Entrepreneur and venture capitalist M R Rangaswami is the founder of Indiaspora -- a non-profit organization that aims to transform the success of the Indian diaspora into a meaningful impact worldwide. In this conversation with Lalit K Jha, Mr. Rangaswami says there has been a dramatic rise in the influence of Indian Americans in the US and stressed the need for the community to be "more high profile" about philanthropy.

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