Intel and QCOM have an obsession with the PhD designation. It's good and I respect this knowing how both companies started (PhDs were founders). However, unless we are talking about Indian state schools, an overwhelming majority of Indian PhD degrees awarded by Indian non-state schools are pure junk due to lack of rigorously followed and enforced standards. For every degree here, you should deduct one level, e.g. a Masters degree should be regarded as a BS/BA, PhD as a Masters etc. I currently have a guy working for me, a great guy but a below average performer - he has a MS from an Indian school but his written communication is probably a 5th grade level or so... It's sad...
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How about an en masse abuse report right here --
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/revamp-of-h-1b-visas-could-favor-us-tech-firms-over-outsourcers/
"Ron Hira, who studies immigration policy at Howard University, shared analysis with Congress last year that looked at the H-1B program from 2005 to 2012. Only two of the top 20 H-1B recipients over that time used more than 10 percent of their visas to employ people who held doctorates. About one-third of Intel’s H-1B workers held doctorate degrees, while Google was second with 12 percent. A majority of H-1B workers employed by Apple, Microsoft and IBM didn’t hold higher than a bachelor’s degree."