08-13-2004, 11:44 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+Aug 13 2004, 01:33 AM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ Aug 13 2004, 01:33 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin--> A good series running on Rediff.. By our own Banerji Babu.. The 4th part is tomorrow (man I hate this multi-part concept)
Can India produce billion-dollar innovations? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
While Arindam's article mentioned CELL Phones, my mind went to Sri Bishnu Atal (he's the brother of a good friend of mine), and I had the opportunity to meet and speak with him recently..
Bishnu ji is pretty down to earth.. I am sure Indians all around the world were/are/willbe making the billion dollar inventions possible for other countries.
What india needs is not just inventors, but NATIONALISM, and a Government that actively encourages such inventors to stay back in the country.
Bishnu Atal : Made Cellphone's widespread and possible.
Bishnu S. Atal, one of AT&Tâs premier scientists and Technology Director at AT&Tâs Shannon Labs, Florham Park, is a leader in the creation of digital cellular technology, a foundation of the mobile communications industry. Atalâs research work is documented in over 90 technical papers and he holds more than 16 U.S. and numerous international patents in speech processing.
His patented invention, a "Speech Coding Method for Reducing the Bit Rate Needed for Transmission of High-Quality Speech on Digital Networks," enabled digital speech coding, a key building block of digital communication. <b>It not only allowed digital speech that is of much higher quality, it dramatically expanded the benefits of cellular phone technology to millions of users. </b>
Can India produce billion-dollar innovations? <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
While Arindam's article mentioned CELL Phones, my mind went to Sri Bishnu Atal (he's the brother of a good friend of mine), and I had the opportunity to meet and speak with him recently..
Bishnu ji is pretty down to earth.. I am sure Indians all around the world were/are/willbe making the billion dollar inventions possible for other countries.
What india needs is not just inventors, but NATIONALISM, and a Government that actively encourages such inventors to stay back in the country.
Bishnu Atal : Made Cellphone's widespread and possible.
Bishnu S. Atal, one of AT&Tâs premier scientists and Technology Director at AT&Tâs Shannon Labs, Florham Park, is a leader in the creation of digital cellular technology, a foundation of the mobile communications industry. Atalâs research work is documented in over 90 technical papers and he holds more than 16 U.S. and numerous international patents in speech processing.
His patented invention, a "Speech Coding Method for Reducing the Bit Rate Needed for Transmission of High-Quality Speech on Digital Networks," enabled digital speech coding, a key building block of digital communication. <b>It not only allowed digital speech that is of much higher quality, it dramatically expanded the benefits of cellular phone technology to millions of users. </b>