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ë Geneva-based STMicroelectronics is one of ë 15 of the world's major Automobile makers are
the largest semiconductor companies to obtaining components from Indian companies.
develop integrated circuits and software in
India. ë This business fetched India $1.5 Billion in 2
,
and will reach $15 Billion by 2 7.
ë ›
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operations in Bangalore, followed by ë New emerging industries areas include, Ô

, |  , Cadence Design Systems |  , Ô›  
,   ,
and several others.
ë 0 of the World·s 117 SEI CMM Level-5
companies are based in India.
ë 5 Indian companies recently received the
globally acclaimed  
 . This prize
is given to an organization for rigorous total
quality management (TQM) practices.
    and Trials.
ë World-renowned TQM expert Yasutoshi Washio
predicts that Indian manufacturing quality will
overtake that of Japan in 2 1
.
ë McKinsey believes India's revenues from the IT
industry will reach $07 Billion by 2 0.
ë Flextronics, the $14 billion
global major in Electronic Manufacturing
Services, has announced that it will make India a
global competence centre for telecom software
development.
ë1 , year old ancient civilization
ë
25 languages spoken ² 1,652 dialects
ë 10 official languages
ë 29 states, 5 union territories
ë
.20 million sq. kilometers - Area
ë 7,516 kilometers - Coastline
ë 1.
Billion population.
ë 56 dailies, 15 weeklies and 2 periodicals in 21
languages with a combined circulation of 142 million.
ë GDP $576 Billion. (GDP rate 0)

ë Parliamentary form of Government

ë Worlds largest democracy.
ë Worlds 4th largest economy.

ë World
World--class recognition in IT, bio
bio--technology and space.
ë Largest English speaking nation in the world.
ë
rd largest standing army force, over 1.5Million strong.
ë 2nd largest pool of scientists and engineers in the World.
(per capita numbers are lower because it is a continental country)
ë Bharat Forge has the world's largest single-
location forging facility, its clients include
Honda, Toyota and Volvo amongst others.
ë Hero Honda with 1.7M motorcycles a year
is now the largest motorcycle manufacturer
in the world.
ë India is the 2nd largest tractor manufacturer
in the world.
ë India is the 5th largest commercial vehicle
manufacturer in the world.
ë Ford has just presented its Gold World
Excellence Award to India's Cooper Tyres.
ë Suzuki, which makes Maruti in India has
decided to make India its manufacturing,
export and research hub outside Japan.
ë Hyundai India is set to become the global
small car hub for the Korean giant and will
produce 25k Santros to start with.
ë By 2 1 it is set to supply half a million
cars to Hyundai Korea. HMI and Ford.
ë The prestigious UK automaker, MG Rover
is marketing 1 , Indica cars made by
Tata in Europe, under its own name.

ë Aston Martin contracted prototyping its

latest luxury sports car, AM V0
Vantage, to an Indian-based designer
and is set to produce the cheapest
Aston Martin ever.
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ë Tata Motors paid $ 110 million to buy Daewoo
commercial vehicle Company of Korea.
ë Ranbaxy, the largest Indian pharmaceutical
company, gets 7  of its $1 billion revenue
from overseas operations and 4  from USA.
ë Tata Tea has bought Tetley of UK for £26 M.
ë India is one of the world's largest diamond
ë India's trade with China grew by by 1 4 in
2 2 and in the first 5 months of 2
, India
has amassed a surplus in trade close to $ .5M.
ë Mobile phones are growing by about 1.5Million
a month. Long distance rates are down by two-
thirds in five years and by 0  for data
transmission.
cutting and polishing centres, its exports were ë ^
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worth $6 Billion in 1999.  |
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ë About 9 out of 1 diamond stones sold
   
anywhere in the world, pass through India.
ë GAP sources about $6 million and Hilfiger
ë Garment exports are expected to increase $1 million worth of apparel from India.
from the current level of $6 billion to $25
billion by 2 1 .

ë The country's   
 reserves

stand at an all-time high of Ô 
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ë India is among six countries that launch
satellites and do so even for Germany,
Belgium, South Korea, Singapore and EU
countries.
ë India's INSAT is among the world's largest
domestic satellite communication systems.
ë India·s Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
Vehicle (GSLV) was indigenously
manufactured with most of the components
like motor cases, inter-stages, heat shield,
cryogenic engine, electronic modules all
manufactured by public and private Indian
industry.
ë Kalpana Chawla was one of the seven
astronauts in the Columbia space shuttle
when it disintegrated over Texas skies just 16
minutesbefore its scheduled landing on Feb
1st 2
, she was the second Indian in space.
ë Back in 1960, India imported 9M tonnes of
food-grains to support its people, through a
grand programme of national self-sufficiency
which started in 1971, today, it now has a food
grain surplus stock of 6 M.
ë India is among the
countries in the World
that have built Supercomputers on their own.
The other two countries being USA and Japan.
ë India built its own Supercomputer after the
USA denied India purchasing a Cray computer
back in 1907.
ë India·s new ¶PARAM Padma· Terascale
Supercomputer (1 Trillion processes per sec.)
is also amongst only 4 nations in the world to
have this capability.
ë India is providing aid to 11 countries, writing-
off their debt and loaning the IMF $
M.
ë It has also prepaid $
Billion owed to the
World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
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annually, is  
  
  
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expected to be worth $12 billion by 2 0.

ë Its exports are over $2 billion. India is among the top five bulk drug makers and at
home, the local industry has edged out the Multi-National companies whose share
of 75 in the market is down to
5.

ë Trade of medicinal plants has crossed $9 M already.

ë There are        in India, involved in the development

and manufacture of genomic drugs, whose business is growing exponentially.

ë O     and
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are qualified with PhD·s and Master·s degrees.

ë The number of patents filed in USA by the Indian entities of some of the MNCs (upto September,
2 2) are as followsi Texas Instruments - 225, Intel - 125, Cisco Systems - 12 , IBM - 12 , Phillips -
1 2, GE - 95.

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and will reach 2 staff by 2 6.

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ë The domestic BPO sector is projected to increase to $4 billion in 2 4 and reach
$65 billion by 2 1 . (McKinsey & Co.).

ë The outsourcing includes a wide range of services including design, architecture,

management, legal services, accounting and drug development and the Indian
BPOs are moving up in the value chain.

ë There are about 2 call centers in India with a turnover of $2 billion and a
workforce of 15 , .

ë 1 of the Fortune 5 are now present in India compared to

in China.

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computer models needed to design upgrades and prototypes electronically and
introduce 5 or 6 new engine models a year.

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established in Takshila in 7 BC.
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word NAVGATIH. The word navy is also
derived from Sanskrit 'Nou'.
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captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards. The Greeks, the Turks,
the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted
us, took over what was ours.
Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not
grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.
Why?
Because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of
FREEDOM.
I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1057, when we started the war of
independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not
free, no one will respect us. ´

My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been a developing
nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are among top 5 nations of the
world in terms of GDP. We have 1  growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are
falling. Our achievements are being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence
to see ourselves as
a developed nation, self-reliant and self-assured.


I have a THIRD vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believe that unless
India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. Only strength respects strength. We
must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go
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