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Kalam wants "Made in India" nanoproducts !! He remains a man of larger vision, and dreams Fab city: first phase by 2008; second by 2010 ..... The MoU was signed, I believe on Feb 19 As I said, the pampering for the baby has already started - Krishna water, Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) - nothing wrong in all those, but there is a saying in Mallu "Theeyil Kuruthathu Veyilathu Vaadilla" . That which is born in fire, will not get affected by a hot sun.. Also, I hope, sincerely, that they don't expect the golden egg that soon....

Background Year 2000 : Dr V.K Aatre, the then head of DRDO was giving a talk at IITMadras. Among many things, one point stood out. "India's future lies in being able to develop hardware at home, especialy device fabrication. Even for Power transistors India is needing to have to depend on imports. My hope is in you, the future generation..... " Year 2001: One of those days, when I had a friendly chat with my BTech project guide at IITM, Dr K N Bhat. My question was simple. What are the current and future chances of fab in India. He briefed me about how IITM, IGCAR, ITI Bangalore, DRDO and a few other players collaborate to make some basic chips. Looking forward, he was hopeful about the technolgy village (??) that was predicted to come up in Thoothukudi.. By the time you finish your PhD, they would be ready to take the first batch of students .. and in total 15 years, they would complete the three stages of development For some one who had somewhere at that time that the

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4698026.stm The Indian government has authorised the country's first micro-processors and silicon chips manufacturing facility for the IT industry. The $3bn project will be based in the southern city of Hyderabad and is expected to create 10,000 new jobs. The project is important for India, as despite being a leading global player in the IT sector, it has to import key components of computer hardware. Experts say that by 2015, India's IT sector will be worth $22.6bn. 'Fab City' It was a close race between the country's two leading hi-tech cities - Hyderabad and what is known as India's Silicon capital, Bangalore. Bangalore has become the IT-hub in India As part of the $3bn project, 20 micro-processor and silicon chip manufacturing units for the IT industry will be set up, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, told reporters. He said that the new project, called Fab City, would be developed on a 1,200 acres