Global Indian Times Podcast

About Global Indian Times Podcast

Unique stories about Indians and India www.globalindiantimes.com (https://www.globalindiantimes.com?utm_medium=podcast)

Publisher

Global Indian Times

Category

news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Dec 2024

Latest episode

11 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

64 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   11 Oct 2026

   Path to US Jobs and Permanent Residency Gets Tougher for Indian Professionals

   Extracts from the Podcast Last week, thousands of foreigners on work visas, many with US degrees, found their jobs in the US had evaporated. US Vice President J.D. Vance announced the suspension of Microsoft, Adobe (https://www.whitehouse.gov/videos/vice-president-jd-vance-holds-press-conference-on-fighting-visa-fraud/), Cognizant, Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services, Wipro, HCL Technologies, and Capgemini from filing Permanent Labor Certification Program applications for skilled foreign workers. No new applications will be accepted from these companies, and work has stopped on the ones already filed. In fiscal 2025, three of the top ten companies (https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employer-data-hub) securing H-1B visas, and who are on suspended list, were Indian IT companies: Infosys with 8,140 visas; Tata Consultancy 5,274; and HCL 2,953. Cognizant, another IT company on the suspended list, got 6,321 H-1B visas. While its head office is in New Jersey, U.S., three quarters (https://www.reuters.com/technology/cognizant-asks-india-employees-work-office-thrice-week-internal-memo-shows-2024-02-28/) of Cognizant’s 341,000 employees were based in India. These four companies together accounted for more than a quarter of the H-1B visas issued to new applicants in fiscal 2025. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com (https://www.globalindiantimes.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

2. 

   4 Oct 2026

   All Company Mergers are Purchases says Harvard Professor Nitin Nohria

   (Photo: Nitin Nohria. Courtesy TheCEObook) Extract from the Podcast Pacing in front of a whiteboard in his office at Baker Library, Nohria added it was less important whether Endeavor merged with William Morris, ICM or United Talent. It was more important to accept that mergers do not exist – all mergers are purchases, with one company swallowing the other. The rest is spin. Emanuel quotes Nohria: “There will be a ferocious power struggle in the early days...People don’t like to cede control...You have to squelch that resistance early, with blunt force, before it unsettles the rank and file.” In 2025, Nohria established a charitable trust which initially supports his daughter’s career in medicine. At the end of the trust’s term, the remaining assets will provide fellowships (https://mitsloan.mit.edu/alumni/creating-opportunities-intellectual-entrepreneurship) to students at MIT’s Sloan School. Nohria’s PhD at MIT was funded by a fellowship. “MIT Sloan truly opened the doorway for me to have the life that I’ve had,” Nohria told the Sloan publication. The amount contributed by Nohria to the trust was not disclosed. In September, Nohria also published a book, The CEO: (https://store.hbr.org/product/the-ceo-the-role-the-reality-the-responsibility/10878?srsltid=AU7gw4ULckXSrqLDu3NJU885gxoOWFb7ajbnReYDHHT8LhCXUflTpKCr)The Role, The Reality, The Responsibility. It is based on Nohria’s studies of hundreds of CEOs who attended a workshop at the Harvard Business School. The book has been praised by Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan, and Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, among others. Nohria writes about how effective executives “set an agenda, allocate time, communicate priorities, drive change, and carry the full weight of the role.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com (https://www.globalindiantimes.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

3. 

   27 Sept 2026

   Indian Mother Runs Race Barefoot Eager to Win and Buy Textbooks for Daughter

   September 26, 2026 Extracts from the Podcast Commentators point out, that, while Ramabai’s winning the race is a matter of pride for her daughters, it is a shame for India. Ramabai’s struggle to help fund her daughters’ education, “shows that government education schemes are not reaching people adequately,” Sukhadeo Thorat, a former Chairman of India’s University Grants Commission, told the BBC. Ramabai had to leave school at 13, to take up jobs to support her family. She told BBC, “I believe that as long as I am alive, I should do everything (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cw62m6z7m7zjo) I can to give my daughters a good education.” “I ran like my life depended on it,” Ramabai told the Times of India, about her motivation to run the race. “There is no pain worse (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/barefoot-mom-in-sari-runs-3km-to-win-rs-5k-for-kids-education/articleshow/133692011.cms) than that of not being able to take care of your children.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.globalindiantimes.com (https://www.globalindiantimes.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1)

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