{harvnb|Goel|2008|p=57}}</ref> According to the documentary ‘Translated lives’, around 5,000 women migrated from Kerala during the 1960s and 70s to become nurses there.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/a-kerala-touch-to-german-nursing/article5752694.ece|title = A Kerala touch to German nursing|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 5 March 2014}}</ref>

==Modern era==
Germany has become a popular destination for higher learning, and of the total student population in Germany about 12% are International students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.careerindia.com/news/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2014-15-015611.html|title=Germany welcomes record number of Indian students: Study in Germany|website=Careerindia.com|date=15 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Hundreds of schools in India have signed up to teach students German as their primary foreign language as part of an effort by Germany's top technical colleges to attract more Indian students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2012/11/03/germany-indians/|title=Germany to Indian students: Willkommen!|website=Washington Post|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> As a result, there has been a steady increase in the Indian student population in Germany which has quadrupled in 7 years since 2008.<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Indian-students-enrolment-in-German-universities-up-more-than-100-in-5-years/articleshow/38942461.cms|title=Indian students' enrolment in German universities up more than 100% in 5 years |newspaper=[[Times of India]]|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref><ref name="timeshighereducation.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/number-indian-students-germany-doubles|title=Number of Indian students in Germany doubles|date=2 June 2017|website=Timeshighereducation.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref> Of these, more than 80% Indian students pursue their studies or research in the STEM fields i.e., Science, Technology, Engineering and Management.<ref name="indiatimes.com1">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/globalindian/germany-scores-high-for-students-record-growth-in-indians-studying-in-germany-for-2014-15/|title=Germany scores high for students; record growth in Indians studying in Germany for 2014-15|website=Blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/|date=14 September 2015|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Academic year
! No. of Indian students enrolled in German universities
|-
| 2008-09
| 3,516<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
|-
| 2011-12
| 5,998<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
|-
| 2012-13
| 7,532<ref name="indiatimes.com"/>
|-
| 2013-14
| 10,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/in-last-5-years-intake-of-indian-students-in-german-universities-has-doubled/|title='In last 5 years, intake of Indian students in German universities has doubled'|date=22 August 2015|website=Indianexpress.com|access-date=29 August 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2014-15
| 11,860<ref name="indiatimes.com1"/>
|-
| 2015-16
| 13,740<ref name="timeshighereducation.com"/>
|-
| 2017-18
| 17,570<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/10/22/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/|title='Germany welcomes record number of indian students in 2018-2019'|date=22 August 2015|website=daad.in|access-date=5 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2018-19
| 20,810<ref>{{Cite web|title=2018-19 record number of Indian students|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2019/11/30/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students-in-2018-19/}}</ref>
|-
| 2019-20
| 25,149<ref>{{Cite web|title=Germany welcomes Record Number of Indian Students {{!}} DAAD India in 2019-20|url=https://www.daad.in/en/2020/10/13/germany-welcomes-record-number-of-indian-students/|access-date=2020-12-16|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Notable people==

*[[Rahul Kumar Kamboj]], first Indian City Parliament Member of Frankfurt<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/nri/other-news/rahul-kumar-becomes-first-indian-origin-man-to-win-city-parliamentary-election-in-germany/articleshow/81885980.cms|title=Rahul Kumar becomes first Indian-origin man to win city parliamentary election in Germany - Times of India}}</ref>
*[[Evelyn Sharma]], Bollywood actor
*[[Sandeep Bhagwati]], composer
*[[Rahul Peter Das]], South Asianist ([[Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg]]) and President of the [[:de:Deutsche Gesellschaft für Asienkunde|German Association for Asian Studies]]
*[[Robin Dutt]], football club manager
*[[Sebastian Edathy]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Social Democratic Party of Germany|Social Democratic Party]])
*[[Collien Fernandes]], media person
*[[Shanta Ghosh]], sprinter
*[[Gujjula Ravindra Reddy]], member of the [[Landtag|state parliament]] of [[Brandenburg]] and former mayor of [[Altlandsberg]]
