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Sakshi Venkatraman

Reporter, NBC Asian America

I am a journalist covering Asian Americans for NBC News. I've spent the last three years focusing heavily on the South Asian American diaspora and the issues that affect them. I write about immigration and visas, politics, pop culture, Hindu nationalism and Islamophobia. I've reported pieces asking big questions — including what it means to be Asian American and who is really included under that umbrella.

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I am a journalist covering Asian Americans for NBC News. I've spent the last three years focusing heavily on the South Asian American diaspora and the issues that affect them. I write about immigration and visas, politics, pop culture, Hindu nationalism and Islamophobia. I've reported pieces asking big questions — including what it means to be Asian American and who is really included under that umbrella.

Do you have a news tip you want to share with our journalists? Visit NBC News Tips to learn more.


Latest from Sakshi Venkatraman

How Trump's birthright citizenship order could affect children of legal visa-holders

Legal experts warn that those whose parents are on work and student visas won’t be exempt from the implications of the new order.

Some H-1B workers say they feel insulted by debate over visa holders

In recent days, Trump said he supported H-1B visas. In the past, he’s made comments about the program, saying, “We shouldn’t have it. Very, very bad for workers.”

Move over, Gen Alpha: 2025 marks the start of the Gen Beta era

If you just found out about Generation Alpha, brace yourself for a new crop of kids set to debut on Jan. 1.

The year of newly minted Indian American GOP stars

Indian Americans are the most represented minority in the Trump administration, reflecting a faction of the community's shifting alignment with Trump's values on economic and social issues.

Schools caution international students: Get back to campus before Trump's inauguration

A handful of U.S. colleges and universities have been cautioning their international student bodies to return to campus early to avoid any travel delays.

Indian American family attacked on bus says they'll move forward with pressing charges

An Indian American family who was attacked with a racist rant on a United Airlines shuttle bus plans to press charges against the woman who called them “not American.”

Indian American family subjected to racist rant on United Airlines bus

An Indian American photographer took a video of a woman verbally attacking him and his children with racist slurs on a United Airlines shuttle bus.

'Brain rot' is Oxford University Press' word of the year

Gen Alpha’s hyper-online manner of speaking has officially entered the zeitgeist.

H-1B hopefuls say they’re bracing for the impact of a second Trump term

Many South Asian immigrants are worried a second Trump term will either drastically slow down or quash the potential of securing an H1B.

Indians become biggest international student group in U.S., surpassing Chinese for first time since 2009

Indians have become the biggest group of international students in the U.S., surpassing Chinese students this year for the first time in 15 years.

As Harris, Ramaswamy, Usha Vance rose on national stage, Indian Americans faced harassment

Indian Americans helped define the 2024 election in many ways. But their communities took the heat as South Asian American hate pervaded the election, a report finds.