Sujatha was educated in India and has been with the institute (TIFR)since 1985. While she does not think that being a woman has hindered her career, she believes that scientific policies could be more sensitive to the problems that women face.
The US$10,000 prize — named after the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan — was set up last year by the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy, to strengthen science in developing countries.
Research opportunities for scientists from developing countries:
For the first time, researchers in developing countries will be able to apply for European funding under nearly the same terms as European researchers, as opposed to a limited amount of funding for earmarked projects.
The first round of calls for the European Union's US$69 billion Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) will be announced on 22 December.
About Indian IT industry :
India's IT industry is not as successful as it seems and other countries should think carefully before following suit, writes Athar Osama.
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In 2003, for example, India claimed to have exported US$8.7 billion worth of software, most of which went to the United States. But US companies recorded just US$420 million worth of software imports from India — a remarkable 20-fold difference.
The GAO believes that this huge inconsistency arises, in part, from India misreporting financial data. For instance, India counts the earnings of all temporary workers in the United States as part of their exports figures. But this is against universally-accepted financial disclosure conventions suggested by the International Monetary Fund. The result is a gross over-representation of Indian software exports.
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UPDATE 1: Professor Madhukar Shukla has given the link to another article studying the discrepancies in IT figures.
UPDATE 2: Please see Professor Shukla's post on this topic
3 comments:
Prof
there is an interesting analysis of Indian IT exports here:
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/07/19/stories/2005071900220900.htm
you will find it interesting
swarup garu,
so what do you think are the implications of this discrepancy?
Kuffir,
I am a neophyte in these matters and am trying to learn and you should not take my comments seriously. At the moment, I do not seem to believe in any ideologies and am trying to get some facts; these links etc appear in that context mainly for my future reference. Once in a while somebody like you ( and some times in personal mail) gives more references. I also seem to distrust many of the current economic theories, not because of any deep understanding but while trying to explore what to study next. They are probably useful in some idealized conditions and help as models. May be one should look at empirical economics and try to see the patterns there and then apply models which may work for a while and then examine after the changed conditions. This is a painstaking process and and even academics, due to pressue to publish, do not seem to be doing it.
On the otherhand, we have to understand to some extent what is going on, take decisions and vote. Amateur bloggers, since they are not professionals in these matters, do not have the pressure to publish, can look at matters laterally and can keep coming back to topics when additional information isavailable. May be some sort of averaging ( wisdom of the crowds) will help appreciating problems and possible solutions. I am hoping to learn from such insights and vary between reading blogs and more technical work ( when I can understand it).
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