IT/Technology

In today's knowledge-driven global economy, one industry in which India is among global leaders and has a firm footprint is the fast-growing information technology and business process outsourcing industry, which includes software development and back-office operations. This industry has not only emerged among the fastest growing contributors to the country's national income, but also the biggest employment generator.

Some Indian companies in the business like Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys Technologies, Wipro and Hindustan Computers have earned global repute for the quality of service and reach, while several large overseas players like Microsoft, IBM, Hewlett Packard, Cisco, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Yahoo, Google, Dell, Intel have set up shop in India, registering phenomenal growth.

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Samsung Galaxy Note3 Neo in India by Feb-end
By Aparajita Gupta

Samsung launched its big-screen smartphone Galaxy Note3 Neo in Bali, which, the company said, would be available in India later this month.

India to conduct night trial of Agni-I missile

India is preparing to conduct the first night trial of Agni-I ballistic missile from a defence base in Odisha, defence sources said .

Hindustan Aeronautics builds crew module for human spaceflight

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) said it has delivered to the Indian space agency a maiden crew module it designed and built for the human spaceflight programme in the future.

Keeping lithium batteries from burning
By VASUDEVAN MUKUNTH/ The Hindu

Between January 7 and 14, incidents involving five Boeing 787 Dreamliners around the world spurred concern over the aircraft’s design and installed safety measures.

Our work mostly goes unrecognized: Women researchers
By Shweta Sharma

 Soon after giving birth to a baby girl, London-based biologist Aarathi Prasad was told by her boss that she no longer worked as hard as she was expected to. Having a family was her "fault", she was told.

India's spacecraft to Mars now 14.4 million km away from home
By Vanita Srivastava Vanita/ The Hindustan Times

After a flight of three months, India's maiden spacecraft to Mars, Mangalyaan, is healthy, on track and at a distance of 14.4 million km from Earth.

Making 3D printers now child's play
By Atul Sethi/ The Times of India

Angad Daryani, a 15-year-old Mumbai resident, found it tough to convince his dad to part with the $1597 required for buying a ready-to-use 3D printer. So he decided to make one himself. "Eventually, I could do it in half the amount," says Daryani, who is now planning to sell his assembled printers, which can make a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, at under $319 - a price he claims is the cheapest in the country.

Integrating Information Technology and Biotechnology
By G. PADMANABAN/ The Hindu

 Beyond the rhyming of the terms IT (Information Technology) and BT (Biotechnology), there can indeed be a valuable integration between the two — which is yet to be optimally exploited in the country. Many government departments deal with these sectors together, but essentially without any connection. IT, at least to start with, grew with initiatives in the private sector, whereas the growth of BT has been mostly due to government support. There was hype around BT at one stage to the extent that parents were prepared to pay expensive fees to get their children admitted to BT courses, only to find that their employment opportunities, unlike in the IT sector, did not hold much promise. The backlash led to such courses losing their sheen. There were not many industries to absorb the candidates, who were also found to be unemployable in terms of knowledge and training. However, the sector seems to have now stabilised and is on the growth path. The BT industry is growing at around 20 per cent which is quite significant in the context of a general industrial deceleration. The present turnover is estimated at $5 billion with a projection of $100 billion by 2025. The IT industry is valued at $100 billion with a projection of $300 billion by 2025. However, the scope of the BT sector is very large and can even eclipse the IT sector in terms of employment opportunities and reach to the economy and social sectors. The sector permeates health and disease, food and agriculture, environment and industry. A more appropriate strategy would be to integrate IT and BT seamlessly, wherever applicable, and aim for the $500 billion mark by 2025.

Mumbai celebrates world-class Monorail
By Quaid Najmi

Long-harassed Mumbai commuters have been ushered into new era of world-class travel with the country's first Monorail.

India's Defence Research and Development Organisation's amphibian waits in the wings
By JAYANTA MALLICK/ Business Line

Dazzling display of India’s military might and the indigenous engineering excellence on the Republic Day leaves millions awe-struck every year.

Much of it is courtesy the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and its industrial partners. Nevertheless, the defence establishment is not always appreciative of the technological feats.