This is from the Times of India
The extent to which desis have made an impact in the US was reeled off in the Rajya Sabha — as many as 12% scientists and 38% doctors in the US are Indians,
and in NASA, 36% or almost 4 out of 10 scientists are Indians. If that’s not proof enough of Indian scientific and corporate prowess, digest this: 34% employees at Microsoft, 28% at IBM, 17% at Intel and 13% at Xerox are Indians.
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The figures of Indian successes were given to the Rajya Sabha on Monday by D Purandeshwari, minister of state for HRD, in defence of the country's higher education system and the state of research.
If one may recall, during 2006-2007, the very same ToI ran a series of articles, under the India Poised theme, which highlighted some areas India was deficient under. Thankfully that site still exists. It is from there, that I stumbled on this gem from the very same Times of India
THE BAD
Arrogance. What else explains a lie that continues to do the rounds as an email, especially before the Independence Day. It claims, 12% of all scientists in the US are Indian, 34% (or some such obscene number) of technical personnel at NASA are of Indian origin, 32% of Microsoft’s engineers are from here, and so on. The message was so pretty, it even found its way into parliamentary debate on India’s capabilities. Business leaders quoted these figures while addressing seminars.
The truth is, about 5% of NASA’s employees are of Asian descent (Indians being a subset of this group). A senior official at Microsoft grins rather condescendingly when you ask him the truth. As for Indian doctors tending to all of America, well, all we can say is that the Indian inferiority complex that spreads these myths needs urgent cure.
Since the MP used this figures as a defence for the state of research in India, I think this article proves exactly the state of research in the country
Amit Varma of India Uncut has written about this in more detail as well.
