No Indians among Top Techies?!

[vinodkumarvc]

Well, the WSJ article is titled "Americans Are Scarce In Top Tech Contest".

Of the 48 best computer programmers in the world, only four are Americans. By contrast, there were eight from Russia, and four each from Norway and China. The biggest delegation -- 11 -- came from Poland.

But. My concern is that there is no indication of there being any

Comments

[sumit_mittal]

hey hey! we indians are everywhere... dun wanna boast, but yours truly was a silver medallist in International science olympiad'97 :p

Smart Indians don't participate in no contests. Smart Indians live smart lives :D

[premshree]

Smart Indians don't participate in no contests.
I think I kinda agree... it's probably that not many Indians participate.

[vinodkumarvc]

hmm .. can we compare bollywood and hollywood?

(typo earlier)

[vinodkumarvc]

well .. there's confidence, and there's confidence .. :P

[inthing]

Indians are too busy doing their masters or PhDs :)

[vinodkumarvc]

tht actually seems a plausible reason. stony brook itself now has half the indian student population .. :D

[vinodkumarvc]

I hear more are headed there the next year!

i am not surprised at all! :)

[vinodkumarvc]

As for the IITs, don't even ask!

I ask!

btw, am in singapore till tonight! hectic schedule ensured i can't meet u!

[vinodkumarvc]

u r right. if "india shining" begins to unshine in another 5 years, it will be only because of the lack of a good education system.