Appointed by U.S. President Barack Obama, Ambassador Timothy J. Roemer is the 21st and current U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India. He leads one of America’s largest diplomatic missions and has principal responsibility for broadening and deepening the multi-faceted U.S.-India partnership. From New Delhi to Hyderabad, from Kolkata to Lucknow, Ambassador Roemer has enthusiastically reached out to the people of India, leading by example in strengthening the people-to-people ties that form the foundation of the expanding U.S.-India relationship.


Ambassador Roemer holds a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego, and an M.A. and PhD. in American Government from the University of Notre Dame. His interests include basketball, coaching his children in sports, reading history and biographies, and collecting first edition books.

In reply to a question, Ambassador Roemer said, “Educational ties between India and the U.S. are already very strong – as I mentioned, India has over 100,000 students studying in the U.S., more than any other country. There are several current programs that keep these ties so close. These range from the recently announced Obama-Singh Higher Education Initiative to the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Scholarship Program. Both of these programs connect our colleges and improve faculty interaction. The Embassy has also sent hundreds of Indian high school students to study for a year in the U.S., and we’re bringing more and more American students to India to study Hindi.”

Speaking about the fraud prevention in the visa process, Ambassador Roemer said, “Specific to India, though, we’ve greatly improved and continue to improve consular efficiencies, significantly reducing the visa appointment backlog. We’ve ramped up consulate staffing and have invested over $100 million in India alone to update and expand our consular facilities. Last year, we opened a new Consulate General in Hyderabad and are in the process of constructing a new consulate facility for Mumbai. We’ve also enhanced fraud prevention capabilities across India to protect applicants from unscrupulous touts and vendors.”

The full text of the interview is published here. We believe anyone headed to USA should read the interviews on our interview series page.

Abhinav Bindra is the current World and Olympic champion in the 10 m Air Rifle event. By winning the gold in the 10 m Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal at the Olympic Games and India’s first gold medal since 1980, when the Men’s Field Hockey Team won the gold. He received the Arjuna Award at the young age of 17 and has been the youngest recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Awards – the highest sporting honor of India at 18 years. Abhinav has also been decorated with the Padma Bhushan, the third highest civilian honor of India, in 2009.

In reply to a question, Abhinav said, “I often laugh silently when I think back at how it all began…. A long and almost bizarre journey for a chubby fat 12 year old boy who hated all activity and sport!”. The full text of the interview is published here. We believe anyone headed to USA should read the interviews on our interview series page.

Dr Rajendra Kumar Pachauri is one of the leading environmental scientists of the world. He is the chairman of IPCC, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace prize with Al Gore. Dr Pachauri wears many hats – those of the Director General of TERI, the Chancellor of TERI University and the Director of Yale Climate and Energy Institute. Dr Pachauri is a prominent researcher on environmental subjects, recognised internationally for his efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change.

Dr Pachauri is someone who studied at US, returned to his country and gave a lot to his country and to the world. We requested an interview with him and he graciously agreed. In addition to US education, we talked about a wide range of topics including global warming, nobel peace prize and even cricket. In reply to a question, Dr Pachauri said one of the greatest strengths of the US education system is the flexibility and freedom it offers. The full text of the interview is published here. We believe anyone headed to USA should read the interviews on our interview series page.

Professor John Hennessy is one of the most renowned Computer Scientists in the world and a pioneer in the field of RISC architecture. His books on Computer Architecture, co-authored with Dr. David Patterson, are one of the most widely read textbooks. Professor Hennessy is the President of the Stanford University. It is a matter of great pride for us that Professor Hennessy decided to interview with app2us.com last month.

In response to a question, Professor Hennessy said, “Stanford’s distinguishing characteristic is its pioneering spirit and focus on research that contributes to the public good. There is no better environment for innovation. The world today is facing enormous challenges, ranging from emerging infectious diseases that become global threats to the impact of climate change on our planet’s ecosystems, from threats of terrorism to the persistence of poverty. At Stanford, we believe we can help address these problems, both through groundbreaking research and through the education of the next generation of world leaders. For students who are interested in taking on the big challenges and making a difference, we hope you will consider applying to Stanford. We think you will find the university a place that will nurture your dreams and help you achieve your goals.” For the full interview, please visit the interview page.

With this exclusive interview we are making good progress with our interview series aimed at inspiring our readers. In the future we will be interviewing more Professors, successful professionals, university administrators and even recent students to bring you insights into the academic and professional life in the USA.

On September 2, 1969, in a lab at UCLA, data was transferred over a 15 foot cable connection between the two machines. This was the start of the internet.

Since app2us.com would not exist without the Internet, we decided to celebrate the occasion by interviewing the father of the Internet, UCLA Professor Leonard Kleinrock, who started it all. We are very fortunate that Professor Kleinrock agreed to interview with us, and share his memories from that day, 40 years ago. The interview focused on Internet, his research, and of course our favorite subject – US universities.

In response to a question, Professor Kleinrock said, “I am currently working on a number of exciting research problems. They include: nomadic and mobile computing; peer-to-peer networks; intelligent agents; smart search engines; distributed sensor networks and smart spaces; distributed spheres of influence; and more.” For the full interview, please visit the interview page .

We recently interviewed Mr. Alberto Aleman-Zubieta, the Administrator and CEO of the Panama Canal Authority. With this exclusive interview we are trying to build a series of interviews aimed at inspiring our readers. First interview was done with Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup, the inventor of C++ programming language. In the future we will be interviewing professors, professionals, university administrators and successful students to bring you insights into the academic and professional like in the USA. We hope to inspire you to aim high and achieve your fullest potential.

During the interview we discussed the latest developments at the Panama Canal and about his experiences as a students in USA. In reply to a question, Mr. Aleman said, “I commend you for the free service you provide through app2us.com. I think that you bring the experience closer to home, making it easier for students in foreign countries to ask questions in a less formal environment.”

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It was a wonderful experience talking to Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup over the weekend. With this exclusive interview we have started a series of interviews aimed at inspiring our readers. In the future we will be interviewing Professors, successful professionals, university administrators and even current and recent students to bring you insights into the academic and professional like in the USA.

In reply to a question, Dr. Stroustrup said that the most interesting application of C++ is in the Mars rovers. “Those are most interesting “gadgets”. The Mars Rover project is one of the most impressive engineering feats to date and I’m proud that C++ is a prominent part of the systems involved; not just on the Rovers themselves, but also in the communications systems, testing, and image processing, and more.”

Dr. Stroustrup recently completed writing a new book, Programming: Principles and Practice using C++” which will be available in October 2008, but can be currently pre-ordered on amazon.com

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