Indians are very Proud of themselves . and so there is some info that may interest some, tickle some.
Q. Who is the Co-founder of Sun Microsystems (The company which is sweeping the internet with its brainchild Java)
A. Vinod Khosla
Q. Who is the Creator of Pentium Chip (Needs no introduction, 90% Of the today’s computers run on it)
A. Vinod Dahm
Q. Who is the third richest person on the world
A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, CEO, Wipro. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6th position now.
Q. Who is the current president of AT & T Bell Labs (AT & T Bell Labs is the creator of C, C++, Unix to name a few)
A. Arun Netravalli
Q. Who is the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No. 1 web based email program)
A. Sabeer Bhatia
Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard
A. Rajiv Gupta
Q. Who is the Testing Director of Windows 2000
A. Sanjay Tejwrika
Q.The Chief Executives of CitiBank,Mckensey,Stanchart,
A. Victor Menezes,Rajat Gupta,Rana Talwar.
Q. Who are CEOs of the following well known companies?
Please find the answers yourself
AppNet America Online (The Largest ISP in the World)
WebMethods
Lucent Technologies (Pioneer in Fiber Optics)
Proxicom
Network Solutions (The sole web domain assigner)
General Dynamics Corporation
Lazard Freres
Litton PRC
Columbia Capital
Primus Communications
Discovery Communications
Bell Atlantic
Cable & Wireless
The Motley Fool
Hughes Network Systems
Cybercash
MCI Worldcom
PSINet
Motorola
MicroStrategy
Equalfooting.com
Teligent, Inc.
MindBank
U.S. Airways
CIENA Corp.
BioNetrix
Net 2000 Communications
Computer Associates
SAIC
Startec
INOVA Health System
Cvent.com
Eglobe
Metrocall, Inc.
DynCorp
Consumer Elec. Ass’n
The Carlyle Group
Cyveillance
Nextel Communications
Fannie Mae
Intelsat
Draper Atlantic
Venture Fund, L.P.
Freddie Mac
Manugistics
Raytheon Systems Corporation
Spacevest
HSBC
United Airlines.
What did you find. Do you find anything common between them
Yes, they are all Indians.
We are known as the Indian Mafia (or Internet Mafia).We are the wealthiest among all ethinic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 Million Indians in America.
38% of Doctors in America are Indians.
12% of Scientists in America are Indians.
36% of NASA employees are Indians.
34% of MICROSOFT employees are Indians
28% of IBM employees are Indians
17% of INTEL employees are Indians
13% of XEROX employees are Indians
Some of these facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German Magazine which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.
a .India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history.
b .India invented the Number System. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta..
c .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 the 4th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education.
d .Sanskrit is the mother of all the European languages. Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software reported in Forbes magazine,July 1987.
e .Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.Charaka the father of medicine consolidated Ayurveda 2500 years ago. Today Ayurveda is fast regaining its rightful place in our civilization.
f .Although modern images of India often show poverty and lack of development, India was the richest country on earth until the time of British invasion in the early 17th Century.
g .The art of Navigation was born in the river Sindh 6000 years ago. The very word Navigation is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
h .Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by the earth to orbit the sun hundreds of years before the astronomer Smart.; Time taken by earth to orbit the sun: (5thcentury) 365.258756484 days.
i .The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana,and he explained the concept of what is known as the Pythagorean Theorem.He discovered this in the 6th century long before the European mathematicians.
j .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 10 6(10 to the powerof 6) whereas Hindus used numbers as big as 1053(10 to the power of 53) with specific names as early as 5000 BC during the Vedic period. Even today, the largest used number is Tera 1012(10 to the power of 12).
k .According to the Gemological Institute of America,up until 1896, India was the only source for diamonds to the world.
i .USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion in the world scientific community that the pioneer of Wireless communication was Prof. Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.
m .The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.
n .According to Saka King Rudradaman I of 150 CE a beautiful lake called ‘Sudarshana’ was constructed on the hills of Raivataka during Chandragupta Maurya’s time.
o .Chess (Shataranja or AshtaPada) was invented in India.
p .Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted complicated surgeries like cesareans,cataract, artificial limbs, fractures, urinary stones and even plastic surgery and brain surgery. Usage of anesthesia was well known in ancient India. Over 125 surgical equipment were used. Deep knowledge of anatomy,physiology, etiology, embryology,digestion,metabolism, genetics and immunity is also found in many texts.
q .When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley(Indus Valley Civilization)
r .The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.
QUOTES ABOUT INDIA
a . Albert Einstein said: We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
b . Mark Twain said: 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. Our most valuable and most structive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only.
c . French scholar Romain Rolland said: If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
d . Hu Shih, former Ambassador of China to USA said:India conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
All the above is just the TIP of the iceberg, the list could be endless..
BUT, if we don’t see even a glimpse of that greatIndia in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential and that if we do, we could once again ; be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA and the rest of the world… perhaps by using INDIA as a MEDIUM
Say Proudly, I am a human form INDIA!!!
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