Jindal, Haley for President?
Two Indian origin Americans are being touted as possible candidates to contest the next US Presidential election in 2016.
Bobby Jindal, 41, Governor of Louisiana, and Nikki Haley, 40, Governor of South Carolina, are listed in the latest Time magazine as possible Republican Party candidates to contest the White House in four years’ time.
A Rhodes Scholar and former McKinsey consultant, Jindal served a stint in George W Bush’s administration and was a member of the House before winning the governorship in 2007.
Jindal is a fiscal conservative who opposes abortion and gay marriage. He’s loved by the GOP base and, as an Indian American, brings a dose of diversity, Time reported.
Haley, born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa, is daughter of Sikh immigrants from India. Haley, a converted Christian, endured racial slurs, allegations of marital infidelity, and hostility from some Republicans but won friends in high places, including Sarah Palin, on her way to becoming the first female Governor of South Carolina, and the youngest in the country.
She was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to Dr Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa, immigrants from Amritsar, in Punjab, India.
Haley is a graduate of Orangeburg Preparatory School, and Clemson University with a B.S. in accounting and joined the FCR Corporation (a waste management and recycling company), before joining her mother's business, Exotica International, an upscale clothing firm, in 1994. The family business grew to become a multi-million dollar company.
Among others listed by Time magazine are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Vice-President Joe Biden, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, New york Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
The magazine’s list of potential candidates follows last week’s election of President Barack Obama to his second term in the White House.
Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Amar and Raj Jindal, who came to the United States as immigrants from Punjab, India, six months before he was born. Jindal attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School, graduating in 1988.
He competed in tennis tournaments, started a computer newsletter, a retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent his free time working at the concession stands during LSU football games. Jindal was one of 50 students nationwide admitted to the Program in Liberal Medical Education at Brown University, guaranteeing him a place in medical school. He was interested in public policy. Jindal also completed a second major in biology. He graduated in 1991 at the age of 20, with honours in both majors.
Jindal was named a member of the 1992 USA Today All-USA Academic Team. He was accepted by both Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School, but studied at New
College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He received an M.Litt degree in political science with an emphasis in health policy from the University of Oxford in 1994 for his thesis "A needs-based approach to health care". He turned down an offer to study for a D.Phil in politics, instead joining the consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
Two Indian origin Americans are being touted as possible candidates to contest the next US Presidential election in 2016.
Bobby Jindal, 41, Governor of Louisiana, and Nikki Haley, 40, Governor of South Carolina, are listed in the latest Time magazine as possible Republican Party candidates to...
Two Indian origin Americans are being touted as possible candidates to contest the next US Presidential election in 2016.
Bobby Jindal, 41, Governor of Louisiana, and Nikki Haley, 40, Governor of South Carolina, are listed in the latest Time magazine as possible Republican Party candidates to contest the White House in four years’ time.
A Rhodes Scholar and former McKinsey consultant, Jindal served a stint in George W Bush’s administration and was a member of the House before winning the governorship in 2007.
Jindal is a fiscal conservative who opposes abortion and gay marriage. He’s loved by the GOP base and, as an Indian American, brings a dose of diversity, Time reported.
Haley, born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa, is daughter of Sikh immigrants from India. Haley, a converted Christian, endured racial slurs, allegations of marital infidelity, and hostility from some Republicans but won friends in high places, including Sarah Palin, on her way to becoming the first female Governor of South Carolina, and the youngest in the country.
She was born in Bamberg, South Carolina, on January 20, 1972, to Dr Ajit Singh Randhawa and Raj Kaur Randhawa, immigrants from Amritsar, in Punjab, India.
Haley is a graduate of Orangeburg Preparatory School, and Clemson University with a B.S. in accounting and joined the FCR Corporation (a waste management and recycling company), before joining her mother's business, Exotica International, an upscale clothing firm, in 1994. The family business grew to become a multi-million dollar company.
Among others listed by Time magazine are Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Vice-President Joe Biden, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, Florida Senator Marco Rubio, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley, New york Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel, and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley.
The magazine’s list of potential candidates follows last week’s election of President Barack Obama to his second term in the White House.
Jindal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Amar and Raj Jindal, who came to the United States as immigrants from Punjab, India, six months before he was born. Jindal attended Baton Rouge Magnet High School, graduating in 1988.
He competed in tennis tournaments, started a computer newsletter, a retail candy business, and a mail-order software company. He spent his free time working at the concession stands during LSU football games. Jindal was one of 50 students nationwide admitted to the Program in Liberal Medical Education at Brown University, guaranteeing him a place in medical school. He was interested in public policy. Jindal also completed a second major in biology. He graduated in 1991 at the age of 20, with honours in both majors.
Jindal was named a member of the 1992 USA Today All-USA Academic Team. He was accepted by both Harvard Medical School and Yale Law School, but studied at New
College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He received an M.Litt degree in political science with an emphasis in health policy from the University of Oxford in 1994 for his thesis "A needs-based approach to health care". He turned down an offer to study for a D.Phil in politics, instead joining the consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
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