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Except the country already acquired all that via globalisation. This isn't 1952. There are few walls up on many technologies. India has acquired most of its kno
by easytiger 7y ago
Except the country already acquired all that via globalisation. This isn't 1952. There are few walls up on many technologies. India has acquired most of its know-how by undercutting developed nations and getting them to teach them how to do the work.
- suyash 7y agoLol, you must be joking, in fact it's the opposite. It's majority of Indians who are doing cutting edge research and innovating just look at what's going on any day in Silicon Valley or any top Universities. Now they are starting to do the same in their country while being creative with lost cost solutions.
- mruts 7y agoYou’re saying it’s Indians that are doing the majority (>%50) of cutting edge research? That’s just not true, even in the slightest.
- shripadk 7y agohttp://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-special/18-indian-minds-who-are-doing-cutting-edge-work/32312/4 http://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation-special/18-ind... EDIT: Since Hacker News won't allow me to post a reply. I am editing this post here. You misunderstood what he said. He said that "majority of Indians" are doing cutting-edge research in foreign Universities. Not "majority of cutting-edge research" are being done by Indians. Both have different meanings. Most Indians who travel to foreign countries get higher education grants/fellowships to work on cutting-edge research. Very few Indians actually travel for undergraduate courses. India has prestigious universities like IITs/NITs which are equal to and in some cases better than Western counterparts. The reason why Indians travel to Western countries for research is because of lack of research grants to carry out Scientific experiments that might run into many millions/billions of dollars. In other words, this is brain drain at its finest.
- mruts 7y agoDid you read what I said? An article from "Forbes India" about how there's 18 Indians doing cutting edge research is not related to what I said.
- easytiger 7y agoAnd the acquisition of those skill sets come from the west working with them. Science isn't a closed shop anymore.
- sanxiyn 7y agoSome knowledge only can be learned by doing. Also, space technology is, due to its close tie to missile technology, one of those few modern technologies with walls up.
- easytiger 7y agoWhat are you talking about? India has Nuclear weapons and self made 12k km range ICBMs already
- jvanderbot 7y ago"Walls up" "Self made" Exactly.
- sanxiyn 7y agoIndia didn't acquire launch technology "via globalisation". In fact, when India attempted technology transfer from Russia, US objected citing Missile Technology Control Regime, and India had to develop their own.
- easytiger 7y agoYea. They basically went back to first principles on relativity I hear. They had nothing to go on. No well understood science in the public domain at all. And the objection was around the seeker technology more specifically
- denzil_correa 7y agoUSA has developed most of its business income/value by exploiting purchasing power capita of nations like India and China. It works both ways.
- lewisjoe 7y agoIs it? Agriculture is the country’s major occupation, yet it imports rice polishing machines from switzerland. Indian market is one of the fastest growing smartphone market. Yet the biggest players are Chinese, Korean or American. Railways has been the primary source of connection across the country and within cities. Yet metro trains are made by Japan and european companies. In the cities IT services are the main source of economy, yet India never shipped its own microprocessor until very recently. I can go on, but you get the point. Having a vague idea of how to do something vs shipping a world class product are two different things. What’s happening with the moon mission is the latter, though at a very beginning stage.
- easytiger 7y agoThe UK used to know build how to most those things, indeed invented them; they now buy them from abroad. Globalisation and the economics thereof dictate that. India to some degree skipped a step on the way. Much like central and rural African countries skipping broadband and going straight to mobile internet.
- lewisjoe 7y agoYes. UK’s biggest company is not a train engine company. UK learned that it could generate far more revenue by selling financial services with its rich legacy along that line, than export train engines that it invented. India took a similar path in 90s, selling IT services. But it isn’t simply enough given the size and the population of the country. The only sustainable way forward is to become strong exporters of good products along with services.
- mindfulplay 7y agoA lot of developed nations are piggybacking on the educated, talented people from India. It's only fair India got its fair share back. More importantly, corruption and backstabbing has so far ruined such talent, spilling into developed nations; so if there is a somewhat level playing field being established through ISRO and via Indian startups for Indians, then that's a great start.