• 5,000 year old ancient civilization
  325 languages spoken – 1,652 dialects
  18 official languages
  29 states, 5 union territories
  3.28 million sq. kilometers - Area
  7,516 kilometers - Coastline
  1.3 Billion population.
• 5600 dailies, 15000 weeklies and 20000 periodicals in 21 languages with a combined circulation of 142 million.
• GDP $576 Billion. (GDP rate 8%)
• Parliamentary form of Government
  Worlds largest democracy.
  Worlds 4th largest economy.
  World-class recognition in IT, bio-technology and space.
  Largest English speaking nation in the world.
  3rd largest standing army force, over 1.5Million strong.
  2nd largest pool of scientists and engineers in the World.

Statistics that show:

38% of doctors in the USA,
12% of scientists in the USA,
36% of NASA scientists,
34% of Microsoft employees,
28% of IBM employees,
17% of INTEL scientists,
13% of XEROX employees,

… are Indians.