IANS[ SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2005 11:16:57 AM]
WASHINGTON: On a day this month when the US Congress was not in session, hundreds of graduates of the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) filled members' seats in the House of Representatives to listen to a handful of Congressmen speak about India-US technology cooperation.
Congressman Tom Davis, a Republican from Virginia, looked at the Indian audience and quipped: "It is unlikely we have ever had this much brainpower in Congress before."
Davis' remark was typical of the praise lavished on alumni from India's elite technology schools by politicians and pundits during a conference here May 20-22.
Participants at the conference, titled "Technology Without Borders", focused on US and Indian collaborative efforts in technology, education and business. They discussed potential risks and impediments to new trade and economic development for India.
As India and the US stand poised to upgrade their cooperation in high technology, engineers, hi-tech entrepreneurs and scientists produced by the IITs have been at the forefront of a technology boom in both countries.
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1125112.cms