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Indian American wins the top medal

Indian American, Raj L Gupta, Chairman, President and CEO of Rohm and Haas Company has been chosen for the chemical industry's most prestigious honour - the 2007 Chemical Industry Medal, by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI).
This organization awarded annually for contributions toward the growth of the chemical industry. Gupta, an Indian American citizen believed that people around the world want the same thing, an opportunity for demonstratin their talents and abilities and to put their talents to help improve the quality of life for themselves and for others. The global chemical industry provides all of those opportunities.
Indian Americans are the third largest Asian American ethnic group following the Chinese and Filipino American communities. Indian Americans are different to American Indians known as Native Americans. They are the richest ethnic group in the United States with the median household income of $46,326. One in every nine Indian American is millionaire. Indian Americans are represented in many fields including academics and entrepreneurs, doctors and lawyers, engineers and financiers. As much as 58% of Indian Americans over the age of 25 hold a bachelor's degree or higher. High levels of education have also enabled Indian Americans to become a productive segment of the U. S. population, with 72.3% participating in the work force.
Indian Americans have brought many cultural elements to North America. For instance Indian cuisines in United States are very popular. Regarding to religion most Indian Americans have spread their Hindu religion in United States as well. Hinduism after Christianity and Islam is the largest religion in the world. Today, Hinduism is among the fastest-growing religions in the United States and many Hindu temples; most of them built by Indian Americans have emerged in different cities and towns of America. The number of Hindus in the United States is approximately 1,478,670, or 0.5% of the total population.
The reason Indian Americans have very rich status in United States of America is English language and hard work. English language is very common in India because India's was for along time the colony of England so when they come to America they can easier be assimilated to the new life there comparing to other immigrants group.
The other factor is hard working. When immigrants move to new country and settled in the minority group they work harder than the time they are in their mother land. To achieve social status and glorify their talents they will work harder. Iranian Americans are the same.