A
country having a glorious past rich cultural heritage
of over 10,000 years that gave to world sciences
of Yoga, Ayurveda (herbal medicine), Astrophysics
and concept of the number ‘Zero’ without
which no modern day scientific discovery and invention
would have been possible ! A land of thousand
languages and cultural diversity, India values
it ancient past and looks forward into the 21st
century, is at the threshold of becoming the world’
IT superpower.
The past
decade has witnessed the rise of the Indian IT
sector from a position of virtual non existence,
to one, where it has occupied a place of pride
in the global IT industry. India is one of the
fastest growing IT markets in the world, the fastest
growing PC market in the Asia-Pacific region,
and also the country with the fastest growth in
Internet usage in this region. In much of the
developed world, India today has a substantial
mind share amongst those involved in information
technology (IT) software and services.
In the last
decade, Indian IT exports and Software related
services have grown exponentially, according to
NASSCOM-Mckinsey study (1999), India is targeted
to achieve US$ 50 Billion turnover from Software
Exports by the year 2008. Indian IT success in
USA needs no introductions, 185 out of the 500-
fortune companies outsource their major IT projects
to Indian software companies.
All this
has been possible because of high availability
of trained, English speaking IT engineers. Every
year around 170,000 software engineers graduate
from various universities and add to the ever-growing
pool of Indian IT talent base. Indian Institute
of Technology (IIT) is rated by many as one amongst
the top 5 universities of the world.
Many Indian
intellectuals, Researchers, Philosophers, Gurus,
Doctors, IT engineers and Entrepreneurs find their
names amongst the elite of the world.
Founder of ‘Hotmail’, creator of the
Pentium Chip and co-founder of Sun Microsystems
are just few of the many successful Indians of
today’s modern times.
With emphasis
on training and high quality standards of software
development, India has a share of 40 CMM level5
companies out of the world’s 60 companies!
You may know some of the following facts.
These facts were recently published in a German
magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS
ABOUT INDIA.
| 1 |
India
never invaded any country in her last 1000
years of history. |
| 2 |
India
invented the Number system. Aryabhatta invented
‘zero.’ |
| 3 |
The
world’s first University was established
in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students
from all over the world studied more than
60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built
in 4th century BC was one of the greatest
achievements of ancient India in the field
of education. |
| 4 |
According
to Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most
suitable language for computer software. |
| 5 |
Ayurveda
is the earliest school of medicine known
to humans. |
| 6 |
Although
western media portray modern images of India
as poverty striken and underdeveloped through
political corruption, India was once the
richest empire on earth. |
| 7 |
The
art of navigation was born in the river
Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word “Navigation”
is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. |
| 8 |
The
value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana,
and he explained the concept of what is
now known as the Pythagorean Theorem. British
scholars have last year (1999) officially
published that Budhayan’s works dates
back to the 6th Century, which is long before
the time of European mathematicians. |
| 9 |
Algebra,
trigonometry and calculus came from India.
Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya
in the 11th Century; the largest numbers
the Greeks and the Romans used were 106
whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053. |
| 10 |
USA
based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old
suspicion amongst academics, that the pioneer
of wireless communication was Professor
Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. |
| 11 |
Chess
was invented in India. |
| 12 |
Sushruta
is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago
he and health scientists of his time conducted
surgeries like caesareans, cataract, fractures
and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia
was well known in ancient India. |
| 13 |
When
many cultures in the world were only nomadic
forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians
established the Harappan culture in the
Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation). |
| 14 |
The
place value system, the decimal system was
developed in India in 100 BC. |
Quotes
about India.
"We
owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to
count, without which no worthwhile scientific
discovery could have been made."
Albert Einstein.
"India
is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace
of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother
of legend and the great grand mother of tradition."
Mark Twain.
"If
there is one place on the face of earth where
all dreams of living men have found a home from
the very earliest days when man began the dream
of existence, it is India."
French scholar Romain Rolland.
"India
conquered and dominated China culturally for 20
centuries without ever having to send a single
soldier across her border."
Hu Shih. (Former Chinese ambassador to USA)
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