*[[Judith Lefeber]], singer
*[[Subrata K. Mitra]], political scientist ([[Heidelberg University]], retired)
*[[Xavier Naidoo]], singer
*[[Anita Bose Pfaff]], economist, daughter of [[Subhas Chandra Bose]]
*[[Mother Meera|Kamala Reddy]], Hindu guru
*[[Sabrina Setlur]], singer and ex-girlfriend of [[Boris Becker]]
*[[Shweta Shetty]], singer
*[[Ashok-Alexander Sridharan]], Ex-Mayor of Bonn
*[[Indira Weis]], singer
*[[Josef Winkler (politician)|Josef Winkler]], member of the [[Bundestag|German parliament]] ([[Alliance '90/The Greens]])
*[[Atul Chitnis]], open-source software developer
*[[Tino Sehgal]], Berlin-based artist of Indian and British descent
*[[Irshad Panjatan]], Berlin-based actor and mime artist of Indian descent
*[[Anuradha Doddaballapur]], Germany National Women's Cricket Team captain<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricket.de/neue-kapitaenin-fuer-die-frauenmannschaft/anuradha-doddaballapur/|title=Anuradha-Doddaballapur|website=Deutscher Cricket Bund|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricket.de/frauen-nationalmannschaft-auf-england-tour/|title=Frauen-Nationalmannschaft auf England-Tour|date=2018-07-04|website=Deutscher Cricket Bund|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-05-02}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
{{Refbegin|30em}}
*{{citation|last1=Van Hoven|first1=Bettina|last2=Meijering|first2=Louise|chapter=Transient Masculinities: Indian IT-professionals in Germany|title=Spaces of masculinities|series=Critical geographies|volume=20|publisher=Routledge|year=2005|isbn=978-0-415-30696-6|editor-first=Bettina|editor-last=Van Hoven|editor2-first=Kathrin|editor2-last=Hörschelmann|pages=75–85}}
*{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|chapter=The Seventieth Anniversary of 'John Matthew': On 'Indian' Christians in Germany|pages=57–74|title=South Asian Christian Diaspora: Invisible Diaspora in Europe and North America|editor-first=Knut A.|editor-last=Jacobsen|editor2-first=Selva J.|editor2-last=Raj|isbn=978-0-7546-6261-7|publisher=Ashgate Publishing|year=2008}}
*{{citation|title=Imagining difference: The experiences of 'transnational' Indian IT-professionals in Germany|journal=Area|volume=35|issue=2|pages=175–182|first1=Louise|last1=Meijering|first2=Bettina|last2=Van Hoven|doi=10.1111/1475-4762.00253|url=http://www.rug.nl/staff/b.van.hoven/imaginingdifference.pdf|year=2003}}
*{{citation|chapter=Germany|pages=358–362|title=The encyclopedia of the Indian diaspora|editor-first=Brij V.|editor-last=Lal|editor2-first=Peter|editor2-last=Reeves|editor3-first=Rajesh|editor3-last=Reeves|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=2006|isbn=978-0-8248-3146-2}}
*{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|title='Indians in Germany': The imagination of a community|url=http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf|journal=UNEAC Asia Papers|volume=20|year=2007|access-date=15 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509145601/http://www.une.edu.au/asiacentre/PDF/No20.pdf|archive-date=9 May 2010|url-status=dead}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Goel|first1=Urmila|title='Half Indians', Adopted 'Germans' and 'Afghan Indians'. On Claims of 'Indianness' and their contestations in Germany|journal=Transforming Cultures eJournal|date=2008|volume=3|issue=1|doi=10.5130/tfc.v3i1.676|doi-access=free}}
*{{citation|last=Goel|first=Urmila|chapter=The German Internet Portal Indernet: A Space for Multiple Belongingness|title=Internationalizing Internet Studies: Beyond Anglophone Paradigms|editor-first=Gerard|editor-last=Goggin|editor2-first=Mark|editor2-last=McLelland|series=Routledge advances in internationalizing media studies|volume=2|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2008|isbn=978-0-415-95625-3|pages=128–144}}
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==External links==
* [http://indiansinmd.shoutwiki.com Indians in Magdeburg] - a student initiative that helps and provides useful information to non-German speakers, especially Indian students
* [http://www.magdeburgindians.com/ Magdeburg Indians- Magdeburg Indians e.V. - a private organization registered in Magdeburg, Germany], Saxony-Anhalt
*[https://www.dig-ev.de Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft]
* [http://www.urmila.de/UDG/Forschung/texte/encyclopedia.html Indians in Germany]
*[http://www.searchindie.com/Home/City/Frankfurt Indians In Germany]
* [http://www.indien-institut.de/ Indien-Institut] in Munich/Bavaria ; attached to Völkerkundemuseum
* [http://www.dadinani.com/capture-memories/read-contributions/the-unforgettable/86-escape-from-east-germany-1972-by-kailash-mathur Escape from East Germany 1972], autobiographical account of an Indian Ph.D. student in Dresden who married an East German woman
* [https://marathikattagermany.com Marathi Katta Germany, Frankfurt] - A Marathi Indian Community, a non-profit organization serving Marathi/Maharashtrian Indian community living in Germany for many years.
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>Abwehrkraft: grammar