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Origins of National Indian American Coalition (NIAC)

In the early 80’s, inspired by Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp and Donald Totten of Illinois, a group of Indian American volunteers in Chicago, joined together to form a group dedicated to support all who championed causes dear to the Indian community in the US. Mr. Totten, who was Reagan’s Midwest  Campaign Manager at that time, went on the record to say that the Indian American community had a significant role to play in the ascendency of Ronald Reagan to Presidency of the United States.

One of the members of this group, Shalabh (Shalli) Kumar, an electronics engineer and an immigrant from Punjab, and Chairman/CEO of AVG group of companies, also served on a business advisory council for President Reagan.

After the 80’s, this group re-emerged in 2010 summer in support of the candidacy of Nikki (Nimrata) Haley, a second generation Indian American, for the Governorship of South Carolina. We organized one of the all time biggest fund raisers for Nikki Haley on September 12th, 2010.

This group is now going national with the support of many prominent Indian Americans throughout the country.

Indian American Demographics
  • Population 2,843,391 per 2010 census, about half of Jewish American population. Major concentration in CA, NJ, TX and IL.
  • Highest median household income of all racial demographic
  • Highest Education among all Americans (67% have Bachelor’s degree or more as compared to 28% nationally)
  • 57.7% in professional or managerial jobs.
  • Least dependent on Government.
  • Highest Contributors to Charities.
  • Over 400,000 Indian American owned businesses, employing more than 1,200,000 workers and producing over $150 billion in products and services
  • Highest ratio of entrepreneurs (1 out of every 7 is an entrepreneur!!!)
  • We naturally believe in least government intrusion, and lower taxes to grow businesses, expand and create jobs.
  • We are the nexus of small businesses that create more than 80% of all jobs.
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