1)No major Original Software Contribution by any Indian
2)No major Open Source Contribution
3)Not produced a Nobel Prize winner in Last 50 years
So much so for "shining India"
I am posting this from the Indian state of Bihar and would like to bring a few facts to your notice.
Big IT is limited to a few cities like Banglore, Hyderabad,Delhi,Pune,Bombay etc.Very miniscule portion of the Indian population of 1 billion is involved in IT.
Perspective Indian IT exports 10 billion USD Microsoft sales 50 Billion USD
99% of IT wok done in India is outsourced work from US,Europe,Japan etc.No original product development or ground breaking software science here. There is no major contribution from India to any Open Source Software project.On the hardware front India does not have a decent semiconductor manufacturing facility.
The great "Call Center" story is turning sour.There is 40% rate of attrition.According to a recent article people working at these centers develop physical/physiogical problems.Nothing is great about being Sam with a "American accent" at night and being Swaminathan during the day.Identity Crises
Education is pathetic.Original thinking is not promoted. Learn by text books and vomit in exams. Regarding the IITs in a population of 1 billion you can statistically always find 10k people who are exceptionally brilliant.The untainted/rigirous selection process ensures that these people get selected into the IITs.India has not produced a single Noble prize winner since Independence.Those Indians who have won the Noble prize are settled and working out of India.If the Noble is an benchmark for original thinking you can see where India stands.
No development in basic sciences as all bright students go to IT.
Corruption in India extremely high and prevelant in all walks of life. Bush and his colleagues would look like saints when compared to Indian politicians.
Pollution is high in cities and you can see squalor in most areas.BTW Bombay has the largest slums in asia.
Because of its lowest "code monkey" cost India is today on everyone's radar screen.When some other country takes that title India will be forgotten just like a couple of years before.
I am posting this from the Indian state of Bihar and
would like to bring a few facts to your notice.
Big IT is limited to a few cities like Banglore,
Hyderabad,Delhi,Pune,Bombay etc.Very miniscule portion
of the Indian population of 1 billion is involved in IT.
Perspective Indian IT exports 10 billion USD Microsoft sales 50 Billion USD
99% of IT wok done in India is outsourced work from
US,Europe,Japan etc.No original product development
or ground breaking software science here.
There is no major contribution from India to any
Open Source Software project.On the hardware front
India does not have a decent semiconductor manufacturing
facility.
The great "Call Center" story is turning sour.There is
40% rate of attrition.According to a recent article people
working at these centers develop physical/physiogical
problems.Nothing is great about being Sam with a "American accent"
at night and being Swaminathan during the day.Identity Crises
Education is pathetic.Original thinking is not promoted.
Learn by text books and vomit in exams.
Regarding the IITs in a population of 1 billion you can
statistically always find 10k people who are exceptionally
brilliant.The untainted/rigirous selection process ensures
that these people get selected into the IITs.India has not produced a
single Noble prize winner since Independence.Those Indians who have
won the Noble prize are settled and working out of India.If the Noble
is an benchmark for original thinking you can see where India stands .
No development in basic sciences as all bright students go to IT.
Corruption in India extremely high and prevelant in all walks of life.
Bush and his colleagues would look like saints when compared to Indian politicians.
Pollution is high in cities and you can see squalor in most areas.BTW Bombay has the largest
slums in asia.
Because of its lowest "code monkey" cost India is today on everyone's
radar screen.When some other country takes that title India will
be forgotten just like a couple of years before.
All in all not a great place to be in.....
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1)No major Original Software Contribution by any Indian 2)No major Open Source Contribution 3)Not produced a Nobel Prize winner in Last 50 years So much so for "shining India"
I am posting this from the Indian state of Bihar and
.
would like to bring a few facts to your notice.
Big IT is limited to a few cities like Banglore,
Hyderabad,Delhi,Pune,Bombay etc.Very miniscule portion
of the Indian population of 1 billion is involved in IT.
Perspective Indian IT exports 10 billion USD Microsoft sales 50 Billion USD
99% of IT wok done in India is outsourced work from
US,Europe,Japan etc.No original product development
or ground breaking software science here.
There is no major contribution from India to any
Open Source Software project.On the hardware front
India does not have a decent semiconductor manufacturing
facility.
The great "Call Center" story is turning sour.There is
40% rate of attrition.According to a recent article people
working at these centers develop physical/physiogical
problems.Nothing is great about being Sam with a "American accent"
at night and being Swaminathan during the day.Identity Crises
Education is pathetic.Original thinking is not promoted.
Learn by text books and vomit in exams.
Regarding the IITs in a population of 1 billion you can
statistically always find 10k people who are exceptionally
brilliant.The untainted/rigirous selection process ensures
that these people get selected into the IITs.India has not produced a
single Noble prize winner since Independence.Those Indians who have
won the Noble prize are settled and working out of India.If the Noble
is an benchmark for original thinking you can see where India stands
No development in basic sciences as all bright students go to IT.
Corruption in India extremely high and prevelant in all walks of life.
Bush and his colleagues would look like saints when compared to Indian politicians.
Pollution is high in cities and you can see squalor in most areas.BTW Bombay has the largest
slums in asia.
Because of its lowest "code monkey" cost India is today on everyone's
radar screen.When some other country takes that title India will
be forgotten just like a couple of years before.
All in all not a great place to be in.....
I am posting this from the Indian state of Bihar and would like to bring a few facts to your notice. Big IT is limited to a few cities like Banglore, Hyderabad,Delhi,Pune,Bombay etc.Very miniscule portion of the Indian population of 1 billion is involved in IT. Perspective Indian IT exports 10 billion USD Microsoft sales 50 Billion USD 99% of IT wok done in India is outsourced work from US,Europe,Japan etc.No original product development or ground breaking software science here. There is no major contribution from India to any Open Source Software project.On the hardware front India does not have a decent semiconductor manufacturing facility. The great "Call Center" story is turning sour.There is 40% rate of attrition.According to a recent article people working at these centers develop physical/physiogical problems.Nothing is great about being Sam with a "American accent" at night and being Swaminathan during the day.Identity Crises Education is pathetic.Original thinking is not promoted. Learn by text books and vomit in exams. Regarding the IITs in a population of 1 billion you can statistically always find 10k people who are exceptionally brilliant.The untainted/rigirous selection process ensures that these people get selected into the IITs.India has not produced a single Noble prize winner since Independence.Those Indians who have won the Noble prize are settled and working out of India.If the Noble is an benchmark for original thinking you can see where India stands . No development in basic sciences as all bright students go to IT. Corruption in India extremely high and prevelant in all walks of life. Bush and his colleagues would look like saints when compared to Indian politicians. Pollution is high in cities and you can see squalor in most areas.BTW Bombay has the largest slums in asia. Because of its lowest "code monkey" cost India is today on everyone's radar screen.When some other country takes that title India will be forgotten just like a couple of years before. All in all not a great place to be in.....