its about Indian inventors and inventions by them

1. Technology - the core strength of INDIA

2. • India is one of the leading nations in the world in the fields of computers,
electronics and technology .
• India's growing stature in the Information Age enabled it to form close ties
with both the United States of America and the European Union.
• The Information technology industry in India has gained a brand identity as
a knowledge economy due to its IT and ITES sector. The IT–ITES industry
has two major components: IT Services and business process
outsourcing (BPO).
• The growth in the service sector in India has been led by the IT–ITES sector,
whose contribution to India's GDP grew from 1.2% in FY1998 to 7.5% in
FY2012.
• The major cities that account for about nearly 90% of this sectors exports are
Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai. Bangalore is considered to
be the Silicon Valley of India because it is the leading IT exporter.
• The "Top Five Indian IT Services Providers" are Tata Consultancy Services,
Infosys, Cognizant, Wipro and HCL Technologies.

3. 1. BANGALORE ---- Popularly known as the Silicon Valley of India and leading software
exporter from India. Bangalore is considered to be a global technology hub of India.
2. HYDERABAD--- Hyderabad is a major IT hub in India which is also known as Cyberabad
which consists of many Multinational Corporation companies such as Google, Facebook,
Microsoft, Amazon and Electronic Arts etc.
3. CHENNAI --- Chennai is a major destination of India and is the BPO hub of India. Chennai
has the largest operations centers of TCS, and Cognizant.
4. MUMBAI---- It is the Financial capital of India where many IT companies have established
offices.
5. DELHI--- The National Capital Region comprising Delhi, Gurgaon and Noida are clusters of
software development.
6. PUNE--- Major Indian and International Firms are present in Pune. Pune is also C-DAC Head-
Quarter.
7. KOLKATA--- One of the largest cities in India, Kolkata contributes significantly to IT exports.
8. THIRUVANTHAPURAM--- The capital of Kerala houses all major IT companies including
Oracle, TCS, Infosys, and contributes in IT export of India.

4. Firm Revenues Employees Fiscal Year Headquarters
TCS $10.17 billion 254,076 2012 Mumbai
CTS $7.05 billion 185,045 2012 Chennai
Wipro $5.73 billion 140,569 2012 Bangalore
Infosys $6.69 billion 153,761 2012 Bangalore
HCL
Technologies
$4.3 billion 85,335 2012 Noida

5. ‘India should be the first introducer of advanced
technologies’ – according to R Chidambaram,
“Science is getting more and more internationalized,”
Chidambaram said, quoting at the National Science
Foundation of USA.
According to him-
India, if it is to become a knowledge-driven economy,
should have the courage to be the ‘first introducer’ of new and
advanced technologies.
“To become a developed country, we must have a judicious
mix of basic research, applied research,
technology development and manufacturing skills,”

7. •Aryabhata was INDIA's first satellite, named after the great Indian astronomer of
the same name. It was launched by the Soviet Union on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin
Yar using a Cosmos-3M launch vehicle. It was built by the Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) to gain experience in building and operating a satellite in space
The satellite's image appeared on the reverse of Indian 2 rupee banknotes between
1976 and 1997.

8. • India’s modest efforts to conquer the space that began in 1975
with the successful launch of its first satellite Aryabhatta in 1975
have now come of age. Today, India is among the select few
space powers in the world to launch foreign satellites and eye a
big chunk of the $ 200 billion commercial rocket launch industry.
India has sewn up space agreements with over 20
countries. More importantly, it is now preparing for its Mars
Mission in December 2013. It is no mean achievement for a
country that was finding it difficult to feed its own people till
it successfully embarked on a Green Revolution nearly half
a century ago, is now aiming literally for the stars!

9. Life gave them lemons. And they turned them into as perfect
lemonades. They are the ones that felt the necessity to
invent. They took the initiative to not only mend their own
torn shoes but also the society’s. They changed the world
and the way it lived. They, are the Indian Inventors. Rocking
celebrates some of the less known and the most renowned
inventors and innovators of modern times. Unfurled here is
history in the making...

10. The German-born Indian consulting technologist, ATUL
CHITNIS was perhaps best known as the founder of Foss.in—
one of the world’s largest free and open source software
(Foss) events—held annually in India since 2001 (when it was
known as Linux Bangalore

11. Freeandopensourcesoftware(F/OSS,FOSS)orfree/liber/open-source
software(FLOSS)issoftwarethatisbothfreesoftwareandopensource.It
isliberallylicensedtograntuserstherighttouse,copy,study,change,and
improveitsdesignthroughtheavailabilityofitssourcecode.Thisapproach
hasgainedbothmomentumandacceptanceasthepotentialbenefitshave
beenincreasinglyrecognizedbybothindividualsandcorporations.

12. AJAY BHATT- INDIAN INVENTOR
HONOURED FOR CREATING USB DRIVE
TECHNOLOGY
56-year-old Bhatt is an Indian-
American computer architect and his
team comprises Bala Sudarshan
Cadambi, Shaun Knoll, Jeff Morriss,
Shelagh Callahan of the United
States. The team was declared the
winner from Non-European Countries
for creation and development of USB
technology. Well- established as an
industry standard today, USB
technology allows users to connect
various devices to a computer. The
technology is being successfully used
in billions of electronic devices
ranging from webcams to cell phones
and memory sticks all over the world.

13. The European Union awarded India-born inventor Ajay Bhatt-led team for
creating and developing the Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology, which
is considered as one of the most significant advancements since the
introduction of silicon chip.

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15. • Teenagers of Indian origin won a raft of prizes at the annual Intel
science bash in what's now par for course, but although the top
prize eluded them, the most electrifying breakthrough came from
Indian-American high-scholar. A device she has developed can
fully charge a cell phone in 20 to 30 seconds in what will be a
boon for a gazillion mobile users who need to juice up their cell
phones quickly.

16. .
• VA Shiva Ayyadurai is the founder of email service
company EchoMail, Inc. EchoMail's core technology
originated from Shivas invention for classifying
inbound email for the US White House.

17. o Dham, all around the world, is known as the “Father of Pentium” microprocessors. He
is also known as the co-inventor of the flash memory technology. Flash as we know is
memory storage in a little chip, popularly called the SD (Secure Digital) card used in
USB drives, digital cameras and many other storage devices.
o Presently, Dham, 62, is the chairman, president and chief executive officer of Silicon
Spice, a communications technology development firm.

18. Popularly called “The Missile
Man of India”, Kalam worked as
an aerospace engineer with
DEFENCE RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
ORGANISATION (DRDO) and
Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO). Amongst
his innumerous contributions to
the nation, his work on the
development of ballistic missile
and launch vehicle technology
fetched him the title.

19. • This scientist, right from building a small helicopter for the Indian
Army, to directing Project Devil and Project Valiant, to
undertaking a sortie in a fighter aircraft, to looking at an evolved
India as his mission, has dedicated his entire life to the nation.
• Mission: He aims at transforming India into a developed nation
by 2020.