Atomic Energy
Multi-disciplinary research in centres of excellence under the Department of Atomic Energy has led to the development of the nuclear power programme and applications in agriculture, medicine, biotechnology, electronics and metallurgy.

Currently eight nuclear stations are producing 8 billion kilowatt of electricity. Four more nuclear stations designed in India are in the pipeline.

Space
India is among a select select group of six nations with specific satellite launch capabilities and is at the forefront of nations bringing the benefits of space technology to development.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) recently launched the country's third "remote sensory" satellite and its first one dedicated purely to geographical mapping. It will join the 11 Indian satellites already in orbit.

Collaborative R&D
Over 250 universities, 1500 research institutions and over 10,000 higher education centres churn out 200,000 engineers and 300,000 non-engineering post graduates every year. In addition, there is an annual increment of 5000 PhDs and 21 ,00,000 other graduates. All trained not to just speak in English but also think in English.

Over the past few years, more than 100 MNCs have set up R&D centres in India at a cumulative investment of over US$ 1 billion. GE has its biggest technology centre outside the United States in Bangalore. Among other leading companies who have set up R&D centres in India are Bell Labs, Cummins, DuPont, Daimler Chrysler, Eli Lilly, General Motors, Hewlett Packard, Intel, Honeywell, Qualcomm and Whirlpool.