India's contribution to the world

2. INDIA’s
CONTRIBUTION
TO THE WORLD

3. • India is a vast land having talented and creative people of
diverse backgrounds.
• There are many wonderful things India has introduced to
the world. From 0 to the world's first university, from
Snakes & Ladders to shampoo.
• A variety of subjects ranging from science and medicine to
architecture and textiles, represent an unbroken
transmission of knowledge over millennia.

4. India has taken part in 43 Peacekeeping missions with a total contribution
exceeding 160,000 troops and a significant number of police personnel having
been deployed.
In 2014 India is the third largest troop contributor (TCC) with 7,860 personnel
deployed with ten UN Peacekeeping Missions

5. SCIENCE &
TECHNOLOGY
The history of science and
technology in the Indian
Subcontinent begins with
prehistoric human activity the
Indus Valley Civilization to early
states and empires.

6. • Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is
among the largest government space agencies in
the world, forever changing our understanding of
the universe as we know it.
• Uptil now sending satellite into space was very
expensive for smaller economies,but due to
advancement ISRO's PSLV ,one of the most
reliable launch vehicle,providing cheapest mode
for others to launch their satellites in space.Not
only smaller economies,but countries like
U.K,France,USA etc.are also taking help of India to
launch their satellites.

7. • The ‘Father of Pentium Processor’ Vinod Dham invented
the first Pentium Processor that made Intel the world's
biggest chip-maker.
• He then invented the AMD K6 , popularly known as the
'Pentium Killer'.
• Ajay V. Bhatt, is an Indian-American computer
architect developed the USB. The first USB
technology began development in 1994.
• He also leads definition and development of
the next-generation Client Platform
architecture.

8. Mathematics
Trigonometry, Geometry,
Calculus, Algebra and the
Binary Number System were
all originated in India! That
apart, even the numerals
popularly known as Arabic
Numerals, were actually
invented in India, but passed
on to the world by the Arabs,
and hence the name.

9. • Zero was invented in India by Indian
mathematicians Aryabhatta dating as early as 5th
century. They widely used it in calculations,
astronomy and astrology.
• Zero was spread by Arabians to the Europe and
there on it was spread all over. Before this, all
Europeans used roman numerical which were
difficult to calculate on as they were in the form
of Symbols, lengthy and had limits.

10. • Indian Nobel Prize-winning physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
discovered the calculation used to determine the future of what would
happen to a dying star. If the star’s mass is less than the Chandrasekhar
Limit it will shrink to become a white dwarf, and if it is great the star will
explode, becoming a supernova.
Chandrasekhar Limit

11. ART &
CULTURE
Indian classical dance styles are
intimately connected with the art of
storytelling and involve subtle
movement of the lips and eyes to
express emotions.

12. • The dance styles of countries like Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar are heavily
inspired from Indian classical styles, so much that a casual observer would hardly
notice any difference.
• These dancers from Bali in Indonesia show clear Indian
influences.
• The people of Bali are Hindus, although ethnically different
from Indians

13. • An artist with his Tambora.
• The English word Tambour is derived from the term "Tambora".
according to the Oxford Dictionary
• This painting at Ajanta in Western India, was done in the 5th
Century.
• It was done using vegetable colours and has survived for
1,500 years.

14. MEDICAL & HERBS
Ayurveda is an ancient system of
medicine which dates back to Iron
Age India (1st millennium BC) and
is still practiced today as a form
of complementary and alternative
medicine .

15. • An artist's impression of the great medicine man Shushruta
(the term and concept 'Doctor' did not exist then).
• Shushruta lived in the 8th century B.C. and has authored the
Shushruta Samahita.
• Shushruta's Compendium on Medicine.
• Surgical demonstration of techniques of making incisions,
probing, extraction of foreign bodies, alkali and thermal
cauterization, tooth extraction, excisions, trocars for draining
abscess draining hydrocele.

16. • Ancient Indian scholars like Atreya and Agnivesa have dealt with
principles of Ayurveda in 800 BC.
• This system of medicines is solely based on herbs and herbal
compounds. Charaka Samhita – this is the famous compilation by
Charaka, which mentions the ancient art and science of Ayurveda.
• In the 2nd century B.C. the fundamentals of Yoga
were systematically presented by Patanjali and his
treatise is known as Yogasutra, i.e., Yoga Aphorisms.
• Patanjali's system is discussed and elaborated upon
in many classical Hindu texts, and has also been
influential in Buddhism and Jainism.

17. GAMES
India had a rich tradition of
supremacy in sports and
games down the ages. The
epics and history recount the
heroic deeds in archery,
wrestling, sword-fighting.

18. • The game, Snakes & Ladders, was
invented in India as a game
of morals. Later it spread to England
and eventually introduced in the
USA by game pioneer Milton Bradley
in 1943.
• The history of chess can be traced back
nearly 1500 years, although the earliest
origins are uncertain. The earliest
predecessor of the game probably originated
in India, before the 6th century AD