Indian talent would be most sought after in near future

Updated on: Monday, April 02, 2012

A top scientist said, India is making significant headway in areas like biotechnology, nanotechnology, IT and computing despite technology denial regimes and lack of high quality infrastructure.

R M Vasagam, Padmashri awardee and Chairman, National Design and Research Forum, Bangalore, said, demographic advantage with more than 55 per cent of the population in the age group of 18-35 has to be put to maximum use.

Delivering the convocation address at the Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore, he said, a day will soon come when Indian talent is most sought after in cutting edge research in engineering and technologies.

"While we aspire for number one position in many areas, the achievements are in few areas like dairy, jewellery and textile and garments," he said, adding, India was transitioning to become a fountain head of new knowledge and also emerge as a global hub of manuacturing.

"We should be proud of the fact that more than one million engineers come out every year.., he said.

"It is worth noting that South Korea has about 284 engineers out of 1,000 graduates, 230 in Japan and 210 in US, but in India it is hardly two," Vasagam said.

India is the faster growing mobile market exceeding 900 million connections and 200 million TVs and producing more that 1,300 films in a year, he said.

"But all electronic parts, systems, equipment and software are from outside and it is our bounden duty to work hard to create indigenous base for electronics with market touching USD 400 billion," he said.

Vasagam was the project director for APPLE, India's first geostationary experimental communication satellite project during 1977-84.

Indian talent would be most sought after in near future

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