Next Bill Gates From China or India
Posted : December 21, 2006 at 4:40 pm [IST]
Chidanand Rajghatta provides this information in one of his report in ‘The Times of India’, Deceember21, 2006. A cartoon on a blog run by 463 Communications had a headline that read: ‘American Say Next Bill Gates is currently Studying Math in Beijing.’
A new survey of Internet Attitudes in the US released by Zogby International and 463 Communications showed how Asia’s tech ability is getting into American minds.
Nearly half of all Americans (49%) believe that the next great technology leader will come from either China (26.7%) or Japan (22.4%). Only 21% believe he or she could come from the US, while a surprising 13% backed India as the next home of a prospective Billji. The other two of BRIC- Russia (2.1%) and Brazil (0.4%) were also among the choices.
However, higher-income group of Americans ($1,00,000 salary and above) were more bullish about American prospects, listing US first (27.6%), followed by India (25.9%) and then China (23.1%).
Naturally for those higher up the economic ladder, who are more in contact with Indians as colleagues in offices or in business dealings, saw almost as much promise in India as in the US and China.
As I mentioned somewhere, it is this brand image of India because of the Indians in US, say some IITians that made the representatives of the nation to agree for US-India Nuclear Deal almost unanimously.
But I feel India has already its Bill Gates who needs to be emulated by more and more Indians and may be American entrepreneurs of tomorrow in US. Dhirubhai Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal were no way less than Bill Gates in their arena.
- Indra
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