India Abroad

India Abroad is a weekly newspaper published from New York City, which focuses on Indian news meant for an Indian American, Indian diaspora and expatriate audience. The publication is known for its annual award ceremony for the "India Abroad Person of the Year."

India Abroad was founded by Indian American publisher Gopal Raju in 1970. India Abroad calls itself "the oldest Indian newspaper published in North America." Under Raju's guidance, India Abroad quickly gained a reputation as one of the most credible, well-researched voices for the Indian American community. The Economist, a British weekly international affairs magazine, referred to India Abroad as a daily publication of “unusually high quality”.

Since 2002, the publication has been honoring Indian-American achievers at the annual India Abroad Person of the Year award ceremony. The following are the list of winners.

Year
2002 Swati Dandekar politician
2003 Sonal Shah founder, Indicorps
2004 Mohini Bhardwaj Olympic gymnast and silver medalist
2005 Bobby Jindal politician
2006 Indra Nooyi CEO, PepsiCo
2007 Mira Nair filmmaker
2008 Fareed Zakaria journalist, author, and television host
2009 Venkatraman Ramakrishnan scientist, Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry for 2009
2010 Nikki Haley politician
2011 Preet Bharara United States Attorney

Raju sold India Abroad to Rediff.com in April 2001, which as of 2009 owns and operates the paper.

Gopal Raju died in New York City on April 10, 2008.

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