the beginning of 21st century marked a huge significance in the migration trend from india to the united states. the implementation of privatization and liberalization had changed the entire outflow of migrants. the emergence of information technology industry in indian cities like bangalore and hyderabad had led to large number of migrations to usa primarily from the erstwhile state of andhra pradesh in south india. by 2015 the telugu community from telangana and andhra pradesh has outnumbered all the other communities and has emerged as the largest group from india within the united states of america. there are also sizable population of people from the states of gujarat, punjab, tamil nadu, karnataka and kerala who have settled in different parts of the united states. indians comprise over 80% of all h-1b visas.