Response from German professor

Let me answer each of your points individually.

Who better to head a CSR/ Tech Transfer chair than a person coming from a country that needs German CSR and Tech transfer? It is a politically correct appointment.

Those are two separate chairs with two separate Indian heads. Anyone could have got those positions; it went to Indians because they have the qualifications. How is hiring an Indian for Corporate Responsibility in Germany a 'politically correct' decision anyway?

And don't make generic statements about Indians rise in Germany. Indians will always be outsiders in Germany.

Of course we will be outsiders - we are Indians! Not Germans! But being an outsider does not equal restricted growth. I have risen to quite a good position of sufficient seniority in the few years I've been here and I see substantial growth ahead of me. I know friends in senior positions who have grown through the ranks and are successful at what they do. Be good at your job and you will have the chances.

Germans too view him (Anshu Jain) as an American.

Nope. He is an always will be an Indian to the Germans. Read this article in German where the article clearly states about him being Indian, and that he can't speak German.

And of course he needed to speak German when he took over the bank! It is the national bank of Germany, and German is the official language here. I work in German - I was forced to learn it when I moved here. Its the official business language and regardless of whether you are Indian or Brit or American, if you can't speak German, your career here will be very very short indeed. Its not exclusive to Indians or to Anshu Jain, it relates to any non-German working here.

I will routinely combat people like you who misdirect Indians with some deluded sense of disappointment and inferiority towards this country because it is false. If you are ready to learn a new language and if you have the right skills, you can succeed here.

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