TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bassett,Ross
TI  - The Technological Indian
SN  - 9780674504714
U1  - 338.954/06 23
PY  - 2016///]
CY  - Cambridge, MA : 
PB  - Harvard University Press, 
KW  - Technology transfer
KW  - History
KW  - India
KW  - HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; 1. The Indian Discovery of America --; 2. American-Made Swadeshi --; 3. Gandhi's Industry --; 4. From Gujarat to Cambridge --; 5. Engineering a Colonial State --; 6. Tryst with America, Tryst with MIT --; 7. High Priests of Nehru's India --; 8. Business Families and MIT --; 9. The Roots of IT India --; 10. From India to Silicon Valley --; Conclusion --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - In the late 1800s India seemed to be left behind by the Industrial Revolution. Today there are many technological Indians around the world but relatively few focus on India's problems. Ross Bassett-drawing on a database of every Indian to graduate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through 2000-explains the role of MIT in this outcome
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