Fact check: Are 58% of NASA employees Indian

[undercover JIX]

Fact check: Are 58% of NASA employees Indian, as a viral message claims?
Asian Americans and Pacific Islander account for merely 8% of the organisation’s workforce.

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Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

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A message going viral on messaging platforms claims that 58% of the employees of the US’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration are Indian. The message also claimed that the Chief Executive Officer of several major international companies are Indian.


Dr. Kash Sirinanda@kashthefuturist
https://twitter.com/kashthefuturist/status/1138246505448345600

Google's CEO is Indian
Nokia's CEO is Indian
Adobe's CEO is Indian
Amazon's BOD is Indian
MasterCard's CEO is Indian
Microsoft's CEO is Indian
Nasa has 58% Indian employees

In the next few years, India will be the World's IT hub
(Found on LinkedIn)


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The claim has been posted by several Twitter users, a screenshot of this tweet has been shared widely on WhatsApp and the text has been posted by many users on Facebook.

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What NASA says
However, the claim that Indians make up 58% NASA staff is patently false. According to NASA’sData and Analytics Unit of the agency, Asian Americans (which includes Indians) and Pacific Islander account for merely 8% of the organisation’s workforce.

“NASA employs nearly 17,000 people with diverse backgrounds,” the organisation’s website says. “Seventy two percent of NASA employees are White or Caucasian, 12% are Black or African American, 7% are Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% are Hispanic or Latino; 1% are American Indian or Alaska Native, and less than 1% are more than one race.”

According to the “NASA Model Equal Employment Opportunity Agency Plan and Accomplishment Report”, the percentage of Asian American or Pacific Islander or AAPI has risen steadily from 4.5% of the total workforce in 1996 to 7.4% in 2016. However, it is still nowhere close to 58%. Moreover, it may be noted that the term “Asian American” includes several Asian ethnicities, not only Indian. Thus, the proportion of Indian employees to the total number is likely to be lower than the figure provided in this AAPI category.

As an agency of the United States government, NASA’s employment policy categorically states that US citizens will be hired and exceptions to this rule have been rare.

The second part of this social media message is also economical with the truth: the CEOs of the companies listed are of Indian origin, and not Indian citizens. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is an American citizen; Rajeev Suri, the CEO of Nokia, is from Singapore; CEO of Adobe, Shantanu Narayen is an American citizen; Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella too is an American citizen.

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Alt News could not ascertain what “Amazon’s BOD” means. The CEO of Amazon is Jeff Bezos, an American. Alt News could not ascertain the nationality of MasterCard CEO Ajaypal Singh Banga.

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[undercover JIX]

Indians running 58% NASA........Outsourced???

 

[Rusty]

Indians are certinaly cuasing 737 maxes to crash.
If Nasa was 58% Indian all the rockets would burst into flames before they could even get to the launching pads.

 

[KAL-EL]

Hopefully they’ll import their own homegrown warp Capability to aid in Nasa’s warp ship.

 

[jericho]

the remaining 42 percent would quit considering how the whole place would smell like

 

[undercover JIX]

Hopefully they’ll import their own homegrown warp Capability to aid in Nasa’s warp ship.

USA is being used as test site, final product will be sent to real super power same like Tejas.

the remaining 42 percent would quit considering how the whole place would smell like

now I smell jealousy here...lol
a special drink could be offered to kill the senses.

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

they are working on tutti rocket.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Gora doesn't let the colored "boys" in on juicy jobs that easily.

Indians forget themselves.

 

[undercover JIX]

they are working on tutti rocket.

latest test code name " Gupta Wedding"

Gora doesn't let the colored "boys" in on juicy jobs that easily.

Indians forget themselves.

Indians are doing space travel since ancient times, NASA need that Technology.

 

[KeyBORED Warrior]

Its true, the monkeys that NASA sends to space on various missions are mostly indian. They have polluted space with their excrements. The space debris that was previously attributed to blown up satellites has now been confirmed to have been caused by the indian monkeys' excrements.

 

[paritosh]

Gora doesn't let the colored "boys" in on juicy jobs that easily.

