Keeping the fires of innovate spirit burning

I stumbled upon an interesting article in 'The Hindu' two days back written by one E.C.Thomas.Pardon me...but this is the first time i am posting something that is not mine.Excerpts from the article....

It is highly credible indeed that India is achieving a growth rate of 8 to 9 percent in recent years. But it is incredible that with such a growth rate and abundance of technical manpower,Indian DNA is not on the products which rule the world such as personal computers,digital cameras,cell phones,ipods,dvd players,plasma television sets or medical breakthroughs like stent.
The list is long. India has no products which have revolutionised the world scene. Or do we excel only in the development of revolutionary concepts like zero or in soft skills like computer software?
Nor do we have innovative companies such as Google,Apple or microsoft.Our IT giants are really glorified sub-contractors to the elite corporations of the world.Our great manufacturing enterprises are just makers of products engineered by others.Even celebrated businessmen such as Lakshmi Mittal just built on existing entities.
Recently,there was an interesting story that Bill Gates was awarded an honorary doctorate by his Alma Mater,Harward University. Thirty years ago,he did not think twice before dropping out of the prestigious institution to promote the legendary company.Have you ever come across any young person who is prepared to drop out of an IIT or IIM to throw himself into unknown waters to follow a dream?The brilliant fellow goes on to become an outstanding executive of somebody else's dream.
So it so happens that the best of the corporations of the world like Pepsi,Vodafone,Microsoft have Indian top executives.The chief scientist of Google is Krishna Bharat who joined the company in 1999.There are path breaking Indian scientists Alas,we have no path breaking products.
The parents,Universities,private business enterprises and the state should form a holy alliance with a hidden agenda to keep the fires of innovative spirit burning in the brilliant minds of youngsters.
We should ensure that the best of us do not become available to the highest bidder.