Q. Who is the co-founder of Sun Microsystems? A. Vinod Khosla Q.

Who is the creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today 's computers run on it)? A. Vinod Dahm Q. Who is the third richest man on the world? A. According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Aziz Premji, who is the CEO of Wipro Industries. The Sultan of Brunei is at 6 th position now. 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 president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)? A. Arun Netravalli Q. Who is the GM of Hewlett Packard? A. Rajiv Gupta Q. Who is the new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems? A. Sanjay Tejwrika Q. Who are the Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart? A. Victor Men ezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar. Q.We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives. There are 3.22 millions of Indians in US A (1.5% of population). YET, 38% of doctors in USA are Indians. 12% scientists i n USA are Indians. 36% of NASA scientists are Indians. 34% of Microsoft employee s are Indians. 28% of IBM employees are Indians. 17% of INTEL scientists are Ind ians. 13% of XEROX employees are Indians. Some of the following facts may be kno wn to you. 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. Zero was inven ted by Aryabhatta. 3. The world's first University was established in Takshila i n 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achievements of ancient India in the field of education4.According to t he Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software . 5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans. 6. Although we stern media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth. 7. Th e art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "N avigation" is derived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH. 8. The value of pi was fi rst calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now known a s the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially pub lished that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians. 9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest num bers the Greeks and the Romans used were 106 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 1053. 10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world. 11. USA based IEEE has prov ed what has been a century-old suspicion amongst academics that the pioneer of w ireless communication was Professor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi. 12. The earli est reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra. 13. Chess was inve nted in India. 14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and heal th scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fracture s and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India. 15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 year s ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civil

isation). 16. 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. A lbert Einstein. India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human s peech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand moth er of tradition. Mark Twain. If there is one place on the face of earth where al l dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man be gan the dream of existence, it is India. French scholar Romain Rolland. India co nquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to s end a single soldier across her border. Hu Shih (former Chinese ambassador to US A) ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS. voyeurweb 1>India Largest Democracy in the world-: Population: 1.25 Bn 2>India 10th most industrialized country 3>The world's biggest back office 4>Among world's largest skilled workforce 5>Largest english speaking nation by 2010 6>800 movies made anuualy--bollywood overshadows hollywood 7>6 Miss Universe / Miss world titles in last 10 years 8>Low per capita income US $550 ; 26% live in poverty, literacy levels at 68% 9>The Indian Diaspora 38% of Doctors in AMerica are Indians 36% of NASA employees are Indians 34% of Microsoft employees are Indians 28% of IBM employeesare Indians 17% of Intel employees are Indians 13% of Zerox employees are Indians 10>India will eventually become world's third largest economy after China and th e USA --Goldman Sachs 11>India among fastest growing GDP's in the world 12>India's GDP will exceed that of Italy in 2020, France in 2020, Germany in 202 5 and Japan in 2035 -- Goldman Sachs 13>India's Foreign exchange reserves history 1990-91 $4 billion 1995-96 $20 billion 2001-02 $60 billion 2002-03 $76 billion 2003-04 $100 billion 2004-05 close to $150 billion 14>Indian Economy Robust growth of manufacturing, agriculture and services Low external debt 250 Fortune 500 companies outsource IT work to India Increased disposable income, increased wealth

Large emerging affluent middle class 15>Indian Aviation Air deccan--1 st low cose domestic carrier Most international carriers now target India for network growth and profitabilit y $5 bn capital infusion in govt owned carriers Airport privatization 16>India will be the second fastest growing travel and tourism market over 20052014 at 8.8% -- WTTC 17> Size of indian tourism is 330 million as of 2004 18>Indians going abroad as of 2004 Singapore -- 375,658 Saudi Arabia -- 373,636 UAE -- 336,046 Kuwait -- 293,621 Thailand -- 280,641 Bahrain -- 268,383 USA -- 257,271 China -- 213,611 U.K -- 205,065 Hongkong -- 193,705 NewZealand -- 16,862 19> India growth projections 1999 -- 2.7% 2000 -- 3.4% 2001 -- 3.6% 2002 -- 4.2% 2003 -- 4.5% 2004 -- 5.9% 2005 -- 6.9% 2006 -- 8.0% 2007 -- 9.4% 2008 -- 11% 2009 -- 12.8% 2010 -- 15% 20> Drivers of outbound growth Increased charter operations Upper middle income group will remain largest segment potential consumer pie will grow to 300 Mn Age group of 15 to 49 likely comprise 62% Self-employed who account for over 40% will emerge as high potential target market Holiday finance will become popular 21> Over 50 million Indian's will travel overseas by 2020 -- WTO