Indians forget themselves.

Thought things were better in the US, west coast doesn't have a glass ceiling I was told.
I am in Australia, and the country is fairly new to concept of immigration and is taking baby steps right now.
@ topic, whatsapp is the single biggest source of brouhaha for our country right now, no one fact checks anything

 

[undercover JIX]

Its true, the monkeys that NASA sends to space on various missions are mostly indian. They have polluted space with their excrements. The space debris that was previously attributed to blown up satellites has now been confirmed to have been caused by the indian monkeys' excrements.

Thanks for highlighting this important contribution of Indians, rest of us totally forgot. Aliens be like " We have your Monkey"

 

[usman012]

Fact check: Are 58% of NASA employees Indian, as a viral message claims?
Asian Americans and Pacific Islander account for merely 8% of the organisation’s workforce.

NASA
Arjun Sidharth, AltNews.in

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A message going viral on messaging platforms claims that 58% of the employees of the US’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration are Indian. The message also claimed that the Chief Executive Officer of several major international companies are Indian.


Dr. Kash Sirinanda@kashthefuturist

Google's CEO is Indian
Nokia's CEO is Indian
Adobe's CEO is Indian
Amazon's BOD is Indian
MasterCard's CEO is Indian
Microsoft's CEO is Indian
Nasa has 58% Indian employees

In the next few years, India will be the World's IT hub
(Found on LinkedIn)


4,020
8:48 PM - Jun 10, 2019
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3,148 people are talking about this



The claim has been posted by several Twitter users, a screenshot of this tweet has been shared widely on WhatsApp and the text has been posted by many users on Facebook.

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What NASA says
However, the claim that Indians make up 58% NASA staff is patently false. According to NASA’sData and Analytics Unit of the agency, Asian Americans (which includes Indians) and Pacific Islander account for merely 8% of the organisation’s workforce.

“NASA employs nearly 17,000 people with diverse backgrounds,” the organisation’s website says. “Seventy two percent of NASA employees are White or Caucasian, 12% are Black or African American, 7% are Asian American or Pacific Islander, 8% are Hispanic or Latino; 1% are American Indian or Alaska Native, and less than 1% are more than one race.”

According to the “NASA Model Equal Employment Opportunity Agency Plan and Accomplishment Report”, the percentage of Asian American or Pacific Islander or AAPI has risen steadily from 4.5% of the total workforce in 1996 to 7.4% in 2016. However, it is still nowhere close to 58%. Moreover, it may be noted that the term “Asian American” includes several Asian ethnicities, not only Indian. Thus, the proportion of Indian employees to the total number is likely to be lower than the figure provided in this AAPI category.

As an agency of the United States government, NASA’s employment policy categorically states that US citizens will be hired and exceptions to this rule have been rare.

The second part of this social media message is also economical with the truth: the CEOs of the companies listed are of Indian origin, and not Indian citizens. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is an American citizen; Rajeev Suri, the CEO of Nokia, is from Singapore; CEO of Adobe, Shantanu Narayen is an American citizen; Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella too is an American citizen.

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Alt News could not ascertain what “Amazon’s BOD” means. The CEO of Amazon is Jeff Bezos, an American. Alt News could not ascertain the nationality of MasterCard CEO Ajaypal Singh Banga.

https://scroll.in/bulletins/231/up-...can-offer-women-a-way-back-into-the-workforce

lol!NASA WOULD HAVE BEEN CRASHED IF THERE WERE 58% INDIANS IN NASA.INDIA HAVE NEVER INVENTED ANYTHING .THEY CAN'T EVEN MAKE A PROPER SEWERAGE SYSTEM IN INDIA.

 

[Crusher]

Indians are funny POS, they just lie and lie and lie ................ without any shame

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Wherever you go gora is gora. They share a lot of similarities. And gora prefers gora no matter what language or nationality.

Thought things were better in the US, west coast doesn't have a glass ceiling I was told.
I am in Australia, and the country is fairly new to concept of immigration and is taking baby steps right now.
@ topic, whatsapp is the single biggest source of brouhaha for our country right now, no one fact checks anything