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Information Technology &
the Changing face of India! Rajesh Anand
CEO & Founding Partner, Jawa Talent
aving worked in some of the most intricate snakes & ladders was created by the 13 century poet
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Hand business critical deployments across the saint Gyandev. The value of “π” was first calculated
world, I have always wondered the reason for the by the Indian Mathematician Baudhayana, and
computing world to depend on Indian Talents for he explained the concept of what is known as the
the critical task resolution and support? Is this Pythagorean Theorem. He discovered this in the
the people, process or the technology element that 6th century, which was long before the European
makes Indians an efficient class? mathematicians. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus
The power to resolve the issues within a time bound also originated from India. Quadratic equations were
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fashion is admirable especially when we know that used by Sridharacharya in the 11 century.
some of the critical sites in the UK and the US is
supported by the best Indian minds. I have been The Genesis of our analytical mind and the quest for
intrigued and witnessed the frantic reach to the knowledge is deep rooted and the above attributes
support in India when the critical needs rises on to the fact that we Indians are evolved hybrids. The
some of the government and large security led synthesis of ‘Information’ and ‘technology’ is what
deployments in the US and Europe. It’s certainly contributes to the ‘IT’. The information piece is the
a matter of pride that the computing world is valuable part of our system which is inbuilt for the
dominated by a country where a sizable population success of the IT industry. The information prowess
still thrive on less than one dollar a day. and the technology resilience makes every student
an outstanding IT Professional.
The courage to take on risks, challenges and the
innovative thinking by the young minds have been As a young IT aspirant and as a reader of this article,
the key attribute to make this country different and believe in the power of change and evolution. Cope
the young minds and talents who have stepped up up with the change of technology and the live with
with a high analytical frame of mind have always the change but do not compromise on the value
been a choice of the world. Why would we not be foundation in each one of us from a land that
the obvious choice when the most difficult task is taught us the discipline to live and let live! Every
computing task is completed round the clock with a human has a child and a scientist in him or her
smile and with a cost lesser than we could imagine! and it’s the matter of perception or the right to
As a curious student, have you
ever thought where the computing
and the numerical world would
have been with below inventions
not possible from India?
The number system was invented
by India with Aryabhatta inventing
the digit zero. Sanskrit is considered
as the mother of all higher
languages and suitable language
for computer software. Chess
was invented in India. Algebra,
Trigonometry and Calculus are
studies which originated in India.
The’ place value system’ and the
‘decimal system’ were developed
in 100 BC in India. The game of
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